The Nerd's Secret

Chapter Twenty

Chapter Twenty

Zack's P.O.V.

I woke up the next morning to the deafening sound of my alarm. My mom had already left for work and I had no one to watch Sadie. I couldn't exactly bring her with me to the park where I the best friend that I was in love with forever but moved on but then she liked me. With one last act of desperation, I called Skye and asked her to babysit. She agreed and was over pretty quickly.

When I got to the park, I was ten minutes early. I sat on the swings and waited for Andy. She got there five minutes later. I was about to stand up, but she sat on the swings with me.

"You know I like you. I know that you used to like me. How do you feel now?" she asked. She sure got right to the point. I looked straight ahead, at the trees and not at her.

"I'm in love with Skye," I admitted to her and to myself.

"Have you kissed?" she asked.

"Nope. I asked her out, but she ignored me. But I think we have a connection. She is holding something back," I explained forgetting that I was talking to Andy. She nodded.

"Go for it. If she doesn't like you then that's her loss, but take a risk and go for it. You'll feel better. You should probably do it before school starts Monday. Maybe on your birthday tomorrow," she said.

"I had forgotten that my birthday was tomorrow actually. I forgot it was Easter too," I stated. Andy shook her head.

"Get your head in the game Zack," she stated before getting up and walking away.

I walked back home as well and when I got there, I watched Skye and Sadie play pokemon princess which was a game that my sister made up. After they were done and they had cleaned up, Skye came up to me.

"That was really fun. Anytime you need a babysitter I call dibs," she said smiling and following me up to my room. Sadie was in her room playing some more and watching TV. I didn't realize that I had done it, but once we were in my room, I had leaned forward and kissed her. My hands were around her waist and her hands found their way up to my hair, but she pulled away. I was still shocked at what I just did, but when I looked up at her, a tear had fallen down from her right eyes. Then one from the left.

"What's wrong? All I did was kiss you," I asked without thinking.

"I like you Zack, but you saw what happened last time. No one wants to be a secret. I know that if I let myself fall for you, you're gonna leave and I'll have to pick up my own pieces, again" she said tears gushing from her eyes. So that's why she ignored me.

"I'm not going anywhere," I said as I wiped the tears away. She stopped crying, but a few tears still fell. She embraced me in a hug and I did the same.

"Aw, sweet," Sadie said standing in my door way. We jumped away from each other.

"I scraped my knee. Zack gave me a hug so I could feel better," Skye lied because she knew that Sadie wouldn't understand.

After Sadie had gone to her room again, Skye came back. She looked kind of sad and a little confused. There was also an emotion that I couldn't read. The hope in her eyes was still there when she looked at me though. I was lost in the blue sea of her eyes again.

"I like you, and you may not be leaving, but I'm also not ready to keep another secret from my dad. I'm a pretty messed up nutcase who's still trying to get back at her ex. You don't want me," she explained. I shook my head.

"I was in an illegal club, I've never had a girlfriend because I was in love with my best friend. But it turns out that she liked me the whole time. I've been arrested. You don't want me," I countered. She laughed.

"We will stay friends for now. Okay?" She asked. I nodded. She grabbed her purse and left without saying another word.

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