Love Comes In Many Shades Of Plaid.

Chapter 2

I smiled at him.

"Are you following me?" I asked him, him now walking beside me.

"Depends , where are you going?"

I laughed softly. Who does this guy think he is?

"To the mall, I'm meeting a friend."

"Oh, I am headed there as well, maybe I'll see you there." 

"Maybe" I said and turned my music on.

I continued walking for what seemed like five minutes and turned to my side to say something to Dean, but to my surprise he was gone. I stopped in my tracks and looked around.

"where did her go?" I thought out loud.

I shrugged my shoulders and headed into the mall.

I made my way into a department store in search of Arizona. I looked in almost every section of that store and she was no where to be found. After i had no luck there I decided I would go look in the food court. Again, no luck. I searched threw many other stores after that and still , no Arizona! I was beginning to think she stood me up, until I walked by our local lingerie store. There she was in the middle of the store flirting with a guy. 

"Arie!" I yelled eslking towrds her. 

She whipped her long wavy hair and faced me. 

"Pay !"

I walked over to her and she gave  me a hug.

"Pay it is so great to see you. This is...is..." 

Landon." Said the guy standing beside her. 

"Landon ,right. This is my best friend in the whole frikken world. Payton." She said gesturing her arms in my direction.

"Nice to meet you Payton."

"Yeah, you too" O said with a smile. He was cute. But not my type.

He was about 5"7 with sandy blond hair. His eyes were gorgeous, and he proably had a membership to a gym, His muscles were toned.

"Well I've got to get going. Maybe I'll se you guys arounf. Bye Payton. Arizona." 

He winked as he said her name.

"Bye !:" We said in harmany as he walked away.

"So Arie, what exactly are you doing in a lingerie store?"

"Well, I was going to get a new bra. " She said with a smirk. "Until I saw this!"

She holds up an overly sexy leopard print night dress. If you could even call it a dress, there was barely any fabric.

"What!?!" Who are you going to wear that for?" I said with a laugh.

"Um I don't know myself...maybe that cute guy Lars."

"You mean Landon?"

"Yes! Right"

"Well if you are.. just promise me you will at lest know his name first alright?"

"Of course I will ! Gosh Pay, what kind of girl do you think I am?"

To be honest I Knew exactly what kind of girl Arizona was. She would always flirt with guys. She wasn't afraid of going out on date, or even kissing. But I know for a fact she would never go all the way. At least not at this age...or anytime soon.

"Hey, you know what. You should get something with me !"

I looked at her, thinking. Am I really going to get lingerie?

"Come on. " She said. "There's a sale!"

"Okay!" There was no way i could pass up a good sale.

After trying on a whole bunch oh pieces and loads of giggles I finally decided on a hot pink lace bra with matching boy cuts. We purchased out items and continued our shopping. We hit almost every store in the mall and i still couldn't find the perfect outfit. I have up on my hunt and decided I will find it another day. Arie and I found a bench and sat down, giving out feet a break,

"So whats new with you?" Arie asked.

"Well...my mom has a new order for cupcakes. Someone's wedding. She wants 120 of them. So our house is filled with the smell of bake batter.

"Sounds yummy, remind me to stop by later. I'll be you mom's taste tester."

"Thanks for the offer.I'll let her know."

We both laughed and said our goodbyes as we headed in separate directions. I made my way to the bus stop and was about to put my headphones in when someone grabbed my waist.

"BOO! " someone screamed behind me, making me drop all of my bags.

I bent down, trying to gather my things when I heard someone clear their throat.

I looked up to see Dean. Holding my new lace bra.

"Is this for someone special?" He said with a smirk.

"Well, if you are talking about myself then yes. I said trying hard not to blush.

I grabbed my bra and shoved it into my bag.

"So where are you headed?" Dean asked.

"To the bus stop. Then home."

"Oh having a second show ?"

I laughed . I was really hoping he forgot about that.

"Why don't I drive you home?"

"How? You took the bus here to, remember?"

"But I also have my car in the parking lot. M brother dropped it off while I was in the mall.

"oh well... thanks but not thanks. I can take the bus."

"C'mon, let me take you home. I promise if you don't want to, we don't even have to talk."

"Fine." I said as we walked towards his car.

His car was not a car at all actually. It was a truck. You could tell that it was previously owned. But other than that, I couldn't tell you much about it. Except fot that the color was red. I didn't know that much about things like this. We stepped into  his truck and drive out of the parking lot. It was at that moment i remembered, he doesn't know where I live.

"I live at 365 Appledore Ave."

"Great , I know where that is."

For the rest of the drive we didn't talk much, What  do you talk about with a total stranger. Even if he is a total cute stranger. We talked small talk like the weather and the scenery, and that is when he brought up school.

"So what school do you go to?"

"Mountain High"

"Oh no way me too! What grade?"

"Tenth, I will be a Freshmen this fall. And yourself?" I asked.

"Ah a Freshmen. I am in the 12th grade , so that's senior to you." He said senior with a Mexican accent.

Just as we pulled into my drive he asked,

"Hey, are you going to the freshmen barbecue?"

He didn't even have time to finish his sentence. I had already opened his truck door and was headed up my house steps. Just as I was about to open my door he yelled my name. Waiting for a response.

"Maybe!" I yelled back. I walked into my house without looking back. Just like Arizona said. Always leave them wanting more.