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Chapter 9 - We're Not Friends
Blake wanted more, of course he did. He had figured that out before he had even kissed her and now the need had intensified. He hoped that Nellie felt the same way as he did, but he knew it could go either way. There were a lot of barriers separating them and Blake had to try and break them down if he wanted to be with her.
"Did you like the movie?" Nellie asked softly as they walked through the complex and toward the parking lot.
"Yeah, did you?" He responded and flashed a smile. Nellie nodded slightly and glanced at the floor while they walked. A silence settled between them and Blake so badly wanted to ask her what had been playing on his mind all evening. Were they friends?
He wanted to know if he could randomly call her and ask if she wanted to hang out. He wanted to be able to go to movies like they had tonight and just talk, even if he did want more. Knowing if they could even be friends was the first step, anything more would come in time.
"Are we friends?" Nellie's question caught Blake off guard and he stopped in his tracks. "Sorry," She said quickly, stopping a few feet in front of him. "I'm just confused with what we're doing here." She explained, pointing between the two of them.
"I've been wondering the same thing." Blake replied and smiled softly at her, which she returned immediately.
"So, you wanna be friends?" She looked at him hesitantly, as if she couldn't believe that he would want to be friends with her.
Blake's tongue darted out of his mouth for a split second, wetting his lip slightly before he responded. "Why wouldn't I wanna be your friend?" He asked seriously, fixing his gaze on her eyes.
Nellie shrugged and she glanced away from his eyes, not daring to keep the eye contact. "I can think of a few reasons. My school comes to mind first."
Blake let out a laugh and stepped toward her. "Do you care that I go to McKinley?" He asked, watching her carefully as she looked back at him and their eyes met before she shook her head. "Then why would I care if you go to Carmel?"
"Because you're Blake Jenner." Nellie admitted with a heavy sigh. "You're the captain of the football team. You're not supposed to want to be friends with me."
Blake shrugged and took another step toward her so there were only a few feet separating them. "And you're Nellie Veitenheimer..." He chuckled. "Your brother runs Carmel, why would you want to risk having the school turned against you to be my friend?"
Nellie stared at him with wide eyes and Blake could see the wheels turning in her head. It was only a few seconds before Blake felt the shock rush through his body as her lips pressed against his. He wasn't sure when she had made the move, but her lips were on his and they were kissing.
Again.
The kiss was soft as their lips moved against each other's and they felt the tingles run through their bodies as they connected. It was a strange feeling and Blake had only ever felt it with Nellie and that just made him like her that much more.
"I wouldn't risk it just to be your friend Blake." Nellie whispered as she detached her lips from his, but she stayed only centimetres away from him.
Blake smiled and caught her lips in his again, but in a much stronger kiss that made both of their insides turn. Their kisses were hard, but if anyone were to walk past they would just think they were two normal teenagers as they nipped at each other's lips and his hands wound up and into her dark hair while her own situated on his hips.
This was it. This was the kiss that there was no going back from, it was that kiss that told each other that they weren't going to settle for anything less than each other. When they finally pulled apart their arms stayed locked around each other and their smiles penetrated the others.
"So if we're not friends... what are we?" Nellie muttered against his lips, a small smirk playing on them.
"Secret friends..." Blake responded, meeting her smirk with his own as her breath tickled his face.
Nellie shook her head and looked into his eyes, "We're not friends Blake, remember that."
Blake nodded as he unconsciously played with a strand of her hair. "How about you be my Secret girlfriend?"
Nellie smiled and scrunched her nose up. "Is that you asking?"
"Only if you want to." He replied softly and he suddenly felt his heart rate quicken as he waited for her answer.
Nellie grinned and pressed her lips to his softly, but pulled back after a second. "I'll only be your secret girlfriend if you be my secret boyfriend."
Blake laughed and couldn't help but roll his eyes. "Alright, I'll be your secret boyfriend."
Nellie smiled happily as she walked out of the school building the next afternoon. Her smile hadn't left her face since the previous night and she had a feeling it would be staying a little longer. Lindsay and Marissa had been bugging her about her happy mood all day, not convinced when Nellie told them that it was for no particular reason.
