Dirty Little Secrets

Chapter 5

            “I can’t believe you told him! You’ve known him what, only three years! Shelby, I’m your best friend and I didn’t find out until we were freshman!”

“Look, Reagan, I know you’re probably angry right now but I had to tell him. Every time there was a flash of lightning I would jump a mile high. Remember when I punched Riley Clearwater in the face for sexting Lucas and I broke my thumb because it was on the inside of my fist? It was like the size of a hotdog and I didn’t even react to it. I broke my frickin thumb and it was all peaches and cream but the second I hear thunder it’s like I’m ten and I just watched Poltergeist.”

“Oh….”

“Now do you understand why I did it? No one was ever supposed to find out about that, so it’s not like I was exactly eager to tell him. Can we just drop it, and go do something?”

“Yeah sure, let me just grab my stuff and we can go.”

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We were riding in Reagan's car on the way into town so that we could pick up a few things for her mom and then eat lunch at a cafe or something. For it only being March, the weather was surprisingly warm. I crank the air conditioning up higher and look out the window. I loved North Carolina in the springtime. All the trees were in bloom and everything looked so pure and innocent. I especially loved how all the birds came back. We had seagulls and crows and some other small birds who stayed here all year round, but i missed the humming birds, and the blue jays.

We were almost into town, and i could just barely make out the shape of the buildings. It wasn't exactly a town, more like a city-ish area but everyone referred to it as town.

"So guess who I saw back in town the other day?" Reagan had a look in her eyes letting me know that it probably wasn't good news. Her eyes glinted with mischeif. I knew her well enough to know that she loved to cause chaos, and the best way to do that is to be the bearer of bad news.

"Who?" I asked cautiously. I took another sip of my Arizona green tea. That was like my favorite drink of all time. It tasted especially good in warm weather though

"Ashton Rhodes" she stated nonchalantly.

"WHAT!" I spit out my drink and stared at her with eyes as large as saucers.

"Yeah, I saw him picking up a few things in Rosie's. I was going to say hi to him, but then I thought, mhhhm better not."

"Is he going to be back at school!" 

"I'm assuming so, I mean he hasn't graduated yet. At least I don't think so." she furrowed her brows in confusion.

Oh shit.

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          I ring the doorbell as i wait on his front porch. His house was white with flowerboxes in the windows and a swing on the front porch. It was the stereotypical southern house. But i liked it. It was rustic yet chic, cozy yet elegant at the same time. It reminded me of home. Not necessarily my home, but the thought of home.

"Hey, come on in" He opens the door and i snap out of my thoughts. I smile shyly at him and blush a little as he smiles back at me. He leads me into the living room and I put my backpack down. I look around and notice that the house seems peculiarly quiet.

"Are you the only one here?" "Yeah my parents took Landon to a baseball tournament in Virginia. It's just gonna be us. Think you can handle it?" he teases. "I'm game if you are" I smirk.

"Okay so here's how this game works, everytime you get a question right I have to take a piece of clothing off, if you get one wrong, I put something back on. Make sense? We'll just take turns asking each other questions."

"Oh, I see what you're doing! You're bribing me with boobies!" "Am not!" "Are too!" "Oh it's on pretty boy!" All of a sudden I leap forward and tackle him onto his back! "Hey! That's not fair." he whines. "Whatcha gonna do about it?" "He  looks into my eyes and smirks. Next thing I know he is laying on top of me.

I look up at him and notice a look on his face. It's not confusion, or concentration, or even determination, but something more intense. I feel his  warm breath on my face, and notice just how close we are. I lean in a little bit, and he closes the distance between us, connecting his lips with mine. 

His lips feel nice against mine. They are firm, but they feel good at the same time. I reach my arms up and wrap them around his neck while he places his hands on my hips. He deepens the kiss, moving his lips against mine more fiercely. It was hot and passionate and lovely all at the same time. He asks for entrance and I let him. His tongue roams around my mouth and I tangle my fingers in his hair. He rolls me onto my back, and he tugs my shirt up. I fiddle with the buttons on his shirt and rip it off of him once i'm done. Damn, he's fit. I rest my hands on his stomache and begin placing kisses all over his neck.I nip at his collar bone and he lets out a groan of pleasure. I suck hard on the skin at the crook of his neck, making a hickey. 

No! This is wrong! I can't possibly do this! I've known him for so long! But....he wants this just as much as I do. I'm sure everyone else would understand that he picked me. I let my hands roam down to his ass. It's firm and I die a little inside that I get to do this. 

All of a sudden i hear the sound of keys jingling and the low murmur of voices. The front porch light turns on and i stop what i'm doing to listen closer. The tell tale sound of the lock clicking open let's me know it's time to go. My body seems to be disconnected from my head though, because i can't move. I look up at Ashton and notice that he has the same horrified expression on his face. Finally my body catches up and i start to put my shirt back on. He reaches for his, and starts to button it back up. We are running out of time! I comb my hair down with my fingers and fix his as well. I breathe out a sigh of relief as i finish just in time.

"Mom, why are you guys home so early? You aren't supposed to be home fo another day?" "It's good to see you too Ashton. And we got rained out, all the baseball diamonds got flooded so they cancelled the wholed thing and sent us home." She takes off her coat and hangs it up, Mr. Rhodes and Landon follow suit. "I'm just gonna go...." i say and collect my things, "Oh Shelby, what a surprise. I didn't even see you there" "Oh, Hi Mrs. Rhodes, I was just leaving...."

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"You were thinking about that night, weren't you?"

"I can't help it. Things were never the same between us after that. I mean, what would've happened if his parents hadn't come home?"

"Someone would've gotten some" she wiggles her eyebrows and winks at me

"Stop, this is serious!" I protest

"Fine, but you're going to have a lot of explaining to do on Monday."

"What do you mean on Monday?"

"Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you that I texted Chris and we have biology with him. "

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