You Chose Mine

Chapter 14

"Stop avoiding why I'm here to talk" Derek said as I handed him in cup of coffee. I rolled my eyes as I crossed my legs sipping on my juice.

"Can we just cross that bridge when I'm ready to talk about it?" I asked.

He shrugged before he drank from his mug, "So what did you and Mr Hemmings do last night?" he asked.

I smiled at the memory of last night. I suppose it could be called our second date, but I'd rather call it our first "We went to his friends drama competition" I told him.

"And...?" he added with a smile.

"We had some ice-cream"

"And...?" he pressed on.

"We walked around"

"And....?" He continued I knew what type of information he wanted to get out of me.

"And... there may have been an exchange of some sort?" I said before stifling a laugh.

"An exchange of some sort? What was it a business date?" he laughed "Did he kiss you or what?" I felt my cheeks heat up before he let out a big 'Oh!' and began to poke my sides. "I knew he was hooked on you" Derek said, I looked to him confused before sipping my juice again.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"Well, at the photo shoot he couldn't stop staring at you the entire time he was there, and pretty much every time you took a break he would be the first to come over and talk to you" he explained.

"That means nothing! He could have been staring into space, and the amount of times I had to go over and help the girls with their bikinis and their shirts and shorts... If I was a guy I'd use me as an excuse to go over as well" I admitted.

"You seriously can't see how much he likes you. It's been like what? Nearly two months since you've met?" I shrugged. It feels shorter than that but the truth is, yeah we have known each other for a while now.

"And how many times has he been over?" I ran my hand through my hair remembering how he spent the night. I still have to tell him that, I will eventually.

My phone lit up beside me catching my attention, "And how many times has he texted you since you woke up..." Derek looked down and checked his watch, "3 hours ago?"

I picked up my phone and scrolled through my lock screen filled with messages from Luke.

'Can we do something today?'

'Pleaseeeeeeee x'

'I asked nicely...'

'I forgot your with Derek today :('

'Molly can do a trick and I wanna show you'

'I can show you later but I just really wanna hang out'

'Never mind, Ashton told me we have rehearsal for a gig we're doing...'

'Want a behind the scenes shot of how we work?'

'I'm wearing one of your shirts :D x'

I shook my head giggling at the messages. He is needy but in a cute way, like the way a puppy just wants to be held and cuddled.

"And you feel the exact same way" Derek said catching my attention this time.

"What?" I said in a defensive voice.

"You have feelings for Luke..." he rephrased. It's so hard to hearout loud, because in my head it sounds so right but out loud it sounds terrible.

"I can't... Kennedy has feelings for him" I stated plainly as I set my phone down.