Red Butterflies

Chapter 25

It was Azalea and as she opened her mouth to say something I spit a million words at her. "Don't even say anything Azalea. You've filled me up with dynamite and now I'm ready to explode. I don't make you feel shit about yourself, I don't do half the things you do to me so tell me what the fucking point is to what you're doing. Is it Tye? Are you so unhappy that you have to make everyone else unhappy?" "Oh this is just too good." She said back to me laughing. "What is?" I asked confused . "I've revved you up. That's all I wanted. Enjoy your night, Skylar." She said just as she turned away. Anger was rising inside of me, and Tye could see it. "Skylar, calm down." I took a deep breath as I said, "I'm calm", but I wasn't. I looked at the drink in my hand and then up at her walking away. I looked at Tye and held a finger up to him saying, "give me one minute", before taking off after Azalea. "Azalea." I called out, and as she turned around I threw the contents of my red cup over her chest. She let out a horrendous scream and wiped her chest. "You're a real fucking bitch you know, any wonder nobody likes you. I hope you fucking neck yourself." Her chest was sparkling from the alcohol that was dripping off of it onto her dress. "Is it bad that I'm not sorry?" I said in a smartass manner. I then turned and walked away leaving her standing there covered in paint thinner smelling liquids.

When I got back to Tye he was standing talking to a rather drunk Logan. "Why have you got a smirk on you face?" He asked me. "No reason." I replied. "She got laid." Logan interrupted. "No." I said. "What did you do, Skylar?" Tye asked me again. "Where is your drink?" "All over Azaleas boobs." I said. "Damn girl, please excuse me so I can go clean that up, wouldn't want to waste that." Logan said. "You go clean it then." I said, and as Logan walked away Tye murmured, "yeah, clean it with your tongue." "Do you want another drink?" I asked Tye. "No." He said back pissed off. "Dude, what's up?" I asked. "Why did you throw a drink at her?" "Because I didn't feel like being pushed around anymore, Tye. Is that okay?" "You do realise that I'm not going to hear the end of this now right? She is going to abuse me on Monday at school." "Sorry, Tye." I said back awkwardly. He didn't say anything, he just went and poured and rum and skulled it. The night dragged on and at about two am I had lost him. Everyone was starting to clear off home or for a one night stand, and if not they were passed out on the floor. I searched the house and he wasn't in any of the rooms, I walked out to see if his car was still there. He was getting the blankets out. "What're you doing?" I asked. "Falling asleep." He said. We took our things inside and spoke for a little bit before passing out with the rest of the group.

I woke up at six o'clock the next morning, and we left not long after that. When we got back to his house we just got into bed and slept the day away until about four o'clock. After dinner I had a shower and walked into a room that had no Tye in it. I asked his parents and sister where he was but they had no idea, I walked outside and followed the tracks of his yard to find him and his car an Acre or so away. He was lying on the hood of his car with Snow Patrol softly playing from the stereo. Before I walked over and said anything, I watched him. He just laid there watching the stars, the night surrounding him. The spring breeze blowing through the tall trees rustling the leaves. The yard was lit up from the moon and it glistened on his shiny car. It was peacefully homely. I started to approach him and he turned his head towards me. I stood between his legs and he sat up. "Are you okay, Tye?" I asked. He didn't answer, he just shrugged his shoulders. I didn't have a response, and he could tell. "Come here." He said pulling me into a hug before helping me get on the car with him. He laid back down and I placed my head on his shoulder. The song changed to 'Chasing Cars' and he started singing it while looking deep into my green eyes, pushing the hair behind my neck. As he did so I shivered. "If I lay here, if I just lay here, would you lay here and just forget the world." He sang to me. I closed my eyes and smiled, all I wanted to do was kiss him, but I didn't know how.

The shield was up blocking my confidence again unlike last night at the party. We were still and content, until he paused his singing and just looked at me. "What?" I asked confused as I looked directly into his eyes, sitting up. He sat up after me, and said nothing and put his hand behind my head and gently pulled my head in towards his and placed his lips upon mine. I didn't say anything, I just placed my head into his chest, hiding until he lifted my chin up with a finger and kissed me again. It was so quick and my mind was a heap of squiggles all over the place, I didn't know what to think. He finally kissed me, Tye finally kissed me. I couldn't even describe how it felt. It felt like home, and there we were left, under the stars and the moon with the wind blowing around us, the tiny chirps of the crickets in the grass. No cars, no TV. Just, me, Tye, Snow Patrol and the nature.

I ignored the kiss for a couple of weeks until it got to the point that in no way could the fact ignore that it happened. "Tye." I said to him. "Yes?" "Was that kiss real?" I asked. "What?" He asked. "Was it real, the kiss. I don't know if you meant it or not." "Oh no I've started something now haven't I." "What do you mean?" "Nothing Sky. Yes I meant it. I really like you." "Then what are we?" I demanded. "Huh?" "Are we still just friends or what? I don't want to be fucked around again Tye, not after Noah and Conner." "I don't know." "Tye, don't just I don't know this, it's serious to me." "I love you Sky." "What?" I asked. He had just pushed my emotions over the line. He grabbed my hand, "I." He kissed it. "Love." He kissed it. "You." He kissed it again. "You better noty be fucking with me Tye. Can't deal with that." "Will you go out with me?" "What?" I asked again. "Oh for fucks sake." He said getting frustrated. "Will you be my girlfriend?" I wanted to say yes, but didn't know if it was a good idea. "No words?" He asked. Indeed there were no words, so I hoped that me planting my lips against his was a good enough answer.

We kept it hidden and to ourselves for a while, not knowing what everyone would say to us. Tye, dating the weird girl and I didn't want Azalea to know. We had kept it to ourselves for about a month, and we're literally never together inside of school hours, which kept Azalea happy, but when that bell rang we were like two pieces of Velcro stuck together. We were peaceful, until he thought it would be a good idea to tell people. He picked me up for school one morning and as I stepped out of the car onto the wet pavement he was faster than lightening to get by my side and walk with his arm around me. "Tye, what're you doing?" I asked rapidly. "No more secrets." He replied. Everyone was watching and staring. As we walked past Azalea I heard Madeline ask, "Why are they together when they haven't spoken in a month?" He then walked me to form and gave me a quick peck before leaving me. "What?" Kaili said shocked. "Huh?" I asked her. "You guys just kissed, are you dating?" "Yeah." I said shyly. "When?" "Last month." "Why didn't you tell me?" She said agitated. "We wanted to keep it secret." "Even against me?" "Yes." "For fucks sake."