A/N: Hellooo! I'm very exited to post this chapter xD It's a long one, I know I said before I'll be posting another today.. which might happen.. I'm just having a touch of writer's block (NUUUU! D:) It's just putting stuff in between the plot.. which I'm useless at T_T
Were back to Dawn's POV.. Enjoyy :)
"Bye mom, send grandma my love."
"I will sweetie" she smiled, hugging me. "Keep the house clean and don't let any strangers in."
"Mom I'm 15 not 5." I sighed. "No need to worry!"
She rolled her eyes and she scowled. "That's when I worry the most."
Geez will she ever get sick of saying that?
She finally let go of me and dragged her luggage down the path as a cab pulled up.
"I'll call you when I get there, make sure you answer." She pleaded as she anxiously got in the cab.
"Of course, I'll see you soon!" I yelled back waving.
"I love you, take care!"
"Love you too mom!"
She waved back as the cab drove away down the street. Mom was away for the weekend to visit my grandma, so I insisted to stay and take care of the house. She was obviously apprehensive on the idea of leaving me home alone, but this was a chance to prove I'm right every time I say 'no need to worry'. So I was totally in focus to make sure everything ran smoothly. She trusted my friends so she let me have a sleepover with the girls so I wouldn't be alone, the house was tidy and it was already 6PM so I decided to take a bath in get in my pajamas early.
As I laid there watching the bubbles dissolve, I couldn't help thinking about today.
Why was the new guy protective of me? He doesn't know me at all, he didn't need to get involved and make me fear for his life. What if... What if something had happened if Candice didn't see us on the benches…
It sounded ridiculous, my ego was just getting bigger from the thought that something actually could've happened between us. I highly doubt he'd like me in that way. I didn't think he even liked me at all until he let rage get ahead of him.
Meh, whatever. Because tonight, nothing is gonna bother me.
I closed my eyes and sunk deeper in the tub. The thought of him made my stomach turn and give me goose bumps, but in a good way. The only thing I was absolutely positive now was he was controlling my every emotion.
I got out the bath, wiped the fog from the bathroom mirror and wrapped my hair in a towel. As I walked back in my room to dry off; the constantly flashing on my cell phone caught my eye. May was calling.
"Hey Dawn; is it all clear to come over?"
"Yeah sure my mom left about an hour ago actually, I just got out the bath so gimme half an hour and come over."
"Okay, I'll call the others and let them know too."
"Great I'll see ya then."
"See ya Dawn."
This was just what I needed, a girly all-nighter to forget all about today. I slipped in my pajamas and shrugged into a robe as it was freezing, and went down into the kitchen to raid the fridge.
Great. What am I supposed to do with a box of eggs and an onion? Guess mom forgot to do the shopping.
"Never mind" I mumbled slamming the fridge door.
Mom left me $50 for food anyway, which was a lot for just 2 days, but she knew the girls were coming over so we usually survive on take-away.
I still had some time before May, Misty and Cynthia came over, so I brought old board games and a console down to set up in the living room, and then rearranged the furniture to make more space to bring pillows and blankets from my room. By the time I was finished literally my whole room was dragged in the living room.
When I was done they were just in time. The door rang and I opened it to find they all had half their rooms with them too.
I sweat dropped and sighed. "Guess were gonna have to make more room now."
"Nice to see you too Dawn" Candice laughed.
"I'm kidding!" I smiled. "Hurry up and get your butts in your making the house cold!"
"Geez you sound like my mom!" May joked as all 3 of them piled in and dumped their 'rooms'.
I frowned at her and giggled, poking my tongue out like a kindergarten.
"Okay guys dump your stuff in my room, throw your pajamas on, and ill sort this evening's activities" They looked very afraid when I said that, as if I had desert island survival tasks planned. Which have been from my sly face and twiddling of the fingers.
I had a lot organized, well, apart from the food. My plans for that were dry cereal and Chinese food so far.
As the girls got sorted upstairs, I made layers of their blankets on the floor and set up the Wii.
"No, no Dawn, no 'Sing It'. Anything but that!" Misty cringed coming down the stairs. May and Candice followed.
"Aww common why not?" I sulked.
"Because you obviously ALWAYS win, AND we always end up playing it for hours. One day the neighbors are gonna call the cops to shut you up" May continued, sitting on the floor.
I flopped on the couch and pouted like a kid.
