Don't Tell On Me (Dalton Rapattoni)

Chapter 6 - Don't Tell On Me

Chapter 6

I was speechless for a second about the bet. And of course, the whole gang, except for Blaine, was wide-eyed and speechless too. It was a bet that gave what Blaine felt for me away...or was it just a game to him?

Was I just a game to him?

I kept ignoring Kyra and Janice's remarks before when they said that Blaine liked me. I couldn't quite believe it because I didn't observe that feeling from Blaine himself. Yes, Blaine never wanted me out of his sight. He never wanted me hurt. But he was my friend so it was natural for him to treat me like that, right?

But I observed that he treated me differently than Kyra and Janice.

He could let Kyra and Janice out of his sight, but you could count me out of that. He wanted his eyes on me twenty four-seven. Of course, I was oblivious to my surroundings that I didn't care about what kindness Blaine showed me.

But now? I was close to believing Krya and Janice.

The whole gang was staring at me, waiting for my response.

I knew for myself that I was great in playing the sport, but with such pressure behind me? It was obvious that I wouldn't do so well.

I didn't mix up with pressure that well.

"I'm somehow confused," I admitted.

"Listen to what I'm going to say, Lani," Blaine leaned forward on the pool table. "I'm not afraid to say this in front of you and we even have the whole gang to witness this,"

"Blai—"

He didn't even let me finish my sentence. "I like you, Lani,"

I heard Kyra and Janice squealed silently. Harold and Patrick did a bro-fist. I knew that I was the only one who noticed that and not Blaine because he was obviously waiting for my response.

As I looked into Blaine's eyes, I knew that I didn't have a choice considering the fact that he was the gang leader. "Deal,"

And surely, I couldn't be with him since I already had a deal with that evil Dalton Rapattoni that I would play as his girlfriend. "Then, let's start," he said. "Boys vs. Girls,"

***

"Sorry, man," Patrick patted Blaine's back.

"Yeah," Harold agreed. "We suck at this game, you know that,"

Obviously, Blaine lost and I would be the new gang leader for two months. I avoided looking at Blaine because for once, he did have the possibility of winning...and dating me for two months. I guessed luck was on my side when Janice improved in playing the game. At first, I thought that Kyra and Janice wanted for us to lose so I could date Blaine, but they did their best in the game and that kind of shocked me.

Better ask them why they did that later.

"You being the gang leader will start tomorrow," Blaine told me. I avoided his eyes and looked somewhere else. "I'll walk you home, Lani,"

Blaine and I went ahead because I had a curfew. "I'm sorry," I blurted out.

Blaine just chuckled at me. "For what?"

"For winning," this time, he didn't chuckle. He laughed at me. "And because I have a boyfriend,"

Smooth move, Lani.

"Like who?" he asked. "Like that eyeliner boy who we robbed the other day?"

My eyes widened at what he said. "How did you know?"

"I saw you two outside the school today," he explained. "Care to explain how he managed to be your boyfriend? I mean we just robbed him and you're now admitting that he's your boyfriend,"

"Because of our parents," I whispered.

I couldn't tell Blaine that Dalton was blackmailing me because I knew that he was going to beat him up once he found out. By telling him that it was because of our parents, I knew that I wasn't lying after all.

"Is it an arranged marriage or something?"

"No!" I denied. "We're too young for that. They just wanted to see if me and Dalton could have a good relationship together, "

"That sucks for you," he commented.

"Very," I whispered.

"I guess he was the one who texted me that you were quitting the gang?" he asked and I nodded. I never knew that Blaine, our gang leader, would be able to figure all this out quickly. Well, Blaine was smart.

Blaine walked me to our house and bid me goodbye before he left.

Blaine was a good-looking and caring guy but I still didn't know if I felt the same way about him. I meant, he just confessed a few hours ago. I still didn't know of what my feelings for him were. And of course there's that evil Dalton. I knew that hatred was what I was feeling for him, but I needed a plan to get him off of my sleeve first.

As I walked inside my house, I almost cursed in front of my parents.

Speak of the devil.

What the hell was Dalton doing inside my house?