I got flamed :). Thank you! Regular reviewers, thank you as well. But flamers get the most praise, they write the funniest things :).
I'm finally getting to the point where I'll start writing fresh so you may see the writing style change a bit.
SO SORRY FOR THE EXTREMELY LATE UPDATE
Track of the Chapter: Living on the Edge - Aerosmith
When Mia got home she sent a super text to Taylor telling her about what had happened. Taylor was still with Stu but insisted on coming over anyways.
"Take your time Taylor. I need to get some homework done anyways."
"You sure?"
"Yeah, just call me when you can."
She hung up and started her homework, working way into the night.
Phil sat at home still thinking about what Mia had said and mentally kicked himself for being a dick to her for so long. He realized he needed advice on this and the only guy that seemed right for the job was Stu.
He dialed his best friends' number and they met up at Starbucks.
"So she completely blew you off huh?" Stu asked.
Phil nodded.
"That's a first."
"Gosh Stu I feel like such an idiot. I can't believe I was ever so mean to her."
"Dude you really are a shallow asshole. The only reason you're talking to her now is because she looks different."
"There's more to it man. I looked at those pictures in the camera and the way I looked at her…I think I really like her."
"You know Taylor was telling me how Mia has always attracted guys. She said it got annoying after a while and that's why she stopped dressing up and even talking to people. Apparently she has a really sensitive side too, something happened but Taylor wouldn't elaborate on anything."
"What do I do?"
Stu shrugged.
"Just try."
When Mia walked into class Wednesday she was surprised to see Phil was already there.
"Hey Mia," he said, getting up and smiling.
She ignored him and walked to her seat.
"Mia please can you just talk to me?"
"Why? You never wanted me to talk to you before."
"I know and I'm sorry about that but with what happened this past weekend…"
"Things are supposed to change?"
"Mia I know I fucked up but what happened this weekend really affected me. I want to get to know you."
"Doesn't mean I want to get to know you."
"You see that's what gets me."
"What?"
"You're lying."
"No I'm not."
"Yes you are."
He walked over to her desk.
"I know you want to get to know me just as bad as I want to get to know you."
"You don't know that."
Phil let out a frustrated groan before squatting so he was face to face with her.
"Please Mia, just give me a chance."
Mia looked at him and stayed silent for a couple minutes, contemplating her answer.
"If I don't like you after we go out will you leave me alone?"
"I promise I will."
She sighed.
"Fine, I'll go out with you Phil."
He smiled widely and kissed her head.
"I promise you are not going to regret it."
"Stop acting like a high school kid and I won't."
He nodded before going back to his desk.
The entire lecture he kept his eyes on Mia and it didn't go unnoticed.
"Man why do you keep staring at Mia?" Adam at one point asked.
"I'm looking at her because she seems to be the only one in here paying attention."
"I'm paying attention."
"Yeah, to Mia's legs, not me."
Everyone chuckled at the comment before Phil continued lecturing.
"I'll see you guys on Friday. Don't forget to bring in the first half of your research projects."
The class emptied out except for Mia who was still packing up her things.
"Here is my first half of the project," she said as she handed in a binder.
"Mia I know you do your work. Why do you think I never ask how you are moving along when we write papers?"
"I always assumed it was because you don't care."
"Look," he gently pulled her arm and sat her down on his desk. "I know before I used to be a dick but I always knew you were my best student and I always believed you were doing your work."
"Well it would have been nice if you showed a little interest. All this time I just thought you didn't give a shit about what I did."
"I'm sorry."
She shrugged.
"Anyway tonight Doug is having a few friends over for dinner, will you come with me?"
"Sure." She scribbled something down on a scrap of paper and gave it to him. "Just pick me up."
"Ok, seven ok?" he asked as she walked to the door.
"That's fine."
"See you then."
She gave him a soft smile before leaving.
Phil, ecstatically mind you, shoved his things into his messenger bag and left.
It was around seven when Phil pulled up to Mia's house. He was in complete awe at the structure in front of him.
The house looked like an Italian villa. When he walked inside, let in by a maid of course, his jaw dropped. Aside from the grand staircase there were high ceilings and a beautiful sunken living room.
"Stop drooling."
Phil looked to the top of the stairs where Mia stood.
"It's pretty amazing."
She started down.
"Thanks."
"You look great by the way."
She gave him a quick smile and grabbed her purse.
"Bye Manuela."
"Have fun Mia."
They walked out of the house and Phil walked around his Volvo and opened the door for Mia.
"Thank you."
"So I heard Taylor is going tonight," Phil said on the way to Doug's.
"Stu is so not the kind of guy she usually goes for. I'm proud of her."
"What is her kind?"
"Guys like you."
"Good looking?"
"Assholes."
He chuckled.
"I guess I deserve that."
"Oh you have no idea what you deserve."
"Will you be dishing all night?"
