Angels POV
"Angel, Rick just messaged me. Are you okay if I take you home?" Humphrey asked me as he sat back down. Lilly had brought me back to the table before I could confront Garth. It was probably for the best. Not like I would have said anything constructive. How long would Rick have kept going if I didn't stop him? I saw a teacher walk up to Garth and say something before following. Once we got to the table I couldn't take my eyes off of him until he left the room. Once he did about three minutes went by until Humphrey came in to ask if I was okay with him taking me home.
"Yes," I said in a whisper. I was a little shaken up. I worried for my brother, I didn't want to see him get hurt. In any way. Humphrey nodded and then looked down at the remainder of his lunch.
"I don't really even want this anymore," he said. Before anyone could say anything, Shaky came over holding Rick's bookbag.
"Hey guys, Rick left this, i'm gonna go give it to him" he said. He walked off leaving us in silence again. I just put my face in my hands. I sat like that for a moment before I felt a hand on my back.
"You okay Angie?" I heard Lilly ask.
"No," I said into my hands.
"I'm sure Rick's fine, you saw what he did to Garth right? We all saw the same fight?" Through my fingers I saw Lilly shoot him a look as if saying that now wasn't the time.
"Why don't you come over for a bit after school" Lilly suggested. That actually sounded nice. It had been awhile since me and Lilly hung out.
"Okay" I said. Lilly leaned close to me.
"Can you look at me?" she asked. Slowly I moved my hands from my face and turned to Lilly.
"Good," she nodded.
"Rick will be fine, Humphreys right, if anyone needs to be looked after right now, it's Garth. Not that he deserves it" Lilly said. I smiled slightly and looked down at my lunch.
"Humphrey? I think I'm with you. I don't want this either," I said. I got up and walked over to the outside door. Lilly followed. We walked outside and stood in the cold air.
"What are you doing?" Lilly asked as I pulled my phone out.
"Calling my brother" I said as I tapped call. Lilly crossed her arms from the cold. Her cute yellow sweater and fur wasn't enough to keep her warm.
The phone rang twice before Rick picked up. The first thing I heard was the hum of his truck before he said anything.
"Hello? I can't see who this is I'm driving" he said.
"It's Angel" I said into the phone, putting it on speaker so Lilly could hear the conversation. There was no one else outside so I was fine with being as loud as I was. Lilly came closer to me and stood by me,
"you okay Rick?" Lilly asked into the phone that sat in the palm of my hand.
"Lilly?" he questioned.
"Yes it's Lilly, me and Angel wanted to know if you were okay" she said as she shivered.
"You want to go inside Lils?" I asked. She shook her head no before looking back down at the phone, as if Rick was standing there.
"I'm fine, it's Kate that I'm worried about," he said.
"Of course" I responded as I rolled my eyes. Lilly giggled.
"Listen, could you girls check up on her? I had to leave so i couldn't be there, if she's up i want you to tell her i'm sorry that i couldn't be there" Rick instructed.
"Alright," Lilly said.
"But Rick… are YOU okay?" I was concerned. I swear I love my brother but sometimes he thinks too little about himself. There was a long pause before he answered. Nothing but the hum of his truck coming out of the phone.
"I'm fine," he finally said. I glanced up at Lilly and she did the same, causing our eyes to meet. I exhaled shakely before I spoke.
"I love you Rick," I said.
"I love you to Angie" he said before I heard the three beeps telling me that he hung up. I closed my eyes and sighed again as I slid my phone into my pocket. Lilly hugged me, taking me by surprise. I hugged her back before she broke it.
"Let's go inside," she said.
"Alright, fuck its freezing out here '' I complained as we practically ran back inside.
After school I walked outside to Humphreys' car. As I passed people they looked at me odd. It didn't take long for me to figure out why. I was the sister of the guy that just beat up the almighty jock. As I leaned on Humphreys' car I went on my phone. As I did, I saw that I got a message from Rick.
"hey. Did you check up on Kate? How is she?" the text read.
"She was still out when we checked on her" I typed before hitting send. As I did I heard footsteps walking up to me. I looked up expecting to see Lilly and Humphrey but instead saw Kate.
"Kate," I said excitedly.
"Hey Angel" she smiled as she unlocked her car.
