Heres the next chapter! Hope you like it! I'll have to thank my beta Kitasky123 for looking over this. She's da best! Ok, Enjoy!
Elena's POV
I seriously didn't know what was worse. The fact that my moms are hiding something from me or that Maddy keeps caressing my thigh like it's nobody's business. Well, it kind of is no one's business, hence the fact that she's doing it under a blanket. Momma's frowning deeply and I actually thought it was my choice in movies, but I soon realized that she wasn't paying any attention because when Fat Amy said " Lesbihonest", I expected at least a chuckle. But nope there was nothing. She just blankly started at the tv screen. Mom was actually paying attention, laughing at appropriate times, but it almost felt forced, like she didn't want to be watching. But she didn't want to seem rude so she watched and politely pretended to be interested. That made me worried, but at the same time Maddy's caressing was quickly stealing my attention away.
She actually started with her had on my knee, then slightly rubbing that spot, and then going up and down the full length of my thigh. It would have been completely innocent if she didn't slip her hand a little too close to my center which drove me basically insane. As the movie ended my focus on her hand had waned and the concern about my parents increased.
Once the movie ended, Rosie got up from the floor to use the bathroom, Tracie took out the current movie in the dvd player, and Maddy went to help pick out another movie.
"I don't think I can make through another movie tonight." Momma said as Maureen sat up from her lap and stretched.
"Me either. I still have to memorize Act two by Friday." Mom agreed. They both got up and went upstairs to their room. I stayed put for a few minutes before heading upstairs.
"Where are you going?" Maddy called from behind me.
I turned around and playfully rolled my eyes at her stance. Her hands were crossed across her chest and her face displayed a pout. I smiled.
"I'll be back. Forgot my phone upstairs." I calmly said.
She nodded then went back to the dvd rack. I continued on upstairs, stepping on the stairs lightly. I didn't want them to hear me. It would defeat the purpose trying to find out what's wrong without asking. True asking would seem easier, but my parents are different. They don't disclose information that might upset us. It has always been that way. When Rosie's fish died, they didn't tell her until they were truly sure she wouldn't burst out in tears. When the time came around she shrugged and said she already knew. They were shocked and asked if she wanted a new one but she said no. They didn't get that we react pretty well to disasters. Sure sometimes we can be drama queens but that's only to make people laugh. They still think were fragile. They still think I'm fragile.
So, as I pressed my back on the wall next to their opened door I expected something minor to be said. That was so not the deal.
I could see Mom sitting on the bed, her shoulders shuddering. She ran a hand through her thick curly hair and shakily sighed. Her eyes were red and watery. Ready to spill over tears. It shocked me. There were only a few times I've seen her cry and those times were because she and Momma had a fight. Of course they didn't argue in front of us. I always had this sixth sense if an argument was beginning to heat up, so I would take the girls out back or something. One time after an argument, Momma came outside and played with the girls who were nine then. I snuck away to find Mom. I found her in the downstairs bathroom crying on the toilet seat. She had her face in her hands and her hair covering it. I could see her shoulders shake hard and hear her broken sobs. I knew I shouldn't be watching but I did. I watched as she cried for a few more minutes then got up to the mirror, fixed her make- up and hair then walk towards the door. I took some steps back to make it seem like I just walked by. When she spotted me she put on a big smile. I smiled back even though I was a little sad for her. She grabbed my hand and lead me back outside and it was like nothing ever happened.
I don't know what ever happened after that with them but I'm sure they resolved it. They are still together.
Momma wrapped her arms around Mom, squeezing her tightly and murmuring soft words into her ear. She stood in front of Mom and rubbed her back.
"I just don't want-" Mom sobbed
"I know, honeybear." Momma shushed her. "It's gonna be hard. For all of us. You especially." Momma pulled back and swiped her thumb across Mom's cheek.
"Why now?" Mom sadly asked as she calmed down. "I don't understand." She whispered, looking down at her fingers as she messed with her jeans. Her shoulders hunched over herself making her look so small and weak.
