A/N: Thanks for the reviews! It means so much to me. Just and FYI, there are about five chapters left to this story! Enjoy the chapter:)
Georgie set her books down on a table in the PCU library. She took out a hair-tie from her purse and tied her hair up. She had convinced Ryan to let her go to the library for a few hours to work on her research paper. Although that was a lie because she really didn't have a research paper; she just didn't want to be around him. She sat down at the table and flipped open one of the books.
"To Kill a Mocking Bird." Diego Alcazar read. Georgie looked up to see him smiling down at her.
"My favorite book ever." She said to him. Unfortunately the copy she used to own was ripped to shreds by her boyfriend…only a few days ago.
"I've heard of it, but never read it." Diego said sitting down across from her.
"You've never read this book?" Georgie asked him surprised.
"Nope and I don't plan on it either." Diego said. Georgie laughed. "Georgie right?" Diego asked.
"Yeah. And you're Dillon's friend right?" Georgie asked him.
"That would be me, yes. His only friend." Diego said laughing. "He would have one more..." Diego said looking down at the table.
"Unfortunately that's not possible." Georgie said. "There are too many complications." Georgie said giving him a weak smile.
"There's a lot you don't know about Dillon." Diego said looking at her. "I've known him for most of my life. Since high school started." Diego looked away from her. He wasn't sure if he should tell her what he was thinking. Dillon would kill him for sure but since when did he ever do what Dillon wanted? Besides, it was for his own good. "Georgie you need to know something." Diego said looking back at her.
"Did something happen?" Georgie asked worried. "Is Dillon okay?"
"Dillon's fine. A little love struck but fine." Diego said.
"Oh yeah. Megan right? She seems like a nice girl and he seems really happy with her." Georgie said looking at the pages of her book.
"I'm not talking about Megan." Diego said looking Georgie in her eye.
"Then who?"
"You."
"Dillon and I barely know each other." Georgie said. Even though Dillon did admit to her a couple days ago that he loved her. He didn't say it straight out but that's what she thought he meant. She wanted to deny it but couldn't help but think about that conversation over and over again.
"He knows you better than you think."
"What do you mean?"
"Georgie-Dillon's gonna kill me for this but, he has liked you since high school. You're all he would ever talk about. He would see you every day and you wouldn't even notice. Hell, you probably didn't even know that you went to the same school. And then this year, it was like a miracle happened. He finally got to talk to you, to get to know you."
Georgie looked away from him. "Why are you telling me this?"
"Because I think you need to know. It's only fair to you and to Dillon." Diego said. He got up and left without another word. Georgie closed her book and sat there in silence not sure of what to do next.
She knew Dillon had feelings for her. More than just "care." But what about her? She loved spending time with him. She loved having conversations with about nothing. She loved hearing him say how one day he would become a famous director almost every time they were together. She loved the way he smiled and the way he scratched the back of his head when he was nervous. And she loved the way he said her name so softly. She loved the way he tried to comfort her even when he didn't know what was going on. She loved the way he touched her and the way he was so gentle with her. The way he looked at her. The way he loved her.
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Georgie walked down the hall of her dormitories. She and Greg had agreed to stop with the nonsense of him following her around everywhere. She would call him when she needed him to show up to make it look like he was with her and he would tell Ryan that he was with her the whole time. In all honesty, Georgie wasn't sneaking around Ryan's back with someone. She just wanted time to spend by herself and Ryan wasn't exactly letting her do that because he was afraid that she would run off to see Dillon. Dillon.
She couldn't get him out her head. Ever since her conversation with Diego, it hit her hard that she in fact was also falling for Dillon. Even though they didn't know each other all that well or at least she thought they didn't.
She shook the thoughts out of her head and she finally reached her room. She stuck her key in the room and opened the door without knocking. She walked in without looking to see what was going on and closed the door behind her. Finally turning around, Georgie stood in shock.
Ryan stared back at her. He was lying in bed. Shirtless.
With a girl.
Georgie couldn't form any words or thoughts for that matter.
"Georgie, let me explain." Ryan started.
"I don't wanna hear it." Georgie said, tears welling up in her eyes. "I don't wanna hear it." Georgie said. She turned around and opened the door.
"Georgie wait!" Ryan yelled. Georgie slammed the door and ran down the hall. She pushed the button numerous times for the elevator door to open. Finally it did, and she walked inside and pushed the button for the doors to close. She pressed the "lobby" button. The doors finally closed leaving Georgie crying inside.