"Ricks been asking about you" I said. Kate opened her door and stood by it, resting her hand on the top of it.
"Oh yeah?" she asked. I jogged over to her and nodded.
"Yeah" I said. I then noticed a red mark on her face. "Kate… your face," I said. Her eyes widened for a moment before she sat in her car and flipped the mirror down. She saw her cheek and groaned.
"That fucking prick" she said before turning to me. "It's cold out here, are you waiting for Lilly?" she asked. I nodded. "Hop in. you can wait in the car" Kate offered as she motioned with her head over to the passenger seat. I felt happy about the offer. I'm not sure why. A jogged over to the other side of the car and hopped in as instructed. Meanwhile Kate turned the car and heat on. When I sat inside I immediately felt the hot air coming through the small car vents.
"Ahhh" I sounded satisfied. Kate giggled before her smile lowered to a more serious look.
"Angel?... What happened after I passed out?" she asked. I turned to her and lost my smile as well. Where to start.
"Rick got Garth off of him and punched him multiple times," I explained.
"And then?" Kate asked, looking eager. Oh no, how do I tell her that I stopped him.
"Kate… I know we don't talk much, and I want to change that. But what I tell you next might upset you" I said, turning and looking down towards the glove compartment.
"I won't get mad," Kate said calmly. I closed my eyes and breathed.
"As Rick was punching Garth i… stopped him," I said. I expected her to yell at me to get out of the car. I'm not sure why. Kate was a nice wolf. It's just that if someone told me that, I'd be mad.
"Who did you do it for?" Kate asked. I turned to her to see that she was also avoiding eye contact now. Looking down to her left.
"Rick of course," I said. Why would I have done it for Garth? What is she thinking? Kate exhaled.
"That's all that matters," she said. Her eyes shot over to me and we just stared at each other for a good five seconds before speaking.
"Kate? Why do you think i would have done it for Garth?" I asked. I didn't want to but I needed to know. She looked away from me again.
"It's just that… i didn't know if you had a crush on him or something" she said. I scoffed.
"I have standards Kate," I said, making her laugh.
"I thought so," she said with a smile. I then heard a tap at my window behind my head. I jumped as I turned around. Lilly peered in through the window and waved. I rolled down the window to hear Lilly laughing.
"Did I scare ya?" she asked.
"Were you trying to?" I shot back.
"No," she giggled. "You want to ride with me and Humphrey or with Kate?" Lilly asked. I turned to Kate.
"I don't mind taking you home" she said as she put her hand on the steering wheel, as if she was ready to take off right then and there.
"She's actually coming over for a bit," Lilly said.
"Oh, well it's up to you Angel" Kate said. I turned back to Lilly.
"I'll ride with her," I said pointing behind me at Kate with my thumb.
"Okay" Lilly said before she walked over to Humphreys' car. I rolled up the window as Kate put the car into reverse.
"Lets go" she said as she turned her body to face the back of the car.
We got onto the main road and drove for about one minute before Kate asked me a question.
"Any reason you wanted to ride with me?" she asked. There was silence. I knew why I wanted to ride with her but I didn't know how to ask her what I wanted to.
"I… wanted to ask you something," I said nervously.
"Okay, what's up?" she asked as she turned onto another main road. I twiddled my thumbs nervously before asking.
"What's… going on with… you and my brother?" I asked nervously. She seemed to tense up when I asked.
"Why do you ask?" she questioned, almost as if avoiding mine.
"Well… you two have been spending so much time together and… he seems so happy," I explained.
"Does he like me?" she asked. Fuck how do i answer that. I dont want to say no. but if i tell her yes it could back fire and fuck him over. The fact that she asked me that really does mean that they aren't together. Ohh what have i done? There's no way I can back out of this question. I can't even say that I can't tell her because that's just another way of saying yes. Oh shit I'm taking too long to answer, aren't i?
"Can I tell you a secret?" Kate asked as she stopped at a red light.
"Yeah?" I answered, my ears standing up slightly. She turned to me and smiled warmly.
"I like your brother," she said. My eyes widened. I never thought he could do it. I always made fun of him for liking Kate. she's so out of your league I'd say. I guess I was wrong. Kate isn't into douchey jocks like I thought. She's a sweet girl that just looks… hot.
