Is it boring when I apologize for not updating for years every time I update? I know it's always late and I wish I could do better, but I just can't succeed. I've worked on this short thing for a week or two, with constant breaks now and then, so it might be a mess and I'm sorry. But getting it out today helped me gain some motivation for both writing and updating! :D
Thanks for putting up with my crap and coming back to read this story. I'm sorry for being so lazy! :/
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~TheCreativePenguinLover


I came home exhausted. No idea why, but I just did. Maybe waking up at 6am was a shock for my body? Or maybe sitting at school all day and doing nothing made by brain really lazy, therefore tired? Either way, I couldn't wait to go up to my room and sleep until the next day. However, I couldn't. I had something important to do before that.

I walked home with Chad to make the story he told his friend believable. And because he was the most fun person to ever walk home with. He told me about his classes and that he was devastated that he no longer had Math with me. I tried cheering him up with the fact that I could still help him do his homework. It worked.

I dropped my bag on the hall floor and slipped my shoes off.

'I'm home' I announced and stepped into the living room, but no one was there. I decided to go to the kitchen. There I found my dad and sister. 'Hey guys.'

'Hey baby' my father replied and looked down at the piece of paper between him and Destiny.

'What are you doing?' I asked.

'We're choosing a pizza to order….' Destiny explained. I walked up to the table and looked at the paper.

'What's the problem? Just get the usual' I suggested. Dad shook his head.

'We can't, because you sister would like more toppings on her pizza…' he said.

'Like what?'

'Like everything' Destiny said and smiled. Dad rolled his eyes and I giggled.

'Well, it can't be that bad…' I told him.

'Oh really? It includes eggs, onions, pineapple-' he started saying, but I cut him off.

'Pineapple?' I asked and looked at Destiny. 'No way, sis.'

'Oh come on!' she whined. 'It's not my fault I have a craving for some sweet stuff on my pizza!'

'Then you'll just have to put some jam on your slices and be satisfied with that' Dad told her. She nodded her head.

'Alright, can we just order?' she asked.

'Yeah, go ahead. I'm fine with anything but pineapples' he said. Destiny looked at me.

'Same' I told her. She sighed and got up.

'Okay, I'll see what I can order before they hang up on me.'

She picked up the paper form the table, then her cellphone from the counter and headed to the living room. I looked at my father.

'How come we're ordering pizza?' I asked.

'You mother has to fill up for someone at work' he said.

'Night shift again?'

'Unfortunately' he replied. I sighed and sat at the table, across from him.

My mother worked as a nurse and often besides having her own night shifts, she'd have to fill up for someone else. Even though Mom was against pizza being an appropriate dinner meal, she let us order it when she wasn't able to cook that day. That was only because she wanted to keep Dad from cooking for us and, I quote, "accidentally poisoning us".

'How was school?' he asked. I shrugged.

'It was fine… Dad, can I talk to you?' I asked. My father looked at me and raised his eyebrows.

'Of course you can, Taylor. What's up?'

'Well…. Ummm… You know how you always say that I shouldn't… go out with any of the boys from the team…?'

He nodded his head and narrowed his eyes a bit. 'Yeah, I know.'

'Well, what if… Hypothetically speaking, of course, I… kind of… You know…' I stuttered.

'What?'

I took a deep breath and decided I just had to say it. 'What if I liked one? Hypothetically?' I asked, letting the air out. My father bit his lips.

'And, hypothetically, who would it be?'

I stared at him, wondering if it I should tell him right away or later. Putting it away sounded like the best idea.

'Alright' he said after a moment of silence. 'Okay, so what if you hypothetically liked a boy-'

'And he liked me too!' I cut him off. Dad nodded his head.

'Right, of course' he said, smiling slightly. 'Well, in that case, I'd tell you to invite him over for a hypothetical lunch tomorrow.'

'But… But don't you want to know who it is?' I asked. Dad shook his head.

'No. I don't want to spend the whole day tomorrow thinking about that one kid who dared to make my baby girl like him' he said with a smile. I giggled.

'Dad!'

'Besides' he continued. 'If I know who it is exactly, I'll torture him instead of torturing everyone… I need to talk to the kid before I see him in school.'

'I get it' I said and smiled. 'I thought you'd be mad.'

'I should be, shouldn't I?' he asked and we both laughed. 'But I trust you; I know you wouldn't go out with a dumbass.'

I laughed again. 'No, he's… he's smart. And caring and-'

'Okay, okay' he cut me off. 'I get it. Enough about that. Don't you have homework to do?'