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"To Have and Have not?" Dillon asked Megan who was sitting next to him.
"Never heard of it."
"What?" Dillon exclaimed. They were on the docks sitting on the ground.
"I'm serious. I've never heard of it or the other fifty movies you just mentioned." Megan said.
"But this is a classic." Dillon said.
"You said that about all the movies." Megan said laughing.
"But this is like-" Dillon stopped suddenly and stared past Megan.
"What-what's wrong?" Megan asked slowly. She turned around to see Georgie standing behind them. She turned back to Dillon who still hadn't said anything.
"I'm sorry guys." Georgie said, her voice quivering. "I'm just gonna go that way." Georgie said pointing past them. She started walking past them.
"No wait!" Dillon said getting up. "Are you okay?" He asked her.
"Dillon, I'm fine." Georgie said giving him a weak smile. "I'm sorry I interrupted you guys. I didn't mean to. I didn't think anyone was here."
"It's okay." Megan said cutting in. "I was just leaving anyway." She said smiling at Georgie. She got up and walked over to the other two.
"No, you don't have to go because of me. I'm leaving." Georgie said motioning her hands towards the stairs.
"No really, I was gonna go anyway. Dillon, I'll give you a call?"
"Yeah sure." Dillon said not taking his eyes off of Georgie.
"It was nice seeing you again." Megan said to Georgie.
"I'm sorry." Georgie said again.
"It's not a big deal." Megan laughed. "Bye." She said leaving in the opposite direction. Georgie watched Megan leave. She moved away from Dillon and looked out into the ocean.
"Dillon, I am so sorry." She said turning around to face him. "I really didn't mean to interrupt or anything. I just came here totally not expecting anyone."
"It's okay Georgie." Dillon said softly.
"No. No it's not okay. I just drove your girlfriend off!" Georgie said upset.
"We're not-she's not my girlfriend." Dillon said moving next to her.
"What?"
"We broke up. We're still friends though. She's a great girl. But we just have a different views on a lot of things." Dillon laughed. "We're better off as friends."
"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that."
"Nah, I like it better this way and I think she does too. Besides we were only together for like 3 weeks. Not a long time."
"Well as long as you're happy." Georgie said smiling at him. "I'm gonna go." She turned to leave but Dillon grabbed her wrist. She pulled away really quickly.
"Sorry, did I hurt you?" Dillon asked her concerned.
"No, no you didn't. I just, I'm sorry. Look I should have never came here. I'm sorry, I have to go." Georgie turned again.
"Georgie, wait!"
Georgie turned back around. "Dillon, I-"
"What's going on with you? You're obviously upset."
"I'm not upset." Georgie said.
"Why are you so stubborn?"
"I'm not stubborn!" Georgie fought back. Dillon gave a small laugh.
"Yes you are. Now tell me what's wrong." Dillon said.
"Dillon, I can't keep doing this. Dumping all my stupid problems on you. Beside we're not even friends anymore. I have no right to be venting to you."
"Whoa, who said we're not friends anymore?"
"I don't know, I just thought it was assumed. And after talking to Diego today, it sounded like we weren't."
"You talked to Diego today?"
"Yeah he was in the library, so we had a small conversation."
"Well, I don't know what he told you, but you're still my friend. I still care about you and I still want to know what's wrong." Dillon said to her.
Georgie rubbed her wrist and went over to sit down on the edge of the docks. Dillon sat down next to her. "Can I see your left hand?" He asked her.
"Why?" She asked confused.
"Please?"
Georgie held out her left hand in front of Dillon. Dillon moved back her coat sleeve a little and saw that Georgie's wrist was red.
"I didn't grab that you hard." Dillon said slowly. "Ryan did this to you?"
"It's not that bad." Georgie said moving her hand away from him. "It was awhile ago."
"What's awhile Georgie? Yesterday?"
"Leave it alone Dillon. It's over anyway okay?"
"What do you mean? You guys broke up?" Dillon asked her.
"Well, not yet."
"Then what do you mean?"
Georgie sighed. "After I went to the library, I went back to the dorm and-and I saw that Ryan was in bed with a girl." Georgie said. "Our bed." She said in a whisper. Tears started to form in her eyes. She didn't want to cry about it but she couldn't help it.
"Georgie, I'm so sorry." Dillon rubbed her shoulder. "You don't deserve that. He's an ass. Really."