"Y-you do?" I asked, sounding shocked.
"Uh-huh" she nodded as she started driving again. I twiddled my thumbs again as I made a rough decision. I decided to do what I did next to help my brother out. I loved him and wanted to see him happy, and this… this was the best way to do it.
"Kate? He likes you too, he… loves you" I said. Kate seemed to almost sigh in relief. "Kate?" I asked, sounding scared. I didn't just fuck it up did i? Was she just playing me? Oh no.
"You have no idea how happy I am to hear that," she said smiling.
"Really?" I smiled back.
"Really" Kate replied.
We drove for another minute before Kate asked another question.
"Hey Angel?" she called.
"Yeah?" I answered.
"While i was away, your brother and i were texting and he said he liked a girl, it's been bothering me for awhile, any idea who it is?" Kate asked me.
"Just you as far as i know" i answered. As she kept her eyes on the road, Kate reached into her pocket and pulled out her phone. She swiped over to her messages between her and my brother. She then swiped up a bit and handed me her phone.
"Any idea who that could be?" she asked. I took her phone from her hand and read the text.
"Kate?" I called. She eyed me from the side. "I think this is you," I said. Kate turned onto her road as she drove more slowly. She took her phone back and pulled into her driveway. She reread the text and looked over to me as she put the car in park.
"You think so?" she asked.
"I know so," I said. Kate looked at her phone again and smiled.
"Oh Rick" she said before texting him something. I'm not sure what it was. "Thanks Angel" she said before stepping out of the car. I did the same and started following her to the front door. From the looks of it, no one else was in the house. I think her parents are at work during this time. As we reached the door Humphrey pulled into the driveway. He and Lilly stepped out talking about something as they walked over to us. By then though Kate had unlocked the door and stepped in. I followed close behind her.
Stepping inside I heard Kate's phone go off. She read the message she got and texted back before turning to me.
"Your brothers on his way," she said. I felt happy hearing that.
"But she just got here," Lilly protested.
"Oh we're gonna go out, you and Angel can hang out while we do" Kate said. Humphrey put his hands out as if to say well what about me?
"Oh Humphrey, you can be our third wheel" Kate said. Humphrey Laughed.
"Hey Angel, we should go to my room. It's been awhile since we hung out, we got a lot to catch up on" she said. I nodded before walking up the steps with her to her room, leaving Kate and Humphrey alone downstairs.
"Guess it's just you and me" I heard Humphrey say to Kate.
"For now" Kate giggled as I heard them walk into the living room.
I stepped into Lillys room and looked around. Everything was neat except for the bed. I put my hand on it and laughed.
"How much action does this thing get?" I asked. Lilly sat on the small seat at the foot of it as she turned on her playstation.
"How often does Humphrey come over?" she asked with a smile as she handed me a controller. I laughed as I sat down next to her on the small seat. "So I'm not sure what those three are gonna do but what about us?" Lilly asked as she started up one of the call of duty games. I thought for a moment before a lightbulb went off in my head.
"Mall day?" I asked excitedly. It had been so long since me and Lilly had a mall day.
"Okay" she answered, sounding just as excited as me. "So. i'm still mad at you from last time, so we're having a rematch" Lilly joked as she went into custom games.
"Alright" I said, preparing for the challenge.
After about ten minutes I heard Rick walk in through the front door.
"There he is!" I heard Humphrey call. What a moron, I love him so much. He always makes me laugh.
"Looks like your brothers here" Lilly said.
"M-hm '' I said quickly as I won another gun fight between me and Lilly.
"Ugh, how the fuck do you do that?" she asked. We were playing gun game and I was always able to quickly get off the snipers. Lilly on the other hand…
"you just gotta practice" i said. Lilly groaned. "They'll probably leave in about ten minutes, we can finish the game" I said. Me and Lilly leaned forward as we sat, trying our best to beat each other. In the end though I won.
"Fuck" Lilly complained. I laughed as I put the controller down.
"Alright Lills, we can do this later '' I said, stepping past her.
"I'm gonna get you one of these times'' she said as she shut the game off and followed me downstairs.
When I reached the bottom I saw Kate leaning on Rick and Humphrey sitting in a chair by himself.
