A Summer Romance

Chapter Twelve - Skylar and Ryan

Chapter Twelve - Skylar and Ryan

"I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them."

-The Perks of Being A Wallflower, Stephen Chbosky

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Skylar

"Pain, without love. Pain, I can't get enough. Pain, I like it rough. Cause I'd rather feel pain than nothing at all."

I sang Three Day's Grace's Pain under my breath as I walked up the stairs and into the apartment.

"No, the Seahawks are taking the super bowl this year."

"No, it's most definitely the Broncos' year. Have you seen Manning play?"

"Have you seen Wilson and Lynch? They're only going to get better this season. And, they had an awesome record at the end of the year last year."

"A record don't mean jack shit."

I walked into the living room to hear the argument of which football team was going to the Superbowl this year.

"It does when we win the division and get home field advantage with our record. We haven't lost at home with Wilson."

All the guys in the room turned to me; the same guys I had met in the garage a few days ago. Daniel, James, Dakota, and Gavin.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa." The one with the shaggy blonde hair, Gavin the Broncos fan, interrupted as he stared at me, "Who says that the 49ers won't beat you guys and take the division?"

I rolled my eyes, "Please, the forty whiners won't beat us."

The guys laughed and Ryan who was sitting on the couch in the corner shirtless, spoke up, "Guys, you remember Skylar. Skye, this is Gavin." He pointed at the Broncos fan. "Daniel." He pointed to the guy I met my first saturday, "James." He nodded at the guy with the beanie covering his blonde hair, "And Dakota."

I smiled at all the guys and sat down on the couch by the Mexican, Dakota, and looked around at all the guys, who were looking at me, "What? Have you never seen a girl before?"

Mr. Beanie, James, smirked, "Yeah, just never one as hot as you."

Dakota scooted closer to me, and I rolled my eyes, scooting away from him, "I will scream rape."

The guys laughed and Dakota shook his head, scooting back away from me, "Don't worry, we won't pull the moves on you."

I sighed in relief and relaxed, "Thank god."

"It's more for our safety than for yours. I really don't want to get my ass beat because I put the moves on Gray's girl."

A minute of silence passed before I fully registered what James said. "Wait a second. Ryan's what?"

The room became silent, and I looked around at all the guys in the room. James, Gavin, Daniel, and Dakota were all looking at one person.

Ryan.

He sat there, mouth agape, a dark blush on his cheeks, and his eyes twitching from his friends to mine.

His mouth open and closed multiple times, but not a single word cane out. So, I stood up and walked out of the living room and into my bedroom.

I slowly closed the door and leaned against it in confusion. Gray's girl?

In what alternate universe, would I be Ryan Gray's girl? What would give them the idea that we were together?We most definitely never acted like a couple...