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"Do you like this top?" Lara held up a black and white striped crop top to her small frame. She stuck out her lips and shimmied her shoulders.
"It makes you look like a ref. Not for you." I shook my head and shifted things on the rack, to get a better view of all the clothes. She rolled her eyes and hung it back on the metal bar.
"Lara? Lara Moralles?" I turned my head to see a tall girl, who looked our age, walking up to Lara. Lara opened her mouth in shock and wrapped the girl into a hug. She stepped back and turned to look at me.
"Payton, this is my friend Angelina. Angelina, this is my best friend Payton." Angelina immediately took me into a big hug. I laughed and wondered how Lara knew her, and never told me.
"Hi! Oh my gosh, I haven't seen you in forever! How are you and Jakob?" I gave Angelina the 'don't do it' face and she didn't seem to get it. I turned to Lara whose eyes were looking straight forward.
"Let's just say that ended about two weeks ago." She smiled briefly and swiveled around on the heel of her foot. "We should be meeting the boys by now. They're probably waiting for us." She started for the doors of the store and we followed behind.
"Do you mind if I follow? I need to get back to my house anyway." Angelina was talking swiftly as Lara was darting through all of the clothes.
"No problem at all." I replied before Lara. We came out into the food court and saw Ethan, Grayson, and Cogan sitting down at a small table. Over the past two weeks, I've been trying to get Ethan and Cogan to get along. And it's actually been working.
"Okay, we're ready to go. I grabbed Ethan's hand and pulled it to leave. They all stood up, their eyes leaving their phones. But when Cogan's left his, his breath hitched and his muscles tensed.
"Cogan?" Angelina covered her mouth and her eyes looked like she had been hurt. Cogan froze, and I watched intently at the mess that was unfolding.
"Angelina. How have you been?" He shoved his trembling hands in his pockets and Angelina walked up to him slowly. She crossed her arms and stood her ground.
"How do you think? You arrogant asshole!" With that she slapped his flushed cheeks. I let go of Ethan's warm hand and walked up to Cogan who looked to the side, not fazed by the sting that covered his face.
"What's the matter?" I sternly said to the both of them. Cogan turned his face and looked into my serious eyes, that wanted answers. He was about to say something, when she interrupted.
"Well, it's always nice seeing my ex-boyfriend, who cheated on me, in public." She started off Towards the parking lot, and I looked at Cogan shocked. He shook his head and went to the car.
"C'mon." Grayson pushed my shoulder and I followed Ethan and Lara out the doors. Cogan was sitting in the car and I silently got in. I didn't want to ask questions, he was obviously not ready for that encounter.
When Lara and I were back at the house, I asked her for Angelina's number. I knew I would be spending time with her, if she was friends with Lara. Lara gave it to me without hesitation and I quickly texted her to let her know it was me:
Me: hey, Angelina! Just letting you know this is Payton, Lara's friend. Really sorry for today, didn't expect that to happen. But we should hang sometime
Angelina: no problem! Just didn't expect to see that jackass today. AND YES WE SHOULD! xx
I clicked off my phone and yanked the bowl of popcorn off of Lara's lap.
M Y B G F
"Why would you cheat on her though?" I asked as I took a bite of my pizza.
"I didn't, that's the point. I just texted a random girl, that's all. I never had like, sexual relations with her." Cogan was explaining the fiasco to me.
"But you were basically planning on it. You shouldn't have been texting another girl while you were dating Angelina. It's not nice to mess with a girls feelings." I shook my head and he shrugged his shoulders.
"I wasn't trying to." He pleaded.
"Asshole." I muttered under my breath.
"What was that?" He raised his eyebrows and leaned closer to me.
"ASSHOLE!" I shouted as I laughed. He placed his plate onto the coffee table and raised his hands in the air, making claws. He brought them down in one swoop and began tickling me. I immediately jumped in terror, I couldn't breathe by how hard I was laughing.
"S-stop!" I shouted as I rolled onto the soft carpet, trying to escape. I lay there breathless, while he just watched laughing.
"It's hilarious how ticklish you are." He began eating his pizza again.
"It's also hilarious how small your dick is." I giggled and slapped his stomach, making him choke on his pizza.
"You won't be saying that when I'm-"
"DONT EVEN FINSIH THAT SENTENCE!" I covered my ears and ran upstairs.
This boy is nasty.
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