I Hate That I Love You

Chapter 6

I sigh as I get in and start the car. As we drive back to the house, I give Crystal a brief summary on Dylan and our history. 

"He was always so funny and I was just so mean. I don't know why I did that to him. Why couldn't I've found another way? Why couldn't I've just been his friend? If I could go back I would change it all."

"Why don't you talk to him about it? Maybe just apologize?"

"He probably hates me."

"Come on, Holland. You were young! He probably understands that."

"Ugh. Even if I did try to talk to him, I don't know where I would begin. I always get so tongue tied around him. I can barely even form a sentence." Crystal laughs at me.

"Maybe you should just suck it up and do it. You aren't kids anymore." We pull into the drive and we are the first ones back. We both rush inside and grab snacks from the cupboard. I grab a jumbo bag of skittles while Crystal goes for the sour gummy worms. 

"Do you want to watch a movie?" Crystal asks with her mouth full of worms. I make a weird face at her and rush over to the cabinet with all the movies. 

"Horror or comedy?" She thinks about it for a second.

"Comedy." I hold up two for her to see: Step Brothers or Anchorman.

"Step Brothers." I put it in the DVD player and we sit down with our junk food. About a half hour into the movie, we are crying from laughing so hard. I fall off the couch as the boys walk in. My head immediately shoots up.

"I smell food." I look at them and they are holding five large pizza boxes. I jump onto my feet and slide across the floor trying to get to the pizza. Crystal pauses the movie. I grab a bunch of plates out of the cupboard and set them down on the counter. From there, I immediately helped myself to the box with pepperoni, olives, and sausage and put three pieces on my plate. Tyler looked at me like I was crazy. 

"No one said these were for you." I give him the death glare.

"Then why are you bringing it into our house?" Crystal comes up behind me with a smirk, knowing she got him. Tyler rolls his eyes and puts a couple slices of three meat pizza onto his plate. I walk over and take my seat back on the couch.

"What are you guys watching?" Dylan asks. He was so quiet that I didn't even realize he was here. Crystal gives me the look. The look that says "play nice and talk things through or so help me god..." 

"Step Brothers." He smiles really big and hops over onto the couch next to me. "I love this movie."

 I smile, "Me too." I press play.

~The End of The Movie~

 "What do we wanna do now?" Colton asks from the floor. Everyone looks around at each other waiting for an answer. Something occurs to me. I turn to Crystal and whisper to her.

"Crystal, where did you put the Nerf guns?" She smiles devilishly and we run upstairs. We end up in her closet. "Where are they?" She moves a large section of clothes to the side to reveal a hidden door. She opens it and we step inside. There was Nerf  everything in here. She must've gone back to the store alone. We quickly begin to load up. We want to be prepared, and we don't want to run out of ammo too quickly. I put the Mega Mastodon Blaster strap over my shoulder and grab two Elite Mega Cycloneshock Blasters and put them in my but pockets for future use. To top off my weaponry, I grabbed an Elite Hyperfire Blaster. All together I had 61 darts. It won't be enough, but it will do. Especially since Crystal will be helping to. We bravely exit the room prepared to take on four boys on our own. They'll never see it coming. As we are about to turn the corner, I stop Crystal to see where the boys are. They are sitting on the couch talking. They don't see us. We silently creep up behind the couches and start shooting. 

They all fly in different directions trying to shield themselves from our bullets. Hoechlin runs for the bathroom and locks the door while Colton goes out the back. Chickens. Tyler attempts to take one of Crystal's guns but she shoots him dead in the forehead and he falls back. Dylan and Tyler head for the kitchen. Tyler grabs the water faucet and takes it off the hook. He turns on the water and sprays Crystal and I with it, but we keep on shooting. Dylan goes to the fridge and gets out the whipped cream. Crystal and I look at each other in fear and run out the back door. They follow us and Crystal tries to shoot them while running backwards. She falls into the pool. Tyler jumps in after her to get one of her guns. 

Now it is just us. Dylan and me. I back away slowly with my gun in hand. He walks toward me with the whipped cream. Suddenly I realize that I have the upper hand, so I lift my gun and start shooting. He shies away for a second but continues to walk towards me whilst shielding his own body. When he gets too close I start to run away, but he grabs my arm and pulls me to him. 

"You wanna apologize?" He asks sweetly with the open can of whipped cream dangling over my face. I stubbornly shake my head without saying anything. Normally I would have come up with something sassy to say, but all I could think about right now was how close he was to me. He smelled so good. I could just stay here all day. 

Before I knew it, I was covered in whipped cream and he had taken my Mega Mastodon Blaster. We begin to fight to the death. I still had three guns and he only had one. When my bigger gun was all out of ammo, I tossed it aside and immediately pulled out the two that I had from my back pockets. By now, Hoechlin, Colton, Crystal, and Tyler were watching the fight go down and cheering us on. Dylan began to fire his bullets really fast. I crouched on the ground to block my body. I covered my face, and just as I thought it was all over... he ran out of ammo. I smirked as I stood back up from my position on the floor. He looked absolutely dumb founded as I lifted my guns up and shot him in the chest, emptying my barrels on him. I took a bow and smiled at Dylan. 

"God Dammit, Dylan! I bet money on you!" Tyler yells. He kicks the ground jokingly and scowls at him. Dylan walks over to me and sticks out his hand. 

"Well played. You were a worthy opponent." I shook his hand and then awkwardly pulled my hand away. Okay. Now, I'm feeling awkward. I should go now. 

"Well, I'm gonna go shower. Umm... See you tomorrow, I guess." He looks down at his feet and he frowns. I say good night to everyone and walk back into the house. Crystal follows.

"What happened? You guys were doing fine!" 

"I don't know. I mean, we were fine in the big group, but once we were alone together it got awkward.... I think we were just having so much fun we forgot who we were." Crystal rolls her eyes. 

"Then make it so that it isn't awkward! You are not a mean person, Holland. If you'd just talk to him, maybe you'd see that you have absolutely nothing to worry about. He seems like a pretty laid back guy, I'm sure he would forgive you if he hasn't already." I sigh as she walks up the stairs. Maybe she's right. I guess I could try to talk to him..... right after I shower because I feel disgusting.