Author's Note: Sorry if it's short again! Enjoy chapter six!
Chapter SIx: The Kiss Of Death
It was the day after Haylie had discovered that Connor arrived.
"Your not mad that Ryan didn't tell you, are you?" Gabriella asked.
"No, of course not...I mean...I should be, but he told me he didn't want me to worry."
Gabriella and Haylie were on break, and they were talking about Connor and Ryan. Haylie was actually glad that she could talk to Gabriella, because the brunette seems to understand her and Ryan's relationship more than Taylor, Kelsi, and Sharpay.
"If he told you not to worry, then I'm sure he has it all taken of." Gabriella said, and Haylie nodded, watching her feet make random lines in the water.
"Your right. But, what if he gets hurt again?" Haylie asked, looking up from the water, and Gabriella bit her lip, and she smiled.
"Ryan's tough. Even if he doesn't seem like it, he is. Especially if it's you that he's fighting for." Gabriella pointed out, and Haylie smiled a little at that statement, but her smile was quickly vanished into a frown.
She was always the root of the problem when it came to Ryan's safety, but like what Gabriella had said (and her own mother at some point) he was always willing to fight her until she was safe as well, and out of harm's way.
"That's just it. I'm always the root of the problem. He gets hurt, and it's all my fault."
"Haylie, your sounding like Taylor when Chad got hurt. Don't be so hard on yourself." Gabriella stated, and Haylie shook her head.
"I know I'm right. I'm always the root of the problem!"
"You are--"
"Haylie?"
The two girls turned around to see Connor standing behind them, and Haylie's frown turned into a scowl.
"What is it, Connor?" she asked, slightly annoyed that he cut in her conversation with Gabriella.
"I just wanted to know if I could talk to you." he said, and Haylie looked at Gabriella, and the brunette nodded, so Haylie quickly dried her feet, and slipped on her sandals, and followed Connor into the Lava Springs.
"Whatever you have to say, make it quick. My shift starts soon." Haylie stated, and Connor looked at her.
"Look, I just wanted to say that I think it's cool that your dating Ryan, and I was a real jerk to you guys before...I was just jealous."
"Well, you said it pretty clear the last time, Connor. What you said about my school, my friends, Ryan--"
"That wasn't all true! I swear!"
Haylie looked at him, and bit her lip, and Connor came closer to her.
"I wouldn't have to say all those things if you just stuck to the tradition like a Xavier girl would, you wouldn't be in this fix."
"What--"
She felt Connor's lips brush against hers, and her knees began to turn into jelly.
Connor pulled away, and he smiled.
"I think you should think twice about you like, Haylie. Because I still have your so called boyfriend to talk to."
And when he walked away, Haylie felt a tear roll her cheek, and she wiped it away with her finger.
Every girl knows when your ex-boyfriend kisses you like that, it only has one name:
The kiss of death.
