Secrets Chapter 2
*Andy's POV*
I had never cried this hard before. I was leaning against Sam's shoulder while he was rubbing my arm. I wish I could just stop. Wait, I can stop. I leaned against Sam and went limp. After I stopped, I sat up and wiped the tears off my face. Then I started to stand up, but I felt Sam pull me back.
"Not until I see you smile," he told me. I pushed him down onto the bed, then got up and managed to grasp the door knob before his arms found my waist. He pulled me back again and pushed me down onto the bed and laid on top of me.
"Can't breathe here," I said. He pushed himself up with his hands on my shoulders. I still couldn't smile.
"Don't smile or else!" he said.
"Or else what?" I asked.
"I'll make it a surprise," he answered. I tried to hold back a grin, but it was no use.
"Okay you can go now," he said, "but you have to catch me first." He took off running down the hall. I chased after him as fast as I could. He headed towards the stairs and started falling half way down. I was already at the bottom waiting for him. He crashed into me and I grabbed the railing to keep myself from falling.
"I guess you could say I caught you, literally," I said. He smiled at me.
"You are officially free," he said. I let go of him and looked up. Connor and Ricky were watching us. Shoot.
"That was so hilarious," Ricky said. I shook my head.
"So, where are we going for lunch?" I asked.
"Taco Bell!" Connor shouted.
"I'm down with that. What about you guys?" I said.
"Cool with me," Sam said. I went back to my room and put on some black Vans and an orange snapback. Then grabbed my backpack and headed down stairs.
"What do you even keep in that thing?" Connor asked.
"Extra clothes, extra food, Extra gum, and some high tops," I said.
"So you're already prepared for basically anything," he said.
"Yep, can't miss anything," I said. We got in the car and drove to Taco Bell.
"What do you want?" Ricky asked.
"Are you kidding me? You know I'll eat anything that's food," I said.
"So…what do you want?" he said.
"Surprise me," I said. Ricky ordered the food and handed it to Connor. He handed out the food and then started eating his. I was stuck beside Sam. I swear he was crushing me.
"Hey Sam can you please scoot over?" I whispered.
"I tried, they won't move over," he whispered back. I tried to ignore the pain while I ate. I kept thinking about Sam. I tried to ignore his shoulder and hip pressing against my side, but it was almost impossible. I let the thoughts slip into my head. You like him. No I don't. Keep telling yourself that. I can't like him; he's my friend, not my boyfriend.
*Sam's POV*
I tried to ignore her, but that was impossible. She's just too much for me. I can't deny that I like her, but I don't want the other guys to get jealous. She's the coolest girl I've ever met. They obviously like her too, but I don't know if they like her as a friend or more than that. I can't get her out of my head.
Ricky pulled in to the driveway and Andy unbuckled and got out of the car as soon as she could. Why did I want her to stay longer? I got out and we all went inside. Andy was already sitting on the couch.
"Doesn't one of you have to make a video today?" she said.
"Yeah, I do," Ricky said.
"This week is girl's week," Kian said.
"I have an idea, we could introduce Andy together," I said.
"Are you okay with that," Ricky asked.
"Sure," she said. We all went up stairs and sat on Ricky's bed. He set up the camera and started recording.
"Hey guys, what's up? It's Ricky and I'm here with Jc, Kian, Connor, Sam, and we also have a special guest that Jc brought," he said.
"I'm Jc's cousin Andy," she said.
"We decided that for girl's week we would each ask her a question about girls," Ricky said. He pointed to Connor.
"Why do girls always criticize each other?" he asked.
"If we're dating someone we want them to see their flaws. It helps us not to be so jealous I guess," she said. She wouldn't do that though, she was more like us than a girl. Ricky pointed at me.
"Why do girls try to hide their feelings?" I said.
"It makes us feel stronger," she answered. I didn't listen to the rest of their questions. I just thought about what I was going to say to get her to date me. I don't know why I was thinking that, but I was. Ricky finished the video and cleaned up. Andy walked down the hallway towards our room. I caught up and stopped her.
"Do you want to watch a movie or something?" I asked.
"Sure, but please just not a horror movie," she said. Switching over to plan B.
"Come on, please?"I said, "I'll be there to protect you,"
"Fine," she said. Step 1 complete. I got the movie from down stairs and brought it upstairs to our room.
"Can we watch this now while it's still light out?" she asked.
"Come on, that takes the fun out of it," I said. She put her hands on my chest.
"Promise you won't let anything happen to me," she said. I didn't want any space between us, so I fixed it. I hugged her.
"I promise," I said.
"Okay, bear trap, you can let me go now," she said. I let her go. She turned her hat backwards and headed out to the balcony. She was so beautiful. I liked her a lot. She was perfect. I wanted to ask her out, but I knew I wasn't ready for that yet.
I wandered out to the balcony and put my arm around her. There was nothing better than knowing that she was right here, beside me. The wind started blowing and I decided I had better close the door so nothing would blow away.
"Do you like the view?" I asked.
"Yeah, it reminds me of home," she said.
"This is your home now," I said.
"I wish I could get that through my head," she said.
"We should go inside, I think Ricky's making dinner," I said. She reached for the door and turned the knob.
"Hey, Sam," she said.
"What," I replied.
"I think we're locked out," she said.
"Don't you have something for this?" I asked.
"Of course I have something for this," she said.
"Oh, good I thought we were in trouble for a minute," I said.
"I have the lock picks in my backpack, but my backpack is inside," she said. She slid down the glass of the sliding door and sat on the ground.
"You okay?" I asked.
"Sure," she said.
"At least you're not alone, besides someone will come to check on us," I reassured her. She laid across my lap and stared up at the sky. She was severely weakening my resistance skills. I was trying not to think about her as more than a friend, but I just couldn't help it. We were going to the beach tomorrow and thinking about her in a swimsuit wasn't helping at all. Just then someone knocked on the bedroom door. Then the door swung open. It was Connor. Thank god. Any longer and I wouldn't have been able to stay still.
"Hey, are you guys okay?" he asked.
"We got locked out," I said.
"Well dinner's ready," he said.
"Please don't tell the guys about this," I said.
"No problem, as long as I get hugs too," he said looking at Andy.
"Fine," Andy said.
We walked down stairs to find the guys all sitting on the couch eating. We grabbed our bowls of pizza rolls and sat on the couch with them. Connor had his arm around Andy. I was so jealous. I scooted closer to her to make room for Ricky. Problem solved. Now she's pressed up against me. We finally finished our dinner and headed up stairs.
We changed into our pajamas and laid down on our bed. I turned on the movie and put my arm around her. Andy laid her head on my chest. Whenever someone screamed she buried her face in my chest. This was the best movie night ever. When it was over she kissed me on the cheek.
"Goodnight," she said. I kissed her back.
"If you have nightmares, you can always share my side," I said. She stayed where she was.
"Just in case, I'll just stay here," she said. I pulled her closer and, shortly after, fell asleep.