Sick Love

Part 5

   Chad and I got out of my car and Chad almost instantly came over and stood next to me. He noticed the smirk on my face and laughed. "Would you like me to walk you to the door?" He asked still laughing. A gave him a weird look. "What for?" "For the hell of it. To get a reaction out of people." I nodded and then let out a small giggle. "Yeah. For the hell of it." We started walking when I felt his fingers gently touch mine. As we took another step,his hand fell into my palm. Without thinking, I interlocked my fingers with his. I couldn't look at him because I couldn't fight the pink that was covering my cheeks.
   As we were reaching the door, almost everyone had saw us by now. I couldn't quite make out what anyone was saying. I knew the faint whispers were about us though because everyone was pointing and trying to gain the attention of their friends. We both acted as if nothing out of the ordinary was happening even though we all knew anything that had to do with me and a guy was far from normal.
   Once we got to the door, we stopped and we both turned towards each other. Chad gently grabbed my other hand so he was holding both of my hands. A small smile was was appearing on his face. I knew something was going on in his head and by the look on his face, I wasn't sure I liked what he was thinking about. "Mel." Chad finally broke the silence. "Hm?" I asked curious for him to explain to me what was going on in his head. "Can I kiss you?....you know, for the hell of it?" I rolled my eyes trying to act annoyed but I couldn't stop the smile inside me from showing. "I take that as a yes?" Chad asked is a deep flirty voice. "Sure. Why not." I smiled. Almost immediately after I answered, he placed one hand on the back of my neck and the other around my lower back and pulled me tight against him. I closed my eyes as our lips met. Our kisses quickly escalated bringing me back to memories of us at the cafe yesterday. Something about him was too hard to resist. He pulled away before I was ready. My face most of shown my disappointment because he let go of me and gently kissed my forehead and then said, "Don't worry, we can pick up where we left of after school." He winked and I laughed. He turned and began walking away when I remembered he had been driving my car. "Hey Chad. So how am I going to get my car back and get home from school?" He turned back around to face me. "I'll pick you up from school and then after we are done with our activities for the night, I will bring you to my house so I can get my car and you can take your car home. That is, if you don't want to stay with me." I rolled my eyes and laughed. Just as I was about to respond, Chad turned around and continued walking away. I watched his as he walked. Then I noticed he stopped and a few guys came over to him. They all looked familiar but I didn't remember who they were. I couldn't make out what they were saying but I could tell they were all laughing about something. Then one guy looked over at me then back at Chad and Chad nodded. Then the guy pulled out money from his pocket and handed it to Chad. Chad grabbed it and laughed. Then all the guys patted Chad on the back and walked towards the school. I heard the bell ring so I forced myself to look away and go into school.
   During my entire first class, all I could think about was what the hell just happened? I was trying to think of something that would make sense. Why did Chad get paid? Why did they look at me? Was it about me? Why did Chad nod after they looked at me? I didn't know whether I was being paranoid or if the exchange was actually about me. If it was about me then why?