"Alright you choose what we do then." They were right though, it was the only game I was really good at, singing was defiantly my strong point.
"How about hide and seek?" Candice asked jumping on the arm chair.
May jumped up and shrieked "YEAH OUTSIDE!"
"NO! It's too dark, my mom would kill me." Candice admitted sheepishly, I shrugged agreeing with her.
"But that's the whole point! It's so much better in the dark!" May stated.
She was right, but last time we did a bunch of guys from school were kidding around and jumped on us, to which some of the neighbors witnessed. Not knowing it was a joke, they called the cops… I'll let you figure the rest out.
"What about truth or dare?" Misty suggested.
I rolled my eyes and sunk to the blankets on the floor. "I was waiting for one of you to say that."
"Well this IS sleepover, truth or dare is tradition" She was firm with my reaction to her suggestion.
"You're so god damn cheesy" I whispered to myself.
"Great! I'll start." May was very anxious to be first, she glanced at me as she said it and sat back down on the blankets.
"Dawn. Truth or dare." She had that suspicious face she always gave me when asking about certain encounters with boys.
"Truth." I was nervous but calm about her next words.
"Tell us what happened today at lunch when we all left alone with that new guy." She said it as if she only had 2 second to live, and stared at me with devious eyes.
Oh great, why I am not surprised?
"Well. He just apologized for losing it and..." I stumbled with every word I said, gesturing my hands. Making sure I wouldn't say anything I'd regret.
"And what?" Misty eagerly questioned, she didn't seem too happy asking me either.
"I just said thanks and please don't do it again..." I was confident, making sure it didn't sound blatantly obvious that more than that happened.
"We're not buying this Dawn" May laughed, she knows me all too well.
"Some new guy you barely know just came to your rescue because he 'lost it'?" She did the finger actions on the lat bit.
"It's the truth you guys! Candice, you believe me right? You were the first to spot us." My cover was starting to blow, I wasn't staying calm anymore.
"Of course" She smiled. "They were sat there talking on the bench, and she had his jacket around her, it was really sweet -"
"Wait, what?!" Misty interrupted with insulting astonishment in her voice.
"OH! Sorry, is it a vest then? You know that black and yellow vest or jacket he wears? It's been bugging me too… Or is it some kinda body warmer?
At this point I was cursing Candice's parents for producing something oh so dim.
I sighed and hid my head behind my knees, not before giving her the 'say one more word and I'll kill you' look. At least she knew what that meant; she lip synced "Sorry" to me and scurried off before any more damage was done.
"I'll just go err, get some drinks.. Yeah!"
"Well, well. It just got interesting." May was enjoying every second of this, she knew something more happened, and she was gonna dig deeper into my dignity to find out exactly what went on.
"And how did THAT happen?" I could hear the jealousy in Misty's voice, not to mention the expression on her face, which was livid.
"Did it just magically float off him and find its way over to you?" May grinned. I had just about enough of her sarcasm.
"Alright you wanna know? He gave it to me, I didn't ask okay? He just put it around me because it was COLD. And.. Made sure I was okay. Happy now?" My forehead was creased, my voice got higher with every word and with that last quote, I was now infuriated.
An awkward silence broke out as May and Misty stared at me in disbelief, and unconvinced. I never really got angry with them. Ash again, was controlling my emotions.
Candice returned holding a tray of glasses; she realized what the situation was and probably heard my rant from the kitchen.
"Um, moving on?" She suggested, sitting down handing out the drinks.
"Good idea. So, May. Truth or dare?" I was so irritated that she made me talk about what happened today, I wanted it off my mind! I wasn't gonna let May off the hook.
"Dare." It sounded like a question.
I didn't take me long to think of one.
"Okay I dare you, to go over the road and FINNALY have the guts to tell Drew, exactly how you've felt all through these years about him, because to be honest with you May, it's getting annoying." I thanked my lucky stars the love of her life only lived across the street from me.
She scowled back at me. "No way! –"
"Or," I cut her off. "I do it for you."
She folded her arms and looked away, annoyed. "Still nope."
I smiled sarcastically. "Fine." Then rushed up heading straight for the door, May grunted and followed me.
"Dawn, don't" Candice pleaded; I ignored her and carried on marching over.
"Don't you dare!" May grabbed my legs and wrestled me to the ground just as I touched the door handle.
"May quit it!" I yelled, struggling to get her arms off my neck.
At that point the door rang, I tried to reach up from the floor to answer it, but she batted my hand away and dragged me across the floor.