Momma opened her mouth as if to answer her question then closed it. Her lips parted again and said "Baby I don't know." She sounded defeated. She sat down on her knees and laid her head her in Mom's lap. "Don't know why it's Collins. Or why it was Angel."
Angel? As in Collin girlfriend who died of AIDS? That's the only Angel I've heard of. Wait- what about Collins?!
Just as I was listening for more clues someone tapped on my shoulder. I jumped but clamped my hands over my mouth to seal the squeal that would have escaped from my lips. I whipped around to find a stunned Maddy.
"Sorry." She quickly said. "I didn't mean to-"
I clamped my hands over her mouth to keep her from talking. I use my not occupied hand to grab her wrist and dragged her to my room with my hand still tightly secured to her mouth. As soon as we were in the safety of my room, I turned and locked the door. I faced Maddy who had her mouth opened ready to question my weirdness. I shook my head and headed to my radio and turned up some music before taking her wrist and guiding her to the edge of my bed. She sat down without a word and I sat next to her.
She looked at me, an eyebrow cocked, asking for permission to speak. I nodded my head
"What was that?" She hissed. "You are so weird, Lane."
I rolled my eyes. "I was spying on my parents and I didn't want them to know." I shrugged.
Her face changed from annoyed to understanding. "Oh, so what did you find out?" She asked with a smirk.
I bit my lip as I quickly debated whether or not to tell her. I normally tell her everything, but with this I have no idea what the heck is going on.
"I don't know really. I barely heard the full conversation." That wasn't a lie. It was true. I didn't hear the full conversation.
"Oh well what-"
I quickly pressed my lips to hers. I knew it wasn't fair but I didn't want to lie to her. I don't like lying to her. So I kissed her instead. She kissed back with enthusiasm. She dragged her finger tips up my arms, digging her nails into my flesh before knotting them in my curly locks. I took her waist in my hands standing up slightly and pushing her back onto the bed without breaking the kiss. I straddled her waist as the kiss got deeper and more heated.
After a couple of minutes of kissing, we pulled apart, both breathing heavily.
"What-what was that for?" She breathed, still out of breathe. You'd think an all-star cheerleader would have mega stamina. Not so much. I however had already regained my breathe and had climbed off of her waist, and went to stand at my vanity.
I gave her a "you-know-why" look, still looking in the mirror as I looked at my make- up, which was perfect but I needed something to do. "You were teasing throughout the whole movie." I turn around and leaned on the vanity and crossed my arms.
She sat up on her elbows and blinked as if she didn't know what I was talking about. "What?" She innocently asked. "What are you talking about?"
I scoffed. "Oh yeah?" I asked as I pushed off the vanity and walked towards her.
She nodded as she pushed up from her elbows and just sat on the edge of the bed. "I have no idea what you're talking about." She insisted, crossing her arms over her chest defensively.
"Uh huh, so you don't remember doing this?" I asked seductively as I placed my hands on her thighs and slowly rubbed them down to her knees and up a few inches from her center.
She just shrugged.
I raised an eyebrow. "Or this?" I dragged my hands to her inner thigh bringing them up to her core. She jumped slightly.
I laughed and removed my hands. She instantly pouted which was way too cute to not want to kiss. So I did. I brushed my lips to hers. She hummed against mine and then pulled away.
"Your lips feel like baby lips." She said calmly.
"Meaning?" I placed my hands on her shoulders, steadying myself as I leaned over with her lips inches from mine.
"Meaning they are super soft." She leaned back into my lips then bit my bottom lip which made a soft groan escape from my lips. She gripped my hips to her, but I was kind of getting tired of leaning down so I straddled her waist instead. She didn't lay down like last time, so she had to wrap her arms around my waist and grip tightly to keep us balanced. It was a pretty comfortable position. My head didn't crank downward too much and hers didn't crank up too much.