"You two ready to go?" Humphrey asked.
"Yeah," Lilly said. Humphrey, Rick and Kate stood up before I ran up and hugged Rick.
"woah, happy to see me?" he asked, hugging me back.
"I was so worried," I said into his shirt. He patted me on the back before leaning down and brushing my hair with his right hand while resting his left on my shoulder.
"I'm fine," Rick said, smiling. I smiled back at him.
"I'm glad," I said. Rick stood back up and turned to Kate. he then motioned his head to the door before everyone started to walk over to it. We all stepped out and headed over to our cars. "I'll ride with Humphrey and Lilly," I said. I wanted to give Rick and Kate some alone time before they were with Humphrey.
"Alright" Kate said as she and Rick hopped into his truck. I hopped in the back of Humphreys car as Rick rolled his window down and called for Humphrey. Humphrey rolled down Lillys window and leaned over just a bit.
"Yeah?" he called.
"Where the fuck are we going?" Rick called back. Humphrey turned to Lilly.
"Where ARE we going?" Humphrey asked.
"Me and Angel were gonna head to the mall," Lilly said. Humphrey nodded.
"They want to go to the mall!" Humphrey called.
"The mall?" Rick called back. Humphrey nodded.
"Where are WE going?" Humphrey asked. I saw Rick turn to Kate and say something. She said something back before he nodded and turned back to his window.
"Applebees" he said as he put his truck into drive and sped off.
"Fuck i guess were going to applebees" Humphrey said as he pulled out of the driveway. Lilly and I snickered as Lilly turned on the music on her phone.
When Humprey pulled up to the mall's entrance he told us.
"One of us will get you okay?" he said.
"Okay dad" Lilly joked. Humphrey groaned before kissing Lilly on the lips. Meanwhile I stepped out of the car and stood by Lillys door. She got out and waved to Humphrey before shutting her door and turning to the mall.
"Alright where to first?" Lilly asked as Humphrey pulled off. We ended up buying something and had fun doing it. It's always so fun to spend money. Lilly bought a poster and shirt. I bought two graphic novels and a jean jacket. Lilly didn't want me to get the jean jacket though.
"You never take that one off," she said, pointing to the jean jacket I was currently wearing. And she was kind of right. I wore this with pretty much every outfit.
"But this one is dark navy," I said. Lilly laughed as I put it over my arm to carry to the checkout. Eventually we sat at the food court. Lilly got sushi while I got a salad.
"I don't see why you eat those, you're already really thin. Live a little" Lilly said sitting down.
"But… I like salads," I said. Lilly shrugged.
"Okay" she said as she put a sushi roll in her mouth.
"So Kate asked me if Rick liked her," I said as we ate.
"Oh yeah? What did you say?" Lilly asked.
"I told her the truth," I answered. Lillys jaw dropped as she gasped. "Don't worry, she told me she likes him before I said anything" I said. Lilly took a sip of soda before giggling to herself. "What?" I asked.
"When me and Rick were at the hospital, he admitted his feelings for her to me" Lilly laughed.
"Huh?" I was confused. He trusted her? Why? Him and Lilly don't really talk like that. They just hang out from time to time, but never by themselves so it's not like their best buds. So why would he tell her?
"What?" Lilly asked like she was surprised that I was.
"I just… he's really shut out about talking about that with people" I said,
"must've been the moment" Lilly shrugged. She took another bite before asking me something else.
"Anyone you like at school?" she asked. I debated whether or not to tell her. Fuck it why not. We're best friends after all.
"Well… I like… um… Shaky," I said.
"Shaky?" Lilly asked, confused. I nodded. "Why Shaky?" she asked. Then she smiled. "Is it because he never takes off his jean jacket either?" She joked We both laughed.
"No Lilly, he's just… cute" I said.
"He's cute?" Lilly asked as if she was sceptical.
"And funny," I added.
"Have you ever had a boyfriend?" Lilly asked. I shook my head.
"I get nervous whenever I talk to him, you think I'm too young?" I asked nervously. If i'm being honest i didn't want her to answer me truthfully. I wanted her to tell me what I wanted to hear.
