"Reid, don't you dare!" Gee, standing in the hallway, during school, fighting with Reid. What else is new?
"Oh, I will."
"NO! It's not fair! Why do you always do this?!"
"Do what? I'm not doing anything! I'm just taking a girl on a date at 7:00 tonight. No big deal."
"Yes it is a big deal! It wouldn't be a big deal is you would've picked a different restaurant!"
"Like I knew Craig was gonna take you to Feux Les tonight at 7:00."
"His name is Keith. And I told you 2 days ago, Reid. Remember that conversation we had about our plans for this Friday? Yeah, I definitely told you then."
"Oh, well… ahh, sorry?" He says giving me the puppy dog face.
"Oh nooo. That's not going to work! You did it on purpose, you jerk! Don't even think about bringing your slut there tonight."
"But I already told her we were going there!"
"I don't care, Reid. You're a good liar. Fix it." I slam my locker shut and walk off, leaving Reid alone in the hallway.
"Hey Caleb, Pogue! Wait up!" I catch up to them as they stop.
"Hey Riley. We were wondering where you were. We couldn't find you."
"Yeah, sorry about that. I was having a fight with Reid. He's such a jerk."
Pogue chuckles lightly. "Tell us something we don't know, Riley."
"I hate him."
Caleb laughs this time. "Tell us something that's true, Riley."
"Okay… I hate that Reid's a jerk."
They laugh as Caleb ruffles my hair. "That sounds about right, Riley."
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A knock on my door sounds as I'm fixing my hair. I open it to see Keith.
"Hey babe!" He greets me with a peck on my lips. "You look great, as always."
"Thanks. You do too." I walk back into the bathroom and finish getting ready.
"You ready, baby?" Keith asks as I walk out of the bathroom.
"Yeah."
We walk out of my room, arm in arm, and walk to Keith's car.
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"Wow, Keith. I love this place! It's so cute and quaint."
He laughs as we sit opposite each other in a corner booth. "I figured you'd like it."
I glance at him, matching his smile with mine.
The waitress, named Betty, takes our drink order. The moment she leaves, my attention turns to the opening entrance door.
"Oh my god." Please don't see me. Please don't see me. Please don't see me. I bury my face in my hands on the table.
"What's wrong, Riley?" Keith turns around and glances at the couple entering the restaurant. "Oh. Riley, you know we-"
"Well, well, well. What a coincidence." I pull my hands away from my face and look at the two standing at our table. I give a small glare as the male continues.
"Didn't know you were coming here tonight, Riles."
Have you guessed who the culprit is? I'll give you a little hint: It's the only person who calls me 'Riles'.
Reid.
And some slut he picked up on the corner of Cannon and Daughtery Street, apparently.
"I believe we talked about this 5 hours ago, Reid."
"We did? I must've forgot. Well, there's no sense on taking two tables from this quiet little place. Might as well sit together! You don't mind do you, Keith?"
"Well, actually, I-"
"Of course you don't!" Reid nudges his date in the booth beside Keith.
I stare at Keith in disbelief until I feel a tap on my leg.
"Move over, Riles. My ass isn't that tiny." I glare at Reid while I scoot closer to the wall.
The waitress takes their drink order and leaves.
"So, what's your name?" I ask Reid's date. Plus, I'm sure he needs a reminder of his dates name too.
She looks at me for a few seconds. Is she glaring at me? What the hell! I'm not trying to steal your man Barbie.
"It's Lauren."
"I'm Riley. Nice to meet you!" I say, being very cheeky.
"I know." She looks away and I glance at Keith. He bites his lip and shrugs.
Wow, can you say BITCH? Thank god this is one of Reid's 'bet girls.' I could not be around her all the time if they were really dating. I would seriously go crazy.
The waitress comes back over, taking our food order. As she leaves, Lauren yells out "Oh wait! Come back. I want something different."
The waitress turns around, and walks back to the table. "Yes, dear?"
"Umm… I want a salad instead of the chicken tenders."
"Ok, and what type of dressing do you want?"
"Thousand Island."
"Sorry dear, we don't have that."
"Ugh… why not?"
"I don't know dear. What do you want besides Thousand Island?"
"Well, I hate ranch and blue cheese. And the fat free stuff is disgusting. What else do you have?"
At this point, I have to look at Reid. I just stare at him until his eyes meet mine. I cock my eyebrow and he rolls his eyes. He sure did pick a winner.
"Ahh, I believe Vinegar is the last one. You pretty much ruled out all the others."
"Ew. You know what, nevermind. Just give me chicken tenders."
The waitress nods and places the order in the kitchen, leaving our table in an uncomfortable silence. I sigh and rest my head on my hand.
Shortly after, I feel a hand on my knee, the thumb slowly rubbing up and down. Pulling my head from my hand, I glance at Reid, who is looking past Lauren, to the entrance way. I furrow my brows and look down to my leg, where Reid's hand is positioned.
"You okay, Riley?"
I look up at Keith. "Yeah. I'm just getting a little sleepy." His mouth forms into a smile as our food comes out.
Reid removes his hand and grabs a fry from his plate, popping it into his mouth. I glance at Lauren, who is picking around her plate, staring at the chicken tenders.
"Hey Reid?"
"What's up?"
"Can we go?"
"We just got our food."
She scrunches up her ugly little nose. "But I don't like this food. It doesn't taste right."
I laugh at her. "You haven't even taken a bite of it."
"Was I speaking to you, Riley?"
"Look here Barbie, there's no need for you to be a bitch. I haven't done anything to you."
I feel a hand placed on my knee again. I look at Reid and frown at him. "You might wanna take your dog back to your dorm before she gets off her leash."
"Excuse me?!" Lauren places her fork down. "Did you just call me a dog?"
Turning my attention toward her, I smile. "Yes I did."
"Riley-" Keith tries to break up our little cat fight.
"Let's go Keith. We don't have to take this shit." I push Reid out of the booth. He hesitates to let me out at first, but I glare into his eyes, as he realizes that he should let me out of the booth.
Lauren quickly gets up to let Keith out. He grabs my hand, leading me towards the entrance.
"Bye bitch!" I turn around, and look at Lauren, who just called me a bitch. Please, she's the bitch. Damn.
I smile. "Bye! Oh and Reid, fuck the shit out of her tonight for me." He better make her hurt in the morning. She fucking deserves it.
"Riley! Be nice!"
"No Keith! Did you see how big of a bitch she was being? I'm not taking that crap and you're not gonna sit through it, babe."
He laughs, kissing my cheek. "Thanks Riley."
We hop into his car. "Keith, lets watch a movie in my room. There's no sense on calling that a date."
We laugh together as he pulls out of the parking lot. I look into the restaurant in time to see Reid sitting at the table with Lauren, staring at his food as she moves her hands in drastic movements.
She must still be pissed about my last statement. And I wasn't lying. I really hope he bangs the shit out of her.
I hate college. Too many papers results in not having time to write y'all a lovely story. So sorry for the wait!!!! I'll try to rack up on chapters this weekend.
Thanks for reading loves!
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