When she had returned home the previous night the dean and her brother's had already left to go back home, Reece and her father didn't pay much attention to her good mood, the only thing they asked when she had came home was if Marissa was okay and then they left her to go to bed. Nellie still couldn't believe that she had gotten away with it.
"So tell us again why you needed Marissa to pretend that she was in a car accident?" Lindsay asked as the three of them walked down the schools steps and toward the parking lot.
Nellie rolled her eyes. "You know why!"
"Yes, but we don't believe you." Marissa responded and shot her a grin.
Nellie glared at the redhead. "Fine. It wasn't because I had to go on an emergency tampon run and I was too embarrassed to tell my family."
"I knew it!" Lindsay exclaimed, laughing. Nellie sighed, she should have known better than to try and get away with a shitty lie like that. "So, what's the big secret?" Lindsay smirked, linking her arm through Nellie's as they walked toward the parking lot.
Nellie sighed, biting her lip slightly. She knew she couldn't tell them about Blake, no matter how close of a friendship they had or how much they hated the feud they would never forgive her for dating someone that went to McKinley. "I was with someone..."
"A guy someone!?" Marissa piped up, turning to look at Nellie in shock. It had been a long time since Nellie had liked anyone and she hadn't dated since Jake in their sophomore year, so Marissa and Lindsay were always excited when there might be a chance that Nellie had met someone.
Nellie nodded slowly, careful not to give too much away.
"Who? Do we know him?" Lindsay asked quickly, her eyes widening in excitement.
"You don't know him and it's going to stay that way for while." Nellie responded curtly.
"What!?" Lindsay exclaimed, her jaw dropping. "You finally meet a guy, but we're not allowed to meet him!?"
"Not yet." Nellie explained, shaking her head. "It's new and I don't want to jinx it." She lied carefully.
Lindsay and Marissa exchanged confused glances. "I've never known you to be so secretive." Marissa said as they finally reached Lindsay's car.
Nellie shrugged and got into the back seat. She didn't want to lie to her best friends, but it was what she had to do if she wanted to keep things going with Blake. If people found out then everything would change, for both of them. Nellie wasn't sure how McKinley would react toward Blake if they found out, but she knew that Carmel would practically disown her. She would be ignored by the people she used to call her friends and probably even Reece and taunted by the rest of the school. She would no longer be Carmel's sweetheart that everyone loved. She'd be shunned.
"So, you going to the game tonight Nel?" Lindsay piped up as she started her car up.
"Of course." Nellie nodded and rested her head on the window. She had to go to the game, her father was coming tonight. Luckily Carmel were playing a team from a few towns over and they never got very far in the league, but Nellie was still expected to go and support her school. She thought of Blake and smiled slightly, remembering the plans they had made to meet after the game had finished, he too had a game against another school, so instead of going to the parties after they had made plans to meet up.
Blake tried to focus his attention on the road, but his excitement was getting the better of him. He had seen Nellie just 24 hours ago, but they were officially together now and after winning the football game, his excitement was heightened and the thought of seeing Nellie and being able to kiss her made it even harder to concentrate.
They had agreed to meet by the park where the fight had happened after the game two weeks ago. It had only been two weeks since Nellie had first accepted a ride from Blake, but it felt longer. They had talked for hours before Blake drove her home the previous night and even though they didn't know everything about each other, they felt like they did.
Blake glanced behind him as he pulled up in the empty parking lot. It was almost ten at night so there wouldn't be anyone around, but that didn't make him any less nervous. If anyone saw them together they were screwed.
Just as he turned his head back around he spotted an unfamiliar car, but he watched out of the mirror as Nellie jumped out of the passenger seat and then waved at the driver before the car pulled away. Blake was suddenly glad that he had turned his head lights off when he had pulled up. He turned back in his seat and waved his hand slightly, signalling to Nellie that it was actually him in the car and she grinned before she made her way to his car and immediately climbed in.
"Hey," She smiled as she climbed into the car and lent over, giving him a quick kiss.
Blake smiled as she pulled back, noting in his head that he could totally get used to kissing Nellie. "Hey yourself." He responded and glanced back to where the car had just been. "Who dropped you off?"
"My brother's wife Claire. She's cool." Nellie replied with a shrug and clipped her seat belt on.