"Hey, maybe it's Drew!" Misty laughed as she got up to answer it, who was obviously enjoying this.
"I hope it's the cops!" Candice yelled trying to pull us apart.
"Hell yeah! Take your tops off!"
"Throw some jello on them!"
We both stopped wrestling and looked up at the recognizable voices standing in the doorway. Of course it was Gary and Tracey getting a thrill out of two best friends ripping each other's hair out.
I blew the hair out of my face and raised an eyebrow.
"What do you think you're doing here?"
"Aww don't stop it was just getting good" Gary joked.
"Urgh boys" Candice sighed helping me up.
"Seriously, you think you can gatecrash my sleepover?" I wasn't amused about their little stunt.
"Sorry girls" Kenny emerged from behind them. "It was HIS idea!" referring to Gary, who else?
"Cant we stay for a little bit? Please?" Gary begged.
Tracey stuck his bottom lip out and Kenny sweat dropped.
"No you can't stay this is strictly girls ONLY" May firmly stated, fixing her hair and brushing her pajamas down.
"Told ya so, common guys just leave them in peace." A fourth person at the door suggested.
Misty knew that voice straight away and pushed Tracey out the way to confirm it.
"Oh, hi Ash!"
Well her mood certainly picked up.
She turned back around to us with the biggest grin on her face.
"Common it might be fun having the guys over"
Everybody turned to me to make a decision, my stomach turned making the nervous feeling I got every time I even thought of Ash, and this was the last thing I needed. Him actually being in my house when I'm trying to get rid of the thought of him!
"Alright… Fine." I sighed, giving Misty and Gary evils.
"Yes! Dawn you're a babe" Gary paraded in and went over to hug me.
"Urgh" I pushed him off on the couch.
Tracey followed, throwing himself on the armchair as Kenny blushed at me with an apologetic shrug and strolled in.
Then I saw Ash at the end of the path with his back turned, but facing me, frozen. I stared back bewildered at the fact he's actually here, at my house.
Misty pushed me away from the door in excitement. I didn't even react to her; I stood in the space I was pushed aside in, miles away staring at nothing.
"Get your butt in here Ash its freezing!" She yelled.
The sound of the door slamming shut made me snap out of it, I turned to see Ash standing awkwardly against the door.
I had goose bumps all over my body, I shivered from the tingle that fired down my spine, my stomach started turning again, and I felt as if I was going to throw up.
I desperately ran in the kitchen to get some breathing space, It was like I was strangely terrified to be around him. Why did he even agree to come here? If he's trying to give me a heart attack it was definitely working. I leaned over the sink struggling to fight back the sudden wave of emotions he'd brought on yet again. Candice later followed me in concerned.
"Dawn, are you alright?"
"Yeah um, I just felt a little dizzy from the fight with May. She's a lot stronger than she looks" I lied.
"Oh" she laughed. "Come back in were still playing!"
She dragged me back into the lounge, to find the group gathered in a circle on the floor continuing the game.
"Right I wanna go" Gary demanded as Candice and I squeezed in the circle. I tried to stay as far away from Ash as I could, maybe sitting right opposite him wasn't a very good idea either, trying to avoid staring at his perfect face was impossible.
"I dare you Candice" Gary went on. "To run out in the street and flash the next person that drives past" Giving her a wink.
We rolled our eyes and sunk our heads as she looked at him in amazement.
"Are you out of your mind? Oh, no wait, stupid question" She sighed.
"That means you have to give US a flash then" He smugly demanded, he just couldn't give up.
"Of course!" Candice vigorously said, leaning into him.
His eyes widened and jaw dropped in astonishment. "Really?!"
"Really?" The rest of us repeated raising an eyebrow.
"No!?"
"Cant blame a man for trying" he laughed.
"No but we can blame you for being a perve" Kenny mumbled. "I'm gonna take a whizz, DD mind if I use your bathroom?"
"Sure you know where it is" I replied. "As long as you STOP calling me that!"
"Call you what?" he smirked going up the stairs.
"You guys this is boring now and I think the guy's dares aren't gonna get anymore realistic or FAIR" Candice sulked.
"Yeah she's right" Tracey continued. "Cant we watch a movie or something?"
Can't you guys just go home. I thought to myself.
We looked at each other with murmurs of agreement.
