the phone exchange ; h.r

seven

"This is Aubree, my phone thief" hunter smirks towards me, but the other boy's eyes are glued to me, I can feel his stare burn on my skin.

"So you're Aubree," he hesitates and looks at hunter, "She's even prettier than you said hunter" he finishes.

"BRANDON!" Hunter pushes him out of the room, shutting the door behind him then turns to me.

"Sorry about him, he really talks to much" he scratches the back of his neck. "It's fine" I giggle.

"So back to the game, where were we?" he says. "You were just about to tell the broadcast who you've liked/like that has a boyfriend/girlfriend." I tell him.

"Oh, right." he sighs. "Soo, who is it?" I ask and shove his shoulder with mine.

"I can't say." he looks at the screen to read comments. "And why not?"

"Because she had a boyfriend obviously so she won't feel the same. And I'm not even sure if I like her, I'm working on it, alright, next one." He changes the topic.

I ponder over who he could possibly like and not tell me. I mean, we're friends I think.

"Never have I ever cheated on anyone." Hunter says, he leaves his four fingers up and I slowly put my thumb down.

"Oh my gosh! Aubree, a player, a cheat, who would have thought" he teases.

"Okay to be fair, I was in first grade" I laugh. "Oooo, tell me more."

"So in the first grade this boy gave me a cookie at lunch when I forgot mine, he told me he liked me and I said I liked him too, so we started "dating". The next day a new boy came to class and I decided I liked him better so I "dumped" the other boy and started "dating" the new kid. But to be fair, I was little and had no idea what dating really was so..."

Hunter bursted out laughing, "That is the funniest thing I've ever heard" he says between laughter.

"Alright alright, like you've never done something like that before" I punch his shoulder playfully.

"No, actually, I haven't" he smirks. "Okay whatever, let's continue."

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"So, now what, Hunter" I ask. We ended the broadcast and are now just sitting on the floor of Hunters room.

"Well, it's only 2:30, we could go penny boarding or something" he suggests.

"Sounds fun, but I've never been skating before, I don't know how" I admit.

Hunter gasps, "You've never been penny boarding?! Come on then, we have to go. I can teach you."

He stands up and holds his hand out to help me up. "Come on, it'll be fun, I'll keep you safe" he smiles.

I grab his hand and he helps me up. "Alright, lets go, but if I break something, you'll be paying for my hospital bill!" I laugh.

"It'll be worth it" he smiles again.

I don't know why but I feel like Hunter brings out a side of me I've never seen before. He makes me feel alive and free, it's crazy really considering I just met the guy.

Hunter leads us out of his room back into the living room. "I'll be right back" he says.

I nod my head and sit on the couch.

"Hey" Brandon appears from the kitchen. "Hello, Brandon" I say. He walks over and sits in the chair in front of me.

"So, did you know who Hunter was before you guys swapped phones?" he asks.

"No, actually. I'm not all about social media, I like living in the moment" I say. It's true, social media isn't really for me. I have it, I just don't use it a lot.

"Oh, well that's cool too" he smiles.

"Bree, I got you a penny board- Brandon what are you doing bro?" Hunter approaches the room.

"Just talking to Aubree, now I'm going to get some food" he stands up, "goodbye aubree" he says before he walks back into the kitchen.

"Well okay then" hunter laughs, "You ready?"

"Yep" I smile and stand up. Hunter hands me a board. "Let's go then" he says and I follow him out of the door.

We walk onto the street and I put my penny board on the ground.

"Here, get on" he holds his hand out and I take it. I put one foot on the board and place my hand on his shoulder to keep my balance.

"Okay now just try and push your foot off and balance" he tells me.

I do what he said and try to push the skateboard off.

Me being my clumsy, no good at balancing self, I fall into the street with the penny board skating away from me.

"Bree! Are you alright?" Hunter bends down beside of me. His green eyes are inches away from my brown ones.

"Y-yeah I'm fine" I smile. All of a sudden my stomach feels weird. My hands feel clammy and I feel sick.

Not in a bad way, though. I've felt this before. When I met Sean. There was butterflies in my stomach and I was so nervous I couldn't think of anything to say.

That's how I feel now, but why? I just met hunter. I don't like him. Plus I have a boyfriend.

Even though Hunter is amazing, talented and really sweet, I would never cheat on Sean.

Nor would I like someone other than him. But I feel this way now, in this moment. With Hunter.

God, I think I'm falling for him.

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A/N: wow I'm sorry it's been a while since I've last updated. I've been extremely busy but I will try to make more time to update. Thanks for all the reads and votes so quickly though, I appreciate it so much. <3