"Whenever I get a chance," she said, straightening out her dress.
'Too cute,' Phil thought.
"So tell me something about yourself I don't know," he asked.
"I've never gotten anything less than an A in any class."
"I figured that. But come on. Something completely out there."
"I like boys… and girls."
Phil slammed on the breaks and turned to her.
"What?"
"Ever since I was in elementary school I have liked both boys and girls."
"Ever had a girlfriend?" she nodded. "Ever slept with a girl?"
"Yes Phil, I have."
"Wow. You sure do know how to surprise people."
"You asked and I answered. Besides it's the 21st century, you can't walk out in the street without running into someone that's gay."
"But you're not gay."
"No, just half. Besides I don't like subscribing to any label so I'm just open to anything."
"I like that."
"Duh, what guy doesn't? I bet you'd never kiss a guy though."
"Hey, college was college."
Mia turned to him surprised.
"That's a shocker."
"Don't tell anyone though."
"I won't, unless you piss me off." He laughed. "Who was it with?"
"A guy on the football team."
"Oh that is rich. How did that happen?"
"You're in college, you know how parties are. We had just done keg stands and he and I walked into the kitchen together and before we knew it we kissed. Of course after it happened we completely flipped out and vowed not to tell anyone."
"Did anyone see you guys?"
"I hope not. Nobody has ever mentioned it so I'm guessing no one did."
Mia choked up a laugh.
"Oh come on, you've never had a moment like that? Something you completely regretted?"
"To be honest I have been completely content with my life up until this weekend."
"Ouch."
"Come on Phil, you can't think something like that is actually something I wanted to happen. I'm sure you didn't either."
"I'll admit it was completely unexpected but that doesn't mean I regret it."
"That's because you're a guy and a fuck is a fuck."
She looked out the window, signaling the end of the conversation.
Phil realized he would have to step his game up if he wanted to ever win with Mia.
He couldn't have been any happier than when he pulled up to Doug's house.
Mia got out of the car before Phil could open the door for her but waited for him before walking to the door.
"What's Doug's wife's name?" she asked.
"Tracy."
Phil rang the doorbell and Alan answered.
"Hey Phil! Hey look it's your ex," he joked.
"Very funny Alan," Phil said.
"Hi Alan."
"Hello Mia. I promise I don't have any roofies today," he said with a boisterous laugh.
Mia simply smiled, Phil knowing she was uncomfortable.
"You know what's funny…" Alan started but Phil stopped him.
"Hey Alan how about you take us to where everyone is?" he asked.
"Right, follow me."
They followed Alan through the house and walked into the living room where Doug sat with his wife.
"Hey man," Doug said, immediately greeting Phil with a hug. "It's nice to see you again Mia."
"You too Doug."
Mia looked around Doug to the pretty woman behind him.
"You must be Tracy, I'm Mia."
"Nice to meet you Mia," Tracy greeted with a smile.
Taylor and Phil walked in from the kitchen hand-in-hand.
"Hey Taylor," Mia said happily.
"Hey Mia!" Taylor ran over and hugged her friend. "I'm so glad you came!"
"I'm glad you're here too."
"What are you doing here?" someone asked from behind.
Mia turned around and standing in front of her was possibly the only enemy she had.
"Sadie? What are you doing here?"
"Sadie is my sister," Tracy said.
Sadie grabbed Mia's arm.
"Come on, I need to talk to you."
"Ok but, whoa!"
She pulled her into the kitchen.
"What are you doing here with Phil?" she asked angrily.
"He kept asking me out so I finally said yet. Why do you care?"
"Phil is mine."
"Obviously not."
"He and I have had a thing going on for a while."
Mia rolled her eyes.
"Right, Sadie I don't want to listen to this. I came out with Phil because I'm trying to get to know him."
"Are you going to sleep with him tonight?"
"What? No Sadie! This is really just a tryout."
"A tryout? Come on Mia this is you we are talking about."
"What is that supposed to mean?"
"I mean you used to jump into bed with the first guy that spoke to you."
"That was a long time ago. I'm not like that anymore. I take care of myself now."
"Could you take care of yourself this weekend?"
Mia was surprised that Sadie brought that past weekend up.
"How do you know about this weekend?"
"Alan told me, he is my brother after all."
"Well this weekend doesn't count. None of us could take care of ourselves and to be honest this is none of your business."
"It is when you are sleeping with my guy."
"I am not sleeping with him and he is not your guy."
"You don't know anything about us!"
"You don't know anything about us!"
"Obviously if he cared about you he wouldn't be asking me out!"
Everyone listened as Sadie and Mia yelled back and forth. When loud crashes were all that was heard Doug and Phil went to intercept.
The scene in the kitchen surprised them.
The two girls were on the floor pulling at each other's hair.
"You never stop being a slut!" Sadie yelled.
