Tyler's Jacket

Chapter 6

I fell asleep during the fifth movie, it was fast in the furious or something. I wasn't really paying attention because my eyes were drooping and the only part that wasn't being devoured by my lids were staring at Tyler. I woke up in the morning with my white bed sheets pulled to my shoulders and the mess from the food we'd eaten the previous night was cleaned up. I smiled at how considerate the boys were and walked to my bathroom. I stopped in my tracks and screamed. Not at my usual cave woman knots. Not at yesterday's makeup smeared across my face. And not at my brother's pyjama shirt and my sweatpants. It was the writing in thick black marker on my forehead-

'I LOVE TYLER'

Oh crap.

I sprinted down the stairs, at more of the tortoise's pace than the hare's. The living room had muffled voices and the sound of the Saturday cartoons so that's where I went first. Tyler and Aiden were uncomfortably lazing on the small couches, without a care in the world. Upon my entry, they both looked at my angry expression with wide eyes. But of course, that didn't last long because they both bursted out in hysterical laughter and fell on the floor, clutching their stomachs.

"You ruined my face!" I screamed, not finding the situation half as funny as they did.

"Trust me Al, it was ruined before we drew on it." Ty could barely get the words out through his hysterics. I gave him my best glare and stormed into the kitchen to have some breakfast. I knew I needed to start eating, yesterday had scared the living daylights out of me. With my bowl of cocoa puffs, I stalked back into the living room and was completely taken aback by what I saw.

Aiden was making out with some random girl and Ty was nowhere to be seen. I stared in horror, and amusement and opened my mouth to say something. But someone had their hand over my mouth to prevent me from speaking. I turned around and looked at Tyler, the wind was knocked out of me as I did so. He had his index finger to his lips, to tell me to be quiet. I nodded and he removed his hand. I don't know why I got so disappointed when he stopped touching me, maybe Mark was right. Maybe I did have feelings for Ty...

He pulled out his phone and ushered me toward the couch. We took pictures of them first and being so close to them let me see who the mystery girl was. Melody Jackson- no way. She was probably the nicest cheerleader on the squad and my brother was a QB, so it made sense that they'd be getting it on. I was honestly surprised it took them so long to do it. In usnion, Ty and I both 'awwwwed' and they jumped away from each other immediately. They turned bright red and their eyes widened in horror. Before I could burst into laughter, Tyler grabbed me around the waist and made me drop the thought completely. I was just as shocked as they were.

"Oh honey, don't they grow up so fast?" He said in a posh accent, wiping away a metaphorical tear. It took me five seconds to realise what he was doing but I soon played along.

"It seems like just yesterday we were changing his diapers!" I exclaim, resting my head on his shoulder and my hand on his chest. He jumped and his heart started thumping as hard as mine was. I knew it wasn't for the same reason though. He was probably just so grossed out by me that he started to freak out, but he didn't show it. Melody looked at us in humor and confusion but aiden was quite clearly getting made.

"This one's going in the album!" Ty said, waving his phone in his hand that displayed one of the pictures he took. That was enough to make Aiden snap. He launched at Tyler, who quickly passed the phone to me before Aiden had the chance to get it. He looked at me with fury glazed eyes and warned me to give him the phone. When I shook my head in amusement, he reached for the phone but once again, he was too slow. We played piggy in the middle until Ty made a proposition that no one could turn down.

"Okay, let's have a nerf war. Same rules as usual, the winner gets to decide what happens. I'll be on Al's team and you guys are together." He winked at this "If we win, we can do whatever we want with the photo. We have half an hour prep time. Let the best soldier win."

"Wait. Do you guys actually solve your fights with nerf wars?" Melody stared at us in amusement, her choice in words though made us sound like children. In usnision, we all confirmed it with yes and ran away to our 'secret hideouts'.

"Okay Al, here's the game plan. You take the machine guns and hide behind the couch in just in front of their territory. I'll create a diversion and you attack." I nodded in agreement, suppressing my stupid butterflies and focusing on the competition. We crept out of the downstairs guest bedroom and slit ways, nodding at each other to look professional as we did so. I stuck to the plan, hiding behind the couch with my nerf guns loaded. Tyler's war cry was the signal, so I jumped up to shoot both Aiden and Melody, but only Aiden was there. Tyler had already been shot and was pretending to die, curling up in a ball on the carpet.

"Save yourself!" He yelled, clutching onto his heart. I turned around to start running but I was stopped by Melody, holding a bazooka.

"Going somewhere?" She asked, pointing the gun at my stomache. She pressed the trigger but I was too quick, dodging the bullet and it hitting Aiden in the balls instead. He fell to the ground in agony, those mega bullets must have packed one hell of a punch. She looked at him in concern, unsurprisingly. I took my opportunity and ran into the backyard, ducked behind the bar and readied myself.

I heard Melody's not so subtle tiptoeing into the backyard. I jumped out of my hiding spot and started shooting... only, I wasn't shooting her. It was the boys creating a diverion. I realised one second too late when she came out of the shadows and shot me right in the kidney.

"Damn, that was hot." Aiden winked at Melody and she blushed while Tyler and I gagged. My phone beeped so I took it out of my back pocket. I got a text from Cameron, the football team's other co-captain who started the stupid game of would you rather last weekend.

Hey Riley, I was just wondering if you wanted to go out with me tonight?

I was in complete shock. Melody's hand made her way to my shoulder, her blonde hair tucked behind her ears and her brown eyes almost sparkling. "What is it hun?"

"Cameron just asked me out..." I looked at Tyler as I spoke, seeing if it'd evoke any kind of reaction from him. But he just stood there, stony faced. Aiden gave me an approving smile and Melody squealed, wrapping her arms around me.

"Text him yes!" She beamed, looking at my phone. With shaky hands, I texted him back.

Sure. Pick me up at 5?- me

Be there then gorgeous xx- Cam

My stomache twisted into knots at the words. I wanted to be excited, I really did. Cam was realluy hot with blue eyes and sandy blonde hair. I'd even seen his six pack once when he came over with Aiden and Tyler. But, it just didn't seem right. I was thinking about Ty, even though I had been ignoring the feelings I had for him. Maybe this would be good for me though... maybe I just needed to get my mind off of him and meet someone new. I still had six hours before he picked me up so I didn't stress too much.

This will be good for you. Tyler doesn't care about you in that way, Cam does. Just do it. And it doesn't hurt that Cam could be a calvin klein model, you got this.

UNEDITEDA/n- only OG kickin' it fans will get why melody and aiden (Olivia holt and leo howard) ended up together. sorry for the boring chapter but the next one is gonna be real big so look forward to that ;)

-Hollie xoxox