I giggled. 'I'm on it.'

I got up, headed to the hall, picked up my bag from the floor and made my way to my room.

Once I was in my room, I closed the door, opened the balcony door to let some fresh air in and looked around. Since I've finished my homework at school while waiting for Chad, I decided to clean up my room a little. I found my iPod, turned it on, put the earphones in my ears and got down to picking my clothes up from the bed and folding them.

I couldn't help swinging to the music a bit. I was in a really good mood that day. Besides the creepy Barry dude asking me out, everything went fine. I picked up a nicely folded shirt from my bed and carried it to my closet. I rested it on the shelf and turned around, when I saw Chad standing on my balcony. I got scared, so I screamed before I realized it was him. He laughed.

'Are you crazy?!' I asked after taking the earphones out. 'What are you doing?'

'I came over to see what you were doing, but I saw you were busy dancing around, so I didn't want to interrupt..' he explained. I rolled my eyes, put the iPod away, picked up a shirt from the floor and walked up to him.

'So you decided to stay here and scare the crap out of me?' I asked, whipping him with the T-Shirt. He laughed and held his hands over his head.

'I said hey, but you didn't hear it. I didn't know what to do' he defended himself laughing. I hit him once again and let the shirt hang over his shoulder.

'Don't ever do that again' I told him and walked back into my room. He followed me.

'Sorry, it won't happen again' he assured. He took the T-shirt off his shoulder and looked at it. 'Cute.'

I turned to him and saw he was holding up my Mickey Mouse shirt. I rolled my eyes and took it away from him. 'It's old.'

'Of course it is' he said with a smile. I shook my head and began folding the T-shirt.

'What are you doing here anyway?' I asked. Chad opened his mouth to reply, but he got cut off by knocking on the door.

'Tay, are you okay?' Destiny asked. My eyed widened.

'Hide behind the bed' I whispered to him. He walked around my bed and lied down on the floor behind it. I walked up to the door and opened it. 'What's up?'

'Nothin', I just heard you scream… Is everything okay?' she asked with concern. I nodded my head.

'Yes, everything's fine' I answered. 'I just… I thought I saw a spider and you know how I am with spiders…'

'Oh, well do you want me to kill it for ya?' she suggested. My whole family knew about my mild arachnophobia, so whenever there was a spider in my room, either Dad or Tony or Destiny would come and make sure it wasn't there anymore. I thought that was a good way to let my sister know I was fine and to make her… well, go away.

'No, it's okay. It turned out to be just… dust' I said. Destiny nodded her head.

'Alright… Don't do that whole screaming thing unless it's something serious, I got scared' she told me and headed back to her room. I sighed.

'Okay, next time I'll make sure to check if it's a spider before I scream' I said sarcastically.

'And don't talk back to me' she called and slammed her door. I rolled my eyes and closed my door.

'So I'm nothing but a spider now, huh?' Chad asked. I turned around and saw his head sticking out from behind my bed. I smiled.

'Spiders are a pretty big deal' I said and sat on my bed. 'I'm terrified of them.'

'I knew that' he said and got up. 'I remember that one time you ran home screaming when you saw one in the tree house.'

'Hey, that's not funny!' I whined. 'It was huge!'

Chad chuckled and sat on the other edge of my bed. 'It was a size of a ladybug, but whatever.'

I scoffed. 'Yeah, if a ladybug mutated into a crazy beast with eight legs and three pairs of eyes!'

Chad stared at me before bursting out laughing. I gasped, moved closer to him and put my hand over his mouth.

'Shhhh, my dad's home and Destiny's room is behind that wall. They might hear you!' I whispered. Chad calmed down, but the smile didn't leave his face. He nodded his head and I took my hand away.

'Sorry' he whispered, trying to mimic me. I shook my head.

'Okay, tell my why you're here before anyone catches you' I told him.

'Why, can't I just come over to see you when I feel like it?' he asked with a smirk. 'I missed you. Is that enough to keep you from kicking me out?'

I giggled. 'Alright, listen… I don't care, stay here as long as you want. You're the one who my father will murder.'

'Oh come on, we both know it's worth it. Besides, he's probably gonna murder me anyways, so why put it away?'

'True…' I replied and smiled. 'So, you basically came here to spend time with me?'

'Well, yes… And I also have to tell you something.'

'What is it?'

'I told my mom about us' he said with a proud smile. I gasped.

