Hi everyone, sorry I haven't updated for a while, but I've been so busy
I've barely had time to sleep. Hope you enjoy!
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"So let me get this straight, you made out with Sean last night?" Paige asked her friend in disbelief the next day. They were lounging around Lux's house since her parents were at work. "You were making out with the boy you hated just last week? It doesn't make sense. Didn't you complete bitch at him for the kiss last week?"
Lux grimaced at this.
"Yeah, but I was nervous. I didn't think anything would work. And I really didn't want another new relationship." Lux said trying to defend herself.
"Why not?" Paige asked. Lux thought for a moment before shrugging her shoulders.
"I just tend not to be good with relationships."
"Well that is all about to change. I can feel it," Paige said grinning and taking a drink from her Coke. "So, when are you going to see him next?" Paige asked.
"No idea, I kind of ran out of there in a hurry," Lux added. Paige's face fell.
"Oh no! You didn't yell at him again?"
"No! Actually, his brother walked in on us," Lux said looking embarrassed. Paige let out a shout of laughter.
"Tracker walked in on you! Oh my god! What did he say?" Paige asked shaking with laughter. Lux covered her face with her hands.
"Ugh, he was just being sooo awkward. It was clear he was enjoying my discomfort!"
"Well it's better than, say, someone's parents walking in on you. But seriously, isn't Tracker cute?" Paige asked after she regained control of her laughing reflexes.
"Umm, I guess for a 27 year old!" Lux said. "Besides, after having discovered deeply repressed feelings for his brother I didn't exactly jump at the chance to check out his brother! AND I was way to embarrassed to even look the guy in the face!"
"Understandably." Paige nodded her head, "Anyways, you need to talk to Sean. Get all this cleared up."
"I know." Lux's phone rang interrupting her conversation with Paige.
"Hello?"
"Hey Lux, it's Spinner."
"Hi Spinner, do you want to talk to Paige?" Lux guessed.
"Yeah, is she there?"
"Yep, hang on," Lux handed the phone to Paige. "Jeez, he knows where you are every minute doesn't he?" Lux teased her friend. Paige ignored her and picked up the phone.
"Hey Spin, yep, sure when? Now.? Ok, see ya babe." Paige hung up and Lux rolled her eyes.
"Ditching me are you?" She asked.
"Nope, you're coming with me," Paige responded.
"Where?"
"To the diner. Spinner and Sean are meeting us there," Paige said with a twinkle in her eye.
"Sean is?" Lux asked.
"Yep, so get ready cause we're supposed to be there in five minutes," Paige said as she watched Lux run into the bathroom. After finally deciding to leave her wavy hair down, she tugged on her pink long sleeved shirt so it reached the hemline of her jeans exposing no stomach.
"Are you coming?" Paige asked through the door. Lux came out and two girls proceeded to the diner.
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"So just tell her that you want to take her on a date. I mean, you're going about this completely backwards, but you might as well continue while you're at it. Usually the making out comes after the dating." Spinner explained to Sean as he took a bite out of his hamburger.
"So you think I should just ask on a date?" Sean asked.
"Yep, it's not like she's going to say no. And then you can actually have something semi-normal in your life, a girlfriend." Spinner thought for a moment. "Oh wait, how could I forget that rather lengthy relationship with Emma?" Sean groaned.
"Do me a favor and don't mention Emma. Lux already thinks she still likes me."
"Does she?"
"No, we're just friends." With this Spinner got up and walked towards the doorway where Paige and Lux had just walked in. He gave Paige a big hug and Sean watched Lux as she cautiously moved around them and made her way towards Sean.
"Hey," she said.
"Hey," he answered willing the conversation not to end up in an awkward silence. Before he could say anything else Paige and Spinner plopped down next to them.
"So are you girls gonna order anything?" Spinner asked them from across the table.
"Nope, I just ate a lot of Lux's," Paige answered.
"Yeah, I'm fine too," Lux said. Spinner turned to Sean.
"What is it with girls and always being full? I refuse to believe that they are honestly always that full." Sean just laughed and ate a fry.
"Actually I kind of want a drink," Lux said as she stood up. Sean paused but then stood up with her.
"Yeah, I'll get one too. Do you guys need anything?" he asked. Paige and Spinner shook their heads no and Sean followed Lux to the bar. Lux ordered and then sat on a barstool as they waited for their drinks.
"So Lux," Lux turned in her chair to face Sean, "I was wondering if maybe next weekend you wanted to go out with me?" he asked in a semi-rush. Lux smiled and answered,
"Yeah, sure." Sean looked relieved.
"Ok, cool. I was afraid you would say no."
"I was afraid you wouldn't ask," Lux said as their drinks came. Sean handed the bartender money before Lux could and took both their drinks in his hand.
"Sean you didn't have to pay," Lux called after him.
"I know, I wanted to," he said as he made his way back to the table. Lux just smiled and followed him back.