It was times like these where I really think about what I'm doing and what's happened. I know, I know. Normally people would think about everything when nothing is happening and their alone but I just do. I think about Maddy and how much she means to me. I think about how I would hate to hurt her. I think about how she's my light and makes everything brighter. My thoughts soon change to my darkest fears. Losing Maddy. People finding out about us and not accepting it. I mean it wouldn't bother me much, but it would hurt Maddy. She's so sensitive that one mean thing could throw her over edge into tears. I wanted to protect her. I needed to protect her.
We never talked about the things we did. I mean they weren't more than making out heavily, but still it was something. I tried not to think about it because I didn't even know who I was. I thought I knew me, but I guess i was wrong. It's not a bad thing. It's a very good thing that I found out this fact about me. I liked making out with Maddy. It was sweet, soft, and gentle (sometimes it was rough, but still), so unlike with the guys I've made out with who only wanted one thing. With Maddy I got a whole different vibe. She was always patient and caring when it came to our make outs, going at my pace. It made me think if she's done this before. She would have told me right? Meh, I don't care. I was kissing her right then and that's all that mattered. That is until there was a knock on my door. We pulled apart quickly, breathing hard.
"Who is it?" I called out while looking into Maddy's sea blue eyes.
"Tracie. Are you going to come down and watch a movie? And mom said we can order Chinese. What do you want?" Tracie said back. I'm surprised she didn't attempt to open the door. Not that it mattered because it was locked.
"You know what I want, Trace. Get Maddy the usual." I said as I smiled at her. She gave me a goofy grin and tightened her arms around me. She brought her lips to my neck and I tilted it so she could get better access. I bit my lip to suppress the groan from my lips.
"Okay. And the movie?" She asked.
I got annoyed. I wanted her gone so I could get my sweet lady kisses going on. "We'll be down when the food gets here." I snapped. Maddy giggled against my neck, her cool breathe splaying against my skin and made goose bumps rise.
Tracie scoffed. "Whatever." She sensed that I was irritated. Good. I heard her feet shuffle against the carpet away from my room and down the stairs. Finally.
I grabbed Maddy's face and pulled it to my needy lips. She laughed, but kissed back.
"Impatient." She said against my lips.
"Whatever." I replied between kisses.
"You really like kissing me huh?" she mumbled.
I pulled back and gave her a bright smile. "Yup" I replied, then leaned back in for my lady kisses but was stopped by her words.
"Do you like me?" She quietly asked. I wouldn't have heard it if I weren't so close to her. I leaned back and cocked my head to the side. I narrowed my eyes at her, trying to decode what she really meant.
"Of course I do, Maddy." I replied calmly. "What's wrong?"
She smiled again and shook her head. "Just making sure." She said before bringing my lips back to hers. I wanted to ask her what was wrong again but I knew she didn't want to talk about it yet. So we just kissed until the food came and someone knocked on my door. After telling them we'll be down soon, we went over to the mirror and examined ourselves. My lips were a little swollen but they were already full so it wasn't much of a difference. My hair was fine since she tangle it in her hands. I put it up in a pony tail still. I was getting hot. I looked at Maddy as she messed with her lips. They were in a pout. And swollen.
I laughed.
"It's not funny!" She whined. She poked my side.
"Awe, poor Maddy." I playfully pouted. I grabbed her hips and turned them to face me. I gave her a peck on the lips once. " They aren't that bad." I said as I grazed my thumb over her bottom lip. She shrugged not believing it and grabbed my hand, dragging me out my room. "I'm starving." She said as she hurriedly headed down stairs. She looked at me slyly. "Race ya! Ready, set, go!" She said all too quickly. I barely had time to register what she said before she ran down the hall in a sprint. I hurriedly followed after. I was a few steps behind her and it was only because she had long legs. I did too, but she was two inches taller. We noisily ran downstairs, giggling as we tried to not fall. She raced to the dining room and I followed after. Just as she went over the threshold she stopped and threw her hands up in the air.
