The Summer He Saved Me

Chapter 5 - Still A Mystery

Tyler's POV

She turned on her heel and walked out the door saying, "Bye, Tyler." As if there was nothing on her mind. I stood there, stumped. What had I just found out about my former mystery girl? Actually, she's still a mystery to me. I may have figured out her name, but I still have no idea who she is, or why I want to get to know her so badly. She was, well beautiful, in a mysterious way. There was something familiar about her, but I couldn't quite place it. Her long, thick, black hair flowed down her back, and her dark eyes twinkled when she laughed. She was...amazing. I needed to figure out more about this girl. Why she's so gaurded. Why she suddenly decided to trust me. My thoughts were interrupted by someone banging on the pizza shop window. 

"Hey! Hey Ty! Come on out!" Ricky yelled, his voice muffled from the glass. 

I sighed, wondering when I would see Olivia next, soon hopefully. Then I put some cash on the table and walked out the door.

"Hey bro, what's up?" Kellan said.

"Whatcha doin' at Louie's all alone?" Asked Carter. 

Ricky said, "I bet he wasn't alone. He was probably with that freaky girl from the beach."

My head snapped to him, my eyes filled with heat. I glared at Ricky daring him, just daring him to say more. 

"Woahh, no need to hit me or anything, I was just kidding man." Ricky said, stepping back a little.

Angrily I shot, "What you said about her yesterday really hurt her, Ricky. You can't take that back."

"Whatever man, it's not like it matters."

"It DOES matter Ricky. It matters to me, and to her. God Ricky, I can't believe you're so insensitive." I said as I shook my head in disbelief. 

Ricky and the others just stood there for a minute, not knowing what to say. Then, I lightened up a little and said, "You know what, forget it, I can tell now that it doesn't mean anything to you. I'm going home."

Kellan said, "I thought we were goin' play some ball?"

"Forget it." I replied, as I turned my back on them.

Then as I was walking away I heard Jason say to Ricky, "Go apologize man, we need Ty to play."

Ricky said, "Why should I? It's not like he's going to ever learn that girl's name, or talk to her again."

That's when I whipped around and stared at him with firey eyes. I could tell by the way he looked at me, Ricky knew he had said the wrong thing. I just looked at him, for a long time. Teasing him, tempting him, testing him, to see what he would say next, but he didn't say anything. 

Finally I said, "Ricky, you were right about some things, I was in there with the girl from the beach, but she's definately not a freak." With that I turned and walked down the boardwalk towards my house.