Heydee heyy! What be up chicks and brahs? Sorry. Had a surfer dude moment. Anyways, I'd like to take a moment to thank the following people for their kindness:

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Thanks so much! You guys truly made my day. Virtual brownies for the four of you. Okay, now that I'm done rambling, here's chapter four!

Chapter Four

I hated silence. Unfortunately, that's exactly what engulfed the room Sam and I sat in. I dared not open my trap just yet. I knew I'd just say something stupid. So, I sat there, the quiescence eating me alive.

I tapped my foot for awhile, then started drumming with my fingers. Just as I started to feel like myself again, I felt the lethal glare of the blond drilling through the back of skull. I stopped abruptly.

Again, being choked by the silence, I tried to sit perfectly still. Inopportunely, that didn't work so well. Chiz, I hated ADHD! I'd already gone about fourteen hours without my medicine, making it increasingly worse. Somehow, though, I managed with much strain and work to stay perfectly still. I hated making Sam mad.

Well sure, I loved teasing her, but not to the point that she wouldn't even talk to me. At that point, I knew I did something horrifyingly unacceptable. I deserved to be socked in the face right now. At least, I'd rather that happen than sit here in dragging awkwardness. I mean, you could seriously cut the tension with a knife right now.

Sam probably wanted to cut me with a knife. My lips had no business touching hers. I should've just let her punch me. That would be a much more relieving punishment than the one I was sentenced to now.

What I couldn't figure out was why I kissed her in the first place. I mean, what compels a fifteen-year-old guy to kiss the girl he's hated since the age of five? Yeah, sure, opposites attract, but not Sam and me. Definitely not Sam and me. We just didn't go together. We were like peanut butter and sardines. Completely a disaster mixed together. Or like two puzzle pieces from two separate puzzles. There was no possible way we would fit together. Of course you could always cut the corners......

Wait. What?! What was I thinking?! There was no way on earth Sam and I could be together, and that was that! I simply wouldn't have it! I couldn't have it! It would just be.........weird. Strange. Inhumane at that. It just wasn't right.

Yet, I couldn't help but ponder the reason I kissed her. Why did I? Maybe it was just my reaction to skipping out on medicine. Yeah, that had to be it. Right? Ugh! Maybe I should try to talk to her...

"Sam?"

Nothing.

"Can we please talk?"

Nothing again. I sighed.

"Look, I'm sorry. My lips had no business touching yours...."

She chuckled at that for a millisecond, then returned to the hardened look she wore before.

"I've thought about it, and I came to the conclusion that I did it because I skipped out on medicine."

"Medicine?" Finally! She spoke!

"Yeah. I sort of........umm..........have..........ADHD......."

"Oh. No wonder you used to be all high-strung....." A full sentence!

"Yeah....."

Silence returned. I swear, I hated silence so much! I spoke quickly to choke it.

"So, are we cool?"

Hesitantly, she shook her head. "We're cool."

I smiled. She then continued on to say, "But next time, keep your hormones to yourself." She pointed her finger at me.

I saluted her. "Yes, sir!"

She fake-glared at me. That's when I knew things were okay. For now.....

So, how'd I do???? I know a lot of you have been dying to read more. Lol. And yes, I mean you Crystal Marie! Now, if you would so kindly press the astonishing and quite tasteful green and white button. C'mon. You know you want to.............