"Great I'll get one" I rummaged through the cabinet next to the T.V. while the girls moved the furniture closer, I still hadden't forgotten the fact Ash was still in my house, even though he was being suspiciously quiet, he obviously didn't want to be here.
"Urgh, it's just my mom's movies in here, all old crappy ones. Where did the guys go?" I asked scanning the room.
"They went to raid your kitchen" Candice laughed.
"It's not long before any guy doesn't work up an appetite being in a house of girls" May carried on.
I giggled and cringed, "Good luck guys there's absolutely nothing there!" I yelled out to them. "I'll go get the movies from my room."
"Wanna bet?!" Tracey yelled back.
"And Ash went to use the bathroom" Misty informed.
I paused as all the blood rushed to my head; there it was again, the dizziness flowing through my body.
Kenny was using the main bathroom, the only other was through my bedroom.
"Oh" I breathed, starting to panic. "Did you tell him there's another bathroom through my room?"
The three of them looked at me sideways and at each other suspiciously.
"No of course not, you think we'd let a guy in your room? Especially one you don't know." May's tone was vicious, like I just questioned on how if they're stupid.
"Okay, good. I'll just, go get the movies" I stammered, strolling over to the stairs.
Didn't he know that Kenny's in there? Or is he desperate to hurry him out of there?
I nervously climbed the first steps and stopped.
This is stupid, it's my own house, I shouldn't be nervous.
I shut my eyes tight, ran up the rest of the stairs and swiftly turned right to my room, and stopped in the doorway, to find…
Ash looking at the photos of me on my desk.
I gripped the doorframe firmly, staring at him. I didn't know what to do; he hadden't noticed I was stood there until the sound of my hands crushing against the wood startled him.
He sharply turned around and pressed up against the desk, petrified.
"WHOA GEEZ! Sorry I, I was just" He stuttered, waving his hands around the room, like he was looking for assistance.
I tilted my head and looked at him absurdly, what the hell was he doing in my room?
"I was going to the bathroom but, Kenny's in there so I just…" He trailed off, looking towards the floor now.
"Right… I just came up to grab my movies" I said calmly, trying to sustain myself.
"There's one through there" I walked slowly away from the doorframe, his head rose up as I got closer to him, and eyes dark eyes followed my hand pointing towards a door at the end of the room.
He was taken by surprise of the fact he didn't notice it before.
"Oh, wow you got your own private bathroom?" His voice was high of amazement.
I lowered my eyebrows and chuckled, he's just like any other guy, astonished at a house with two bathrooms.
"Yeah, my mom insisted I have the master bedroom when we moved here" I explained.
He lifted his head and smiled.
"I bet she uses the room to get her own way now though" he joked, and lightly laughed.
"Yep, it's a back up card every time we have an argument over something I want" I replied, rolling my eyes.
My tone stayed the same as his. This was weird, I actually felt relaxed around him, and he was really down to earth. All the fuss about not being able to breathe around him was stupid; maybe he was feeling the same way too.
He loudly exhaled through his nose with a laugh.
"I won't be too long, and ill try keep it clean" He smiled as he went in.
I gazed at him as he closed the door after him and threw myself on my bed, overwhelmed. It sounds stupid but from that little moment, from just talking to each other like normal friends, I felt a connection. I defiantly knew from then it wasn't lust I felt for him, I loved him damnit.
I sat up and looked around the room, remembering the others downstairs are probably complaining that I haven't hurried back yet. I jumped up, opened my closet and grabbed a pile of DVD's, wondering around the room looking through them.
Romance? God no. Well maybe when the guys go home. Comedy? Maybe. Hmm, what about a Horror? Seeing as the guys are here we should test their so called machoness, they'll crap their pants.
The bathroom door suddenly swung open revealing Ash stood right before me, I dropped the DVD's, startled and screamed throwing myself back on the desk behind me. Knocking over all my pictures as I gripped it hastily. I didn't realize while walking around the room I decided to stop right in front of the bathroom door! He stood there for a moment staring at me before finally blinking, but still shocked.
"God are, are you okay?" he nervously asked, rushing over to me. He put his hands on my shoulders, trying to relieve me.
I stared at him like I saw through him; I caught my breath and put my hands over my face, turning to my left facing the bedroom door. Where Kenny was stood, I watched him through the gaps of my fingers, he looked clearly livid.
"What's going on here?" He asked vigilantly.
I stood up straight and Ash, caught off guard, took a step back from me.
