REFLECTION

7. Erroneous

   Tal and I left the house after a while of getting Tal settled into one of our guest rooms. I still can't believe my mother allowed my sorta boyfriend into our house without my father or I's consent. We can't change anything now, so I guess we're just going to have to deal with it.

Don't get me wrong, I love Tal more by each of my heart beats, but bringing him into our house is just going a little too far on my end. Not to mention, he most likely won't tell his parents so they'll just be confused as to where their son disappeared to.

"Okay, my friends are on their way to the park." I told Tal as I put my phone into my back pocket. Tal nodded and smiled at me.

"You should've worn tighter pants." Tal replied with a smirk. God he's perverted sometimes. I laughed my shyness off and shrugged.

From here, I gave Tal the way to the park from my house. I did live in the woods, but thankfully it isn't too far from the normal neighbourhood near by.

"Hey guys!" I heard Tatum's voice. I quickly looked around to find her. No sight.

I felt my body being touched but it didn't feel like Tal's hands. I turned around and I saw Tatum messing with my hair.

"There you are!" I chuckled and hugged her tightly. Tatum hugged back and gave a tighter hug than I gave her. I smiled and stayed in my place and slightly forgot that Tal was next to me, watching me hug my friend.

Tal cleared his throat and I finally remembered him next to me. I looked over at him and his arms were slightly out to me. I chuckled and slowly let go of Tatum and walked towards Tal.

"Where's Dillon?" Tatum asked as she watched Tal wrap his arm around my waist, holding me protectively. I didn't think much of it but Tate seemed to be slightly uncomfortable with the way Tal handles me.

"I'm not sure, maybe he's getting Tiffany." I replied. Tiffany was with our friends, but she was very quiet and she kept to herself most of the time. She was also the person most people would go to, to rant about their problems are things that had just happened to them. She was definitely the secret keeper as well, given the fact she barely talks.

I looked around before going towards Tatum. She smiled happily at me and walked back towards me. God, she looked amazing in this lighting.

"Miss me?" I heard Dillon talk in the distance. I turned to him and smiled before seeing someone walking next to him. It wasn't Tiffany, it was some boy I had never seen before. He was tall, taller than Tal. He had fluffy hair and his skin looked very soft.

"Yes... But-"

"But what?" He interrupted me with a mad expression. Oh jeez, he gets mad so quickly. Quicker than a bull with a red flag in front of their face.

"Who's this?" I asked and put my hand in front of the boy I didn't recognise. Dillon nodded his head, that's when I knew something clicked in his head.

"I'm Josh." The boy spoke. Josh? Who is this kid? I turned and looked at Tal who looked quite confused. I think Tal knew about Dillon and how he doesn't do things like this, at least not often.

"How old are you? Why did you come?" Tatum asked with a blushed face. The boy was actually very attractive. My question is: why is he here?"

"I'm 15... Dillon invited me." Josh replied. He's very shy, I can definitely tell. It's honestly cute.

I saw Tiffany coming to us in the distance. Her long red hair was flowing in the wind and her face was looking down at the ground as if something bad just happened to her.