Hey! Here's another chapter! Please review and let me know what you think! I got Sarah in for a little bit, so that always helps! (in it's own special way.) haha Enjoy! Okay, now READ!
I walked through the door an hour later, still thinking about what Ali had said. Was she right? There's no reason she should be concerned! Kyle and I were just friends! There was no way he would ever like me like that! He was practically my brother! I took a deep breath and walked towards my room, having totally convinced myself.
No one really bought anything today. Ali and Bi couldn't find anything they really liked, and I completely lost my wallet… I seriously have no freaking clue where it went!
Ali and Bi went to another store to pick up a few things, so I just came home to get ready for my date. I was so excited to see Logan! It took me a little longer to get home than I planned, so I pulled on some shorts, a Wisconsin t-shirt, my converse, and pulled my hair into a ponytail. I touched up my makeup a little bit, and smiled when there was a knock at the door. I went to answer it, to find Kyle.
"Hey… What are you doing here?" I looked at him. It wasn't I wasn't happy to see him, but what on earth did he need, now?
"Hi. You-" He was cut off by my phone.
"One sec…" I jogged to find it, buried under a sweatshirt. "Hello?"
"Hey, it's me." Logan said from the other end. He sounded a little irritated.
"Hey! Where are you? We have a date, ya know." I could hear him sigh.
"Listen, I'm really, really, sorry, but I can't make it. I'm stuck here." My face fell.
"What do you mean?"
"F****** Sarah won't let us leave. Apparently we have a signing tonight that no one knew about. So she won't let anyone leave." I sighed. I had heard many stories about Sarah in the past year or so. The guys really didn't like her, and from what I heard, I could see why.
"Well, if you gotta do it, you gotta do it. But you owe me." I said into the phone, trying to hide my disappointment. Either he knows me too well, or I didn't do a good job.
"I know you bummed, but we'll do this soon. I promise." I heard someone yelling in the background. "Ugh, Sarah's yelling at me to get off the phone. I'll talk to you later. By-" He was cut off. I sighed and turned off my phone. I looked up, totally forgetting Kyle was there.
"Problem?" He looked curious. I shrugged.
"Well, I no longer have plans for the night."
"What happened?"
"Something came up. What can I help you with?" Trying to change the topic.
"What? Oh, right. You forgot this at lunch today." He held up my wallet. I sighed. That's one less thing to worry about.
"Thanks." I walked up and took the wallet. "You're a real lifesaver, you know that?" He just smiled and shrugged.
"It's just my thing." He joked. "Hey… Do you want me to stay? Ya know, so you're not alone?" I just sighed.
"No, it's okay. You probably have somewhere way better to be tonight than hanging with me."
"I really don't. It's either this, or sitting in silence with Mason as he tries to figure out how a plant grows." I laughed. "I'm dead serious, that was last night. I don't even want to know what he's attempting tonight. He's a party animal." I tried so hard to not laugh again. "Okay, laugh." I did.
"He sounds interesting. You sure you wanna party over here instead?" I joked.
"I'm sure we could stare at the wall and it would probably be more fun." He smiled.
"Fine. But if you make the wall uncomfortable, you have to leave. After apologizing, of course."
"Deal." He came in, and took off his jacket. I don't get it, it's about 65 degrees out. In February! This was nice weather. He wasn't a very muscular person, but he wasn't sticks either.
"So, what do you want to do?" I asked him.
"Hmm… Wanna watch a movie?" I nodded.
"Sure, why don't you pick one out. I can make some popcorn." He nodded and walked over to the movie shelve, while I microwaved some popcorn. Once it was done, I walked over to the living room, and he was holding up Nacho Libre.
"Dude! I haven't seen that movie in forever!" He laughed.
"You wanna watch it?" I nodded and threw up a piece of popcorn and caught it in my mouth. He smiled.
"Real talent you got there." I did a small curtsey.
"Thank you, thank you very much." I laughed.
Okay, just to clarify, this is NOT a date. Just two friends hanging out, watching Nacho Libre. Totally casual. Of course, Ali didn't seem to think so when she and Bi got back about half way through the movie. Kyle and I were sitting on the couch when they got back.
"I'm telling you, it works!" Bi was saying. They must have seen my head on the couch. "Hey, I thought you two would be gone by now…" Kyle turned around. "Kyle! What… What are you doing here?" I knew I was going to get a talking to by Ali in 3… 2… 1…
"Kenzie, can I talk to you?" Called it. I got up off the couch and followed Ali into her room. I looked around. Clothes were everywhere.
"Wow, you really need to clean up in here." I said, trying to distract her, and failing.
"What's going on?" She was looking straight at me.
"I was watching a movie with a friend and now I'm talking to you. How about you?" She gave me a look.
"Didn't you have a date tonight?" She looked concerned. "With Logan?"
"Something came up. He couldn't make it." I looked at her.
"Does he know you're here with Kyle on a practical date?" I sighed.
"It's not a date. He was here to bring back my wallet-"
"Wait, why did he have your wallet?" She looked deeply concerned.
"Because I left it at the restaurant. Why else?"
"Well, if you two were hanging out otherwise…" I sighed.
"Okay, really? Do you not trust me that much? Nothing is happening between me and Kyle!"
"I know! I just want to make sure that-"
"What do you want to make sure of? That Kyle is really just my friend? That Logan really couldn't make it? That I can be around other guys and not be attracted to them?" I sighed and sat down on the bed.
"I just want to make sure that you know what you're getting into! I don't want you to end up in some huge mess and then lose a guy you care about way too much and who cares about you way too much!" She said.
"I'm not cheating on Logan. I never would do that. You know that." I said quieter. She sighed and sat down next to me.
"I know… It's just… It took a while to get over Jordan. And something tells me Logan will be a lot harder to get over. I just don't want to see anything happen. I don't want him to think otherwise." I sighed.
"I know… You're practically my sister, I know you just want what's best."
"And that you would do the same if I was in this situation." She smiled.
"See, but we both know you won't be accused of cheating on Carlos." I laughed, and she stuck out her tongue. I hugged her. And we both headed out the door.
Kyle and I were sitting in a café a week later, going over an agenda for our hosting a night on Nick thing. We were having a good time, until about the end, when everything turned for the worse.
"You ready to go?" He asked me. I drank the last bit of coffee I had, and nodded. We got up to leave. As we were walking outside, he stopped me.
"Yes?" I smiled at him.
"Well… I was wondering if I could try something?" He looked nervous.
"Sure… What is-" I was cut off. He kissed me. It took me a few seconds to figure out what was happening, but when I realized it, I backed away.
"What the hell?" I asked him, in a small shock.
"Okay, not the right time." He actually looked embarrassed.
"Not the right time? I have a boyfriend!" I looked over across the street, and my heart stopped. Logan was walking away from us, and he didn't look thrilled. "Oh my God…" I sat back against the wall.
"What?" He asked.
"Look, can you just go away. Please?" I was literally about to cry. Logan had seen the whole thing. He saw Kyle kiss me. Kyle started to protest, but then gave up and walked the other way. I looked in the direction Logan went, but he was nowhere to be seen. I didn't know what to do. When in doubt, call the person who knows you best…
