The Grump Who Stole Christmas

Chapter 13

Zola

After Matthew and I kissed, I got into the car.

Nathan took a bit to enter the car but then he finally did.

"Took you long enough,".

He started the car and I said," You should learn a thing or two from Matt. He called me beautiful in my outfit, not a stripper".

"He only said that 'cause he wants to fuck you".

"So when a guy calls me beautiful they only want to get in my pants. So I'm ugly. Cool".

"That's not what I meant".

"You say a lot of things you don't mean Adams. I'm now a stripper and I'm ugly as well. Greatest combo to ever live".

"Zola".

"Can you please take me home? Or better yet the strip club since you said I look like a stripper".

He let out a frustrated sigh and started to drive.

I sat away from Nathan as much as I could in the passenger seat.

We were at a red light when Nathan said," I know you're a bit tipsy from tonight but you can stay at mine for the night if you don't want your mom to see".

"I'm never staying over anymore. We are no longer friends since I'm an ugly stripper now. I will spend my tipsy and drunk nights at the strip club".

When we arrived, I went straight to my house, up the stairs, and into my room.

I took a long-needed shower and maybe cried a bit more in said shower. When I finally finished, I wrapped myself in my blanket to feel safe again.

When I woke up, I didn't go anywhere. I stuck to myself for most of the day and when it was finally time, I got ready for the date that Matthew asked me out to last night.

I didn't feel like putting on a dress so I did a denim-on-denim look with a pair of jeans and a cute corset top.

Matt then picked me up and we went to a nice restaurant. This restaurant recently opened and the food was amazing.

"So what do you do now?".

"I'm an engineer. I have a lot of cool projects that I get to do in the new year".

"That's cool. I never would have guessed you to be an engineer".

"I know. People say that a lot. How about you".

"I'm a writer".

"Wow. What genre?".

"Mainly romances. I'm not clever enough for a mystery".

"Oh don't say that. Anything you write I'm sure is good. You have to give me something of yours to read one day".

I then chuckled a bit.

After dinner, we were walking back to the car when Matt said," I had a lovely time with you at dinner. We shouldn't have waited so long to finally go on a date".

"I don't know if you know this but I had a huge crush on you in high school".

"I did too. But Nate told me to back off so I assumed you two were together. You two are still friends after breaking up?".

Nathan knew I had the biggest crush on him and he told Matthew to back off?

"Oh no. We were never together. Just friends. Frenemies cause he played all those stupid pranks on me".

"Oh yes, I remember. That was a brutal war".

"Oh it was," I said and we both laughed. He opened the door for me and I got in. He then got in and drove me home.