Blake nodded and started up his car. "Where do you wanna go?" He asked, realising that they hadn't actually made plans on what to do.
Nellie frowned. What could they do? Both of their schools would be out around town tonight because they had won their football games so they couldn't risk going out around town. "I have an Idea." She grinned as an idea came to mind.
Blake gave her a questioning look, but nodded. "Got an address?"
Nellie nodded and put the address into the sat nav. She watched as Blake frowned, obviously confused at the destination. "The old city pool?"
Nellie nodded quickly. "I know its shut, but my older brother used to be on our schools swim team and he managed to get a key to the city pool. He gave it to me when he left for college a few years ago."
Blake nodded, accepting her answer and started the ten minute drive to the pool. When they arrived Nellie told Blake to park around the back and they made their way into the pool. As they didn't plan on this and didn't bring bathing suits, they decided to sit on the roof of the pool which was used in the summer when people wanted to sunbathe.
"It's so beautiful up here." Nellie said softly as they stood by the edge of the roof, looking out at the city. The pool was on the edge of town, on a slight hill so you could see a lot of the city from the roof.
Blake nodded, silently agreeing. "I've never been here before."
"Really?" Nellie responded quickly and looked shocked. "I used to always come here! I haven't been since last year though."
Blake shook his head and sat down on one of the lawn chairs that had been left out. "Nope. I always went to North Side." He explained, referring to the pool that was on his side of town.
"Ah, I forgot you live pretty far from here." She replied and followed him, taking a seat on the chair opposite. "I guess I never go across town either." She added, thinking about all the times her brother and his friends had gone across town just to get in a fight with McKinley.
"Yeah, I guess you have to be pretty special for me to come over this side of the tracks." He said with a chuckle and lent on his knees.
Nellie rolled her eyes at him. "I guess." She mumbled and fell back in her chair.
They spent the next few hours just talking about their day and anything that came to mind really. Nellie told Blake about her friends and how they knew she was dating someone and Blake told Nellie about his football game and it just carried on. Before they knew it, it was almost midnight and they had to leave because of curfews.
"You can pull up right outside my house." Nellie said before Blake could slow down a few houses down. "My brother will still be at the party and my Dad will be asleep." Blake nodded and pulled up outside Nellie's house. "Thanks for the ride." She said as she picked up her bag from the floor.
"It's fine. You should know that by now." Blake responded with a laugh, referring to all of the times he had given her a ride home now. "It's kinda our thing." He added with a grin,
"Our Thing?" Nellie questioned, smirking at him. "I wasn't aware we had a thing."
"Oh we definitely have a Thing." Blake responded and edged forward, capturing her lips in a soft kiss. His hand reached up and brushed her cheek slightly and he pulled back from the peck.
"Do you want to go to Jefferson with me this weekend?" Nellie asked quietly. "I have a dance competition against a school there and my family aren't going."
"What about the rest of the school?" Blake asked. He couldn't turn up at a school event, it would give them away straight away.
"Carmel isn't interested in the dance team. There'll only be a few of us there so don't worry about running into anyone." She explained, shaking her head.
"Well I guess I'll have to come then," Blake replied and grinned at her. "You know, just to see if you're as bad at dancing as you are driving."
"Hey! How do you know I'm a bad driver!?" Nellie exclaimed and pulled away from Blake completely.
"You're always being drove everywhere by someone else. Chances are, you haven't passed your test yet." Blake explained with a shrug of his shoulders.
"Whatever." Nellie playfully glared at him. "Will I see you before the weekend?" She asked as she went to open the car door.
"I hope so." Blake responded and Nellie lent over, kissing him quickly before she jumped out of his car. "Hey, that's all I get!?" He called after her, a smile on his face.
Nellie turned around and walked backwards, giving him a small wave. "See ya later!"
Blake sighed and shook his head as he watched her wave and then enter her house. He drove away as the front door shut, not wanting anyone to catch him outside her house.
So what did you think? I know it seems like they are moving pretty fast, but that is going to incorporated into future chapters, so it's not just random! Let me know what you like and dislike in a review. What do you want to see more of? etc, etc. And again, thanks for all the reviews! I'm going to try and update again this week because I left you hanging, so keep an eye out, but I make no promises :))
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