reckless ; a short story

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          Brie, Camille, Danielle and I decide to all go to the diner together. When we get there, I order my usual, spicy chicken strips and potato wedges with a large cookies and cream milkshake. When our food gets here, we all just chat and talk about our days. "How the hell can you eat those without your mouth burning off?" Dani asks. "They're delicious!." I say and we all laugh. "Hey, there's a new scary movie out. We should go watch it!" Brie says excitedly. Brie loves scary movies, me? Not so much. But I don't want to ruin the night so I agree, plus the cinema has takis and I really want some right now.

          When we get to the cinema, we buy our tickets for this dumb scary movie. I order my takis and a large popcorn and 4 sodas. We walk into our theater and pick our seats. We were the first ones in there at first, but then other people started coming in after us.

          I look at all the unfirmilliar faces walking in and all of a sudden I see a firmilliar one. It's the kid from class, Brennan's friend. Brennan was in 9th grade, but this guy in in my grade. He played lacrosse with him, that's probably how they met. My brother was starting varsity for lacrosse as well as this guy. My brother was the talent in the family, he could sing, he was sporty, he was attractive, and he was such a nice person. I was always kind of jealous of him but never told anyone. But this kid, I never saw him anywhere and all of a sudden I see him everywhere.  He sits down with a couple other douce bags from the lacrosse team, they're 2 rows below us. Carter Martinez comes up to sit with Dani, they've dated for literally forever and still somehow seem to be so in love with eachother. "Hola!" I say as he sits in between me and Dani. "Hola, mi amiga!" he says smiling at me. He's such a nice and friendly guy, which is rare considering he also plays lacrosse. I will forever wish for a love like Carter and Dani's.

          After 2 hours of me hiding my face and people laughing at me for squealing every 5 minutes, the movie was finally over and we we're walking out. I totally wasn't watching where I was going and turned to walk away from the garbage cans, and I ran into that guy. It wasn't like your typical, movie scene, bump into the love of your life and then your eyes meet and you can't look away,  type of thing.. It was a bump into, almost fall down, he grabs your arm to catch you, and you get embarrassed and flustered and ramble and apologize 100 times. Definitely not cute, AT ALL. "Oh my god I'm so sorry, I'm so clumsy. ugh!" I start blushing from embarrassment. He's so nice about it though, "Are you okay?" He says seriously. "Yeah, yeah I'm perfectly fine." I say laughing. "Okay" He says kind of like relieved. He seems really nice, considering the people he hangs out with. When I catch back up with all the girls, they start absolutely freaking out.

       "Oh my god he was totally into you!" Camille says. "No way! He was just being nice." I say denying everything they say. "Dakotah! Don't be so naive!" Brie says. Maybe he does, but how the hell could a guy like that, like a girl like me? It's impossible. I just brush it off and laugh with my friends, Today has been a pretty amazing day.

        I'm driving home by myself when I'm about to run out of gas. I pull into a gas station, and go in to pay for my gas, I hate pre-pay pumps. I pay for my gas and then walk back out to my car to start putting gas into it. There's a guy smoking a cigarette at the pump next to me. "Nice car." He says pointing to my jeep. "Thanks, and you know those little bitches can kill you one day." I say referring to his cigarette. "What? The bitches in my car or my cigarette?" he grins. "Very funny. I'm serious." I say. This guy is cunningly charming, and maybe even effortlessly sexy. "Oh please, you're just jealous that you haven't got my number yet." He says with a wink. Damn he is so attractive. "Nah, you're probably just trying to catch a ride in my jeep instead of actually fucking with me." I laugh. "You think I would only fuck with you for your car?" He asks. "Well, lets be real. Who would fuck with me for just me?" I say. "So you're saying you're single?" He says with that damn smirk again. "Very single." I say laughing. "So that means you wouldn't mind giving me your number so I can call you and talk about how bad cigarettes are for me?" He says looking me up and down. It's kind of sexy but makes me feel very insecure. "Don't get cocky now." I say flirting back. He turns away and starts getting something out of his car, in any other situation this would make me anxious, but this time it doesn't. He's writing something and that's when my gas get's done filling up. I turn to open my car door, "Wait! here." He hands me a piece of paper and smirks at me, placing that cigarette back between his teeth and getting into his car and driving off.

       He was very tall, about 6'5 or so. He had dark brown hair, tattoos, ect. You're basic "Bad Boy". I look at the paper he gave me, It says: "Call me, to continue telling me all the bad things that are going to happen to me."  and then it has his number on it. That was definetly something that I'm going to run and tell Liz, or maybe I should keep this on the down low, I might tell Brie. I'm not sure yet. This could just be a one time thing. Let's not rush things.

