Love's A Bitch

Chapter 12

By lunch I had already gotten myself two detentions. One was for calling Mrs. Callem an old hag during Science and another was for punching Joey Matthews for touching my ass. But the last part was understandable, he had it coming and hopefully it would give the other guys a hint. But this was a day in disneyland compared to all the other days.

It had been a month since I had seen Reed or talked to him. Steffy had told me that Johnny had told her that Reed and his family had to go for a family recruit that his dad’s family has every year. To be honest I was kind of hoping he would see me so that he would know that I wasn’t some pathetic little girl who would be heartbroken over the break up.  

Dad had called saying that he was going to be away for 6 more weeks to fix some errors in Cairo and Geneva. I wasn’t surprised really because it wasn’t the first he had bailed out on me. 

I walked into the girls bathroom and stared at myself in the mirror. I grinned at my choice of outfit. I was wearing black leather pants, a white button up tank top, and army green jacket with black combat boots. I have a grey scarf around my head with a matching grey beanie, It felt like a breath of fresh air when I changed my choice of clothing.   

I felt as if this was really me. 

My train of thought was broken when a couple burst through the doors. It was a petite blonde who had very large assets that the guy seemed to be enjoying. When the guy looked up, my heart nearly froze. 

It was the guy who had locked me in the snake room at Will's party. He gives me a wink, telling me he remembers me.  

I quickly slide past the almost having sex couple and out of the bathroom. I walk out of the school building and towards my car. I spot Reed sitting on the hood of my car and stop in my tracks.  

I take a deep breathe before continuing towards my car. I pull my jacket tighter around me as the cold november air whips at me. The entire parking lot is white with snow.

"Amara, we need to talk," he plainly states as he jumps off of the hood. 

"There's nothing to talk about Reed," I reply. 

I proceed to open the driver's door but Reed blocks my way. I cross my arms over my chest and glare at him. 

"Can you just hear me out?" he pleads. 

"You have five minutes," I say without even looking at him. 

"Ok. I get that you're mad at me, but I broke up with you for your own good.  I didn't want to hurt you 'Mar." 

"But you did Reed. And it wasn't because of some stupid bet that you made, it was because you broke my heart. I'm not going to lie, when you told me about the bet I was upset that you thought I was easy. But that was at the beginning of this whole thing we had going on. You didn't even ask me if I wanted us to split. When I got together with you I knew the risks and I knew that there was a 99.9% percent chance my heart would get broken. I just never thought it would be in this way." 

He ran his hand over his face multiple times before looking straight into my eyes. 

"I love you Amara. I know words probably mean nothing to you right now, but if you give me one last  chance, I swear on my grandfather’s grave that I will not disappoint you.”

I feel my heart clench at his words. He loves me, but do I love you. Hell yeah! He makes me want to hit him but at the same time he makes me want to smother him with kisses. He makes me happy, He brings out a side of me that a couple of weeks ago I would have hated. 

“So, do I get a ‘I love you too’ or did I just make a complete fool of myself,” he asks with a hint of amusement in his voice.

“It’s been a month Reed. A month of me crying my eyes out, you didn’t even call, text or even e-mail. Anyone of those would have been so much better than you ignoring me. I don’t think I can do this,” I state.

I watch as his face drops and his eyes stare straight into mine. He runs his hand through his hair before sticking his hand out .

“It’s been great knowing you,” he says.

I pull him back and smash my lips onto his. For a second his body is stiff then his lips start moving in synch with mine. We quickly pull apart and he rests his forehead against mine.

“I love you Reed Myers. You mean the world to me and I’m not letting you go that easily, you hear me?” I ask with a huge grin on my face.

“I’m not going anywhere,” he smirks before lifting me off the ground and throwing me into the passenger seat. He walks round and and gets into the driver seat and speeds out of school grounds. 

“Did I tell you leather looks very hot. In fact, too hot that only I should be able to see you  in those pants, and the tattoo. Jesus Amara! I never knew it would be possible for you to be sexier than you already are,” he says with a grin.

“I might let you see a lot more than these leather pants if you keep your eyes on the road,” I say seductively.

He then lets out a bark of laughter. And for the first time, ever since I’ve met this guy it was a real genuine laugh.

“I’ll hold you to that promise,” he says, a smile still glued onto his face.

He takes my hand and interlocks our fingers. 

“So where are we going?” I ask, my eyes staring down at our hands.

“Where do you want to go,” his eyes never leaving the road. I guess he really wants to see what’s under my leather pants.

I think for a while before I let a smile slowly creep onto my face.

“Let’s go to the beach,” I answer.

“Please tell me you’re joking. It’s below 0 degrees, you must be suicidal to want to go to the beach,” he rants.

“Fine, then we can go to my house, my dad isn’t coming back until another 2 weeks, and I’m pretty cold so I could use some warming up,” I whisper, running my free hand up and down his jean clad leg.

“Amara, this isn’t funny. You have a pretty bad reputation for being a tease,” his voice shaking slightly giving me a hint that I had gotten to him.

“I promise that as soon as we get out of this car, I will let you see more than these leather pants,” I say adding a wink at the end. 

I feel the car speed up a bit more and I burst into laughter at his eagerness. We reach my house 5 minutes later and Reed doesn’t even give me time to take my keys out of my bag. He slams me into the front door and captures my lips in his. My arms automatically wrap themselves around his neck. The kiss is hot and passionate. It’s as if we’re two gladiators fighting in the colosseum, but in our case making out. 

He lifts me up and my legs having a mind of their own wrapped themselves around his waist. 

I quickly pull away gasping for air.

“I think we should do this somewhere more private, where my perverted neighbors can’t use us as their live porn,” I say jumping off Reed and picking up my bag. 

My hands are shaking as I try to put the key into the keyhole because of our close proximity.

After many failed attempts Reed grabs the keys out of my hand and with ease slips the key in and turns it. The doors swings open and this time I don’t give him time to react I drag him up the stairs towards my bedroom.

“Wait. ‘Mar are you sure this is what you want?” he asks cautiously.

“I’m about as sure as William being secretly gay,” I grin.

Reed just smiles at me before planting a chaste kiss on my lips.

“God, I love you,” he says before picking my up bridal style and opening my bedroom door. He throws me onto the bed before kicking the door shut.