The Badboys Nerd

3 : bruised egos

"Hey Theo," I pinched his arm, "Theo," another pinch, "Theeeeeo." I sang, pinching and poking his arm.

"What?" He asked grumpily.

Why was he in such a bad mood? Well, let's just say that the doof decided to come over this fine Saturday morning and wake me up. At 10am.

Begrudgingly, I woke up and made pancakes for us. I know, wife material. Anyways, after we ate our pancakes; we were just lounging around the living room, watching reruns of Keeping Up With The Kardashians.

Surprisingly, he actually enjoyed this show. He told me, and I quote, "I just love looking at their firm asses. And boobs." Boys will be boys, I guess.

Back to the current situation, after one too many episodes, Theo had the brilliant idea of starting a game of Call of Duty.

Now, I don't mean to brag or anything but my Aiden is literally a master at this game. We played almost every night, and I lost. All the time.

But over the years, I seemed to pick up on his tactics and now I'm the masters little amazing student.

Theo didn't know this though, he thought I didn't even know how to shoot. So of course, I had to show him that I could sniper his ass all the way back to wherever he got that dumb thought.

I beat him, and he became a grumpy shit ever since. It's been nearly an hour, and we haven't done anything else. Theo was just moping about, dwelling on the fact that a girl just whooped his ass in his favorite game.

Girl power, bitches. These boys definitely shouldn't think that only they can be masters at these games.

So now, were here and I'm hungry as fuck. The last thing I ate was the pancakes I made, which Theo ate half of mine.

"Theo, I'm hungry. Can we go eat? I promise to have a rematch with you, because I might have cheated just a bit in that game." Bullshit, I never cheated. But I didn't want to hurt his ego anymore, so a rematch and a little white lie seemed like a good combination to make ogre Theo, not so ogre-like.

His face instantly lit up, nodding his head and grinning like a little child. See, he's happy now. And boy would I do anything to get the dimpled smile onto his face.

"Common, Vi. Let's go; the sooner we eat, the sooner we can play Call of Duty." I laughed and grabbed the keys, making my way to Theos' car.

The drive to McDonalds was excruciatingly long, and all I could think about were the crispy, golden nuggets just screaming to be eaten.

Throughout the drive, I kept to myself- occasionally singing to some of the songs on the radio. Theo snuck sly glances at me, thinking I didn't notice. But i did, and it got me flustered each time.

He sang along too, to some of the funniest songs and some of the weirdest ones. He knew each one, much to my surprise. I smiled at his carefree attitude, singing without giving a damn about the curious stares we were getting.

At one point, we stopped at a red light and Theo was singing his heart out to Mo Bounce when an old lady pulled up next to us and gave him a look like he killed someone.

He rolled down his window, smiled and flipped her the bird before speeding off. Her face was priceless. That's what you get for judging, you old hag.

"Theo, that was so mean but so funny." I said through my bursts of laughter.

"I know, kitten. I should be a comedian." He smirked and laughed a little. I smiled at him and turned the radio up, getting stares from most of the people on the sidewalks.

After a long, yet very short ride we had finally arrived in the parking lot of McDonalds. Doing a little happy/food dance, I grabbed my purse with my phone and jumped out of the car excitedly.

I don't even know why I was so excited to eat nuggets, but I mean hey- it's food. And my motto when it comes to food is, "Don't eat to live. Live to eat."

Theo noticed my happy attitude, and laughed at my giddiness.

"Maybe I should bring you to McDonalds more often." He smirked. Our stride was linked. My right foot, his right foot. His left foot, my left foot. They say that when you walk in sync with another person, it shows that the two of you have a connection or a strong bond. I laughed lightly thinking about Theo and me having a "strong bond". Strong bond my ass.

"Penny for your thoughts?" Theo gingerly fingered my jacket sleeve, giving me a small smile.

His smiles were something that could brighten up anyone's day, instantly. He had that smile, that carefree smile. Yet his smile was so precious, because only a few people get to see the real one.

I live for those moments where I can get him to put that real smile on. His eyes glitter with pure happiness, mixed with a hint of humor. It etches itself onto his smile, taking up most of his lower half of his face. His perfect teeth show, and his plump lips frame it. The dimples on his cheeks become more prominent. It was just that contagious smile, which just brings out a smile of your own.

"Vi, I know I'm hot but you're making me feel so uncomfortable right now!" Theo squealed, imitating a girl who pretends to be offended by guys looking at her.

"Shut up, Theo." I smiled and continued walking. "I wasn't thinking about anything." I brushed it off, not wanting to tell him exactly what I was thinking about- just in case he thinks I'm a creepy weirdo.

I turn to the side to see his reaction, and I find him already staring at me- a soft smile playing at his lips. The heat creeps through from the back of my neck, and then onto my face. Thankful for my long hair, I use it as a curtain to shield myself so that he doesn't see my blush.

"You're so cute." He says, when I think my smile couldn't get any brighter.

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"Common Theo, please!" I squealed, reaching for the delicious goodness right in front of me. And no, not Theo- I was talking about his fries.

"Violet James. Is that the way you were raised? To reach across the table to steal other people's food? Shame on you." He tutted, shaking his head and feigned his worry as if he were my mother.

"Theo, shut the fuck up and just hand the food. And if you do, I swear you won't get hurt." I threatened, mustering up the best stink eye that I could.

His melodious laughter boomed through the fast food joint, and everyone turned to see what the noise was all about. My cheeks flamed red, as I realized all of their eyes were on Theo and I. He didn't even care though, he just kept laughing and slapping his hand on his knee.

"Oh Vi! Did you really think you could scare me?" I frowned, folding my arms and turning away, "Here you go, Vi. Eat them, wouldn't want to get myself hurt now would I?" I smiled, and begrudgingly took a fry and popped it into my mouth.

"Thwanks Thweo." I said while stuffing fry after fry into my mouth. He scrunched his face up in disgust.

"Since you like swallowing, how about you swallow that food first before you speak?" He laughed.

And for the umpteenth time that day, I found myself smiling just because of my idiot bad boy, Theo.

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Hey guys. So I know I've been taking forever and half to update- and I'm so so sorry. I'll try to update faster and make my chapters longer.

Sorry it's quite short❤️.

Hope you enjoyed this chapter, and o hope you're enjoying this book!
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