“Okay, you guys can leave now,” Collin said loudly. Everybody cheered. Lauren gave Collin a hug before Collin gave her a kiss on the cheek. Ew, I thought. A kiss on cheeks disturbs me, a lot. I looked at my phone to check the time, it was 19:33. I put my phone down on Collin’s couch before my stomach growled loud enough for Ryder to hear.
“Hungry, huh?” he ran his fingers through his hair before his green eyes connected with mine. I shook my head, “I just want some coffee, that’s all.”
“Then, let’s go to this coffee shop then.” He said. I looked at him and gave him a simple nod. We both walked towards the door when suddenly, Luca came up beside me.
“Ready to go?” he asked, giving me a smile. I bit my lower lip, “Uh, I’m going to go out . . . and eat with Ryder so, yeah.” I gave him a tiny smile. Luca’s smile faded quickly, “Oh. Okay,” he forced a smile and I walked out of Collin’s house with Ryder beside me. I got into his car and sighed to myself. To be honest, I was pretty tired and I just wanted to sleep.
“Hey,” Collin said. I looked at him. “Are you okay? If you don’t want to go, I can—” I cut him off quickly, “No. I’m fine. I was just . . . thinking.”
“Okay,” he said.
*
“I have to admit, this place is really nice,” I smiled warmly, taking a sip of my cappuccino. “And, the coffee here is great!” Ryder chuckled; he glanced at me for a second before he broke eye contact. I smiled. Oh, Ryder.
We sat there in silence for a while, drinking and eating, nobody said a single word, just . . . smiling at each other. “So, aren’t you going to ask me anything? Like, I don’t know . . . where I came from?” I asked. He shrugs, “Nah,”
I leaned back, thinking. Ryder wasn’t like any other guys for sure. But, in the end we talked about ourselves anyways and I really had fun. He’s a funny guy and somehow mysterious. And, talking to him somehow made me forget about me being a slut. I didn’t even thought about fucking him.
Ryder’s different.
“Victoria,” Ryder’s voice snapped me out of my thoughts. “The place’s closing.” I looked at him and blinked. “Oh, right. Let’s go then,” I stood up and we walked to his car and got in before we drove away from the small coffee shop. I gave him the directions to my house and the car stopped when it reached the front of my house.
Luca’s POV
I was still at Collin’s house, talking about the rehearsal earlier with Collin. Lauren’s still here, she said that she’s going to stay at Collin’s for the night.
“I better get going, man,” I stood up. I jogged to the front door. I stopped when I heard Collin say, “Fuck, whose phone is this?”
I turned around and looked at the phone that he’s holding. It’s Victoria’s.
“Oh, that’s Victoria’s phone,” Lauren said. “Hey, Luca can you give it to her?”
“Uh, yeah sure.” I rubbed the back of my neck before I took the phone from Collin’s hand and drove to Victoria’s house.
Victoria Anderson. I don’t even know her that much but there’s just something about her. I really want to get to know her better but, damn, that girl is smart. She doesn’t want to tell me a single thing about her. I ran my fingers through my dark brown hair when I saw that a car was in front of her house. I parked my car a bit far from her house but, I can see Ryder and Victoria clearly in that car, talking. I looked at her phone and I smirked before I put my phone number in her phone. And her phone number in mine.
I snapped my head up to check if that car’s already gone or not but, I was wrong. All I saw was two people kissing in that car.
Victoria’s POV
“Can I get your phone number?” Ryder asked. My eyes widened when he mentioned my phone, “Fuck. I left it at Collin’s. Just give me your phone and I’ll put my number in it and you can text me later.” He gave me his phone and I typed my number. He suddenly chuckled.
“What?” I glared at him. He smiled as he shook his head, “Nothing.”
I gave him his phone back and I was going to open the door when he said, “Good night, Vic.” I froze. I turned around and looked at him. “Good night, Ryder,” I said simply. My eyes were still glued to his. My mind was telling me to kiss him but . . . I don’t know. His gaze dropped to my lips. Gotcha, Ryder, I thought.
I leaned forward, still looking into his eyes. My lips brushed his slightly before he pressed his lips onto mine. His lips felt so soft and I have to admit, he’s not a bad kisser. I pulled away slowly, biting my lower lip, “I got to go.”
He nodded, “I’ll text you later.”
“Bye.”
“Bye.”
I got out of his car before I walked towards the front door, thinking. I actually kissed a guy. No making out, no sex, just kissing.
“You left your phone at Collin’s.”
I turned around to see Luca standing there, holding my phone. “You scared the shit out of me, Lucas!” I said loudly, snatching my phone away from his hand. “My name’s Luca,” he corrected.
“Whatever,” I opened the front door. I looked at Luca who was looking at the ground. What’s up with him? I walked into my house, still looking at Luca.
“Okay, what’s up?” I finally asked him.
“I thought that you were going to shut the door in front of my face,” he said, still looking at the ground. “Oh, and it’s nothing I’m fine. Everything’s fine.”
“Okay,” I was closing the door slowly.
“Oh, by the way,” he said.
I looked at him waiting for him to say something.
“Good night, Victoria.”
