Where do the good boys go to hide away?

Where do the good boys go to hide away? Part 3

I woke up from the alarm blaring in my ears. I stayed in bed for a few more minutes checking social media. Today it was Thursday meaning the party was tomorrow. I was actually really excited since Reggie might come with me. I had texted him before I went to sleep asking if I could by after school, and he said it was okay. I got up, took a quick shower and got dressed before walking downstairs. I rarely put on makeup if it wasn't for a party or any other special occasion. I found a plate of pancakes on the counter. My parents did that a lot. They left earlier than me, but in the morning they made me breakfast and left it for me. That made up a little bit for not getting a car. 

When I had eaten breakfast I walked outside and saw a car I recognized standing there. I felt myself smile as I walked to Reggie's car.

"Hi stranger" he said as I sat down.

"Hey, why are you picking me up?"

"Just thought you maybe didn't want to take the bus to school"

"Well you were right"

He started driving, and it felt so good to sit in a car with Reggie and not on a bus with other teens. When we got to school he stopped and I was just about to leave when I remembered about the party.

"There's a party at Cheryl's tomorrow, wanna come?"

"Well from what I can remember from her other parties it's actually really fun, so I'll follow"

"Great" I said getting out. 

Reggie drove away and I started to walk towards school.

"Reggie's back"

I didn't even have to turn around to hear that it was Archie. 

"Yeah, why?"

"Just, you must be happy to have your boy toy home again"

I saw a little smile form on his lips. 

"He is not my boy toy"

"But you wish he was?"

"No. We're friends"

"Keep telling yourself that"

"Why do you even care?"

"I don't"

"Clearly you do or else you wouldn't have brought it up"

"Just surprised he have never made a move on a beautiful girl like you"

He started to walk away.

"Hey, no. You don't get to say that"

"Say what?"

"That I'm beautiful. We both know you just wanna get into my pants"

"Just wanted to tell you I think you are beautiful"

I chuckled and rolled my eyes at him. Did he really think his so called charm would work on me? 

"Well my class starts so I have to go" he said as he winked at me before walking away.

I just stood there looking after him. I wasn't sure how to react. Maybe he did affect me more than I was willing to admit. When he was out of my sight I realized I had been holding my breath. I looked around and tried to make the red color on my cheeks go away. I didn't mean to blush, but if someone called me beautiful I would blush. I got myself together before walking inside. I walked to my locker and got my books.

"Hi"

I turned around and Betty stood there. She smiled at me and I could only imagine what she wanted to say.

"What?"

"Is the rumor true?"

"What rumor?"

"That you and Archie hooked up yesterday while you were cleaning the gym"

"No, of course not. Who said that?"

"I heard some girls talk about in the bathroom. Apparently you two were there for a really long time and hey had seen you standing really close together"

"That does not mean we hooked up, he just decided to stand really close to me"

I could feel my cheeks heating up at the memory of him standing that close to me.

"Wait, do you like him?"

"No, why would you even think that?"

"Well, cause you're blushing"

"I'm not. And I am definitely not attracted to Archie!" I said a little bit too loud cause people around us turned to look at us. 

I just didn't have the energy to care about them so I walked to class which was AP English. I had almost every subject with Archie, since we somehow had chosen the same subjects. I sat down on my seat and not even a minute later someone sat down next to me. I looked over.

"Archie, no. You are not sitting next to me"

"Why not? Scared you can't keep it in your pants Lodge?"

I heard myself gasp and tried to cover it with a cough.

"You ain't fooling anyone Lodge, we all know you want me"

As he said those words I snapped out of whatever spell he had put me under.

"We all know you want me?!  God, get over yourself. You are not as special as you think"

I got up and changed seats. Not only because he was being an asshole, but because whenever I was around him lately I couldn't properly think. It had never been like this before, it started that damn day in the gym. How could us being together alone for that short amount of time change so much. Did I like him?

No! I snapped out of my thoughts. What was I saying? I didn't like Archie, I hated him. I was just horny, very horny. And Archie was the only one who had showed any interest in me in a long time. That was the only reason. This was not going to be a cliché bad boy/god girl love story. I did NOT like him. 

The class started and the only way to not focus on Archie's looks, that I could feel burning in my neck, I tried to actually listen to the teacher. AP English was the only subject I actually liked. 

After class I walked back to my locker. 

"How was English?" Betty asked, who had walked up to me.

"Good, except Archie flirted with me"

"And that's a bad thing?"

I didn't even answer it, I just glared at her.

"Sorry, stupid question I guess"

"No it's okay, but Archie flirting with me isn't. I just wanna do something to make him understand I don't want him"

"Maybe if you just say it"

"That won't work"

"Have you tried?"

"Yes. I just need to come up with something to make him stop"

"Yeah, this is starting to sound like a bad idea"

"I haven't even said what I'm planning"

"I honestly don't think I wanna know"