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Chapter 9: Who's at the Door?

Finally at home, I tried to call Tansy. Maybe her house phone still worked? I typed in the number I had known by heart for almost 10 years, and let the line ring and ring. No answer. I typed it in again, hoping for someone to pick up. Yet again, no one did. I gave up when I heard a knock on my door.

I hoped it would be Tansy, but I could not get my hopes up too much. Sometimes I can be too optimistic when it comes to things like this. I really hated answering the door. When I finally got there, I swiftly opened it, I locked eyes with a familiar face.

"Dane?" I said, startled, as I was not expecting him at all- I should really start expecting him.

"Hey Ali. I thought we should talk-can I come in?" I was not gonna say no to him since I needed to know what happened with the school and his parents.

"Yeah sure," I said, pushing the door open more, "Sorry, if I was a little rude, I just was not expecting you," I tried to say that so I did not sound like a total bitch. But, it was all true. Who would have thought he would come over.

"Nah you're all good don't worry," He said as he walked in, "I showed up totally unannounced so," Damn did he look fine right then. I had missed him more than I thought. I needed to push those thoughts out of my head and into the trash because I needed to focus on the task at hand- finding out what happened yesterday.

We started with some nonsense small talk, about nothing really. I was dying to know what happened, but I did not want to scare him away too soon. I knew I just had to ask.

"Hey Dane...so, what happened yesterday- like after the fight," There we go, I finally did it. I locked eyes with him, as he opened his mouth and closed it. I knew it would be weird for him to talk about. It was a weird moment for all that were involved.

"Honestly Ali, I don't even know what happened. It went by so fast I really just jumped in and it's like a blur of events while I was beating on that dick face they call Chad," Dane broke eye contact and stared at the floor. I knew he would talk about his parents soon.

"As you probably know I got suspended, and it's fine. My parents aren't really around as much anymore, and I'm sure they do not even know," Wow ok that was not what I thought Dane was gonna say. I had not been updated on his parental situation.

"Damn Dane I am so sorry about your parents," I was trying to be sympathetic, but I could tell he thought I was bullshitting him, "I had no idea they were not around as much anymore,"

"Nah, it's fine don't worry about it,"

"Is it fine,"

"Yeah of course, it's probably better that way anyway,"

"Are you sure everything is fine,"

"I never said everything was fine," Dane looked a little pissed off, "Shit happens all the time, but it's not that important,"

"If you ever wanna talk about it, I'm here,"

"I won't, but thanks,"

"Anytime,"

"Ali?"

"Dane?"

"I think I like you,"

"I think I like you too"

"Deadass?"

"I think so," I thought I liked him but it was all so complicated now.

"So, you think so?"

"I do think so," And with that I blushed a tad. I think Dane noticed my blushing and he locked his eyes with mine. Oh how I had secretly missed this. Dane reached over until his face was barely an inch away from his.

"Is this ok?" He asked. I nodded my head softly. He kissed me and I kissed him back. I wish that things were always as simple as this.

***

After a long while of kissing on the couch, Dane had to go home. I wished it could be like that forever. I almost forgot that he and I were the only ones that knew that we were a sort of friends with benefits right now. I might tell Gwen and Tansy soon, but I am not sure how that will go. I know they would definitely not want me to get back together with my Ex, but it is not like we broke up last week. It has been years since we dated anyway.

It was hard to believe I liked Dane again. It feels like I was right back in middle school, when we first met. He was my first real love, and no matter what I would always have a part of me that loved him. At times, he could have a huge ego and be arrogant. But, deep down he was sweet and really thoughtful. He was also really hot. Well, he probably is not as hot as I think he is right now.

Love can be blinding. It can make you think untrue things. It can make you do things that you would not usually do. It can be hard to believe, but it is definitely a true fact. Sometimes, I think really hard about the concept of love. It is not something that you can see with the human eye, rather something you can feel looking into a human eye.

I realized after my long thought about being in love, that it had gotten late and I needed to finish my homework and study. I lovingly hate school so much.