"And the crowd goes wild!" She cheered then silently yelled to make it sound like a crowd was cheering. I giggled at her goofy self. That's one of the things I really loved about Maddy. She was always goofy and didn't care who watched. Wait- did I just say love? Like in love or love? It was way too early for that.
"I beat ya!" Maddy gloated as she poked me in the stomach. I swatted her hand away playfully and sat down at the table. Once we got our respectable containers, we dug in. We laughed, joked around, teased each other and told stories. This was when I loved that I don't have a different family and appreciate that they adopted me. But there was a heavy fog hovering over us. Maybe it was just me that felt it because I still had no idea what was going on with Uncle Collins.
Wednesday morning at school off block
"How stupid can you be?" I spat before taking a seat next to Blaze on the bed of my truck.
Ryder looked at my with his mouth gaped open. "Excuse me for wanting to have a little fun." He said with a smirk.
I scoffed and rolled my eyes. "Only an idiot would do the dirty in Coach Niles office."
He's a total idiot. Ryder thought it was a great idea to have sex with Ashley Niles, Coach Niles' daughter, in her mom's office. I'm surprised they didn't get caught. Coach is almost always in her office.
He waved off my comment and sat down next to me. "It was awesome." He cockily said.
I rolled my eyes again. "Ew."
I turned my body to face Blaze, ignoring Ryder and his stupid teenage boy mind. Blaze was looking down at her hands. I bumped her with my shoulder and she looked up with a smile on her face.
"So I guess you and Ryder are a no go." I stated and pulled my coat on tighter as a gush of wind hit us. I was so glad I decided to wear black jeans inside of the skirt today.
Her smile turned into a frown instantly. She shrugged. "Not really. It's whatever though." She began looking around the parking lot. "Where the heck are they?" She grumbled as she shoved her hands in her pockets shielding them from the cold.
Just as I was about to tell her I didn't know where Maddy, Hayden, and Kiki were, they came running out if the school door. Maddy was ahead of them. She ran straight to me with a bright smile on her face, slowing down to a stop and wrapping her arms around my neck. I inhaled her strawberry scent and sighed happily.
She pulled away smiling. "Maybe I should have gone for track instead of cheerleading" she joked.
I nodded. The other two came up behind her huffing and puffing. Kiki held her side as her face scrunched up in pain and Hayden had to use the side of my truck to stay up.
"Ow." Kiki groaned. "So not happening again." She hissed, and trudged to the truck door and slid in.
"I called shot gun!" Maddy yelled and ran for the door, shutting it closed behind her.
"Are you riding with me?" Hayden asked Kiki. I slid off the back of the truck and headed for the driver's side.
"Sure" she mumbled. "Ryder already has someone in his car." She said sadly.
I glanced over at Ryder's car and sure enough he did have someone in the passenger seat. Unnatural blue hair blocked some of my view of Ryder, but I could see that the blue girl had shoved her tongue into his mouth. I shuddered at how gross it was. She was like eating his face. I looked back over at Blaze and Hayden when I heard a slam. The door of the bed of my truck was shut and they were walking to Hayden's rusty Chevy truck that once was an actual green color. Hayden had his arm around Blaze as they went to his car.
I shook my head at the situation. I didn't know much about how Ryder and Blaze had gotten together or how it ended but he's being a total douche by doing this to her. Flaunting his relationship around Blaze. One: that's totally immature and Two: why a girl with blue hair?! Seriously! It was super blue. Not a pastel blue but a bright blue. Not cute. Whatever. If the girl was going to the loft she'd better not say anything to make Blaze upset. I would go off.
We got to the loft before Ryder and that new chick. I was actually glad because Maddy and Kiki thought it was a wonderful idea to sing every song on the radio. It was cute at first because they were actually singing. When they started to get off-key, that was when my headache came about.
"Could you guys at least given me a break?" I teased as we headed up the stairs to the Kiki's loft.