"Nothing..." I was cautious, but my high pitch voice gave it away.
"But I heard you screaming" He went on, annoyed; he blinked over at Ash who was standing awkwardly.
"Oh, I stepped on something sharp in the carpet" I lied, eyeing at Ash to keep quiet.
"Right…" He obviously didn't believe me, but I knew he wouldn't take it any further unless I was alone.
"I'll be downstairs then." He lowered his eyebrows at Ash and left downstairs.
I exhaled and bent down picking up the movies.
"Why did you lie?" Ash asked as he helped me, he sounded quite irritated.
I stood up and he followed, looking at me disappointed.
"Because I knew he wouldn't believe what really happened and blow it all out of proportion" I breathed.
"I don't understand, you thought he'd believe that but not what really happened?" His face twisted as he shook his head, confused.
"Look Kenny is just, a little protective of me sometimes" The tone in my voice was telling him to drop it now.
"I see, so I've got competition huh?" He grinned.
"You sure have superhero" I joked, from what he said to me at lunch today.
My face relaxed, I was blushing. I wanted to change the subject before I embarrassed myself again.
"I'll just take these and see what everybody thinks" I suggested, taking a small pile of movies. "You like horror?"
He chuckled and nodded. "Of course."
"Shall we then?" I smiled, leaving the room.
"Urgh about time too!" May complained as Ash and I came down the stairs.
"Shush you" I laughed kneeling to the floor.
"Right guys I've decided on a horror. But you can decide which one" I dumped the movies on front of me as everyone rummaged through them.
"Oh my God! We are NOT watching 'Saw'! I can't stand puppets!" Candice shrieked, throwing it aside.
"Guess 'Chucky' is out of the question too then" Tracey laughed throwing that aside too.
"Oooo what about 'Dead End'?" May suggested, picking it up.
"No way, nothing with mutants or zombies they freak me out" Misty protested.
"For the love of god!" Gary mocked. "What is it with girls and horror films you guys?"
Kenny smirked and looked over to me. "Depends what girl, I mean Dawn has millions I mean look, she obviously loves them"
"Or she's a freak mass murderer just looking for inspiration" Gary joked. I scowled at him for the comment.
"Yeah, so what's a sweet girl like you doing with all these?" Ash asked. I looked over to him and blushed, he described me as sweet!
YAY! Okay, no time for spazms right now Dawn.
Also I was surprised; he hadn't got involved in group talks like this before.
"Giving me ideas on what to do with guys like HIM!" I grinned referring to Gary.
Gary snapped his fingers and pointed right at me. "I knew I was right!"
The room circled with laughter as he gripped his throat mocking me from across the group.
"I got the latest 'Friday the 13th '?"
"Dawn those movies suck! It's the same thing over and over, all too obvious" May complained.
"Well I like them, the whole point of a good horror is to make you crap you pants" I laughed.
"I agree" Candice nodded. "It's not too gory, I don't mind it"
Misty sighed intolerantly and stood up. "I don't care, just pick something already!"
"Alright, calm down!" I grabbed the movie and crawled over to the T.V.
"Let's watch this then. Okay?"
"YES!" Everybody yelled.
I slid the CD in the T.V. and closed the drapes as the group arranged themselves for a spot to sit and watch.
May and Gary took the large chair on the side. Candice, Kenny and Tracey slumped on the couch, while Ash and Misty sat below them on cushions and blankets.
"Dawn come sit here" Kenny suggested I squeezed in a tiny spot on the couch next to him; I could see Candice and Tracey looked comfortable in their 'lounge position'. I didn't want to sit tensely on the end of the couch for the next 2 hours.
"No thanks, I'll just sit right here" I parked myself next to Ash on the floor below Kenny; I didn't want to hurt his feelings so I still sat close by him. I also felt comfortable enough to control my urges sitting next to Ash, besides we were at a clear distance, I wasn't planning to pounce on him at a scary bit. However it did sound tempting. I knew that Misty, who was sitting less than an inch on the other side of him, would beat me to it.
"I'll get the lights" May jumped over the arm of the chair and turned the light switch till the room was pitch black since the movie was still starting, and somehow found her way back to her seat.
As the room went black, I felt I was sitting alone.