'Really?'

'Yup.'

'What did she say?'

'Umm… She didn't say much. She just smiled and said I should invite your over for lunch or dinner or whatever… You know, I shouldn't have you over only to help me do homework.'

I smiled and rested my back on the pillow. 'That's great… My dad said the same thing… about lunch, not about the homework.'

'Wait, you told him?'

'Yeah… Well, I didn't tell him it was you, I just told him I liked a boy and he liked me too, so he just said to bring the guy home with me tomorrow… He didn't want to know who I was talking about. He said he wouldn't be able to focus at work tomorrow.'

'Right…' Chad said nervously. 'What do you think he's gonna say when he finds out it's me?'

I looked down. 'I have no idea… He probably won't do anything… crazy, he shouldn't. He's not like that…' I said and looked at Chad. 'You know, I'm less scared of telling him the truth. I realized I've been overreacting the whole time. He does get upset sometimes, but at the end of the day, he gets over it. I mean, if he was supposed to kill someone, he'd murder Destiny's boyfriend a long time ago. And he's still alive, so that's good, right?'

Chad chuckled. 'Yeah, it is. There's some hope for me then, huh?'

'Oh, I'm sorry for scaring you!' I said and moved closer to him. 'All the freaking out that I did must have made you think my dad was gonna kill you!'

'No, not really… I know coach tends to get angry sometimes, but I never thought he'd do something… you know, physically' he said and bit his lips. 'Okay, I'm gonna be a man and come to lunch here with you tomorrow.'

'Promise me you're not gonna be scared?' I said and rested my chin on his shoulder. He sighed.

'No, I won't be scared… I might be nervous. He might scream or something… I don't like screaming' he said and looked at me. I giggled.

'He screams at you on the practices' I pointed out.

'Yeah, but then there's people around and he's basically screaming at all of us. And tomorrow I'll be all alone… Just standing there… Trying not to cry…' he said and looked away dramatically. I laughed.

'Come on, I'll be there!'

He looked at me. 'Will you hold my hand?' he asked and at that moment I could tell he was joking all along. I laughed once again and nodded my head.

'Of course' I promised. Chad smiled.

'Awesome.'

He stared at me for a moment before leaning in and kissing my lips. I closed my eyes and kissed him back. When he pulled away, I turned my head so he couldn't see me blush.

I cleared my throat. 'Alright, you told me what you wanted to tell me. You can go now.'

'Aww, Tay' he whined. 'I don't wanna go back home. It's crazy there.'

'Why?'

'Long story short, Charlie's constantly crying and it's gotten to a point where all I can hear is him crying in my head' he explained and I laughed. 'No, don't laugh. It's not funny. I can hear him right now.'

I giggled, got up from the bed and walked up to the balcony. I stuck my head outside and heard a silent cry coming from the house next door. I looked at Chad. 'It's because he's crying right now.'

'See? I can't go back there!' he said and leaned back on my bed. I giggled and walked up to him.

'I wish my parents got a puppy instead of a baby' he continued. 'Puppies are better. They're small and cute and furry and you can hug them without your mother being all like "no, leave him alone! He's so fragile".'

I laughed at Chad's impression of his own mother and sat next to him. 'Look at the bright side. Puppies poop everywhere.'

'Oh, you think Charlie wouldn't?' he asked and looked at me. 'The only thing stopping him is the diaper.'

I laughed once again. 'Oh Chad.'

'I've always wanted a puppy' he said and stared at my ceiling. 'I've always asked for one and my parents ignored me. You know what I never asked for? A little brother. And BAM! there he is.'

I smiled and lied down next to him. 'Weren't you excited to have a little brother?'

'Yeah, before I knew I had to wait so long before he was cool. Like all I wanna do is play ball with him and stuff. And judging by how fast things are going, he's not gonna be able to play anything before I'm 30.'

I giggled. 'Soon he's gonna be smiling and sitting up, not to even mention start walking. If it makes you feel any better, I'd love to do all those things with my nephew, but he's not even born yet.'

Chad turned his head towards me. 'You can always play with Charlie' he said. I smiled at him.

'Thanks.'

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. We both sat up and Chad hid behind the bed once again. I turned towards the door.

'Yeah?'

Destiny pressed the door handle and walked inside. 'The pizza just arrived' she announced.

'Okay, I'll be there in a second.'

'Sure' she said and was about to leave, but she walked back towards the door. 'Tell Chad he can come too, there's enough pizza for everyone.'

