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It's Where You're Going

Chapter 3

By Persephone's Nautical Nun

Spencer has got to be the cutest and most naive person I've ever met. I thought my hints were pretty obvious. It's like when I asked her if Aiden was what she wanted, I had mentioned that if he wasn't, I might be interested. She seriously thought I meant that I was interested in Aiden. I thought maybe she would take the hint that I was interested in her... that I was interested in filling the role of what she wanted. But no, Spencer has to continue being her normally dense self.

Why else would I hound her for information on her first time? I mean, really, I could have gotten anyone. I made certain that I got hers... because if it wasn't good... I wanted to make it better for her.

If she paid any attention, she would also notice that I quoted her own words on the beach when she was trying to figure herself out. When she was talking about her first time having sex, she made a mention that she wants to have another first time... with some one who really gets her. That's why when I was explaining the differences between dating a girl and dating a guy, I said that dating a girl was like being with some one who gets you.

Why can't she just use her brain?

That's why I was so shocked when she asked me how I really felt about her a few days after we kissed. I mean, really, when she leaned in to kiss me, I kind of took over. I thought that in itself would tell her that I liked her.

"What do you mean, Spence?"

We were walking down the hallway of King High after school, headed toward my car. I guess she wanted to go ahead and bring it up here so we wouldn't make a scene... or she wouldn't do something she wasn't ready for too soon.

She stumbled around, looking for the right words. I wonder if she knew how cute she was when she was nervous.

"It's just... well... do you like me as more than a friend? I mean..."

I stepped in front of her. We were getting nowhere with this. "Look, Spence. I obviously have feelings for you. Otherwise, I never would have kissed you. What's the big deal?"

Apparently, her shoes became more interesting than the topic at hand, because her eyes went straight to them. Every time something hard came up, she would refuse to look at me. It was really starting to hurt.

Well, this time I wasn't going to force her to look at me. I would actually let her get her way this time. "Spencer, if you want to know something, just ask. You'll never get anywhere the way you're going now."

Then I started to walk away. Because she was making this harder than it had to be.

I had only gotten a few steps when I heard her call my name. I turned around, and she looked so lost, and confused, and scared. It almost broke my heart. Almost.

I threw my arms out and dropped them back at my side, exasperated. "What, Spence? What is it?"

She walked the few steps to me, closing the gap. "It's just... I have to know... I mean, you're reputation..."

My heart wasn't almost broken anymore. Now, it was in a rage. I can't believe that she would take my reputation, created by the cheer bitches, and use it against me. I mean, I know that she's into me, I feel her eyes scanning my body all the time. So, then why was she afraid of my reputation. Yeah, I'm all about having fun, that's true, but Spence should know how much she means to me. Especially after that night with Kelly. I was jealous. She knows that. If it were just about having fun, that jealousy never would have been there.

"You know what, Spence? Forget it. If you're so worried about what everybody else thinks... if you're so worried that my reputation is going to get you shunned by the cheer bitches, then this isn't worth it. We'll forget everything happened. Happy? Now you can go back to being the naive new girl that everyone's trying to protect."

I started to storm off, leaving her shocked before turning around and calling to her. "You better hurry up, Spence. I have to get you home before your mommy thinks I've taken you off somewhere to corrupt your fragile, little mind."