I Knew You Were Trouble || h.s. [on hold]

Chapter 9

*Recap: If Harry had never came over, I wouldn't be in this mess. Sometimes, I just feel like I should move out of state. Get away from it all. Go back to New York with Gio. I'd never have to see Harry ever again!

I stared up at the ceiling, starting to think. Is there something I could've done different?*

I thought to myself; Yeh, not saying yes to Harry. I laughed but I guess a little too loud because I noticed Gio giving me the weirdest look, "You ok?"

I sat up and turned to face her, "Yeh. I was just thinking."

"So that made you laugh? Weird."

I shake my head, letting out a laugh, "What I was thinking made me laugh. It's about Harry, ok."

She rolled her eyes, "Yeh, sure, Papi." I gave her the most weirdest look I could give her, "What the hell? You just said 'Papi'." Putting air quotes around the word 'Papi', I started laughing... Way more than I should be.

"Yes, yes I did. Is there a problem?" She raised an eyebrow at me.

"No. It's just that you should never say that word ever again." I put one hand on her arm, starting to slowly rub it up and down. I'm not a lesbian, I promise. It's just fun making Gio feel uncomfortable.

She backs away, giving me another one of her weird looks, "Uhm, what are you doing?"

I continue to rub her arm, "Why? Is it making you feel uncomfortable?" She nods slowly, that weird look still on her face.

I smile and take my hand off of her arm, "Good!" That's when there was a knock on my bedroom door.

"Aria?"

Hearing my dad's voice coming from the other side of the door, I quickly looked at it, "Come in!"

The door opened as my dad walked in, looking over at me, "Aria, you and I need to have a serious talk about what went on downstairs."

I looked over at Gio, who was already looking at me, so I gestured towards the door.

She nodded as she stood up, "I'll be downstairs." And with that she walked out of the room, shutting the door behind her.

I took a deep breath and looked at my dad, ready to take what's coming.

"Aria, I'm not going to yell at you for saying the two words that you said... You're 18 now. What I don't understand is why you still dated that kid."

I groaned before putting my head in my hands, "Dad, I already told you! He already had me in his sight and wouldn't give up until I agreed to date him." I never knew telling lies would be so simple. I'm usually not the one to tell lies. I'm an honest person, but I had to lie. I don't want to get in more trouble than I already am for telling my dad what did happen.

"Ok, ok. I believe you."

"I had to explain it twice for you to believe me? Why couldn't you just believe me the first time I told you?" I looked over at him before standing up.

"Aria, it's not that I didn't believe you." He stood up and walked to my bedroom door, "I'll just leave you to whatever you want to do. You're not grounded." He opened the door and stepped out.

I sat back down on my bed, waiting for Gio to come back in.

It took about a good 2 minutes before she walked back into my room, shutting the door behind her.

She walked to my bed and sat down next to me, "So?"

Let me just say this, I'm not a bad actress. I bet I can pull this off.