Disclaimer: I don't own holes (maybe one day though!) although I do own all of the characters I made up (Raquel and Ariella and Jason oh and Raquel's mom)
The next few months flew by and the word quickly got around that the boys and I were inseparable. Even though I have a lot of friends that are girls they all think Rex is cute so he ends up coming with us and being a typical guy he brings Alan and Stanley because he does not want to be the only guy in a big group of girls. So I spend all my time ether with the boys or with the girls and the boys. There was not a whole lot of problems with Jason except for the occasional argument when we bumped into each other but they were quickly stopped because we always had Stanley with us and even though he is one of the sweetest boys I have ever met he is also one of the biggest and so the arguments were stopped very quickly.
Things were down to a routine with me and Alan. Everyday I would either pick him and the guys up and we would drive to school or we would walk. Then we would have lunch and then we would met outside of school at the end of the day and we would go to our houses except for me and Alan we would either go to my house or go to his and do homework. I was horrible at Spanish and Science and he was an amazing student in both of those classes especially science because we were in biology and we were focusing on marine life and that is something that Alan is really good at. Then I give him help in math and history. We spend most of the night doing homework because we always have dinner and then we spend a good time of that talking. Rex has not entirely given up on hooking us up but it is not the first thing on his mind anymore. He has moved onto relationships of his own. He is now dating Melina he met her at one of Stanley's football games; they have been dating ever since.
It looked like me and Alan were going to just be friends for a while until one cold night in November. He was walking me home one night after we were studying for the big science test next week and it wasn't until we got to the stop sign at the end of his street did I realize that my world was going to be turned upside down from there on.
"Thanks for walking me home it's always better when you don't have to walk alone. Then it just sucks." I looked up at the stars and shuddered it was a very cold night but it was the end of November soon there would be snow and it would be too cold to walk anymore.
"Raquel, are you cold? Here take my jacket I am warm actually I'm wearing a sweatshirt." He took off his jacket and handed it to me and insisted that I wear it. He said he didn't want to wear it anyways so there was no point in not getting worn when I was so cold. So I took it from him and thanked him.
"You know you have really matured from when I first met you that day in the courtyard. I mean I can actually trust you when ii ask where a room is."
We both laughed while I nudged him with my arm to tell him I was only joking then we decided to take the long way home because it was so beautiful out and now we were both warm. We started to walk around the lake that was by both of our houses.
"And you ma'dear have also matured I mean you haven't called me a poop face in weeks! OUCH don't hit me that hurt!"
"Ha sorry I didn't mean to hurt you."
"That's ok just don't let it happen again."
"I promise. This is so pretty how come we never go this way? I never knew that we could go this way."
"Yah it is a nice walk. It is really nice when you know you need to just think. But this is by Jason's house and I thought that maybe it is better if we don't go this way. But I hear that Jason has found a new girl to harass. So we're probably good going this way."
"I feel bad for that girl poor thing! I feel bad for you too I mean you probably don't have any time to think anymore about anything I mean you do spend all your time with me. Poor thing!" I gentle pinched Alan's cheeks and he blushed and kicked some dirt.
"Nah, its fine I would rather be spending time with you than thinking. You're a lot more fun. I mean the things I have to think about are no fun. Except for when I am thinking about you. But even sometimes that can be sad." He looked away and kicked some more dirt.
"Thinking of me makes you sad? That sucks! I'm sorry."
"No it isn't you that makes me sad it is knowing that so many guys like you who are a lot better than me and who could be a better person to you than me that is what makes me sad."
I stopped in my tracks and looked Alan in the eye. Is this really happening? I have dreamed about this for so long but I never thought that this would come true. Who would have thought after that day in September that I would be walking with Alan and listening to him pouring his heart out to me. I held his hand and looked up into his eyes.
"I don't know of anyone who is a better person than you. You saved me even when I was a bitch to you and then you still found it in your heart to take me into your house and make sure I was ok. I don't know of any other guy who would be that sweet to me other than you. You are the only person I call tell about stupid things like how stressed out I am and how when I was little I ran around naked all the time. I don't tell those things to everyone you know. Do you really think I could spend hours everyday with just anyone? Alan, there is no one better than you I can assure you of that."
Alan looked at me with eyes that I could not read. Then he looked down at the ground for a while, then looked into my eyes and took my other hand so I was standing right in front of him with both of my hands in his.
"So…uhh… do you think you would like to go out sometime? I mean if you don't want to that is ok we can pretend none of this happened and we can still be friends. But I think you're really pretty and fun and I really like you. But I don't know if you like me so I don't know but I would really like to take you out sometime. I mean if you aren't busy or anything."
"What?" I was in such shock that Alan my best friend had just asked me out that the only thing that could come out was what? and follow that with a few nervous giggles. It was so random but yet suddenly I was filled with butterflies and my heart was beating faster.
"I knew you wouldn't want to and that's cool I mean like I said you have a lot of better guys wanting to go out with you…" Alan looked away looking hurt and then started walking fast towards the direction of my house.
"Alan! Wait don't walk away from me. That wasn't a no!"
"It wasn't?"
"No!"
"So you would want to go out with me sometime?" I took his hands again and smiled and gently kissed his lips.
"Nothing would make me happier." We continued on our walk and Alan gently placed his hand into mine and pulled me closer to him and held my hand until I was safely home. When we reached the door neither of us had anything to say so I just kissed him on the cheek gave him his jacket and said good night. Then I ran upstairs to call Ariella.
