I jump in my car sending Nate a quick text saying ill be at his house in a few minutes. I drive towards his house, a party tonight. Just what I needed to get my mind off the events from this week, praying Jessica won't be there. I finally arrived, seeing the party was already crowded I brace myself before parking my car and walking in. Instantly smelling weed and alcohol. I glance around the crowded house, seeing a bunch of girls dancing on each other, a group of chill people smoking, and a few couples making out on the couches. That's when my eyes met her, the girl that caused the dramatic breakup between me and Jess, of course, she didn't know. Bethany, the most beautiful girl I've ever laid eyes on, I quickly look away noticing she was looking back at me. "Sammy! Yo!" Nate yells from across the room, he's already high it's not hard to tell. I laugh, as he throws his arm over my shoulder. "Hey Nate. Cool party." I say, he smiles sticking the joint between his lips, "you know it man, you have a lighter?" He asks taking the joint into his hand. "sorry man, I don't." I say back, he looks around the room, "I wasn't eavesdropping, but I have a lighter" i look back to see Bethany, handing Nate a pink lighter, she smiles at me as Nate lights the joint. "Thanks babe, wanna hit?" Nate flirts with her, she giggles taking the joint between her perfect pink lips, blowing the smoke out. I smile at her, earning a perfect smile back. "Nice party" she says to Nate, he throws his arm back around me shoving the joint back into his mouth, "thanks baby. Why don't you come back and smoke with me? Sammy you can come too" he says, she nods as we make our way to Nate's room upstairs, he opens the door yelling at the couple on his bed, making them scatter out into the hallway. He shuts the door and locks it, making Bethany a little on edge it seemed. We all take a seat on his bed as he bring out his glass bong filling it full of a big baggy of weed he has. "Ladies first?" Nate smiles pushing the bong to Bethany, she smiles pulling her lighter back out of her tight, dark jeans. She took a big hit passing it back over to Nate. "You wanna join, Sammy?" Nate asks before he dips his head into the mouth piece. "No, I'm driving home tonight." I simply say, I catch Bethany smiling at me out of the corner of my eye. Hours later in the same spot, Bethany and Nate were both really high, I laughed at how clumsy they were, eventually Bethany slurred that she needed to go home, she grabbed her keys out of her pocket, I quickly grabbed them from her. "Let me drive you, you're to high." I say pulling my keys out of my pocket, she nodded throwing her arm around my shoulder, I smile pulling her in my car. "Where do you live, Beth?" I ask starting up my car. She slurred words that I couldn't understand. "I can't understand babe." I chuckle, as one of her fiends basically attacked my car before I could get out of the drive way. "Beth, where are you going?" The girl yelled, I slowly open my window. "I'm taking her home." I simply say, the girl looks over at Beth. "Noo, her parents will kill her, is there anyway you can take her to your house or something?" She asks, I glance over to Bethany, she was really zoned out. "I can take her to my house" I nod in agreement, she nods back smiling. "You know.. Beth never stops talking about you..," she says, I stare at her in confusion. "I don't understand" I say back, she smiles. "She's had the biggest crush on you since head start.. Don't tell her I told you. I better get back to the party. Thanks for taking care of Beth!" She says running away, leaving me in shock. I suddenly smile at the thought of Beth liking me back. I drive to my empty house, carrying Beth as I unlock the door. "Sammy...." She slurs with her eyes squinted, I smile down at her carefully climbing up the stairs. "Yes, Beth?" I ask back, she raises her small hand to my face caressing my dimple when I talked. "Sammy... I love you" she said, I stopped in my tracks and looked down at her, causing her to giggle. I laid her on my bed, I started to walk out when she groans loudly, "Stay with me" she almost whispers, I throw my shoes off and laid in the bed as far away from her as I could get, I turn my back towards her, I start to doze when she wraps her arms around me pulling herself close to my back, making me smile. "I love you too, Beth." I whisper back.
~The next morning~
I wake up still wrapped up in Beth's arms, making me smile. I shake her arm gently. "Beth... Beth wake up..." She finally opens her eyes, "Sammy..." She smiles. "I hope it's okay that you stayed her, your friend said your parents would kill you if they seen you last night.." I babbled nervously, afraid of rejection, she giggles sitting up. "It's fine Sammy, thanks for taking care of me." She says, it got really silent for a second or two, I stared out the window as a distraction. "Sammy... I wasn't lying." She says knocking me out of my daze. "What are you talking about?" I ask, her brown eyes stare intensively into mine. I suddenly knew what she was talking about, but I wanted to hear her say it sober. "I love you... I've loved you since we were to young to even know what love is..." She says, I smile.
"I wasn't lying when I said it back last night." I say back, she smiles sighing in relief. I stare at her. "I better go, I don't want to intrude. Thanks for taking care of me, Sammy." she rushes up grabbing her shoes. I stand up in front of the door, causing her to run into my chest, she covers her face with her small hands giggling in embarrassment making me chuckle at her cuteness. "Stay with me" I simply say, she puts her hands down to her sides, with a serious face. "Sammy..." She begins. "Beth... You're not intruding, I have no plans. I'd love to make some with you, if you want." I ask, her face turns red as she looks away, the silence scared me, she suddenly throws herself to me wrapping my body into a hug, like last night. I hesitantly hug back. "I love you, Beth." I say, she smiles on my neck, standing on her tip toes. "I love you too, Sammy." She says, making me smile.
