Game Set Match

ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ᴛᴡᴇɴᴛʏ ꜰᴏᴜʀ

Jo Pov

It was really wrong of me to let Ryder spend New Years Eve with me because he kissed me and I can't let go of that. I didn't kiss him back but he was pretty good and the stupid thing is I let him kiss me. Ugh!

Now what else? This week is the Sadie Hawkins dance where the girls ask the boys to the dance and this makes me crazy. Well, I can go and I don't need to ask someone to go with me. Fair enough.

"Hey..." Ryder walks to his locker and smiles at me.

"Hey." I simply said and took my books then shut my locker and walked away.

This was really stupid. I just realized that I had a good conversation with him on New Year's Eve and I don't know why. Ugh! The way he stole time and kissed me makes me crazy. Oh lord!

Ryder Pov

"Dude, did your sister talk to you about something when you both were together?" I asked Jake as we walked together.

"Like what?" Jake raises his eyebrows at me.

"Like our first date maybe." I shrug. "Look, I really like her and she is different and I promise you if we can be together I don't want to hurt her." I said to Jake.

"And then? What do you want me to do? She didn't say anything to me. I didn't even know what you both did in my house." Jake says to me.

"I-I kissed her." I said nervously. "It was pretty good, her lips are so soft and I can't handle that because we were talking and laughing and it was so natural."

"Okay, you know what dude, don't tell me about the kiss you had with my sister. I don't want to know about that." Jake simply said. "But did she kiss you back? If she kisses you back it means she likes you."

"No, but she let me kiss her. It was really cool. I mean, we never got that close and shared things with each other about the things we love and now she just goes back to ignoring me and it's confusing me."

"Take it slow, man. Chicks dig a guy who plays it cool and never gives up." Jake says to me and walks to the science classroom.

I let out a sigh and held my backpack then entered the science classroom for a quick glee club meeting. I look around and see Jo sitting down on a table in the middle row. I walked over and sat down next to her and she just moved a little bit away from me.

"So this week in Glee Club, it's ladies' choice inspired by the Sadie Hawkins Dance." Finn grins at us as he writes 'Ladies' Choice' on the white board.

"Which I thought of. It was my idea." Tina raises her hand and grins at us.

"Yes, thank you, Tina." Finn says to Tina. "And every girl will sing to whoever they want to take to the dance." Finn says to us.

"Well, I for one, love this lesson." Kitty says as she is standing on the door. "I've got a song I want to sing to somebody." Kitty smirks at Jake.

I just half smiled and turned my face towards Jo. I just really hope that she wants to ask me to the dance and I would be happy to say yes but she is just being quiet and doesn't want to talk to me and is basically avoiding me.

The bell rings.

Jo stood up from her seat and walked out of the science classroom. I walked a little bit faster and stopped her and smiled at her.

"You don't want to ask me to the Sadie Hawkins dance?" I grin at her.

"I don't want to go." Jo simply said and turned around.

"Why?" I catch her hand and stop her. "Is it because of that kiss? Why are you so upset about that? I'm sorry, okay, I'm out of line here. I'm really sorry." I said to her.

"It's okay." Jo simply said and let her head down then walked away.

From the outside she looks strong but from the inside she is fragile. She can get hurt easily or maybe there must be the thing that she is afraid of, but I'm not a player. I like her I really do.

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