       I put his number into my phone, but I'm not going to text him yet. I get a text, "Hey, it's Noah from the movies. Brie gave me your number." OMG, what is going on with all the hot dudes hitting me up?! The doorbell rings, I hop up and run down the stairs. I open the door, "hey!" it's Brie. "Brielle Grace Matthews!" I say smiling like a fool. "I know that's what I came here to tell you but I just didn't get enough time." She says. "I can't believe you did that! How did you manage to do it without me knowing?" I ask. "It wasn't that hard." She says. "Look what he said!" I say. "Wait he's texting you?!" She says angrily. "Well, I mean you did give him my number, Brie." I say confused. "Oh my god, we're talking about two different things and two different people." She says relieved. "Ohhhhh. Then what the hell were you talking about?" I ask. "Okay, so don't freak out. But, I have..." She slowly says "OMG just say it already!" I say eagerly. "I have a boyfriend." She says. My eyes get huge. "who????" I say excited. "It's Alec Sloan." She says. He's a nice kid, but lord, he is chiseled to perfection. "Holy moly, good for you B!" I say, I'm very happy for her.

      That probably means that she will be spending more time with him. Ugh, this is worst time for us to get distant. "I need some advice." I say seriously. We go up to my room, "Is this a roof conversation?" She asks. "Yes. Most definitely." I say. A roof conversation is all the things I need to tell Brie but don't want Liz to overhear. We go up on the roof, the stars seem to be shining brighter than ever before. "So?" Brie finally says. "So, on my way home from the cinema, I met this guy." I tell her the whole story, even my thoughts during the interaction. "That literally sounds like something from a movie." She says. "I know right." I say. "Are you going to text him?" She asks. "I don't know." I say. "Do it. You're 16, almost 17. Be adventurous. take risks." She says. She always gives the best advice. "Besides, I want to see this guy." She says. "Oh my god Brie, you don't even understand how gorgeous he was." I say. And we laugh and joke until about 12 am.

      "Are you staying over Brie?" Liz asks her. "Actually, yeah. I am." She says. "Go call your mom." I say to her. "So, how was your night?" Liz asks. "Pretty amazing actually, Liz. You should've came!" I say. "Nah, I feel like I should let you be a teenager while you can. No matter how worried I get about you. I just wish there was someone with you that I know I could trust to keep you safe." She says. "Aww, Liz. If it makes you feel better, Carter was with us tonight." I say. "Ah, I love that boy. We need more Latinos in this city!" She laughs. "True!" I laugh. Liz is my moms sister, that side of the family comes from Colombia. My dad is from America, that explains why my last name is Evans.

      It's later that night, about 3am. It's Saturday. "Have you texted him yet?" Brie asks. "I'm trying to think of something clever to say." I say. "Just say hey." She says laughing. I laugh with her. "I thought I told you to call me." He texts, "since when do you make the rules?" I respond       "since when do I not? Call me." he texts back.

     "He seems like a jerk." Brie says. "Trust me, this is his way of flirting, and in person it's so hot." I dial his number. "I'm going on the roof." I say. Brie smiles and shakes her head. "Hello." I hear his deep voice echo through the phone. "Hi.." I say. "Where are you right now?" He asks. "Home?" I say confused. "No, like in your house. Where are you?" He says. "I'm on my roof." I say. "Why?" He asks genuinely. "I like it up here. It's quiet and peaceful." I say. "wow." He says. I ignore him. "Look outside right now. can you see the stars, look at how bright they are tonight." I say. "It's beautiful." He says. I don't say anything. "I want to see you again." He says. "Oh, do you know? And what makes you think I want to see you?" I flirt. "Well, who else would tell me not to smoke? Or maybe I'll just keep smoking these cigarettes until one day, I die." He says. His voice trails off leaving me wanting him to talk to me forever. "Fine. But not this week. I'm busy." I say. "Damn, for a girl who flirts so much you sure as hell act uninterested." He says. "Don't get your hopes up. By the way, what's your name?" I say. "I guess we will never know.." He says. Damn he's so good at flirting. "Bye.." He trails off again. How can someone do that with their voice. It's unexplainable. But it's so sexy.

     It's the next morning. I have a couple missed texts from this boy that I barely know. I feel like this boy will either be the death of me or the reason I live. And I haven't figured out which one yet. But I can't wait to find out.