I couldn't resist edging closer to Ash in the first 15 minuets, before I knew it I was only two inches away from him. I ignored my urges and was stunned by the unexpected energy that flowed through me, amazed that it was possible to be more aware of him than I already was. A crazy impulse to wrap myself around him and feel protected from the dark overwhelmed me. I uncrossed my legs and lifted my knees to face, my hands kept beside me clenched into a fist, I felt my heart beat in my throat which began to build up a lump. I was going insane.
An hour passed. Very slowly. I wasn't even paying attention to the movie; I closed my eyes trying to relax but the electric current that seemed to be coming from his body wouldn't go away. I breathed, opening my eyes and looked around at everybody, slightly turning my head so they wouldn't notice; their eyes were widely fixed to the T.V. When my eyes reached Ash I rapidly inhaled. His eyes were glued to me, but his head was still facing forward, I looked away quickly before I started hyperventilating.
The music on the T.V. was getting louder as everyone leaned in, breathing silently but heavily. It was like they were the girl on the screen hiding from the killer. The uncontrollable craving to even just touch him was refusing to fade; I continued crushing my fists to the floor until my fingers were aching with the effort. Every now and again I failed resisting having a quick glance in his direction, I quickly noticed he wasn't too relaxed either. His posture was firmly straight and his hands violently gripped his jeans every few minuets.
I breathed slowly but surely calming down, focusing on the movie. I knew this part was going to make everybody scream, so I loosened my hands preparing myself for it. Then I felt something light wrap around my left hand, but only slightly since my hands were numb, I tilted my head down looking at it and only realized then it wasn't light.
It was Ash's hand firmly gripped onto mine. I looked up at his face, which was fixed on the T.V. I don't think he even realized what he was doing.
As the tension grew in the movie, he squeezed my hand tighter. I couldn't even react to it; I stared at the T.V. expecting the killer any second to jump on the clueless girl.
I felt that I could even hear his heartbeat, even as the music grew louder; I took a deep breath as the scene of the movie took a turn.
At the moment, the phone rang as the killer suddenly appeared on the screen sending screams echoing around the room making everybody jump out of their skin. I choked on my own breath and felt Ash's hand being snatched away from mine; I quickly jumped to my feet to turn on the light, and looked around the room to everyone gripping onto each other for dear life.
I stared at Ash, Misty had grabbed his jacket; or vest as Candice's theory goes by, and wrapped herself around him. They were both just innocently lying there. Her face was buried in his chest, unaware that everyone was watching them both. He lifted his head up and ran his hand over it, nervously looking around at us.
May shrieked loudly, breaking the ice between everyone and pushed Gary to the floor.
"What are you doing you towel!"
"F.Y.I I think it was you who had a hissy fit and grabbed hold of me!" He argued back.
"Guys shh I think it's my mom calling!" I rushed to the kitchen breathlessly and dived to the phone.
"H, Hello?"
"Dawn honey it's me, mom" she sounded cheery at least.
"Oh, hi" I quivered. "What's up?"
"Everything's fine…" Her tone changed, she paused for a second. "But, are you okay? You sound stressed?"
"Me? I'm, I'm fine. Everything's good" My voice was getting higher; I panicked and ran back into the lounge. Everyone was frozen, staring at me; I frantically waved my arms around making sure especially the guys, would stay quiet.
"Good, are the girls with you?"
"Yeah sure they're all here, were all having fun" I still sounded edgy, looking at Ash and Misty who were now separated wasn't helping, I ran back in the kitchen and took a deep breath.
"Great, I'm just calling to see if things are alright. Remember, don't answer the door to anyone you don't know"
I sat myself up on the counter, feeling a lot more relaxed.
"Mom, I said there's no need to worry everything's under control."
"Hmm I wish I could believe that" she sighed. "Oh! Do you have enough food? I just remembered I didn't go shopping today sweetie"
"Um, yeah sure it's all good" I was sounding miserable now, I was tired of people being protective of me like I'm this tiny little girl who can't stand up for herself.
"Alright then, but if you need anything-"
"Okay I get it! For the last time I'm not 5 years old anymore, geez!"
"I'll call tomorrow then" I stung her with that last comment, she sounded saddened. "Goodnight Dawn"
"Night, mom..." I felt awful.
Perfect. Because of my stupid jealousy of Misty being protected by Ash from her actions, I had to go and take it out on my Mom! Urgh.
I hung up and dawdled back in the lounge. The room stared at me waiting for my next words; I didn't want to take my frustrated mood on them too so I changed the subject they were expecting to hear.
"Okay now you've all recovered from your heart attacks are we still watching the movie?"
