One of the Guys

EiGhTeEn

I walked in the house, hand in hand with Marco.
"Thirsty?" He asked.

"Yeah, Dr. Pepper." I smiled.
I tried looking around for anyone I knew. I saw Cameron, talking with the boys.

"One Dr. Pepper." Marco handed me the can of soda.

"Thanks."

"Do you want to dance, or chill outside, or just sit and talk?" Marco asked.
Ariana pulled Cameron out of the group and began to dance with him. I want to dance too.

"Let's dance!" I pulled him into the crowd of people dancing.
The music changed into a slow song. I've never ever danced to a slow song before. It's just so boring!

Marco wrapped his arms around my waist and I wrapped mine around his neck.
Cameron did the same with Ariana.
We glanced at each other once in a while.

"Have you ever slowed dance?" Marco asked.

"No, why do you ask?"

"You don't seen comfortable dancing it. You look tense." he chuckled.

"I'm not a slow dancer."

"I actually like it." he smiled and leaned his face closer to mine.
I'm not kissing him.

"Aha, I see you're a natural." I try backing up.

"It's ok, just relax." he moved me in closer and our chests were touching.
He tried to lean in again.
i began to fake cough.

"First a cold sore and now cough! What a bad day." I said and walked away.
I suddenly bumped into someone, it's Cameron.

"Rosie, can we...talk?" He asked.
I looked at him.

"Sure."
We walked to the back. Everyone was swimming and dancing outside as well.

"How's life?" He asked.

"Dude, don't make this even more awkward then what it is." I said.

Cameron held one of my hands
"Aha, yeah- um- look I m-"
As Cameron was about to say something, a two girls came marching up to me.

"How dare you try stealing Cameron from the birthday girl!" She said.

"I-I'm not!"
She pushed means and I landed in the pool.
Cameron tried helping me out but I rejected.

"Y'all made a big mistake." I snatched her purse and threw it inside the water.

"Gucci!" She yelled and jumped right after it.

"Sorry not sorry." I chuckled.
I ran back inside.

"Rosie! Rosie!" Marco called me. "what's going on! First you don't want to kiss me and now you're soaked wet!"

"Ugh, now we need to talk." I pulled him towards the empty front porch.

"Marco, I like you but as a friend. you're hot, funny, sweet, cool and such an awesome person but I don't want to date you. It's not you, it's me. You deserve someone who wants to kiss you and date you. can we just be friends?"
He looked at me right in the eyes.
He held my hands and smiled.

"I understand, as long as you're in my life and my friend, I'm ok with this."
We hugged.

"Now you're wet." I laughed at his pants and tshirt.

"Haha, it's alright, it was getting hot."

"Don't make this Ex. thing awkward! Please! We are friends, homies, amigos, brother from another mother-"

"Aha, I get it." he interrupted and laughed.

"Aha, great." I gave him a high five.
"I'm walking home, if that's ok." I said.

"Yeah, see you soon." he smiled and walked back in the party.
I heard a girl yelling and crying.
I decided to leave now.

As I walk to the stop light, someone yells my name.

"Rosie, wait up."
I look back and it is Cameron.

"Hey." I said.
We crossed the street.

"Are you ok?" He aksed.

"Yeah, just dripping wet in these annoying clothes."
We walked in complete silence.
We would glance at each other once in awhile. We know why.
I know that we want to say something to each other but don't know how. It's so simple to do, one simple word. It just doesn't come out.

Who's gong to say it first? Who isn't going to say it? Are we even going to?
As we continue to walk, I remember our first "fight"......

"I want it Shawn!"

"No, I want it!"
Shawn kept looking back and forth to either Rosie or Cameron.

"Attention my beloved friends! I only have one of these rare transparent turquoise crystal marble and can only give it to you or you." Shawn said.

"I'll comb you're hair for a week!" Cameron offered.

"I'll-I'll wash your clothe!" Rosie offered.

"I'll let you borrow my light up police sketchers!"

"I'll let you use my 24 pack crayons with the sharpener for art time." I smirked.

"Enough!" Shawn yelled. "First of all, I love the offers, but I comb my own hair and mommy washed my own clothes."

"Then what do you want?" Cameron asked.
Shawn suddenly widened his eyes and smiled.
"Light bulb!" He yelled and pointed to his head. "A duel! Call all our friends!" Shawn demanded.
...
Shawn began to set up his kiddie pool and placed a plank of wood across of it. He brought out his foam noodles.
Everyone was settled in.

"Let's get groovy baby!" Johnson yelled out.
Both him and Jack were wearing their matching shirts.
"What's groovy baby?" Jack asked

"I don't know, mommy always says that to dad." Johnson said.

"Ok each of you stand on the each side if the plank. Then tackle each other with the noodles. If someone falls into the water, they lose." Shawn explained.

"Ready, set, fight!" Nate yelled.
Cam and Rosie were hitting each other with the noodles.

"That's my marble!"

"No it's mine!"
Suddenly Rosie slipped and fell into the water.
Cameron jumped with victory and kissed the marble.
......
I was mad that whole day until Cameron offered me to go to ChuckE Cheese with him that night.

We were home. We stood infront of each other outside my door.
We looked at each other.

"I'm sorry!" We both said at the same time and smiled.

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