The Boys and Me

43. Talking It Out

HEATH:

David sent through the information I asked for as I sat at the dinner table. Of course as I went to check it, my mom caught me.

"Heath, no phones at the dinner table." She scolded and I jumped, shocked she had noticed.

"Jesus, do you have x-ray vision of something?" I asked and she rolled her eyes.

"No, but I have an idiot for a son. Your glasses reflected your phone's light" She said, rolling her eyes as my cheeks heated up

"First I find you you wear glasses, then you blush? Oh this is a dream come true" Allie said, smiling like a fool.

"I hate you so damn much sometimes" I said to her and she shrugged, leaning over and kissing me on the cheek.

"You know that's not true" She said with that little giggle that made me melt inside.

"He can;t even deny it" Shane said with a stupid smirk that I glared at.

"You shut your mouth pretty boy" I shot and he shrugged.

"Alright you three, calm it" Mom warned in a joking tone, her smile shining through.

Once dinner was finished, Allie went off to shower. This was my chance to go see Elton and try smooth things out, or ruin them more. I'm gonna take my chances though.

"Hey" I said, grabbing her arm before she got to the bathroom.

"Yeah?" She asked.

"I'm going out with Shane to do a few things but I'll text you when we're coming home" I said and she nodded.

"Okay, I'll work on my homework till you get back" She said, smiling and connecting our lips.

"Mmm, Chips Ahoy" She said, winking at me. I went bright red and made sure there were no more cookie remnants on my face. I walked out into the living room and looked to Shane.

"You're coming with me, come on" I said, grabbing my keys.

"Uh, why?" Shane asked.

"I need a hand with something." I said, him shrugging and standing. Dad was too busy watching TV to notice and mom was still in the kitchen.

"Momma? Shane and I have to go grab a few things from the mall. We'll be back soon" I said, beginning to leave.

"Wait a minute, what?" Mom asked, walking into the hallway.

"Shane and I both had things to get so we're gonna go together" I explained and she looked at me, usually able to tell when I was up to something.

"Alright, but I swear to God if the cops bring you home Heath" She said and I rolled my eyes before kissing her on the cheek.

"No cops. Promise" I said, hoping I wasn't lying.

Shane and I walked out of the house and he looked to me.

"What the hell are we doing?" He asked.

"Nothing awful, like you're thinking anyway. I want to go and talk to Elton" I said.

"So you got his address?" Shane asked and I nodded.

"And I don't want to cause trouble but I want him to know Allie didn't mean for any of this, it was all me. I just want him to talk to her again" I said and Shane smiled at me as we climbed into my truck.

"What?" I asked and he shrugged.

"Seems to me someone was wrong" He said and I looked at him, eyebrows furrowed.