"What did I do? What the hell did I do that made him go sleep with another girl? Yeah, I'm kind of lying to him but he knows where I am twenty-four seven. He knows that I would never do such a thing." Georgie said staring at out into the ocean. A tear fell from her eyes. "Why would he do that?" She said turning to Dillon.
Dillon wiped the tears from her face. "Come here." He said. Georgie rested her head on his shoulder and Dillon wrapped his arm around her waist and rested his head on hers. "I'm sorry this happened to you." He said in a whisper.
They sat there in silence while Georgie cried for some time. He didn't say anything or do anything. He just held her and that's all she wanted. His comfort.
Georgie sat up straight finally. She wiped her face with her hands. "God, look at me." She said.
"Hey, you have every right to be upset." Dillon said while brushing his fingers through her hair. "The guy just cheated on you."
"I don't want to be upset about it. I hate him for this. God, I'm so done with him." Georgie said.
"Finally." Dillon smirked. Georgie gave a small laugh.
"I'm not gonna let him hurt me anymore."
"I'm glad to here you say that." Dillon said. He caressed her cheek softly. "Where are you gonna go tonight?" Dillon asked her.
"Brooke's? But I don't wanna be in the same building as him." Georgie grinned. "I'll just go to Mac's. He's been wanting for me to go there for some time now anyway." Georgie said. She looked at Dillon and gave him a sincere smile.
"What?" Dillon asked smiling also.
"Nothing. Let me walk you home."
"You wanna walk me home?" Dillon asked. "Why?"
"Cuz I have to grab a few things from my dorm and then I'll just go to Mac's. We might as well go together."
"What if Ryan's there?"
"He won't be. He's probably looking for me. He's too stupid to know that I'm right here." Georgie laughed.
"Well, I'm not going back to the dorms." Dillon said.
"Why not?"
"Well, I got a new apartment. About a week ago." He said.
"Really?"
"Yeah, it's about time. I was tired living with Diego and him kicking me out almost every night so I just bought an apartment. Of course I have no money right now to pay the rent but that's another story." Dillon said smiling.
Georgie laughed. "Well let me walk you back to your new apartment. I'm gonna have to see it sometime." She said standing up.
"Let me just warn you that it is a really big mess." Dillon said standing up.
Georgie grabbed onto his arm and wrapped her hands around it. "I don't care." She said smiling.
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"Are you gonna forget about me once you're in Hollywood?" Georgie asked him as they walked down the hall of his apartment building.
"Of course not. Every one of my movies is going to be dedicated to you." Dillon said to her.
"And why would you do that?" Georgie asked laughing as she still held onto his arm. They stopped in front of Dillon's apartment and Georgie let go of him.
"Because right now, you are the most important person in my life." Dillon said to her.
"I won't be in a couple years." Georgie said grinning.
"We'll see about that." Dillon said.
"Mhmm." Georgie said smiling.
"You wanna come in?" Dillon asked her.
"Maybe some other time." Georgie responded.
"All right. Thank you for walking me. It was a nice….long walk." Dillon said laughing.
"You're welcome. I had fun." Georgie said.
"Me too."
"And thank you."
"For what?"
"For making me feel better."
"I care about you. I hate seeing you upset." Dillon said. Georgie smiled at him and turned to leave. But two seconds later she turned back.
"Can I ask you something?"
"Anything."
"We went to the same high school?"
Dillon gave her a funny look. "…sure."
"Seriously Dillon. We went to the same high school?"
Dillon nodded his head. "Yeah, we did."
"Were you gonna tell me?"
"There's a lot of things I haven't told you Georgie."
"Like what?" Georgie asked moving closer to him. "Like that you love me?" Georgie said. Dillon studied her face and realized that she was being extremely serious and that there was no way he was getting out of this conversation. He had waited practically his whole life to come face to face with this girl and tell her that he loved her with all his heart and soul. He couldn't answer her though. He didn't know what to say. Did she already know?
"Do you?" Georgie asked him again.
"Yeah." He said in barely a whisper. "I love you."
Georgie shut her eyes for a second and opened them up. She looked at him and slowly moved her eyes down to his lips. She licked her own unconsciously and moved closer to Dillon. She cupped his face with her hand and slowly caressed his cheek. Dillon leaned in closer to her until they were not even millimeters away from each other. Georgie looked back up at Dillon and their eyes locked. Their lips brushed lightly against each other; neither of them making the first move. Dillon closed his eyes and finally kissed her softly. Georgie let him kiss her without moving her lips and then finally kissed him back. She moved her hands to the back of his neck and buried her fingers in his hair and Dillon wrapped his arms around her small waist. He started kissing her more passionately and let his hands wander up and down her back. He stopped kissing her lips as his tongue brushed her ear. He moved down to her neck and left small kisses all over. Georgie pulled him up and kissed him tenderly. Dillon let the tip of his tongue slowly enter Georgie's mouth. Georgie deepened the kiss and pushed her body against his so that there was no space left between them. He fell back against the door but didn't let his hands leave Georgie.
