Chapter 53

My phone rang. "Sorry," I said to him. I got up. We had just been kissing. Nothing big or anything like that. I picked up my phone, seeing it was Cass. "Hello?"

I waited. "Hey, Elisa are you busy right now?" She asked.

I didn't look at Bennett. "A little," I said.

"I hooked up with Miles." She said. I didn't want ot get into it. Knowing Bennett was right behind me. Listening ot everything I was saying. He never seemed to mind though. This hasn't ever happened before but I could never see him mad about something like this. Or anythign at all really.

"Cass, I have to go but," I took in a breathe. "Is this a good thing or a bag thing?"

"Elisa, I have a boyfriend!"

I smiled. "That's so good." I don't see how this could be a bad thing at all. She sounded so happy over the phone saying that her and Miles were together. "I'll call you when I can."

"Yeah," She said. "You better, I have to tell you the story!"

I smiled. "Okay, talk to you later."

"Goodbye." She said this in a singsong voice. This wasn't that shocking for me. That Cass and Miles finally got together. It was anticipated above all things. I hung up the phone leaving it where I found it.

Bennett was smiling goofily. "Okay," He said. "Come on." He leaned back on his palms. "Tell me some juicy gossip."

I laughed rolling my eyes, laughing a little walking over to him. He moved his arms arounf my waist. Locking them there. Pulling me closer to him. "Come on," He said smiling. "You're dying to tell my, I know it."

I sighed. "Cass and Miles are dating now." I said.

"Really?" His eyes widening. "Is this big news?" He said enthusiastically.

"Huge news." I said msiling. Trying not to laugh. "It was anticiapted for a while now."

"So we have some more competition?" He asked. "I think we've already gotten Rainie and Paul in the bag. They won't be too much to handle for us."

"I barely think we have Rainie and Paul in the bag." I said laughing.

"Oh really?" He asked. He was smiling. He pulled me down on top of him. His lips nuzzling my neck. It sound awkward but it really wasn't. It tickled. I laughed quietly. His lips moved up to mine. He kissed me. I kissed him back. My stomach started to fill with butterflies.

There were footsteps coming upstairs. That's when I jumped up. We both did. I got off of him. The footsteps were slow. It had to be my mother. Hearing my music playing coming ot see if I was home. She'd never walked in on me and a boy in my room/ Not even Dave. I moved away form him. In fact he was good about it. I went over to my computer leaning agaisnst it. "Elisa?"

It was Amber. Of all people. It was snowing hard.

"Amber?"

Bennett was looking at the door. Not even nervous ot anything. just sitting on the edge of my bed. Amber poked her head in. "Hey," She siad looking at me. Then she saw Bennett. "Oh, hi."

"Hello," He said msiling.

"Hey," I said. She opened the door making it a ltitle less awkward than just having Amber the floating head in my room. "Bennett, this is my sister Amber."

He smiled. "It's nice to meet you." He said.

She was msiling polite and honest too. "It's really nice to meet you, too." She was smilign looking at him. And then to me. "Mom told me to stop by and check things out. I was at Cherry's house but she made me come home. Make sure you were here. Oh, and i'm staying her for the weekend."

"Oh," I said nodding. "Cool."

"So, uh, yeah." Amber said. "I'm going back. I didn't see your car-"

"It's in the garage." I said.

"That's why." This was gettign awkward. "So, I'll see you later then."

"Yeah," I said. "Bye."

"I liek your hair," She said smilign at me. And then she walked out. We both waited sielntly listening to her go downstairs. The front door open and slam. Her car starting. She didn't pull away. A few seconds after she did I got a text message: he's cute sorry for interrupting ;)

She was my sister. This was a natural one. Bennett looked at me raising his eyebrows smiling. "Two interruptions in twenty minutes. Wow, you're famous or what?"

I sighed. I went over chaning the CD. I was putting on a Get Up Kids record. But I felt his hands slide around my waist. "Do you still think we're not beating Rainie and Paul?"

"Yes," I said smiling laughing a little.

He was joking I knew it. I felt him smiling into my neck. "I'll convince you sooner or later." He said kissing my neck. "I like your sister though, it got a little awkward I have to say."

"It did." I hit play turning it up a little.

"Eudora? Huh, you like these Get Up Kids now."

"I do." I said.

He kissed my neck. "I still can't believe you haven't read The Outsiders."


That night he didn't stay over. Amber came home. And he left. He usually jsut comes and we talk ourselves to sleep. And he leaves beofre my mother or his gets home. But he went home ot his empty house around ten. I went up to my room. A few mintues later Amber came in.

"I have to say," She said. "You've been shockign me a lot lately Lise."

I looked up at her. "What do you mean?" I was switching the batteries of my CD player. The little portable one.

"First, you dump that kid and move one really quickly-"

"Do you want to know the whole story?" I asked smiling a little. It was Amber. "After I found out Dave cheated on me, I sort of cheated on him... with Bennett." Her face grew really shocked. A smile still lingering at the cornder of her mouth. "It was for the right reasons though. I liked Bennett not Dave."

"Second, you cheat on your boyfriend with another boy. Third, you and mom start fighting and mom comes to me ranting about your little wild phase. Fourth, you dye your hair- it looks really good though. Fifth, I come home finding you and your boyfriend alone in your bedroom when mom's gone. God, it's like your me."

I laughed. "I could never amount ot the stuff you did."

"Bennett's goodlooking." She leaned agaisnt my bureau. "He's nice too."

"Yeah," I said. "He is."

"I'm sorry I made everythign so awkward though." She said. "God, was it really weird after I came in."

I shook my head. "No," I said.

Amber msiled at me. "Bennett was the kid we saw walking home and you would onyl tell me his name, right?"

I didn't remember at first. Then I remembered driving in her jeep. His eyes locked with mine. "Yeah," I said. I wedged the last battery in. Putting the back on it.

"Mom sent me an email saying he was weird." Amebr said laughign a little. I looked up laughign a little too. "How he wore girl's jeans and how he was really skinny and everytihng. I think he's cute though."

"Me too." I said smiling.

"You've changed a lot though." Amber said gettign a little serious. She was msilign at me though. "Before you were Ms. Perfect to me. You were really like a robot Elisa. But now, you're just real. I feel bad that we're just getting to know each other."

"Me too," I said smiling.

Amber yawned. "I'm going to bed, kid." She said. "see you tomorrow." She walked by messing up my hair.

"'Night." I said smiling.

"I love your hair." She said. "You even look really different." Then she walked out. Going to her room. I shut my door quietly. My phone ringing when I did. I turned around walking over to it. Answering it.

"Hello?" I said.

"Hey," He said.

And I was up until three talkign to him on the phone. I wished he had never even left.


A/N: I've been blocked recently. Cranking otu this chapter was a series of begging sessions between me and my parents who refused to let me finish this. But hah. They're asleep now. So I was really blocked so I wrote three possiblities for this chapter in my notes and I have tyo ay I liked that style. I always talk abotu my notes but this is the first time I had them next to me.

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