Chapter six

We went inside and I felt at ease being with just Tess. She made us some popcorn and we went into her bedroom. "So, I really meant what I said out there."

I laughed. "Oh, I know you did! You just won't be getting ALL the details," I smirked and her eyes grew.

She ran towards the phone. "I've GOT to call Izzy! She knows how to drag the information out of you!" I layed on her bed, silently, as she prodded. Isabel was on her way and I knew she would get it out of me eventually, so I might as well just fess up.

Isabel arrived in about 10 minutes and jumped on me. "TELL US EVERYTHING OR ELSE!"

"OKAY!" I screamed and she got off, giving me a confused look. "What?"

"That was too easy, what's up with you?" Iz asked and I just smiled. "Uh oh. I know that look all too well."

"Why do you say that, Iz?" I scoffed.

"Well, you got that look in your eye whenever you get something new. You had that look when you got your first puppy, when you get new clothes, when you grew into your boobs-"

"OKAY! I get it, Isabel! I get a lusty look on my face when I get something I want!"

"Oh, you little hoe! Got what you want, huh?" Tess joked and Iz laughed.

"Not like THAT you dirty, dirty girl! You are mistaking me for you!" I sneered and she dropped her smile so I continued, "I figured you would get it out of me eventually, Iz, so I thought, why fight it?" I waited for them to settle down and sit on the bed before I told them how I encountered Micheal at the party. "...and then he just kissed me! Right in front of Courtney!"

"Oh, you must have LOVED that, Ria!" Tess put in and Iz nodded.

"Well, I was shocked at first, but I really forgot all about Courtney. I mean, can you blame me?" I winked and we all giggled. "Well, now that you know my story... Tess do you have something you wanna share with the class?"

Tess turned a bright red. "Uh, well..."

"You gotta tell, Tessie! Maria told now you have to!"

"All right! I met up with Kyle at the party just like Ria ran into Micheal... I remember being really tired after dancing with Iz for a while, so I went to get us some drinks. I went into the kitchen and find no other than Kyle Valenti, watching as two boys did a line of shots. The weirdest thing was he wasn't the one drinking! So, he spotted me, got me a drink and we sat and talked the rest of the night," Tess said and my mouth dropped open.

"Oh hell no, girlie! I did not just go through my story, in complete DETAIL, and you just get to say 'we talked all night'! Puh-lease! I know that wasn't all, Iz knows that wasn't all, and I bet you if I asked Kyle, he'd tell me that wasn't all! So SPILL!"

"FINE! Sheesh! I kissed him, okay?" she shouted. I clapped my hands together.

"Way to go, Tess! I can't believe you made the first move! That is just so aspiring!" Isabel hugged her from the side and I gave her a sweet smile.

"Yeah, well, he wasn't making any moves to do it, but he sure was flirting! I just figured, why not go for it? If he doesn't like me, his loss, but I at LEAST need to kiss him!"

"So?" I proded.

"So?" she asked, looking confused but knowing what I wanted to know.

"You know what I'm gonna ask you," I rolled my eyes.

"I don't know what you're talking about!"

"I know that you know what I wanna know," I said shortly.

"And I know that she knows that you know what she wants to know, you know?" Isabel said and I raised an eyebrow. "Fine, just tell us, Tess. Good kisser? Bad kisser? Or should I just go kiss him and find out for myself?"

"Don't you dare to even think about it! Kyle is a GREAT kisser and he is there for me, and for me ONLY, to be kissing on!" Tess threatened, playfully.

I held up my hands in mock surrender. Is just snapped her fingers and said, "Darn, he would of made such a good eraser room partner!" Is joked and Tess threw a pillow at her which started the pillow fight that meant war.

I left her house hours later, still laughing. I pulled into my driveway at around 7:30 that night.

I sighed as I walked inside. We hadn't finished any homework and there was DEFINATELY no studying going on, but I had missed that; just being with my girls. We're gonna have to get Lizzie in on one of these girl's nights pretty soon.

"Maria? Is that you?" my mom came into the living room as I closed the door.

"Hey, mom. When did you get back from-"

"Why didn't you tell me you had a boyfriend, Maria?"

"Well, I didn't know you'd be home, otherwise I-"

"That Billy is such a nice boy. We just ta-"

"WHOA WHOA WHOA!" I yelled, confused. "Billy? Billy was here?"

"That is your boyfriend, right?" she asked and I couldn't even respond. "Maria, are you alright?"

I thought for a second before replying, "Mom, I don't know what he told you, but he is NOT my boyfriend, nor will he ever be my boyfriend! I am going out with this guy named Micheal. Maybe I will invite him over some time, but not anytime soon because we just started going out and I don't want you to scare him off-"

"HEY!"

"No offense, mom, but I really don't like when you hound guys that I date and they break up with me, that's just not fun. By the way, did Billy leave anything here for me? A note or something?"

"No, no note," she replied and I sighed in relief, "but he did bring these lovely red roses. I think you need to think about who you're dating here, Ria, this boy seems really nice and he seems to care about you a lot."

'If only you knew, mom,' I thought, but said aloud, "I really like Micheal, mom, and I know you will, too, once you meet him. I'm gonna go to my room now, okay?" she nodded and handed me the flowers.

I made sure she was in her room before I went outside to throw the flowers out. "Got a secret admirer I need to worry about?"

I jumped at the voice, but calmed down when I saw Micheal. "GOD!" I yelled and hit him in the chest. He feigned hurt and I said, "don't sneek up on me like that, jerk! Man!"

He laughed and pulled me into a hug. "Sorry, babe. Didn't mean to scare you, just wanted to see you. I haven't seen you since school let out."

I sighed and looked up into his eyes. I pulled his head down, trying to ignore the concern look in his eyes, and kissed him, hoping he would make it all just go away. He was hesitant at first but soon gave into my kiss, his tongue battling mine for dominance.

He pulled away all too soon. He grabbed my face as I moved in to kiss him again and just looked at me, catching his breath. "Are you trying to kill me, woman?" I just looked at him with lust in my eyes, trying to convince him to kiss me again. It looked like he was going to, but he pulled back suddenly. "Oh, no, you little vixen! You aren't going to get me to kiss you until you tell me what has you so jumpy!"

I smirked. "You sure you wanna say that? Because I can hold out on you for a long, long time," I said breaking free of him and walking towards my house.

I heard him growl and felt myself being tackled to the ground. "Okay, okay! So I won't stop kissing you! But I wanna know what's bothering you!"

I sighed and leaned against him. "I... I can't tell you just yet, Micheal, but I promise it's nothing serious."

He turned me to face him, forcing me to look him in the eye. "Promise to tell me when it gets serious?"

I nodded, not trusting to actually say anything. He sighed and nodded before kissing my forehead. We stayed that way, just holding on to each other and talking for about an hour and a half before I had to go inside. He kissed me goodnight, roughly, before turning and walking down the driveway to his motorcycle, which I hadn't heard come up. Guess I was too paranoid with the situation at hand to notice anything around me.

As I was getting into bed, I thought about my day tomorrow. Pick Tess up, meet up with Micheal for our first trip to the eraser room, and then find Billy at lunch, and kill him.

Yep, tomorrow would be another great day...