I Dare You

Chapter 21

She drifted away and out of my sight. I wanted to drop to my knees and cry. The way she looked at me and pushed me away in the cafeteria hurt me. I saw pain in her eyes and the torture she felt, all that pain she felt after all these years. I finally got to see what it was like, to see what pain truly meant to her. She expressed it all in her eyes, and by the tears that she held back.

I didn't want to go back there - to the cafeteria. I wanted to go home, lie in bed and forget about Mia. She was better off without me, but I was nothing without her. I sat in my car outside my house, I couldn't move. I sat there looking through the window, seeing Mia lie on the ground with people laughing at her. If only they knew, knew what she was going through and knew what kind of person she was. I don't what I saw in Ava in the first place, but I'm happy I got over her. She disgust me, and is a heartless bitch. She deserved what was coming for her and I'm happy it was coming from Mia.

I remained seated in my car with Mia still running through my mind. If I really cared about this girl, I would go over to her house and wipe her pain away. Thats what boyfriends do, but in this case I wasn't her boyfriend, just a boy who cared for her and was falling hard for her.

I parked in front of her house and saw that her car was there. In the car there was a figure, I looked closely to see that it was Mia. Clutching her knees to her chest and head down looking in pain and distress. I walked out of my car and walked towards her car. She was still in that same position, not moving a muscle. I opened the door to the passenger seat. She slowly lifted her head wiping away the last of the tears and gazed up at me.

I sat next to her putting my arm around her shoulder pulling her in for a hug. She didn't hesitate and moved closer into my arms. She leaned her face against me as I felt tears streaming down my shoulder. I rubbed her back gently stroking her hair. I wanted to kiss her on the head, but I didn't want to make her feel any uncomfortable. Her arms were wrapped around my waist with her head under my chin. She slowly let go out of my hold and looked at me.

"W-why are you h-here?, shouldn't you be at school" She stuttered.

"Stuff it. I wasn't going let you runaway alone and hurting. Something could of happen"

"Like you would care."

I went silent. I was sick of her not knowing how much I cared for her or how much I tried my best to make her realise. She needed to know, she needed to know now.

"I do, but you don't see it do you?"

"See what?"

"Mia, I like you, a lot." I said breaking eye contact with her, feeling embarrassed.

Her face went blank with disbelief written in her eyes. She tried to say something, but she was speechless.

"If you think I'm just using you to get you in bed or something like that I'm not. I really like you Mia. I understand if you don't like me because, I wouldn't date myself either. But I just want you to know that I care for you, and think your special. You're beautiful. Please say something."

"I-I don't know what to say, and I don't know if I should believe you. Is that all you need to tell me? If not, I want the full truth."

"The only reason why I started talking to you was because I lost a bet to Jax and he had to dare me. This dare contained dating a girl, kissing her and sleeping with her, and the girl he chose was you" I said choking on my words.

"I knew it, you lied to me all along." She said in anger.

"No, no wait, listen that isn't the full story. I called off the dare when I slowly got to know you better. That other night when we were working on the project, I couldn't get my eyes off you, there was something about you that was beautiful. Once you told me about Hayden's death and losing your father. I couldn't bare seeing you in more pain, so I called it off. Thats why I'm here now, I can't stand seeing you hurt, I care for you Mia, I really do."

"Can I please just take some time to process all of this." Her face was blank and confused. Surprised by what I was saying, but everything was true. I really care for her.

"Sure take as long as you want."

I sat there moving the strand of hair to back of her ear and wiping away the tears from her bottom cheek. She didn't seem uncomfortable with it, instead she smiled and looked at me.

"So do you have any plans for tonight?" She asked.

"No, why?" I replied.

"Perfect." She said giving me a grin.

She started the car with an endless smile on her face. I was confused and wondered what she was doing.

"W-what are you doing?" I asked puzzled.

"You'll see, when we get there."

She looked down at my hand and slowly reached for it grabbing my grip. I didn't know what to do, I was confused but brushed it a said and smiled, enjoying the warmth of her hand.

She turned of the car and we were off to the unknown.