She winked at me and closed the door. I looked down at Chad and we both burst out laughing. So much for being quiet.


The school year had just started, so I didn't expect any breaking news or drama coming the first week. There was no drama, but there was a big surprise waiting for me after class.

New school year meant new people, new teachers and new rules. One of the most shocking changes was that the basketball practices were no longer held five days a week, but four days a week. My father was, of course, the last person to find out about it, only because the teachers who suggested said change knew he wouldn't be too happy about it. The principle argued his decision saying that the boys had no time to develop their other talents, whether it was other sports, arts or even sciences. My father thought that was absurd and said all the boys wanted to do was basketball and nothing else. However, it turned out that most of them liked the idea and took that free-of-basketball-practice day to practice other sports. My father gave up and had no other choice, but to be satisfied with staying home on Tuesdays. He complained about it at first, but got accustomed to it. However, Mom wasn't too happy about it. She said that'd make him watch TV all day and eat junk food. Dad never admitted to it, but we all knew it was true.

So the first Tuesday of the new school year I was on my way to Chemistry Club. I never dared to tell my father that, but I was happy about the new Tuesday rule. I had Chemistry Club at the same time as Chad had his baseball practice, so I didn't have to wait for him anymore like on the other days. Once a week I got to return home earlier than usual.

I stopped at my locker to leave my books and pick up my notebook and the Extended Chemistry Course book and headed towards the classroom. I was in a great mood that day and all I could think about was finally letting my father know Chad was the boy I told him about. I wasn't stressed about it anymore, so that is why I was excited. Or I had too much sugar for breakfast, I don't remember.

I turned right in the hall and saw Gaby standing in front of the classroom. She was checking her watch and looking around. When she saw me, she excitedly waved her hand to make me walk faster. Maybe I wasn't the only one high on sugar that day.

'Hey' I greeted her. She grabbed my arm.

'Taylor, before you go in there, I need you to know we might have a new member' she said. She sounded like she was trying to calm herself down while she just wanted to calm me down. I nodded my head.

'Okaaay…?'

'And it might surprise you' she said and smiled. I raised my eyebrows.

'Please… PLEASE don't tell me Danforth's in there' I said seriously. Gaby laughed and shook her head.

'No way. If he was, I'd dying laughing right now' he said and I relaxed. 'But you're close.'

'Close?' I moved her out of my way and tried to see what was going on inside the classroom, because the door was wide opened. Gaby laughed.

'Take a guess!' she begged. I rolled my eyes.

'Tell me right now! Unless you want me to go in there and get a heart attack' I demanded. Gaby smiled.

'Okay, okay' she gave up. 'It's your little Canadian buddy.'

My eyes widened. 'No way. Scott?' I asked. She nodded her head. 'There's a dumb basketball player person… in that classroom… willing to do chemistry… OPTIONAL chemistry?'

'Yup' she said with a smile.

'And he wants to join?'

'Yeah. We're ready to take him in, but since you're the president… We need your opinion' she explained. I examined what was happening in the classroom and looked at her.

'Okay, let's see if he's serious about it' I said and we made our way into the classroom.

There we saw our regular group circled around a desk, talking to each other and Scott was sitting on the side, playing with his pen. I felt sorry for him and I was embarrassed for my friends, who didn't know how to properly socialize.

'Go talk to him, Tay' Gaby whispered to me. I rolled my eyes and walked up to Scott.

'Hey' I said. Scott put his pen down and looked up at me.

'Hi' he greeted with a weak smile.

'Ummm… Listen, I heard you wanted to join our group here' I said and looked at my friends. 'Sorry for them, I guess they're surprised to see you here.'

Scott raised an eyebrow. 'Why?'

'Because, you know… You're a basketball player' I tried explaining, but Scott wasn't exactly following.

'I don't get it.'

'In this school it's really weird to see… a basketball guy who's interested in chemistry… In any science really. Our group is known as the "Nerds" or "Science Geeks" and we don't usually… interact… with people from… outside.'

'Oh' Scott nodded his head. I saw the look on his face and shook my head.

'BUT we don't discriminate!' I cleared up. Scott smiled and got up.

'Does that mean I can stay here and change a few stereotypes?' he asked. I analyzed what he said and slowly nodded my head.

'Yeah, I guess' I replied shrugging.

'Alright, then let's do some science' he said and shot me a cocky smile. He walked up to the board and looked at the equation. Meanwhile, I was trying to process what just happened.

