Author's Note: So, I'm BACK. I know how you all missed me; don't have to cry about it.
"That was a fun ride," Jenny exclaimed as Pete dropped her off in front of her house. He took her to town and showed her all the places that she could have fun or shop. "The rush, the wind between your hairs-"
"Um, Jenny," Pete asked. He got off and started clutching his stomach, "If there's a next time, try not to hold on so tight."
"I'm sorry," she said with a lopsided smiled. "Goodnight Pete." She stood on her tip-toes and kissed him on the cheek. "I'll see you tomorrow." As she got to the door she turned back around, "And there will be a next time." She smiled and gently closed the door behind her.
He watched until she closed the door before he brought his hand up to his cheek and smiled.
"I saw you waiting on that girl at practice," Brianna told Pete the next morning at school. "You like her or something?"
"Yeah, I do."
"You two going out," Brianna asked.
"No. Well at least not yet. Why?"
"I'm just asking." After finishing her sentence, she turned around and left.
"What a weird girl Brianna is," Joe said. He started laughing, "Heard you got a beat down the other day."
Pete smiled. "Just yelling, I'm not doing that shit anymore. My mom said she's going to ship me off to a random country and sign me up to be a priest. Then I left the house and talked to Jenny."
"That girl isn't so normal either," Joe replied.
"Why is that," Pete asked, turning to fully face him.
"Cause she does what she's told. She makes everyone in the class look bad. And do you see how she stares at us when we cut class. I swear man, she's going to rat us out on of these days and then you're really going to become a priest."
"I saw you talking to Joe at lunch the other day," Jenny said, looking up at Pete. They were in Pete's backyard and he was pushing her on a swing. "Then you were kind of quiet coming home. What's up?"
"Nothing, they just don't like getting into trouble," Pete replied.
"And they think I'm gonna rat them out," she nodded. Before Pete was going to respond she interrupted him, "And they don't want you hanging out with me. And now you're thinking that you shouldn't hang out with me because you don't want to disappoint your friends because you've known them longer."
"Yes… I mean NO! I don't know. My friends can be jerks sometimes and I don't think my ma doesn't like them that much anymore."
She smiled, "You don't have to hang out with me, you know. If you care that much what people think."
"I'm not that kind of person," Pete told her.
"Yeah, uh huh," she smiled. He stopped pushing her and went on the swing next to her. "Hey, push me!"
"Pump your feet!"
She let a frustrated sigh and started to move her feet.
"I don't care what my friends think," Pete said after a couple of minutes, "You're worth it." He looked over at her to see her smiling.
"Thank you," she replied softly. "So what're you going to tell your friends."
"I don't know yet," he shrugged, "I really don't know."
Author's Note: OK I'm sorry it took so long. I don't know what he's supposed to say to his friends though. Haha. So, it might be a longer wait. But, I'll try the best I could.