15 minutes passed and I heard the doorbell ring. I speed walk over to the door but slow down as I get closer. I reach for the door knob and open the door. God, he looked so hot.
"Hey Carter." He half smiled and walked in.
"Hey Mr. Parker."
"You can call me Bryce, you know, since we aren't in school." He made his way to the table.
"Oh yeah. Sorry." I blushed. Why was I acting all innocent now? I want to find out more about him and Olivia.
I followed him into the kitchen after I closed the door. Bryce sat down in one of the chairs and I grabbed two plates from the cabinet. I let him scoop the amount of noodles and asparagus onto his plate.
"Thank you for dinner, Miss. Davis" He smirked, which was also very hot.
"You're welcome. So how are you?" I asked.
"I'm doing fine, and you?" Man was this awkward. I had to say something.
"I'm doing okay. I was just thinking about earlier." I twirl my noodles on my plate and take a little bite.
"What about earlier?" He said as if he didn't know.
"Olivia, your ex? Who seems to not be your ex anymore."
"Can we finish up our dinner and talk on the couch or something?"
"Sure." I say. We didn't talk that much. But we did talk about sports and how he used to play soccer and how he coaches the soccer team at the school. We talked, about real things, and I really enjoyed it.
We finished our food and placed our plates in the sink and walked over to the couch. I sat down on one end and he sat down on the other.
"So," Bryce starts. "what do you want to know?" What do I want to know? I want to know everything.
"Olivia? I thought she was your ex?"
"Oh....yeah. Um, Olivia and I used to date." He clears his throat.
"But she kissed your cheek and called you 'babe'." I probably sounded jealous, I was. but I was more mad and confused than jealous.
"Things are really complicated with me and her, Carter." We were making eye contact, but I broke it. I started to play with the strings on my sweatshirt.
"Care to explain?" I said kind of quietly.
"Sure," he sits up and little higher on the couch, since he was slouching, "So me and Liv dated for almost two years." He pauses, I swallow hard and almost choke on my saliva. Two years!?. "We broke up because she had to move and help take care of her mom down in Florida. She left for a couple months and I had promised her that'd I would still love her and we'd still be together when she got back. It's true, I did love her. But my love for her wasn't as strong. I had found someone else. And that someone else is you, Carter."
I didn't know what to say, I looked up and saw him scratching at his scruffy beard.
"As soon as I laid my eyes on you, I wanted you. I knew I had to have you." He said and he looked into my eyes.
"Keep talking." I wanted to know more.
"Olivia was coming back a couple days before school started. She had to get settled back into her house so I didn't see her until the day after I wanted to take her out with Jackson, but I didn't see her because I changed my mind and wanted to take you. And damn, when I heard you tell me to tell her you said hi, that crushed me. I felt awful."
"So are you two back together?"
"Well Olivia called me that night after dinner and said that we are going to go out to lunch or something. So I agreed because I thought you didn't like me anymore and you were mad. So I guess we are back together. But I'm not happy. I was thinking.." He stopped. He's not happy with her?