Dillon slowed the kiss down a little but Georgie didn't want to stop. He finally pulled away completely. "Wait." He said out of breath. "We can't do this."
"Why?" She said breathing heavily.
"Because, it's not for the right reasons. Look, I want you. God, I want you so bad. But I know you don't feel the same. You're still hung up on Ryan and I don't want you to regret this." Dillon said. Georgie's hands left his face. She still looked at him but didn't know what to say. Dillon turned around and jammed the key into his doorknob. He opened the door and moved aside to let Georgie in. "Come on." He said. Georgie walked in and he walked behind her. He turned the light on and revealed his living room full of boxes everywhere and one lone sofa in the middle. He took Georgie's hand and led her to the sofa. They both sat down and Dillon leaned in towards her. "I just admitted my strongest feeling ever to you. I just told you how much I wanted you. Georgie I don't want you to feel like you have to do this. And most of all I don't want you to do this because of what happened with Ryan tonight. I care about you so much and I don't want you to be hurt."
"Are you done?" Georgie asked him. Dillon gave a slight nod. "This has nothing to do with Ryan. Dillon I've wanted this, us, for so long but I was afraid to admit to myself. I realized today how much you mean to me. I want to be with you." Georgie said. She touched his lips with her thumb and softly caressed his cheek.
"You don't think we're moving too fast?"
"I don't really care." Georgie said smiling.
"Georgie, we don't know each other that well. We've only been friends for about three months."
"That's more than enough for me. I know that I care about you a lot. And I know that I wanna be with you. That's all that matters." Georgie said.
Dillon smiled at her. "I wanna be with you too." He leaned over to her and kissed her lightly on the lips. He let their foreheads touch and stayed like that for about a minute or two. Georgie finally kissed him again putting her hands on his face. Dillon pushed back her jacket and Georgie took it off quickly throwing it to the floor. Georgie lied down on the sofa. Dillon took off his shirt and threw it in the opposite area of where Georgie's coat had landed. He kissed her hard from above not moving his lips from hers for even a quick breath of air. His hands wandered up her shirt touching her soft skin while he sucked her bottom lip in between his. He finally lifted her shirt up and Georgie took it off throwing it to the floor. Dillon kissed her neck hungrily. He made his way up to her ear. "You're so beautiful." He whispered in between kisses sending chills through Georgie's body.
He kissed her on the lips again licking them with his tongue. He kissed her deeply leaving her intoxicated and wanting more. She reached down to the zipper on his jeans and pulled it down. Dillon moved down past her breasts and let butterfly kisses all over her stomach. He moved back up and reached behind and unhooked her bra. He slowly pulled it off of her leaving her completely exposed to him. He leaned down and kissed her again slipping his moist tongue in her. Georgie tangled her fingers in his hair and pulled him closer. Dillon placed kisses all over her shoulder and her neck with his hot mouth. She arched her back and pushed herself against him and moved her body to feel him. "Georgie," Dillon said in a low voice. He dropped his hands down below her stomach. He reached for the button on her jeans and slowly began to unbutton them. He pushed her jeans off of her legs and stopped to admire her beautiful body. Dillon got off the couch and lifted Georgie up in his arms. They both watched each other, their eyes not moving from one another.
He carried her into his bedroom and laid her down in the center of the bed, letting her head rest on his pillow. Dillon slowly kissed up her legs and her stomach. He slightly touched her breast and moved up to her neck, sucking on it greedily. He made his way back to her lips and intertwined his tongue with hers. Georgie ran her hands down his chest and then wrapped them around his bare back. Dillon finally took off his jeans and then leaned over to open his side table drawer. He pulled out a condom and put it on. He slowly peeled off Georgie's underwear and threw it to the ground. He poured himself on top of her and grabbed his blanket along the way, drawing it on top of them. He finally went inside of her and Georgie quietly moaned from the pleasure. He kissed her neck softly and slowly moved inside of her. Georgie held on to him tightly, never wanting to let go.