"Why don't I take you home?" Josh offered when we were done eating. I still couldn't breathe evenly. My heart was still hanging and I still couldn't believe I just had dinner with this guy. You know the times when you thought that fate just had your back? That was how I felt.
"Oh, umm…" I remembered Bex telling me to meet her up at Scrabbles after our date. I wanted to spend a little more time with Josh, but… "No thanks. I'm actually meeting Bex after this. But thank you."
Josh bit his lip. THAT AGAIN. "Okay," he grinned. "I guess I'll…see you at school?"
I gritted through my teeth, my knees were technically shaking and I could barely breathe. This was too much. "Yeah, see you." I croaked.
"Can I call you tonight to check if you went home okay?"
DAMN. Could he be any sweeter?
"Yeah." I bit my lip, forcing a smile as I watched him leave. I felt like all my prayers had been answered. Was I that good in my past life that I deserved this kind of treatment from Josh Abrams? This is JOSH ABRAMS. Not just some guy.
As I walked inside the mall, I still couldn't keep things straight. My eyesight was very poor and I felt so cold and I just couldn't help but scream silently. I just had a date with him. And it didn't turn out badly. It was amazing. The best night of my life, for sure. How I wished that dinner didn't end.
"Cammie!"
That was Josh's voice. Oh no. He was following me. Please, I couldn't bear to see him any longer. I would die.
"Yeah?" my voice was so shaky.
"You left your blazer." He said as he wrapped the blazer around me. The blazer should actually keep me warm but it actually made it worse. I was feeling even colder. Imagine Josh Abrams wrapping his arms around you…imagine his breath on your neck…
DAMN IT.
"Thanks." I bit my lip so that my lips wouldn't move.
"I'm not believing this." I heard somebody say from behind me. And hearing the sound of it, I already knew who it was.
"Hey Zach." Josh smiled casually, placing his hands in his pockets. Then he turned to me. "Cammie, I'll see you? Call you later?"
I nodded, still unable to hide my happiness. I watched dreamily as he left.
"Hey Zach." I said casually, and surprisingly, my voice wasn't croaking anymore and I didn't feel so jumpy.
"I don't believe this," he was shaking his head so many times I wanted to hit him already. "Seriously?"
"Seriously, what?" I snapped.
"You are such a deceiving ditcher."
I couldn't help it. I laughed at this. What was that? Deceiving ditcher? That was the most stupid thing I'd ever heard in years.
"Okay, what's your issue now?" I asked with so less enthusiasm.
"You ditched me for Abrams?" he looked at me like I was so disgusting. Which I hoped I wasn't.
"Ditched? Ookaay..if you say so."
"Shit, Morgan."
"Shit you too, Goode."
"Why did I even believe you'll come to our date? I'm so stupid. Damn." He swore under his breath so many times.
"Date? Our date is supposed to be tomorrow, remember? You lost track of your schedule." I chuckled.
He squinted and shook his head. "Sure."
"If you'll excuse me, I have to meet my friend." I said as I turned my heel but he blocked my way, as usual.
"You'll regret this." He said.
"Are you threatening me or something?"
"No," he said blankly. "Just warning you of what's to come. Zach Goode never accepts rejections."
I frowned. This guy must be crazy.
I pushed him but he wouldn't budge.
"Remember this night, Cammie Morgan."
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"You still haven't filled me in with your date with Josh!" Liz whispered during Computer class. She shouldn't really have whispered because our teacher was not there anyway. Not to mention, never there. I didn't get why we even had this class, it was so pathetic and unproductive. All everybody did was sleep, talk, or watch stupid videos.
"I told you it went well." I said, still smiling. "Isn't that enough? I don't want to give out much details, it's spoiling the romance."
Liz rolled her eyes, laughing. "Fine," she nodded. "So Bex told me Zach threatened you when you were on your way to her?"
Oh please. Don't let me remember this.
"Yeah, he said something about regretting that Friday night. I don't even get it. Last Saturday I went to Beach and he wasn't even there. He ditched me, alright? I guess it's better than him showing up, don't you think?"
"So you didn't go out?" Liz looked frustrated.
"Nope," I shrugged. "He didn't even tell me he was cancelling our "date", I had to wait for almost an hour there. I looked so stupid."
Liz shrugged indifferently. "Well he could be sick or you know, whatever."
"Sick?" I almost puked. "Can you see him?" I pointed to Zach-laughing with his friends over a silly video.
Liz bit her lip. "Guess not. Maybe it's just a way of him of making you look like a fool?"
"Well," I nodded. "He succeeded because I really felt like a fool that night, I was waiting for nobody to arrive."
"Oh shit." Liz swore under her breath. And I knew what was coming. Liz never ever swore except there was a real emergency. This had to be an emergency.
"What?" I asked.
"Look at what's posted in Zach's blog."
I typed in Zach's domain and then there it was. It just popped into my screen.
CAMMIE MORGAN, innocent? Or PLAYER?
And you know what came next to that. All harsh and funny words about me, which were totally false. I mean, what was new with Zach Goode's blog? He always talked funny about people. He even said something about me not being a virgin anymore and blablabla. Who cared? Nobody. The class was just whispering and pointing fingers at me. Okay, so what was new?
"Okay." I shrugged coolly. "It's Zach after all."
Liz patted my back. "I'm so sorry, Cam."
"No," I frowned. "It's totally cool."
Then I made eye contact with Zach and he just smirked at me. Okay…so he still had the guts to do that. I couldn't take this. This was too much.
I marched my way to him after Computer and blocked his way, the same way he did it to me.
"What the fuck is your problem, Zach?" I snapped.
He laughed. "What? Affected?"
I rolled my eyes while he laughed. "No, I just don't get why you always have time to piss me off."
"You're pissed off? Great! Mission accomplished."
I didn't react to this. Of course it was his mission to annoy me. I used to think he created a Vision-Mission to that.
"So why?" I asked.
"Because you're such a slut."
I raised a brow. "Okay, why?"
He frowned. "Why are you even asking me? You should know it yourself. And can you stay away from me? I thought you didn't want me around."
"Yeah you're right, I don't want you around. But your shadow always catches up on me. And what the hell did you write there? Not that I care. But I just want to know why you did that. That's totally all of a sudden."
He laughed. "Whatever."
He pushed me but I still didn't stay out of his way.
"And why did you ditch me last Saturday? I waited almost an hour thinking you'd come but I was so stupid." I glared at him.
He rolled his eyes. "Who're you kidding?"
"Nobody. I was at Beach last Saturday, just in case you forgot you set that date. You know what?" I shook my head. "Screw you and all your pranks."
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