This Is Me

Thalia

"Okay, fine, but I'm going to change," I tell Parker and Luke. They nod like puppies. Not that puppies can nod. What? I just confused myself.

"No. Barging. In. On. Me," I growl. They nod again. They're probably gonna do it anyway. Ooh, prank time! I grab my phone and stuff it in my pocket when they can't see. I walk into the bathroom, but don't lock the door. I take out my phone, and focus the camera on the door.

I start the video.
"She didn't lock the door, shall we?" I hear Parker's voice whisper to Luke.
"Yeah, man, let's do this."
"I feel like a ninja," Parker says.

I stifle a laugh. They shall fail miserably. Now I feel like a ninja. Great, now my ninja dreams have been rekindled. So much for being a world famous MMA fighter.

Sure enough, after a few seconds, the guys explode inside. I make a 'pfft' sound, but they look so cute when they're
confused. I laugh and laugh while they scowl.
"Parker?" I ask, gasping for air.
"Yeah?" he frowns.
"You said you felt like a ninja!" I keep on on laughing until I can barely breathe, and I stop the video.

I quickly post it on Instagram before they can steal it from me.
"I just posted it on Instagram!" I sing, and Luke looks like might explode.
"Seriously?!" Parker yells. I nod my head, chuckling.

"GET THE PHONE!!!" Luke orders, loudly, I must add. Parker tackles me onto the bed while Luke finds my ticklish spots. He wriggles his fingers around on my ribcage, and I laugh super hard, I can barely breathe. He takes no mercy, though.

I scream, and kick and flail my arms around, but he's still tickling me. They finally give up, and I pant like a dog. I change, for real, and we all hop into the truck. Parker starts the truck, and the engine roars to life. It goes so strong that I feel the vibrations in my chest.

I grin, stupidly. What? I absolutely love adrenaline. I always think, I wanna to jump off a cliff. I mean, if there was water or something under it. If there wasn't, then I obviously wouldn't want to jump off the cliff. I mean, I'm smarter than that.

Parker drives, and after about 5 minutes I realize that I wasn't giving him directions.

"Parker?"
"Yeah, Aaron?"
"How do you know where to go, I haven't been giving you directions," I say cautiously.

He chuckles nervously.
"I-uh, well...I paid attention to where the gym is?" That sounded more like a question than an answer.
"Why?" I ask.

Luke coughs.
"Stalker," he mutters. I chuckle a little under my breath.
"Ehhhhhheeehhhhhh..... I guess I wanted to know where to find you, just in case?" he offers.
"Okay, are you asking me this, or telling me?" I blurt out, frustrated.

Parker makes a weird sound in the back of his throat, and shrugs. Luke smirks, and points at me.
"I like her," he says.

The truck stops in front of the gym. I unbuckle my seatbelt, and hop out. I head straight to the gym, not even looking back to see if the guys are following me. They jog to catch up with me.

Train hard. Do it for Logan. For him. He deserves to see you do well. Let him see that you can do better than what you did to him. Make it up to him.

"Aaron, what's up with you?" Luke asks, angling his head so that he can see me. I turn away from him.
"Nothing," I say quietly. I try to take the straight face off of me, but I can't.
"Aaron," I hear Parker's voice, and then his hand on my shoulder.
"Nothing," I said, more firmly this time.

Parker nods, and let's go of me. I gulp down my guilt, opening the doors of the gym.

I walk over to my friend, Thalia. She has been my closest friend ever since I came to the gym. My mom's friend works at the gym, and Thalia just so happens to be her daughter. I smile at the sight of her, and she grins in return. I wrap my arms around her.

She smirks, her thin lips curling. She has dirty blonde hair, and a pointed nose. She's about as short as I am. I haven't fought her, though. We are at the same skill level, and we've both been dying to fight each other, but the gym hasn't allowed it yet.

Anyway, I frown at her smirk.
"What?" I ask, my eyebrows furrowing.
"Who are theyyyyyyy?" she teases, and I kick her shin. She just scrunches up her nose.

I sigh when she doesn't stop looking at them.
"Okay, guy with brown hair is Parker. I guess I'm sorta dating him...." I admit, and her face lights up.
"YEAHHHHHHHH!!!!" she screams. I clamp my hand over her mouth, and she bites my hand.

I pull away form her.
"Who's the other guy?" she asks.
"Ooh, oooooh! You like what you see?" I tease. She blushes.
"Well, I shall not lie, he's hot." I poke her side, and she chuckles.

"Want to meet 'em?" I wiggle my eyebrows.
"No, I don't think-"
"PARKER! LUUUUUKE!!!!!!" Thalia yelps, and I laugh a little.

"Yeah? Oh, hi. Who is this?" he asks me, sending a wink in Thalia's direction. She stiffens, and I bite my lip to hold back a laugh. I elbow her in the side, and she elbows me back.
"I'm Thalia, what's your name?" she says finally. I smile, proudly.
"Luke."
"I'm Parker," Parker pipes up.

"Ooh, so you two are dating?" Thalia teases, flitting her eyes back and forth between me and Parker. Before I can say anything stupid, Parker speaks up.
"Yeah, I guess so." He snakes an arm around my waist. I visibly stiffen, but relax. Thalia laughs, and I ask Luke to do something to her with my eyes.

He seems to get my eye message, and places his hand on her hip, and then -oh my God he's the best friend ever- he pecks her cheek. Thalia widens her eyes, and gives him a weak smile. I raise my eyebrow, like you can do better.

He gulps, and bends down. He whispers something in her ear. I see her jaw tense, and she swallows nervously, but glares at me. I look up to Parker, and I stand on my tippy toes to tell him my plan. I shall get back at Thalia.

"Kiss me, like really hard," I whisper in his ear.
"Um, what?" he whispers back.
"Make out with me, I'm getting back at Thalia," I explain.

I let myself down to my real height, and I can see that Parker is blushing. I wrap my arms around his neck, and kiss him, aggressively. He returns the gesture, and puts his hands on my hips. He pulls me closer to him, so that my legs are touching his.

Thalia coughs.
"Guys?" she asks. I turn my head to the side, gasping for precious oxygen.
"Give us a minute." Parker kisses my neck gently, and Luke grabs Thalia's hand, smirking, and figuring that that's his cue.

Once they're out of sight, I pull away from him, and Parker smiles at me.
"Good acting," I say quietly. He puts his hands on my waist.
"I wasn't acting." I bite my lip, and realize that it's a big mistake if I want to stop kissing him.

Parker's eyes fall to my lips, and he moves his hands up to cup my face. He kisses me, and I kiss him back, until I hear someone clear their throat beside us. I pull away, to see a flushed Thalia, tapping her foot angrily.

"I will kill you. You really started making out, so I would go with Luke?!" she says. But guess what? She doesn't seem angry.

Ooh, oooooooooh.

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So, picture of Luke and Parker! Yay! Now you know what they look like! WOOHOO! Interesting chapter, eh? I just typed eh. Wow, I never though this day would come!

Whatever. So, um, I guess you'll have to wait and see what happens with Thalia and Luke and why she doesn't seem upset that she got to spend time with him. Also interesting...

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