Finding You

Chapter 12

I sat on a school bench waiting for Joel. We were going to hang out at his place because it is Friday and we have no school tomorrow.

We have been going out for a week now, ever since our first date. We haven't held hands or had our first kiss yet because I want to take it slow and he agreed with me.

I was listening to "Hold Tight" by Justin Bieber. I was singing along when someone tapped me on the shoulder. I thought it was Joel but it was Reed. "Hey" he sat next to me."Oh, hi" I said. He laughed."Waiting for Joel?" He asked me putting his arm behind the bench. "Yeah" I sighed resting my head on my hand that was supported by my leg. "Well.." Reed paused. "Yes?" I asked, curiously. "He told me to tell you he wasn't coming. I threw my hands in the air and faced him. "What? Why couldn't he tell me this himself?" I asked him. He shrugged. I groaned and got up from the bench, ready to go home. "Wait, wait, wait" Reed had a smirk on his face. "What?" I crossed my arms. "Maybe we can hang out" He smiled.

I felt my legs get weaker and my breathing get heavier. "Sure" My voice cracked. He smiled wider and so did I. "Just because you have a boyfriend doesn't mean you can't hang out with friends, right?" Reed said. I nodded, following him down the sidewalk.

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When we got to his apartment I was kindly greeted by his mother. We places our bags in front of the door and walked to Reed's room. The smell of nachos and soda came from his room. I laughed. "I know what you ate last night" I joked. He laughed. "Nachos" we yelled in unison.

I sat at his desk and made the rolling chair spin, while sitting on it. Reed laughed while stopping me. "What was that for?" I pouted. He rolled his eyes and ran in a circle causing me to spin. I closed my eyes and laughed along with Reed.

After a minute or so I got dizzy and let Reed try. He sat down crossing his legs and I spun him around. I trip over one of the wheels and landed on top of of Reed. He groaned as I fell on top of him. I laughed and pulled myself up.

I walked over to the window and looked out from it. I didn't notice Reed come up behind me. He screamed really loud and scared me. I hit him in the stomach making him stumble back and fall. He laughed while laying on the floor.His mom peeked through the door seconds later. "You are disturbing the neighbors" she said. "Fine" Reed sighed getting up.

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I sat on the bed waiting for Reed to put on a movie but instead he had a game in his hands. "Just Dance 4?" I questioned him. He nodded putting the disc into the Kinect XBox. He gave me a remote and I held it tight in my hands.

I have played Just Dance 4 a million times with my sister and I always beat her. "Kill em" I yelled, making Reed laugh. Everyone in our school said that and we thought it was stupid.

The first game we played was "Good Feeling." Reed actually won that one. He is actually really good, come to think of it. "That was luck" I said to him. He shrugged. "You're just jealous?" He mocked me. I rolled my eyes and searched through the other songs to dance to.I found "Beauty and A Beat" and clicked on it. "Get ready to kill" I said, smirking. He laughed. Once I heard the music start I was ready to get a perfect score. I have played to this song so many times and can dance to every move.

As soon as the song ended I was ready to see the score.

"Yes!" I shouted. He shrugged, "Oh well" He said. We leveled up and had to dance to a slow song. I felt really awkward when Reed grabbed my hand as part of the dance. He pulled me in close and turned me around wrapping his arms around my waist. It didn't feel like I was playing a game. It felt real. On the last move Reed held me close and looked into my eyes. The song ended and we still stood there, looking at each other. I saw him lean in closer to me. But I stepped back.

Why did I step back?

I heard a faint knock on Reed's door. "Come in" He yelled still looking at me. "Her mom is here to pick her up" Reed's mom informed us. I almost forgot that I called, my mom, before coming here. "Okay" I said before leaving, Reed standing there smirking. I felt my face burn.