i never said i liked you (book 2)

i won't..i really won't

{cherry}

7:35 pm

I found Bryce standing in line at the concession stand, I stood behind him and spoke, "Fancy meeting you here." He spun around, "Cherry!?! I called earlier, but you didn't answer," "That's because I'm here silly, but if I was home...I would've answered." He smiled, "So, who ya here with?" "Just a few friends, you?" "Uh actually, no one...my parents want me to make some friends and they practically begged me to come to the drive-in," "How come I don't believe you?" "Probably because I'm bad at lying. When I called your place, your mom answered and said you were going to the drive-in, so I came here and was hoping to see you...again," "I'm glad you came, because I wanted to see you again too." We were smiling at each other when Stephanie and Kylee rushed up to me, Stephanie angrily spoke, "Does this movie all of a sudden suck?! Let's go," I angrily sighed, "But I-," "Cmon Cherry." She pulled me away from Bryce and into the parking lot, we all got into my car. I glared, "How dare you! You took me away from Bryce!" Steph sadly spoke, "I know and I'm sorry," "He can't know that me and you are friends Steph, it would ruin this whole mission that you put me on," "It's not like I put you on it, you complied," "Because you promised me that you would help me get Bryce! And now you're just taking me away from him." They both sadly put their heads down, Kylee softly spoke, "It wasn't like that Cherry, we didn't want to leave because you were talking to Bryce. We wanted to leave because our boyfriends are mad at us," "Mad? Why are they mad?" "Because they think we've been acting weird, and they...aren't necessary thrilled that we've been spending time with you," "Do they know...about the whole deal?" "No...they only know about us being at the diner together." I sighed and looked at Steph, she looked heart broken. I tried to muster an apology, "Look...I'm sorry I snapped, I just, I really like Bryce, more than I ever liked Bob. But I get it, Steph...Steve won't be mad at you forever." She spoke as tears appeared in her eyes, "He hates me, he thinks I don't care about him, but I do," "I know you do, everything's gonna be okay."

{stephanie}

8:00 pm

Cherry dropped me off at Steve's house, I feared seeing him. I anxiously knocked on the door, after a few short seconds it swung open revealing Mr. Randle. He happily smiled, "Steph!!! What a nice surprise!!." He pulled me inside and wrapped his arms around me, "How's California treating you?" "It's alright, nothing like Tulsa," "You got that right." I smiled, "Is Steve home by any chance?" "Yeah, he's upstairs...he seems upset about something," "Yeah...he's upset with me," "Well, go up there and see him."

I creeped up the stairs to Steve's room, I slowly opened the door and found him lying on his bed faced away from me. I softly spoke, "Steve..." he turned to face me, "What do you want?" "I want to talk." I softly shut the door and sat down on his bed, "Look, I know you think I've been acting weird-," "You have been Stephanie. You haven't even had one dinner with just you and your brothers," "I've been...busy," "Doing what? Oh wait, you won't tell me." He faced back the other way, I moved closer and ran my fingers through his soft hair, "You can't be mad at me for not being home, you never made plans for tonight," "I just...you have been out every night, I was really hoping you would've been at home so that I could surprise you and take you out," "I didn't know and I'm sorry, I love you so much and I don't want to hurt you." He turned back to face me, "I love you too," "Tomorrow night we will go out and have the best night of our lives, I promise you on everything," "Steph, if you break this promise..." "I won't. I really won't." He pulled me closer to him and wrapped his arms around me, he immediately softly kissed me. I moved closer, so that I was straddling him. I had my hands tangled in his hair as he softly kissed me, he moved from my lips to my neck. I softly moaned as he kissed a certain spot on my neck, "Steve.." I quickly pulled his shirt off, and started kissing down his neck. After a few seconds I stopped, he sighed, "Why'd you stop?" "Because...your father is downstairs, besides...I just wanna lay with you." I moved next to him and he wrapped his arms around me, I savored his touch knowing that in a few short days I wasn't gonna have it for a long time.

{nancy}

8:30 pm

As soon as the front door opened, I rushed to the top of the stairs from my room. I quietly walked down to see Bryce quietly shutting the door, I cleared my throat, "And where have you been?" He looked at me startled, "Nancy!!" "Where were you?" "Just out..." "Where?" "Why do you care?." He walked into the kitchen ignoring me, I followed after him, "Were you with a girl?" "And if I was?" "Who is she?" "Why the hell do you care?! Just mind your own business," "But-," "You have ruined everything in my life for me, so please just stick to fucking around with boys...okay?." I scoffed as he walked away, a few seconds later the phone went off. I picked it up, "Hello?" "Hey!! It's Cherry, I was wondering if you wanted to go to the mall with me tomorrow...I may have a solution to your problem," "That sounds perfect!!" "Alright, I will pick you up at 11," "See you then!!."
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~k