Good Girls Lie

Chapter 16 - Whoh

Poppy POV

Alison left the room and Ryder paused the movie. I furrow my brows in confusion. Why did he do that?

"I wanted to ask you a question." Ryder said. He looked down at the floor while I looked at our knees touching. I felt a spark of energy go throughout my body.

"And what is that question?" I ask, looking away from our knees and to him.

"Why don't you talk at school?" Ryder asked me.

I shrugged. "I do, but quietly." I admit. If I talked at school, I will have a lot of dirt on my back.

"You know, you shouldn't listen to Katie. I think you're beautiful." He says, making me blush.

"Thanks Ryder...but she's right. I am ugly." I say quietly. I thought he didn't hear me, but he did.

"No. Your not. She's just jealous. Your different and that's why. Your real and she's fake. She's jealous cause your real, funny, stubborn, smart, and clever. Your very beautiful, but you don't know that. That's what makes me attracted to you. You don't know your beautiful." He says.

I blush. "You like me?" I ask.

"Who wouldn't?" He muttered.

"But why?" I ask.

"Why not?" He asked me looking confused.

"I'm ugly. You shouldn't like girls like me. You should be with pretty gorgeous girls." I say. Why in the world a guy like him like me? What's with me?

Ryder takes both my hands and holds them while looking into my eyes. "I don't want to be with other girls." He says. "And I'm going to tell you the truth." He takes a deep breath. "I'm virgin. But nobody knows that except my sister and mom of course. I've never liked a girl. Kissed a girl. Hugged a girl. Better yet. I never had a girlfriend before."

My breath hitches as he told me this. He was virgin? But he's the bad boy.

"How? Your the bad boy and the biggest player at school." I say furrowing my brows. "Don't lie to me Ryder."

"I'm not lying Poppy." He looks down at our hands together. "It's the truth."

Whoh.

I'm shook.