The Greatest

Hide Away

>Chapter 3<
Hide Away
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"Boy, hand me the fucking aux cord, or there will be hell to pay." I said, wrestling the aux cord from Kade's hand.

"You'd better not play trash." He laughed, releasing his grip on the aux cord. I smiled as I looked through my songs, finding the perfect one and pressing play.

All I knew this morning when I woke...

"Is I know something now, know something now, I didn't before." I heard Kade sing. Damn, he wasn't bad. But the fact that he was singing along to a Taylor Swift song made me chuckle.

"You're a closet Taylor Swift fan, too? You're just fill of surprises today, Kade Walters." Kade laughed at my observation.

"Briannah James, there's a lot of things you don't know about me. One of those things is that I seriously fuck with T Swizzle," he replied. I cocked an eyebrow.

"There's a lot I don't know about you, huh? Well, let's play 20 questions. If this is gonna be a thing, I want to know a bit more about you. I also want brutal honesty in these answers," I shot back, causing Kade to smile.

"Okay. Fire away." He replied. Okay, this was it. My chance to find out anything I wanted about Kade Walters. This could make or break us.

"Okay. Question number one: Are you a virgin?" I asked carefully. I expected an angry no in response, but I got a laugh, instead.

"Damn, way to start with a hard hitter," he chuckled, "Yes. I'm a virgin." Well, that certainly came as a shock to me, but I wasn't gonna press on any further.

"Okay. Question 2: Why did you act like a complete douche for years?" I asked, watching his face fall in response.

"I was alone. My dad only cares about my football scholarship, and my mom is too worried about my dad's problems to focus on her only child. So, I turned into a dick and pushed away anybody that might actually care. I even pushed you away, the only girl I've ever cared about, because I was afraid that you could never care about somebody like me. Like I said, I never hated you."

I teared up. All these years, Kade has cared, but I never took the time to care about his feelings in the slightest bit. I felt a tear roll down my cheek, followed by several more.

"No, none of that," Kade said, wiping a tear off of my cheek.

"I'm so sorry, Kade. You've cared about me this entire time, and all I've ever done is be a grade A bitch to you. I should've tried to be kind. I should've cared..." I trailed off, letting more tears fall.

"Bri." I heard Kade say. I looked up at him. He looked straight into my eyes, tears filling his own.

"I'm sorry." I said simply.

"Bri. Don't you see? This is my fault, not yours. I pushed you away. How else were you supposed to respond?" He asked, a single tear rolling down his cheek. He quickly wiped it away, hoping I wouldn't notice. I pretended not to.

"Question 3: You do realize my best friend will fucking kill me if she finds out about this, right?" He laughed at my question, and I smiled, proud of myself for lightening the mood.