my boyfriend is my bully

chapter 4

I wake up in the morning. I'm so nervous. I don't even know why. I probably won't even talk too much to anyone today at dinner anyway.

At about 6pm I decide to start getting ready. I get in the shower, shaving my legs and washing my hair. I get out of the shower and wrap a towel around me.

I go to my room and look through my drawers for a dress to wear. I stand up after finding the right one. I gasp as I see derek in the window opposite.

We make eye contact. I'm in a towel. Oh my god. I quickly move out of the way. I go to the bathroom again. "Shit shit shit!" I panic. He saw me in a towel!

I groan, grabbing my panties. I put them on. I put on my dress aswell. It's just a plain white knee length dress. I curl my eyelashes, put on some mascara and lipgloss and dry my hair, styling my curtain bangs.

I go back into my room, sitting on my bed. I pick up my phone. I catch a glimpse of something in my window. I look across to Derek's house.

I raise my brows as I see him walk past the window shirtless. Oh wow. My eyes go wide as I snap out of it. I stand up quickly, shutting the blinds.

I go downstairs. "Hi honey, can you set the table please?" My dad asks. "Yeah" I nod. I start setting up the table.

Once I'm finished the doorbell rings. "Can you get that please?" Susan asks. "..yeah" I say hesitantly. I go to the door.

"Hi" I smile, opening the door. "My dad and Susan are in the kitchen.. do you want a drink or.. something?" I ask. I have literally no idea what to do. I don't know how to host.

"A drink would be good" Carol smiles. We all sit in the living room. "Do you like white wine? Red? Um.. this?" I hold up a bottle of something. they chuckle. I smile.

"Thats gin" Derek says. I look at him. He looks down again. "I'll have a gin and tonic please" Christopher says. "And a white wine for me please" Carol says. "Okay" I say. I get some glasses and pass them to them.

I go to grab the wine. I gasp as I knock over the gin. Derek comes up behind me, picking it up quickly before it can spill everywhere. "Thankyou" I sigh, taking it.

"Do you want me to do it?" He asks. I look into his eyes, nodding. He signals for me to sit down. I sit down in my dad's chair, opposite them.

"I'm not allowed anywhere near my dads alcohol normally" I chuckle. "We can tell" Carol chuckles. I giggle.

"Water" Derek passes me a drink. "Oh, thankyou" I say quietly, taking it. I taste it. I raise my brow shocked as I realise its actually gin. He looks into my eyes, sitting opposite me.

He lifts his own drink in the air as his parents aren't looking. He has gin too. A small smile appears on my face as he drinks it. I take a sip of my own.

"Meredith move" my dad walks in. I sigh, standing up. He sits in his chair. Susan sits on the arm of his chair. My dad and susan start talking to Derek's parents.

"Don't just stand there" my dad chuckles. "Um.. you took my seat" I say. "Sit next to derek" he says. I look at him. He moves slightly so there's more room on the sofa. I slowly walk over, sitting next to him.

Our parents are still talking. "I um" I whisper. He looks at me. "I didn't mean for you to see me this morning" I whisper, blushing hard. He chuckles. Is he laughing at me? My body? What?

"Its fine.. I didn't realise you were going to be there or I wouldn't have even looked out my window" he whispers. I look down.

We go to the dinner room and sit at the table. I'm sat at the left end, next to my dad and susan is sat next to him. Derek is sat opposite me and Carol is sat next to him, then Christopher next to her. Nobody is say at the very ends of the table.

"What school do you go to derek?" Susan asks. Oh crap. "I actually go to the same school as meredith" he says. "You two know eachother?" My dad asks. "Um.. not really" I shake my head.

"We're in.. different groups" Derek says. I nod. "You two should get to know eachother.. your neighbours now" Carol smiles. "I.. live with my mom most of the time" I say quietly. Derek chuckles. I look at him. I smile.

The doorbell rings. "Cristinas here!" I run to the door. "Calm down!" My dad groans. I open the door. "Finally! What the hell took you so long?!" I whisper harshly, pulling her inside.

"I'm sorry.. I had to walk" she says. "Come on" I pull her to the kitchen. She sits at the very end of the table, between me and derek.

"Hey" she says. "Hi cristina" my dad and susan say. "Hi" she glares at derek. He gives her a look. I kick her under the table. She rolls her eyes.

I grab her a plate of food. "Oh my god this is so good" she says, her mouth full of food. "Thankyou cristina" susan chuckles. I giggle.

After dinner we go back to the living room. "Can me and cristina go to my room?" I ask. "Sure.. derek you can go too" my dad says. I look at him. "I- I can show you around if you want" I pull on a loose piece of string on my dress nervously.

He gets up, following us upstairs. "I need the bathroom" Cristina walks away. My eyes go wide. Bitch. We walk into my room.

I look at him as he looks around my room. He picks up a book from my bookshelf. "That- that's from when I was younger" I say as he reads the back of the kids book.

He puts it down. "Th-that's my diary.. please don't read it" I say as he picks up another book. He looks at me. I let out a small breath as he puts it down.

"So.. is there anything fun to do around here then?" He asks. "Y-yeah.. there's a skate park around here.. and a cafe that me and my friends like to go to" I say.

"Derek!" His mom calls him. "I think we're going" he says. "Okay, bye" I smile. "Goodbye" he says. I walk to my bed and he leaves. I sit down.

Cristina walks in, sitting next to me. "Hey!" I hit her as she wipes her wet hands on my dress. She chuckles.

"Derek was just.. being nice to me?" I furrow my brows. "That's weird" she chuckles. "Do you think.. he likes me?" I ask. "No" she chuckles. I frown.

"He saw me in a towel earlier.. he might find me attractive" I grin jokingly. Mostly joking anyway. "But you don't like him though, do you? He's an asshole to you!" She says. "No, of course I don't" I shake my head.

Me and cristina start talking until her mom rings, telling her she has to go home. I get ready for bed. I go over to close my curtains. I stop as I see derek in his room. He smiles. I smile, closing my curtains slowly.