They looked at each other puzzled, but they knew not to take it any further.
Ash stood up and headed for the door.
"Actually, I think I'm gonna go I got a long bus to get home. I'll see you around guys" The door was closed behind him before any of us could react.
My stomach sank as I sat on the couch, I was crushed. I knew it was easier for him to leave but every other part of me wanted him to stay.
Misty frowned at the window watching him walk down the street.
"Well that was nice of him!" She puffed.
Tracey nervously stood up and turned to me. "I better go too, it's getting late"
"Yeah we'll leave you girls alone now" Kenny agreed.
"Wait! You guys? What are you doing? Don't leave!" Gary protested.
But they left before Gary could stop them too. He rushed up and followed them out the door.
May stood up and watched Gary run down the street to catch up, then closed the door looking at us confused. "Bye then?"
I was glad they left; all I wanted to do was scream into a pillow, or maybe just hold one over Misty's face.
"What was that all about?"
"Well Candice it's already 10:30, in fact guys I'm just gonna go to bed I don't feel well"
"Dawn wait, sit down" The immediate seriousness in May's voice automatically dragged me back to where I was sat.
"What's going on with you? I mean you've been acting really weird around... You know." She sounded sympathetic now, with a guilty expression.
"What are you talking about? I don't understand."
I knew exactly what and who she meant, but I had no idea I was being so transparent.
"She means Ash" Candice innocently established.
Misty's eyes darted at me like bullets; I sensed the jealousy creeping off her.
"You like him don't you." She said in a low voice. It wasn't a question, she was telling me.
"What makes you think that?" I uttered in a quiet voice.
I was blinking repeatedly at the floor, trying to avoid their eyes judging me. I felt a mouse being circled in an alley of cats. I mean so what if I liked him? Why should they all be judgmental of me like it's one of their dad's? It's not forbidden or something, besides May likes Drew so why does she care so much?
I wanted so badly to let out how much I craved for the new guy but it sounded stupid, and I didn't want to spend my life listening to May and Candice nagging me to tell him or one day one of them 'accidently' letting the secret out in front of him. As for what Misty would think, I know she likes him too and I didn't wanna risk losing a good friend over a guy, no matter what kind of affect he separately had on our lives.
"Are you all out of your mind? I hardly know the guy, we've hardly spoken and I've known him like for, what, like 2 days?" I stayed calm and composed what I was saying slowly, to not overreact.
"Then how do you explain what happened at dinner today? AND-"
"Look, May, would you just drop it please! I'm not in love with him okay!"
"But, Misty didn't say you love him… She said you LIKE him…" Candice added.
The room fell silent as we glared widely at her, she can only be smart at the 'right' situations.
"What? Did I say that out loud?" She naively whispered.
Misty turned to me.
"Explain that." She demanded smugly.
"Oh and you're one to talk!" I fought back.
I didn't wanna start a childish debate over who loved or liked him or not, but I wasn't going to be exposed, even if it did mean ending it with a guilty conscience. I stood up tightening my fists, it wasn't going to turn into a fight but I was so mad at that point I felt like exploding at Misty like dynamite.
"So who was it that POUNCED on his chest to safety earlier? Oh, oh wait a minute, yeah that was you!" My hand came out of the fist and my arm extended to her face without me even thinking about it.
"Excuse me?!" Misty yelled, batting my hand away. May and Candice's faces turned pale with horror as she came face to face with me.
"Guys cut it out before I do call the cops this time!" Candice yelled.
"Alright, fine! You know what; I can't be dealing with this I'm going to bed!" I spun around fiercely to let my hair glide with me and headed for the stairs.
I violently slammed my bedroom door and punched in the back of it; stumbled to my knees beside my bed and screamed into a pillow, crushing my nails into the fabric causing it to tear.
When I finally ended my little girl's temper tantrum, I realized what an idiot I was to my best friends earlier. The idea of them coming over was to bitch about the boys and not bitch at each other!
I lifted myself and dragged my legs to my dresser to sit at my reflection.
My face was bright red, pumping regret. I reached my hand to touch my forehead, and it was way above temperature. My eyes were puffed and felt sore from the crying and lack of sleep, when I turned to my alarm clock it was 03:45. I sighed and stalked my way to the bathroom to rinse cool water on my face.
A/N: Iknoww the endings crappy.. but there's a twist in the next chappy to make up for that which I'm hoping you'll like ;D
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