"Well you're fifteen right?" Lilly asked. I nodded. "It's just a two year gap, that's not bad" she explained. I exhaled. Exactly what I wanted to hear. "Ever kiss a boy?" she asked. I shook my head quickly.
"I don't even know how, let's say I did get with Shaky, then what? To seal the deal we'd have to kiss, and eventually get to… tongues" i said in almost a whisper. It was so low that Lilly didn't even hear me.
"Tongues?" she asked, leaning in.
"yeah… tongues'' I answered. She nodded as she looked down at the table before looking back up to me.
"It's not bad, it's just kind of like licking each other… if you want… i could… teach you" Lilly said nervously. My eyes shot across the small table.I felt my face and neck grow hot.
"Huh?" I asked.
"It doesn't have to be sexual, just… practise" Lilly explained. Practice? I never even thought of practicing something like that. I guess if I did practice with anyone it would be Lilly but…
"would Humphrey be mad?" I asked. Lilly shook her head.
"No, he'd probably get a kick out of it," Lilly said. I nodded and looked down again. I then looked back up.
"Are you sure?" I asked.
"I'm sure," Lilly said. I laughed. "What's so funny?" she asked.
"Your… so… horny" I laughed. Lilly laughed with me, although not as hard. "It will be awhile though, i want to at least spend time with Shaky before anything" i explained.
"That's okay, I'm not in a rush anyway, the only reason I want to do it is for your benefit" Lilly said. Before I could answer, my phone played its text tone. "Who is it?" Lilly asked. I read the text. It was from Rick.
"hey were about to leave, you girls want anything?" it read.
"It's Rick, he wants to know if we want anything," I said. Lilly just shrugged. I giggled as I texted back.
"No, we're eating now, see you soon" I hit send and looked back up to Lilly.
"That offer is open anytime," Lilly said.
"Okay" I said nervously. I really can't believe she offered that. Just… wow what the fuck? And what the fuck is wrong with me for agreeing to it?
"You done?" Lilly asked as she pointed to my container. All that remained was some lettuce. I nodded as I closed the container and stood up, grabbing my bags.
"Yep, they should be here soon," I said. Lilly nodded before getting up and grabbing her things as well. We threw out our trash and walked to the entrance where Humphrey dropped us off earlier. As we waited outside Lilly turned to me.
"That was fun," she said.
"Yeah, we have to hang out more, I feel like we're drifting apart," I said.
"I agree, I miss you Angie" she said.
"I miss you too," I laughed. We shared it before Lillys face dropped to a frown.
"You're not weirded out are you?" she asked. I turned to her with a stern expression.
"No. Lilly no i'm not weirded out. If anything I'm happy to have a friend like you," I said. Lilly smiled.
"Glad to hear," she said. At that moment two cars pulled up. Humphreys' car and Rick's truck.
"See you soon," I said to Lilly. I hugged her and she hugged me back.
"Bye Angie, don't be a stranger okay?" she said.
"Okay '' I said before splitting up and walking into Rick's truck. Lilly got in Humphreys' car and we drove off.
"Have fun?" Kate asked, looking back over the seat slightly.
"Yeah" I said. "Wouldn't it have been easier to ride with Humphrey and make one stop?" I asked, realizing that Kate was in the car. Rick and Kate looked at each other and smiled.
"Yeah but… where's the fun in that?" Kate said. Did they make progress there? In a fucking applebees? From what I could gather they just kind of hung out there and didn't make any moves so I don't know what the point of the car pulling was. They talked as we drove and eventually we made it to Kate's house. "Bye guys" Kate said hopping out.
"Bye Kate" me and Rick said. Kate got one leg out and stepped back into the truck to give Rick a kiss on the cheek.
"Thank you" she said as their noses were almost touching. She then stepped out for good while I climbed over the seat.
"There are doors, you know," Rick said as we drove off. Rick beeped at Humphrey as he pulled in in the process.
"It's cold out," I said. Rick snickered as he drove.
"So what did you and Lilly do?" he asked.
"Oh, I got some books and a new jacket," I said.
"Jean jacket?" he asked.
"Yep" I answered excitedly. Rick snickered again. "So was mom not mad?" I asked.
"No. Dad shouldn't be either, as long as I tell him I won I'll be fine" Rick answered. Me And Rick Laughed as we drove home for the night.