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(A few weeks later)
Ok. This was it. Manny decided to go for it. She had spent too much time waiting around. Obviously Craig was just too shy to approach her. So she would have to approach him. She waited for the crowd to clear away from his locker and walked up to him.
"Hey Craig," she said swallowing the butterflies in her stomach.
"Oh hey Manny," he said looking down at her. "What's up?"
"Not much, what's up with you?"
"Not much." Awkward silence. Manny opened her mouth to speak again, but was interrupted when a girl ran into Craig from the other side.
"Sorry Craig," she stuttered through her laughter. It was Lux, and Manny groaned as she noticed Lux re-pump the water gun in her hand.
"What's going on?" Craig asked looking confused.
"Shit. Is Jimmy or Sean around?" Lux asked ignoring Craig's question, her eyes darting around the room.
"uh," Craig hesitated looking around.
"Ahh!" Lux screamed taking off as Jimmy and Sean ran out from behind a wall taking aim at Lux and releasing the trigger on the water guns, darts of ice cold water shot at Lux as she ran to the opposite side of the hall. Craig managed to get out of the stream himself by taking cover under his books and backing away. Manny, however, was not so lucky and she stood drenched in water.
"Oh sorry guys. Physics got a little out of hand. We're supposed to be studying projectile motion." Jimmy explained as she took off after Sean towards the same path Lux took.
Craig turned towards Manny as she angrily brushed her sopping hair out of her face.
"Umm, sorry about that," Craig began. Manny ignored Craig and pushed her way into the girl's bathroom.
"Woah, what happened to you?" Emma asked her friend who looked extremely pissed and wet.
"Something to do with water guns in physics or whatever," Manny said taking a roll of paper towels and drying herself as best she could. "All I know is that Lux bumped into Craig just as I was about to ask him out!" she exclaimed angrily. She noticed Emma grind her teeth.
"What?" Manny asked.
"Nothing, it just turns out Lux and Sean are dating!" Emma spat.
"Woah, they are?"
"Yes."
"I didn't see that one coming," Manny admitted.
"Yeah well, it can't last too long. They are just so wrong for each other. Wait a minute, you were going to ask Craig out?"
"Oh yeah." Manny said biting her bottom lip. "Until I was attacked by water guns."
"Well I think that's a great idea."
"What? The water gun idea?"
"No! Asking him out."
"You do?" Manny asked.
"Yeah, you know my motto, go for what you want. There's no point waiting around for it," Emma said. Manny noticed a look cross her friend's face. "In fact, maybe if I hadn't waited for Sean to come back to me, he wouldn't be with Lux. I should have made the first move," Emma said. She paused for a moment and then continued, "Actually, maybe I still can."
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"So let me get this straight, you made out with Sean last night?" Paige asked her friend in disbelief the next day. They were lounging around Lux's house since her parents were at work. "You were making out with the boy you hated just last week? It doesn't make sense. Didn't you complete bitch at him for the kiss last week?"
Lux grimaced at this.
"Yeah, but I was nervous. I didn't think anything would work. And I really didn't want another new relationship." Lux said trying to defend herself.
"Why not?" Paige asked. Lux thought for a moment before shrugging her shoulders.
"I just tend not to be good with relationships."
"Well that is all about to change. I can feel it," Paige said grinning and taking a drink from her Coke. "So, when are you going to see him next?" Paige asked.
"No idea, I kind of ran out of there in a hurry," Lux added. Paige's face fell.
"Oh no! You didn't yell at him again?"
"No! Actually, his brother walked in on us," Lux said looking embarrassed. Paige let out a shout of laughter.
"Tracker walked in on you! Oh my god! What did he say?" Paige asked shaking with laughter. Lux covered her face with her hands.
"Ugh, he was just being sooo awkward. It was clear he was enjoying my discomfort!"
"Well it's better than, say, someone's parents walking in on you. But seriously, isn't Tracker cute?" Paige asked after she regained control of her laughing reflexes.
"Umm, I guess for a 27 year old!" Lux said. "Besides, after having discovered deeply repressed feelings for his brother I didn't exactly jump at the chance to check out his brother! AND I was way to embarrassed to even look the guy in the face!"
"Understandably." Paige nodded her head, "Anyways, you need to talk to Sean. Get all this cleared up."
"I know." Lux's phone rang interrupting her conversation with Paige.
"Hello?"
"Hey Lux, it's Spinner."
"Hi Spinner, do you want to talk to Paige?" Lux guessed.
"Yeah, is she there?"
"Yep, hang on," Lux handed the phone to Paige. "Jeez, he knows where you are every minute doesn't he?" Lux teased her friend. Paige ignored her and picked up the phone.
"Hey Spin, yep, sure when? Now.? Ok, see ya babe." Paige hung up and Lux rolled her eyes.
"Ditching me are you?" She asked.
"Nope, you're coming with me," Paige responded.
"Where?"
"To the diner. Spinner and Sean are meeting us there," Paige said with a twinkle in her eye.
"Sean is?" Lux asked.
