Always There // Chessa

12.

Tessa POV

AJ told me we were going on a date tonight and I was a little nervous. He said to dress pretty casual and he had something fun planned, so maybe things are getting better after all.

He was picking me up in a half hour and I had just gotten out of the shower and now I was blow drying and curling my hair. Once I was all ready with 5 minutes to spare I headed downstairs.

"Oooohhh, you look nice. Where's AJ takin ya?" Erika asked, wiggling her eyebrows.

"I'm not sure, yet, but I think it will be fun."

Just then the doorbell rang.

"I think that's for me, Bobby Jean," I said in my 'country accent' and we both laughed.

I opened the door and was greeted with a sharp looking AJ.

"You look nice," I smiled.

"Thanks, babe, you do too," and he kissed my cheek and grabbed my hand to lead me out the door.

"Sooooo... where are you taking me?"

"You'll have to wait and see, but I think you'll like it."

I smiled and sat peacefully in the car as we drove to our destination.

"We're here," he finally said.

I looked up and noticed we were at a bowling ally. I knew I was going to have fun.

"Aw, AJ. This is going to be so much fun. Thanks."

"Of course," he said, smiling. I think things are finally getting back on track.

When we got in and found a spot, AJ went to go get our shoes and order some food while I got bowling balls.

I found some that shouldn't be too hard for me to lift and when I got back, I saw AJ talking to some girl.

Maybe they're just friends.

I walked over and-

Did he just wink? No, no Tessa, stop.

The girl finally walked away and I decided to walk over.

"Hey, AJ."

He turned around.

"Oh, uh, hey," he said

"Who were you talking to?"

"Just a friend," he said, cooly.

I told you.

"Okay, ya ready to play?" he asked

"I know I am, but you need to watch out," I replied.

"Oh, really. Tessa, I'm totally gonna beat you, you might as well give up."

"Hey, AJ!" The blonde from earlier yelled to him and walked over.

"Hey, so my friends just bailed on me and I don't have anyone to play with so could I...?"

No.
No.
Say no.
Please AJ just say no.

"Yeah, sure. Is that alright, Tessa?"

No.

"Oh, um yeah that's cool."

"Great, thanks. I'm Amelia by the way."

"Tessa," I said and I swear she glared at me.

I get the feeling she doesn't get the memo that AJ is 'just a friend'

The whole game I felt miserable as I just watched her openly flirt with him and he was just letting it happen even flirting with her too.

All of a sudden I hear my name being called.

"Tessa!"

I look over and see Chance waving to me.

What is he doing here?

He suddenly starts walking over.

"Hey, Tessa. What are you doing here?"

"Oh me and AJ were just on a date," I look over and just see him and Amelia talking. He isn't even looking at me.

"Who's she?" Chance suddenly asks.

"Oh, uh, that's Amelia. AJ's friend," I scoff.

"Ah," he says, shaking his head as if he got the deeper meaning, "Well the rest of Team 10 is here if you want to play with us."

"I don't know if I should," I trail off.

I really want to play with them.

Why not? I mean AJ's with Amelia, why can't I play with my friends?

"Yeah, sure, just let me let AJ know."

"Okay, I'm just going to wait over here," he points in the opposite direction and I laugh, knowing exactly why he did that.

"Hey, AJ?" I call.

"Yeah."

"Team 10's here. I think I'm going to go play with them and catch a ride if that's cool."

"Yeah, yeah. That's fine," he says, hardly paying attention and I knew if Amelia wasn't there, he would be going crazy.

I guess Amelia's good for something.

Amelia then looks at me and almost smirks, as if she won something.

What's her problem?

I shake it off and walk over to Chance to go have some fun and maybe make something out of this night.

A/N: Hey guys! An update for ya! I've been super busy and I'm really busy this whole week, but I'm gonna try to squeeze some writing in. And guys I can't believe this story has gotten so far. We made it to #684 in Fanfiction AHHHH and we just reached 21k reads like... WHAAAAA. Thank you guys so much okay ily.

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