The One That I Want (Carter Reynolds fanfic)

Chapter 9

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-Mia and Paige

Carter's POV

"OUT!" Mia screamed, pointing at the door. If I tried to argue she would have killed me. I quickly scurried outside and to my car. I could already feel tears in my eyes. I started up the car and then drove to no where in particular. I just had to clear my head. The girl that I really liked just threw me out of her house, out of her life. And it was my fault. I should have worded the sentence better. I meant that I didn't want to be turned down by Mia because I wouldn't be able to bear it if she didn't like me back. Instead, I made it sound like all I was worried about was my reputation. Tears were rolling down my cheeks and I just felt like shit. I caused a beautiful girl to cry. I probably just lost my chance with her. And she actually liked me back, but no, I just ruined everything. I punched the steering wheel and sobbed into my hands. I needed to pull over, this isn't safe. I pulled into a small car park and sat there, sobbing. No amount of crying is ever going to reverse my stupid mistake but it feels good to just let out all the emotion. I looked up for a brief moment and noticed that I was at the park that Mia and I were at when she got the call. When I took her hand and she let me. When Kennedy thought we were together. I cried even more then. I'm such an idiot. I don't deserve a girl like Mia. A tap on the window pulled me from my thoughts. I wiped my eyes and looked over to see Kennedy. I mentally groaned and rolled down the window.

"Yes?" My voice was still weak from crying.

"What's wrong? Carter Reynolds never cries." She asked softly. As much as I disliked Kennedy, I needed someone to talk to. I gestured to the passenger seat and she got the message, entering the car and sitting next to me.

"So?" She looked at me expectantly.

"Mia overheard me and Cameron talking and I said something douchey that wasn't meant to sound douchey but-"

"What did you say?" Kennedy cut me off.

"I said,'I don't want to tell Mia that I like her because I have never been rejected before and I don't really want to experience it.' Or something like that." I told her.

"Oh my god, I knew you liked Mia! But wow that does sound douchey. But I feel like you didn't mean it that way. You can be an asshole, but not that bad."

"I meant that I hadn't been rejected by other girls but if Mia rejected me, it'd be a whole lot worse because she wouldn't like me back and I wouldn't be able to bear it. I wasn't worried about my reputation." I explained and she nodded.

"Maybe you should tell her that." Kennedy suggested.

"She wanted me out of her life." I admitted, looking down at my hands.

"I'm sure she didn't mean it Carter. She was just mad and scared to let her guard down. I may not know her very well but I'm a good judge of character."

"Also very modest." I joked and she rolled her eyes.

"You're welcome." She said, getting out of the car. I smiled and pulled out my phone. I had a missed call from Cameron. I called him and held the phone to my ear, waiting for him to pick up.

"Carter you dick." He said as soon as he answered.

"Well hello to you too." I replied with a chuckle.

"This isn't a fucking joke Carter. Mia was in tears for the last ten minutes. I got her to be happy and we pranked the other three but now she is crying again and- Mia don't! Oh my god she just punched a mirror. Carter get your sorry ass over here and fix this."

"The mirror?"

"Yes I want you to fix the shattered mirror and just ignore the bleeding girl that you love." Cameron replied sarcastically.

"I'll be there." I mumbled and hung up. I drove to Mia's, probably breaking a speed limit. I jumped out of my car and raced to the front door and into the house. In front of me was Mia and Cameron on the sofa, no visibly broken mirrors and both of Mia's hands were fine.

"What the hell guys?" I asked when they burst out laughing.

"We pranked your sorry ass." Cameron laughed at me.

"I guess I deserved it." I mumbled.

"You guess? Dude you have some explaining to do." Cameron left the room, leaving Mia and I alone.

"Mia-" I started but she cut me off.

"Do you like me? More than a friend." She asked with a straight face.

"Of course." I breathed out.

"Then explain."

"When I said I didn't want to experience rejection, I didn't mean generally. I meant I didn't want to be rejected by you because I like you a lot and it would crush me if you didn't like me back." I said everything quite quickly, not wanting her to lose interest and zone out.

"Carter..." She trailed off.

"If you don't like me that's totally fine but I just needed you to know that I'm not a complete asshole."

"Carter-" She tried to say something else but I cut her off.

"And I understand if you want me to leave."

"Carter, quiet. What I wanted to say was, I like you too. But I am not ready for any kind of relationship. I've only been here a few days and I need to settle in first. If you're willing to wait a little while, we could go out in the future." She said, looking down at her feet. I walked up to her and put my arms around her. She was a little bit shorter than me but it didn't matter. She's perfect. Her arms went around my torso and she hugged me tight.

"I'll wait Mia. I would wait years for you." I told her and she sniffled. Oh god, have I made her cry?

"It's happy crying Carter." She said into my chest. I must have said that out loud.

"Oh good." I pulled her closer to me, not wanting to let her go.

"Aww guys! You're making me jealous." I was expecting Kennedy, but no, it was Cameron.

"You sound so girly Cam." I laughed at him as he pouted.

"Whatever. So are you guys a thing now?" He asked Mia and I and we pulled away from our hug.

"No." Mia answered.

"Then...what?" Cameron looked confused.

"Mia isn't ready so I'm going to wait. However long it takes." I told him and he cooed.

"Stoooop. Carter when did you get so sappy?" Cameron gave me a look and flopped down on the sofa. I rolled my eyes at him. I was just happy that Mia liked me back. Now all I need to do is wait. Then I can proudly call Mia mine.

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M- Hey jelly tots! I really need to stop with the lame greetings. So this chapter was kind of short but whatever. You awesome people got us the votes and comments that we asked for really quick so we had to write this chapter kind of quickly. We were planning this but we just had to write the chapter really quick.

P- It's cute though, right? We thought so. But we need a ship name for them. You guys comment a ship name for them and we'll pick the one that we like the best. And also to clear it up, this is posted on my account (paigepop22) but it's me and Mia that use the account. We probably should change the name of the account to make it less confusing.

M- And if course, any spelling or grammar mistakes, please point them out for us. But thank you sooo much for reading this sort of okay story and please don't forget to,

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