"Yep, so get ready cause we're supposed to be there in five minutes," Paige said as she watched Lux run into the bathroom. After finally deciding to leave her wavy hair down, she tugged on her pink long sleeved shirt so it reached the hemline of her jeans exposing no stomach.
"Are you coming?" Paige asked through the door. Lux came out and two girls proceeded to the diner.
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"So just tell her that you want to take her on a date. I mean, you're going about this completely backwards, but you might as well continue while you're at it. Usually the making out comes after the dating." Spinner explained to Sean as he took a bite out of his hamburger.
"So you think I should just ask on a date?" Sean asked.
"Yep, it's not like she's going to say no. And then you can actually have something semi-normal in your life, a girlfriend." Spinner thought for a moment. "Oh wait, how could I forget that rather lengthy relationship with Emma?" Sean groaned.
"Do me a favor and don't mention Emma. Lux already thinks she still likes me."
"Does she?"
"No, we're just friends." With this Spinner got up and walked towards the doorway where Paige and Lux had just walked in. He gave Paige a big hug and Sean watched Lux as she cautiously moved around them and made her way towards Sean.
"Hey," she said.
"Hey," he answered willing the conversation not to end up in an awkward silence. Before he could say anything else Paige and Spinner plopped down next to them.
"So are you girls gonna order anything?" Spinner asked them from across the table.
"Nope, I just ate a lot of Lux's," Paige answered.
"Yeah, I'm fine too," Lux said. Spinner turned to Sean.
"What is it with girls and always being full? I refuse to believe that they are honestly always that full." Sean just laughed and ate a fry.
"Actually I kind of want a drink," Lux said as she stood up. Sean paused but then stood up with her.
"Yeah, I'll get one too. Do you guys need anything?" he asked. Paige and Spinner shook their heads no and Sean followed Lux to the bar. Lux ordered and then sat on a barstool as they waited for their drinks.
"So Lux," Lux turned in her chair to face Sean, "I was wondering if maybe next weekend you wanted to go out with me?" he asked in a semi-rush. Lux smiled and answered,
"Yeah, sure." Sean looked relieved.
"Ok, cool. I was afraid you would say no."
"I was afraid you wouldn't ask," Lux said as their drinks came. Sean handed the bartender money before Lux could and took both their drinks in his hand.
"Sean you didn't have to pay," Lux called after him.
"I know, I wanted to," he said as he made his way back to the table. Lux just smiled and followed him back.
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(A few weeks later)
Ok. This was it. Manny decided to go for it. She had spent too much time waiting around. Obviously Craig was just too shy to approach her. So she would have to approach him. She waited for the crowd to clear away from his locker and walked up to him.
"Hey Craig," she said swallowing the butterflies in her stomach.
"Oh hey Manny," he said looking down at her. "What's up?"
"Not much, what's up with you?"
"Not much." Awkward silence. Manny opened her mouth to speak again, but was interrupted when a girl ran into Craig from the other side.
"Sorry Craig," she stuttered through her laughter. It was Lux, and Manny groaned as she noticed Lux re-pump the water gun in her hand.
"What's going on?" Craig asked looking confused.
"Shit. Is Jimmy or Sean around?" Lux asked ignoring Craig's question, her eyes darting around the room.
"uh," Craig hesitated looking around.
"Ahh!" Lux screamed taking off as Jimmy and Sean ran out from behind a wall taking aim at Lux and releasing the trigger on the water guns, darts of ice cold water shot at Lux as she ran to the opposite side of the hall. Craig managed to get out of the stream himself by taking cover under his books and backing away. Manny, however, was not so lucky and she stood drenched in water.
"Oh sorry guys. Physics got a little out of hand. We're supposed to be studying projectile motion." Jimmy explained as she took off after Sean towards the same path Lux took.
Craig turned towards Manny as she angrily brushed her sopping hair out of her face.
"Umm, sorry about that," Craig began. Manny ignored Craig and pushed her way into the girl's bathroom.
"Woah, what happened to you?" Emma asked her friend who looked extremely pissed and wet.
"Something to do with water guns in physics or whatever," Manny said taking a roll of paper towels and drying herself as best she could. "All I know is that Lux bumped into Craig just as I was about to ask him out!" she exclaimed angrily. She noticed Emma grind her teeth.
"What?" Manny asked.
"Nothing, it just turns out Lux and Sean are dating!" Emma spat.
"Woah, they are?"
"Yes."
"I didn't see that one coming," Manny admitted.
"Yeah well, it can't last too long. They are just so wrong for each other. Wait a minute, you were going to ask Craig out?"
"Oh yeah." Manny said biting her bottom lip. "Until I was attacked by water guns."
"Well I think that's a great idea."
"What? The water gun idea?"
"No! Asking him out."
"You do?" Manny asked.
"Yeah, you know my motto, go for what you want. There's no point waiting around for it," Emma said. Manny noticed a look cross her friend's face. "In fact, maybe if I hadn't waited for Sean to come back to me, he wouldn't be with Lux. I should have made the first move," Emma said. She paused for a moment and then continued, "Actually, maybe I still can."