Same place we left off...
"It's fuckin Paige, dude." Shane answered annoyed.
"Aw, you don't sound happy about it. You don't like me anymore?" Paige asked, feigning hurt feelings.
"No, you just... Called at a really bad time."
"What, I've woken you up before."
"Yeah, but... Hold on give me a second."
He turned to Alexa, who had an irritated expression on her face. She didn't forget about Paige. Her being his first love still sat in the back of her mind.
"Babe, I'm gonna have to take this. I'll be back in bed in a few, don't worry. You get some rest."
Yeah, she wasn't having any of that.
"No, you're staying right here. I wanna hear this. I'm sure that whatever you and her talk about won't anger me at all. Right? As a matter of fact, put her on speaker."
Shane audibly gulped.
"Uh, speaker? You sure?"
She raised her eyebrows at him.
"Do I look like I'm not sure?"
He sighed.
"Oh, shit. Paige, I'm putting you on speaker. My... girlfriend wants to talk to you."
Paige chuckled.
"Alright, go on then."
He did as his girlfriend told him to, and put his British companion on speaker. She started talking first.
"Hello, love. How are you?"
Even though Shane had told her that she was from across the pond, the accent still really surprised the crap outta here.
"H-Hi. I'm fine. You're Paige?"
"Oooh, you even sound cute. Shane talks to me about you a whole lot. Ol sappy yank he is."
"Really? What does he say about me?" Alexa asked, eyeing her boyfriend while he silently prayed in his head that Paige wouldn't say anything retarded that could possibly get him in a dickload of trouble.
"Oh, don't worry. Nothing bad. He never shuts up about how much he loves you and how lucky he is to be with you."
Alexa blushed at that, and Shane was relieved.
"Oh... R-Really?"
"Yeah, he also told me about how much he wants to fu-"
Shane knew where she was going with this, and shut that shit down immediately.
"NOPE, NOPE! Paige, I'm taking you off speaker. Alexa, go to sleep. I'll be back in a few minutes, alright?"
He kissed the furiously blushing petite princess, and scurried out of his room with his phone clutched in his hands. Meanwhile, Alexa was left in the bed, contemplating what Paige was getting ready to say.
"He wants to fu... fu? Fuck? Me?"
Out in the living room, Shane plopped across his couch, and violently facepalmed. On the other end, Paige was laughing hysterically.
"Oh my God that was bloody awesome! Shit! Hahahaha!"
"Dude... You are a dick. Seriously."
"Oh hush it was funny. You know it was."
Shane looked back over to his bedroom, where Alexa was undoubtedly plotting the different ways she planned to chew him out.
"You like getting me in trouble, don't you?"
Paige pretended to think about it.
"Hmmmm... Maybe. You're cute when you get angry."
Now you see where Shane gets that from? He sighed and just decided to move off of the subject and progress the conversation.
"Why did you call me anyway?"
"Oh, I just wanted to talk to you honestly. Remember I told you about Wade a while ago?" Paige asked.
"Yeah? What about him?"
"Guess who I randomly got a call from? He told me some bullshit about how much he misses me and how he was wrong for cheating on me. Said he wanted me back."
"Well, what did you say?"
"I told him to fuck right off, what do you think I did? He had his chance, and he blew it. Plus, I'm in America. How the hell would that even work, you know what I mean?"
Shane laughed a little.
"This Wade guy sounds like a real dope."
"Well, isn't that obvious. He cheated on me! Me! I'm hot as hell! He didn't treat me right at all... I bet you'd treat me waaaaay better than he ever did." She stated seductively.
"Yo, chill out with that voice."
"What? Am I.. getting you all hot and bothered again?"
"Fucking stop dude. My girlfriend's literally a few feet away from me."
"Yeah, I know. That's why I'm doing it. Speaking of her, you were in bed with her when I called. Was I... interrupting something?"
"No, no you weren't. I... took care of that earlier."
"Oooh, naughty boy. Tell me, when she gets off, is she a screamer, or a moaner?*
The boy blushed at the question.
"She's- She's pretty loud I'd say."
"You must be pretty good then. Shame I'll probably never be able to experience it for myself." She joked.
"... I don't know." Shane murmured.
Paige was genuinely taken aback by that response.
"What do you mean? You're with her. Of course I won't be able to. Shane, listen to me. Don't you even think about fucking up what you have with this girl, understand? Not for someone like me. Not for anyone."
Shane was struggling, trying to correctly word what he wanted to say in his head.
"Paige, one of these days, you're gonna go too far with the teasing if you keep on with it. And when that happens... I don't think I'll be able to control myself. And I don't think you'll be able to control yourself either. If it gets to that point, I won't be able to forgive myself. Please... I'm begging you, as a friend. Dial it back with that. For the both of us. Please."
Paige was speechless by his spiel.
"You know.. maybe you're right. I don't know what would happen when we see each other again. Maybe it is for the best. I... I had no idea, Shane. I'm so sorry."
"No worries. I just don't wanna do something we'll both regret later. You're my best friend."
"You're mine too, and the last thing I wanna do is hurt you. Plus, that Alexa girl is so cute, I don't wanna hurt her either." She half joked.
Shane softly chuckled.
"She'll hurt me worse than both of us combined. Anyway, I should probably get back to her. I'll talk to you later."
"Yeah, talk to you later amigo. I'm glad she makes you happy."
"She really does, Midnight. She really does."
With that, Shane hung up and made his way back to his room, where his girlfriend lay sleeping, softly snoring. She looked so peaceful, Price couldn't help but hop into bed and peck her on the cheek before going to sleep himself. However, in Arizona... Paige was anything but peaceful.
She was curled up into a ball in her own bed, weakly crying with her head in her hands.
"Why? Why couldn't it have been me? Damn it, this hurts. The love of my life... Is taken by another girl. And I let him slip through my fingers. I feel so stupid!"