Maddy literally looked guilty and she pouted. "Sorry." She mumbled. "We didn't mean to give you a headache"
I laughed, making sure she knew I was just joking. "It would have been nice to not have a headache but it was so worth the video footage." I said as I wave my phone in her face.
"I don't even know how you did it! You were driving." Kiki shook her head, embarrassed.
I shrugged. "I'z got skillz" I teased then winked at her.
Just as we headed into the loft Maddy said something but I couldn't hear it because Kiki began squealing.
"What'd you say?" I asked when Kiki stopped.
Maddy looked at me with wide eyes and shook her head. "Oh, nothing" she dismissed, quickly.
Before I could ask her again, she squeal and ran away and to the open living room while screaming "Leo!"
I smirk as I see both Kiki and Maddy clung to either side of Leo. He smiled, amused at the girls enthusiasm. He made eye contact with me and mouthed "Help me!"
I giggled and walked up to them. "Keys, Mads! My turn." I demanded, playfully.
They both looked back at me with a pout but let go and giggled. Leo immediately pulled me into a hug.
"Hey there, little demon." He greeted while squeezing me then letting go. I pulled back and smiled.
"Hey yourself. I thought you worked tonight?" I asked as I took a seat on the empty couch across from him. Kiki plopped down on my right as Maddy took a seat on my left. Her thigh might have well been on lap because of how close she was. I liked it. It made me heart speed up in a giddy way.
"I didn't want to miss the infamous Eastwood bohemian party. It would be wrong and unnatural." He replied as he sat down.
I nodded. "True, so true."
"Where's Blaze and Hayden?" Maddy asked.
"Blaze is in her room changing and Hayden is in her bathroom changing." he said, nodding towards Blazes' closed door.
Maddy nods then grabs my wrist and pulls me up with her. "We're going to change to. Brb!" She dragged me to the empty bathroom used for guest and shut the door before I could respond.
For some reason I expected her to push me up against the door and kiss, but that didn't happen. She opened her bag she brought up here and tossed me my clothes that I didn't put in there.
"Where did you-"
"You have a bunch of stuff at my house. Enough to make an outfit." She explained.
I nodded and started to step out of my school uniform. Just as I was going to put my skirt on the sink, I caught a glimpse of her bare torso, which was total ripped might I add. She was a cheerleader so it's kind of hard not to. I didn't stop my lurking there though. My eyes travelled up and stopped at her chest. She wore a blue bra with silver crystals on it and a bow in the middle. It was pretty cute and so Maddy. I smiled and went back to changing even though I had the urge to kiss the crap out of her.
Undressing with Maddy had changed since our little thing has been going on. It wasn't awkward. No, it was super hot. Sometimes when we were changing I don't even change until she's almost done because I was ogling at her. She's caught me a few times and smirked then said some sly comment, but I've been trying to keep my lurking on the DL.
I slipped on my black jeans and put on the belt she brought for me. I went to grab for my sweater when I saw her looking at me. I smirked and said "What are you looking at?" I teased.
She bit her bottom lip and looked away, her face getting red from embarrassment. I giggled as she shook her head.
I pulled my sweater over my head and adjusted the bottom of it. A pale hand grabbed my wrist and I looked up to meet Maddy's blue eyes that were full of want. "Kiss me. I missed kissing you." She pouted and batted her eyes.
I smiled and cupped her cheeks before leaning in to meet her waiting lips. She grabbed my waist and pulled me closer kissing me back, making my insides all warm and crazy. I pulled back after a few seconds and said "I missed kissing you too". I smiled back and winked, making her blush. Too cute.
She giggled and pulled away letting my hands drop to my sides. "Come on, let's go. They're probably wondering what's taking so long." She replied.
I nodded, picked up our clothes and shoved them in her bag before opening the door, walking out like I just didn't kiss the most beautiful girl in the entire universe. Yeah, not a big deal or anything.
Yeah, so there goes that chapter! Tell me what you think.