"You have no idea the kind of person I am!" Mia shot back.
"Phil is mine! Stay the fuck away from him."
Phil and Doug snapped out of their daze and pulled the girls apart.
"What the hell is going on here?" Phil asked.
"She is moving in on you!" Sadie yelled.
Mia pushed Phil off her.
"Fine, if you want him so bad then have him. I'm not up for stupid drama, especially with you."
Mia stormed out of the kitchen.
"Sadie you know very well you and I are nothing," Phil said.
"But Phil what about the night of the wedding?"
"I was drunk and it was a mistake."
He ran out of the kitchen and after Mia.
He was able catch her before she walked out the door.
"Mia wait."
He spun her around and immediately noticed she was crying.
"Mia please don't cry."
She shook her head.
"You don't understand Phil. What she said is true. I am a slut."
"What? No way Mia, you're..." he stopped when he noticed Alan eerily listening in. He grabbed Mia's hand and led her outside.
"Mia I know you and I know for a fact you are not a slut and trust me I know a slut when I see one."
"I slept with you this weekend and back in high school I did my fair share of sleeping around and I just hate myself for that."
"I thought you said you never regretted anything."
"I guess I lied."
Phil sat her down on the porch bench and brought her hands into his.
"Mia I have never met such a respectable girl, I mean woman, in my life. Who cares what you were in high school? What matters is the person you are now and that's the person I like." he pulled her chin up and wiped her tears. "Really like."
"I'm your student Phil, it's not right."
"The semester is almost over and frankly I don't give a fuck."
"And Sadie? Did you really sleep with her?"
"Um... Yeah but I swear I never meant to. She is extremely clingy and I regret it."
"You seem to regret a lot of things. How do I know in a few days you won't regret being with me?"
"Because I'm still trying."
She wiped off the couple stray tears that were sliding down her cheeks and smiled.
"Well I'm glad you are."
Phil wiped the remaining tears off and put his hands on her shoulders.
"Now let's get back in there and show Sadie up."
"As immature as that sounds I'd be glad to."
He grinned and put his arm around her.
"She needs to leave," Sadie said the second they walked into the living room.
"Oh cut it out Sadie," Alan said. "She is our friend."
"You guys don't know anything about her," Sadie yelled. "She's a super slut and she's slept with like …"
"Shut up Sadie!" Tracy suddenly yelled. "This is supposed to be a nice dinner. You're not going to ruin it with your stupid high school drama. Get over it."
Phil stifled a laugh as Sadie sunk down in her chair.
After dinner they had coffee in the living room eventually getting into conversation about Vegas.
"I still can't believe you two got married," Tracy said.
"Trust me, neither can I," Mia said, taking a sip from her mug.
"Yeah, I mean why would Phil ever hook up with you?" Sadie asked.
Everyone rolled their eyes, ready for another Sadie rant.
"Honestly what is going on with the world if Phil Wenneck actually likes Mia Damon?"
"You know what, if you're going to be like this then we are just going to leave. Thanks for dinner guys," Phil said to Doug and Tracy, grabbing Mia's hand and standing up.
"No problem, I'll call you this weekend about the softball tournament."
Phil nodded and said goodbye to Stu, Alan and Taylor before leading Mia out.
There wasn't much talk on the way to Mia's house which was ok with Phil because he spent the time thinking about what he was going to say to Mia when they got to her house.
Before he knew it he was pulling into her driveway. They walked silently to the door and stood on the porch just as silent.
"Thank you for taking me today," Mia finally said.
"No, thank you for coming and I'm sorry things turned out the way they did. If I would have known you and Sadie didn't get along I would have never brought you."
"Don't sweat it. I try my best not to let people like her get to me."
"Well you were a trooper."
She smiled.
"Thank you for sticking up for me."
"It was my undeniable pleasure."
"I'm actually inclined to say I enjoyed myself tonight and that's mainly because of you."
He took a step forward, grabbing her hand.
"Does that mean you'll go out with me again?"
She nodded.
"Just no Sadie next time."
He laughed.
"I promise no Sadie."
He leaned down.
"Good."
He smiled once more before kissing her.
After a couple of seconds Mia cut it and hugged him.
"I know you want to make out," she said as her head rested on his shoulder. "But this will make you want me more."
She pulled back and opened the door.
"Goodnight Phil."
With that she shut the door and left Phil on the porch.
"Wow, she is totally right," he said, wanting more of her.
He turned and walked back to his car but before he got inside he heard his name called.
He looked around but didn't see anyone.
"Up here idiot!"
He looked up and saw Mia standing out in the balcony.
"You better call me tomorrow!" she said.
"You sure you don't want to come back to my place?"
"Slow Phil, slow," she paced.
He nodded.
"Well you can expect a call for sure beautiful."
She smiled and walked into the house.
"Oh god I want her," Phil said before getting into his car and driving home.