Idiot's Guide To Falling In Love [Completed]✔

Chapter 20

Ladies and gentlemen, this is why Karen Reynolds is the best mother in the world:

"Mom don't get mad, please. I swear this is the first and last time I sneak out. We just wanted to do something fun before I left and...I'm sorry. I won't go if you don't want me to."

A normal mom would have given me a lecture about the dangers of going out at three in the morning and would've most likely grounded me until senior year but since in my family we are anything but normal she just started laughing. And not a small laugh, no. She was laughing so hard that I wouldn't be surprised if our neighbors got nightmares that night.

I looked at her with a very confused face. She stopped laughing and breathed in. "You should've seen the look on your face! It was priceless. Go with your friends, enjoy. If you get in trouble with the police call me after ten."

I tried to process what just happened. "Wait, you're not mad?" She laughed again. "Shawn told me the plan for tonight. He told me so that I wouldn't be worried when I saw you were missing in the morning. So no, I'm not mad. Be careful honey, there are crazy people in the streets at night. And don't even bother going out the window. Be normal for once and go out the door."

I left my apartment more confused than I'd ever been in my life. So first my boyfriend tells on me and then my mom let's me "sneak out" at three in the morning. That's just plain weird.

I got inside Vincent's truck and Vincent, John, Michael and Shawn all looked at me. "What took you so long?" I sighed. "My mom caught me but she didn't care. Where are the girls?" Vincent started the engine and started driving to the beach. "They went to pick up the twins on Ashley's car." said John. I nodded.

"You know a normal girl would think it's dangerous to get in a blue pick up truck with four guys at three in the morning." Michael laughed. "Please, a normal girl would kill to be in a car with four hot guys like us at this hour." I turned my head over to him.

"Are you implying I'm not normal?" Shawn laughed from the front seat. "I think it's no secret that you're not the most normal girl in the planet." I slapped him slightly. "I'm normal!" This time the four of them laughed almost like they were friends since they were babies. "Yeah, because normal people hide their feelings from the person they like when they know they like them back." I glared at John. "That's not fair. You hated Shawn! I was just trying to not get you guys to hate me."

Vincent looked at me from the rear view mirror. "See, that's where you're wrong. We wouldn't have hated you if you'd gone out with Shawn from the beginning. We told you, you're weird for thinking that but we love you just the way you are. You're our weirdo."

Why did it take me so long to realize that my friends were such amazing people? It's like just when I'm about to leave I finally realize how much they to mean to me and how much I mean to them.

When I first moved, one of the first things I noticed from my apartment was that the beach was really close. At least the public beach. Vincent's uncle's part of the beach was way farther from where parked the cars and the worst part? We had to walk that long distance.

We were still walking to the private beach when I started getting closer to Shawn. "You remember when yesterday you said "I love you"?" He nodded, though I could tell he was blushing. Stupid darkness, I love watching him blush.

"Well I love you too, so don't worry about stuttering and becoming nervous next time you say it." I put my hand in his and we continued to walk in silence.

Michelle heard us talking and walked over to us. "Don't you think it's weird that you've been together for a few days and you're already saying you love each other?" Both Shawn and I rolled our eyes. "We've been boyfriend and girlfriend for a few days, yes, but we've been friends for much longer and as far as I know you can love a friend the same as you can love a boyfriend. For instance, I love all of you the same way I love Shawn. See?" She nodded and kept walking. Maybe sometimes I should just keep my lectures to myself.