'And?' someone asked. I snapped out of the daze and saw Gaby standing next to me.

'Um, yeah' I replied blankly.

'Did we accept him?'

'I think he just accepted himself…' I said and looked at Scott. 'But yeah, he's accepted. Just keep an eye on him.'

'Why?'

'I don't know… Just do.'

We started the first meeting of the year and discussed some basic organizational details. I was the one to start the whole discussion, but as soon as others got involved, I went quiet and took some vague notes. I couldn't help glancing at Scott once in a while, just out of plain curiosity. He sat there and doodled something in his notebook, rarely looking up. I couldn't blame him. No one besides me talked to him yet and I felt like I should sit next to him and make him feel welcomed, but I couldn't. That day I talked to him for the second time and again I got this weird feeling. It was like a vibe of some sort. Don't get me wrong, it was a good vibe. Just from talking to him I could confirm that he was a polite, funny and honest guy. On the other hand, he seemed a little cocky and slightly overconfident. That should bother me, but instead I found it… fascinating. I was impressed he was like that, even though it was his first two days at school. Normally people are shy and keep to themselves and he sort of did, but when he talked to me, he seemed really laid back and cool. He was a mysterious guy and I found it quite appealing, that's why I decided to keep a safe distance.

We managed to go over the year's agenda before the bell rung. Gaby and I had to wait in front of the school for Troy and Chad, so we weren't in a hurry. That is probably why Gabriella finally decided to introduce herself to Scott and let him tag along with us on our way out of the school.

'No way! Your parents own that restaurant down the street?' Gaby asked with disbelief. Scott chuckled while holding the door for us. I mumbled a silent "thank you" and we walked outside.

'Yeah' he replied.

'That must be so fun!' she said with a smile. It was funny to watch, because just in the morning I told her all I knew about Scott from what he told me the previous day. And now she was pretending like all that was brand new information to her.

'I guess it is… Again, if you guys want, I can get you a discount' he said, glancing at me. 'My parents like it when I bring my friends over. They say hungry teenagers are a good target market.'

We stopped walking and Gaby giggled. 'I'd love a discount! Me and my boyfriend need a new place to hang out. There's not much to do around here.'

They were silent for a moment. I didn't know if it was my turn to add something, all I knew was that if Gaby started this conversation, she was gonna finish it on her own.

'So are you guys going home, or…?' Scott asked.

'Yeah, we just gotta wait…' Gaby explained. 'I'm waiting for Troy and Taylor's-'

'I'm waiting for her' I said, cutting Gaby off. She gave me a weird look, probably forgetting no one could know about Chad and I yet. And we didn't know if Scott could be trusted.

'Oh, okay… I guess I can wait with you… Can I?' he asked.

'Of course!' Gaby said right away. I rolled my eyes. So much for trying to stay away from Scott.

'Which way are you guys going?' he asked. Gaby and I pointed opposite directions.

'That way' we said. Scott chuckled and looked at me.

'I also walk that way. Where do you live?' he asked. I looked at his gray eyes and realized lying to him would be a terrible thing. I sighed quietly and gave up.

'Baker's' I said. Scott nodded his head.

'I live a bit closer… But I can walk you, if you wanna.'

Okay Taylor, focus. Is he just being nice or totally hitting on you? I had no idea. But again, saying no would make me look like a bitch.

'Yeah, sure…' I replied. 'I usually walk with Chad, because he lives on my street… I'm sure you can join us though.'

Scott smiled. 'Great.'

A second later the door opened and the boys walked outside. Troy happily made his way to Gabriella and leaned in to get a kiss. Chad however, wasn't so enthusiastic; he sighed when he saw Scott and walked up to me.

'Hey' he greeted everyone. 'Sorry it took so long.'

'Yeah, coach got carried away and forgot about the time' Troy explained.

'Don't worry about it' Gaby said and kissed his lips once again. Chad rolled his eyes and looked at Scott.

'Welcome to East High. On the left there are sports courts and on the right you can see our lovebirds making out' he said sarcastically. Troy and Gabriella pulled away laughing. I playfully slapped Chad's arm and Scott chuckled.

'Hey, every school has those.'

'Excuse you, we are one of a kind' Troy said and wrapped his girlfriend. The rest of us laughed.

'You done for today?' Chad asked Scott. He nodded.

'Yeah.'

'What did you choose as an extracurricular activity?' Troy asked. Scott put his hands in his pockets and smiled weakly.

