"Hey Mol." I hear a familiar voice say behind me at lunch. I turn around to find Zach standing there holding his history text book.
"Hey there." I say back to him.
"Hey, so I was wondering if you'd like to go to dinner with me on Friday?" he asks me, very confident, unlike Ayden's offer. Ayden's offer, I completely forgot about that. Was he serious? Why didn't he bring it up ever again? Should I bring it up with him?
"I'd love to." I tell him as I smile at him. I need to get my mind off of Ayden anyways.
"I'll pick you up at eight?" he asks and I nod. "Great. I'll see you later, Mol."
Right as I was about to pull out my phone to ring Carter for a ride, I see Ayden's black Range Rover pull up in front. I walk over to it to find Ayden having an extremely casual expression on his face as he greets me.
"Hop in." he says as he glances out his window. I climb in the Range Rover.
"Where did you go on Saturday? You just disappeared." I asked him.
"I had to go." He simply replies.
"Go where?" I asked.
"I had an interview that I had forgotten about until Mason rang me and told me I was late." He explains. "I set the whole thing straight between us. We're not friends, we're not dating, we just know each other. I made sure to clear all that up when they asked about you. They know about you. About your videos. Jase told them." Ayden said. Why would Jase say something like that to people who will put it all over magazines?
"Oh." I was kind of sad, I have to admit, because I was starting to think we were starting to be more than friends. I was hoping for it at least.
"Yeah." He sounded a bit disappointed about it for some reason.
"Where are we going?" I ask him.
"My flat. I've got to talk to you about something." He says.
"What is it?" I ask back.
"Just wait." He replies. Ayden hasn't smiled or smirked or even flirted with me this whole car ride; what's up with him?
As we arrive at Ayden's flat, he motions me to sit on the couch and I do so. Ayden kneels in between my legs and rests his elbows on my knees.
"Okay, listen, Molly. I know I've done some bad things and you don't know how much I regret them now, but I've changed since then. I'm not the same person I was and I want you to know that." He starts off. What is he talking about?
"Wh-"
"Let me talk." He says, nicely as he covers my mouth with his hand. "I want you to look past the things I've done and give me a real chance." A real chance? Is he serious right now? "I know I haven't been the best to you, but I want to be. I want to take you out... on a proper date." He says as he looks at me with those green eyes that I just can't say no to. "So what do you say?" he asks.
I hesitate before I answer him because I just feel so bad. I already said yes to Zach, but I fancy Ayden more. I can't just cancel on Zach for Ayden, and I can't exactly tell Ayden why I'm saying no to him.
"I would love to, Ayden." I slowly say, smiling at him.
"Really?" his face lights up. I nod and he picks me up and hugs me. I guess I'll just have to go out with both of them.
"Does Thursday night work for you?" I hesitantly ask him. It can't be on Friday, because that's when my date with Zach is.
"Absolutely. I'll pick you up at seven?" he looks at me.
