The Player Games (Dana Vaughns Love Story)

Chapter Nine

"The starlight shined on Taylors face, her last words, a goodbye to the handsome boy holding her in his arms," I read off the piece of paper Cole had handed me. I had asked Cole to come over so we could plan the Marie thing, and somehow we ended up going to his English project. "It was supposed to be a tragic love story," Cole explains, probably getting the message off what my face looked like when it came to it. "Its amazing," I hand him the paper back nodding. "But how come the girl had to be the one to die?" "Guys are usually the ones too, I mean read John Green," He says, and I nod my head to the side in a small agreement. It was sorta true. He pushed his paper into his backpack, throwing it down to the ground. "So how has your relationship with Dana been?" He asked, hopping onto the bed that I was laying down on, next to me. "Good, he's pretty understanding," I say, and smile a little. Crap, don't go soft for him. "Well everyone in the group is Dieing to know if you guys have had sex yet?" I snort, shaking my head. "Nope, we are taking it slow," I answer. "We have been getting to know each other." It was Coles turn to snort, "That's the first with Dana." We stay silent for a little, looking at other places. "Players have their reasons, you know? They don't just randomly start breaking hearts," I speak finally, biting my lip. "This town is beginning to think you don't have a reason for it," He says, shaking his head a bit. "You haven't told anyone." In disagreement, I shake my head to. "Will and the girls know why," I bit lip again, and mumble, "Kayla Meyers should know to." "Was it that simple thing? You got your heartbroken by some asshole and then you decided that all the guys were the same," He guesses, shrugging. "I wish it was that simple," I sigh, not wanting to think back. "You know Dana's reason why?" Do what you do best, Arizona. Change the subject, act like your not affected. "Yeah, but he has to tell you that one," Cole nods. "So-" I start, but get cut off by the knocking of the door. "Hey, sweetheart, Your mom and I are going out, Is Dana staying for supper?" My father, starts off coming, but is taken back by the fact that it was Cole. "Dad, this is Danas best friend, and Marie's soon to be boyfriend," I assure him, and he shakes his head, a small smile. "Your a heartbreaker aren't you?" At a moment, I thought my dad knew about what my reputation was, but realized he was joking around. "Marie's soon to be boyfriend, My boyfriends best friend," I point out sarcastically, pointing over at Cole. "Hi sir," Cole waves at my dad. My dad smiles, "At least you surround yourself with gentlemen." He walks out, shutting the door behind him. "Love you!" I hear my mom and him both yell, after he was fully down the stairs. I roll my eyes, and yell the same in return. "I guess I should get going, Marie and Dana might be done soon, and if Dana comes here and sees that I was here, all hell will break lose," Cole stands up. I laugh, "We are doing what they are doing; a project." I open my bedroom door and walk him downstairs. "Plus, I'm sure he has had enough me today." "Not one person can simply get enough of you, Arizona," He says, when we reach the door, turning back towards me. "Now, now, you can't flirt with your soon to be girlfriends, best friend," I say, tapping my fingers gently on his right cheek. He chuckles shaking his head, "Not flirting, just saying the truth." At that moment, someone knocked on the door, and he laughed a bit. "See?" He questioned sarcastically, nodding his head towards the door beside us. I giggle, opening the door to see my boyfriend standing there. He seems confused to see that Cole was standing there, then fixes his eyes on me, before pressing his lips against mine. I pull away, surprised by the sudden kiss, and turn to Cole. "Good luck on presenting your paper, they'll love it," I smile at him, hugging him before he goes out the door- the hug was mainly to see what Danas reaction would be, to be honest- and turn to Dana who was glaring at the now closed door.

"What was that about?" He asked me, turning his glare at me. "I helped him with his project, it was fun," I say, not exactly Lieing. "How was the project with Marie?" "Why did he ask you? Why wasn't it with Will or Dalton?" He ignores my question, and I turn around heading towards the kitchen. "I don't know, maybe I'm better at English then they are?" "Will is amazing at English," He argues, following behind me. "Well so is Arizona," I argue back, about to open the kitchen door. Right when I reach the door handle, Dana presses his hand against, and I turn around giving him a glare. "Its not a big deal," I say, rolling my eyes at the boy in front of me. He pushes himself more to me, putting his other hand up now. "Your not supposed to cheat in the game, I'm just trying to make sure your following the rules," He says, his expression hard. "Who said I was cheating?" I shoot back, annoyed that he would think that. Game or not, I was never a cheater. I absolutely despised all the cheaters in every shape and way I could. "I find it extremely offensive that you would think that," I truthfully say, glaring at him. For a moment, I wished that looks could kill, but felt that was a bit too far. "Then why was he here?" He glares back at me, his jaw clenching. "For a project," I shrug. It was true, so why didn't he just leave it alone. "Oh, really? What was his paper about then?" He says sarcastically at me. "It was about a girl named Taylor who fell in love with this guy named Jack, and they were misfits at their school and somehow a bully ends up shooting Taylor, no one knowing who it is and she dies in his arms." I answer, summarizing Coles story. "It was supposed to be a tragic love story." I lift my chin up high, looking to my right. He sighs, pulling my face to face him, and kisses me gently on the lips. Heat courses through me, and I knew that the kisses being the same as other guys was not true at all. I was in some deep crap so far, and need to distance myself away from him for a bit, somehow. "I'm sorry for accusing you of cheating, I wanted to make sure we both were playing this game fair," He mumbles against my burning lips, kissing me again. "Its fine," I whisper against his lips that were still on mine.

I'm still unfortunately in some deep bunny crap.

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A/N Comment your favorite part of the story so far maybe yeah or nah? Okay bye