'Chemistry Club' he replied. Chad and Troy looked at each other and back at Scott.

'You mean like… What the girls do?' Chad asked.

'Yeah' Scott answered.

'Like… The equations and stuff…?' Troy asked. Scott nodded his head.

'Yeah, like that.'

The boys looked at each other and burst out laughing. I rolled my eyes and looked at Scott.

'I told you it's frowned upon in this school…' I whispered. Chad calmed down and put his hand on Scott's shoulder.

'Oh man, tell me you're kidding!' he begged and started laughing again. Scott shook his head.

'I'm not' he said and the guys got serious. 'I really like Chemistry, that's it.'

Troy chuckled again, so Gaby nudged him signaling he should stop.

'You guys are so mean' she said. 'Why is it so weird that he has interests other than basketball?'

'I don't know' Troy said and cleared his throat. 'It's just that… It's weird, dude.'

'Yeah' Chad added. 'But no hard feelings. You do what you do, we're not gonna judge. You know, as long as you keep your head in the game, we don't care.'

'Thanks… I guess' Scott said.

We talked for a bit longer and then Troy and Gaby went the opposite way. Chad, Scott and I went our way. The boys got in a conversation about how Chad couldn't believe Scott was into sciences and so on. I wasn't really listening. I just wanted Scott to turn his way and let Chad and I be alone.

'I don't know, I just like it' Scott said. 'I really like solving the equations… It's fun.'

Chad laughed. 'Wow, you're just like Taylor. She also loves the equations. She can sit there for hours just solving them. Right Tay?'

'Huh?' I asked, snapping out of a daydream.

'I said you like solving equations' Chad repeated. I nodded my head.

'Um, yeah. I do' I replied blankly. Chad raised his eyebrows.

'You okay? You're kinda distant today' he said. I shook my head.

'Don't worry, I'm fine. I just drifted away for a second, sorry' I said. Chad smiled.

'It's alright.'

'Oh, there's my street' Scott said. 'I guess I'll see you guys tomorrow.'

'Yeah' Chad said. 'Make sure you come to practice with no equations in your head.'

Scott laughed. 'I can do that. Bye.'

'See ya' Chad and I said. Scott shot me a discreet smile and made his way down the street. I bit my lips and looked ahead.

'Are you sure you're okay?' Chad asked once again, this time wrapping his arm around me. I smiled weakly.

'Yeah, I'm fine.'

'Oh come on! I can see something's bothering you. What is it?'

'It's nothing.'

Chad sighed. 'Can I guess?'

'You can try…'

'Is it about Scott?'

My breath got caught up in my throat. How did he know? Was I obvious? But why did he even make me feel that way? What did I feel anyway? What was going on? What?

'Um, what?' I asked. Chad smiled.

'If you're scared because you think he might be better at chemistry than you… Don't be. He isn't.'

I laughed and shook my head. 'It's not that, trust me.'

'Aww, then what it is?' he asked. I shrugged.

'I don't know… It can't be because I'm scared to tell my dad about us, because I wasn't scared in the morning.'

'Maybe it's because I'm scared' he said. I giggled.

'You said you wouldn't be!'

'I know… But it's different when you actually have to do it.'

'Hey, maybe it won't be that bad' I said, opening the gate. Chad sighed and stopped before the gate. I gave him a funny look. 'Are you coming with me?'

'Yeah…' he mumbled and slowly followed me. I smiled, took his hand and lead him to the back door.

'Everything is going to be okay. Just be cool. And don't do anything that might set him off' I advised. Chad sighed.

'I'll try.'

We stopped in front of the door and I looked at him.

'Relax' I said. Chad gave me a sad look. 'Okay, I think I know how to make you feel better.'

I put my hands on his cheeks and pulled him into a deep kiss. Chad was dumbfounded at first, but a second later he relaxed and wrapped his arms around my waist. We were so caught up in kissing, we didn't even realize someone opened the door. Finally, they cleared their throat.

When I saw my father standing in the doorway, with his arms closed and a dissatisfied look on his face, I thought I was going to collapse. I unconsciously pushed Chad away from me and smoothened my shirt.

'So that's how it is, huh?' he asked. Chad cleared his throat and looked at my father.

'To my defense, she was the one who kissed me.'

They both stared at me, both waiting for me to say something. I looked down, trying to hold back laughter. That was the worst way for my father to find out about Chad and I, yet I was glad it happened that way. At least we skipped the formal part and got straight to the super uncomfortable part.

Taylor M.