"Ay, Coopie, she pop your cherry?" Marty smirks as he leans against the door frame.
"Shut the hell up, Mantle. Why are you continuously an asshole?" Alice barks at him.
"Ooo, always knew you Southside girls were freaky, gotta tell ya sweetheart, the mean streak kinda turns me on." Marty crowds her and she tries to shove him away to no avail.
"Come on Marty, just leave her alone. You're drunk." Hal pleads with him.
"Aw, Coop, you mad I'm hitting on your girlfriend?"
"She's not my girlfriend-"
"Yeah, she's mine so back the hell off, Mantle." FP shoves Marty out of the way and takes Alice's hand. "You wanna go home, Al?" She nods. "Coop? You cool with leaving?"
"Yeah, that's fine with me." He follows FP and Alice outside to his truck.
He sits in the backseat and watches with a pang of jealousy as FP rubs Alice's thigh. "You alright, babe?"
"Yeah, I'm fine. He's just an asshole, especially when he's drunk." She holds onto his hand and leans over to kiss him. "Let's just go home."
"So Coop," FP starts. "How was your first party?"
"It was good," Hal smiles in the darkness of the truck as he remembers the kiss he and Alice shared. "really good."
"Maybe I'll see you at them more often."
"Yeah, I think so." He watches as Alice turns to him and even in the darkness he can still see her gorgeous smile and his heart skips a beat.
The rest of the drive is mostly silent until FP pulls into Hal's driveway. "Thanks for the ride." Hal says as he gets out of the vehicle.
"Yeah, no problem. See you on Monday."
He nods. "Bye FP, bye Alice."
She smiles at him, a wide grin. "Bye Hal, see you Monday."
After Hal's inside FP starts his truck again. "Whats got you so smiley?" He questions Alice, snapping her out of her daze.
"Oh nothing... I was just thinking that my parents aren't home, maybe you could stay over?"
He smiles and leans over to kiss her. "That sounds great."
The whole ride to her trailer she's guilt ridden. Her mind is filled with images of Hal, of them in the closet, of the kiss they shared, and what a lovely kiss it was. How sweet he was to her and how he reassured her so easily and actually made her feel like she was worth something.
She feels horrible as she thinks about him, especially with her loyal boyfriend right beside her, but she can't help it.
And if she happens to hide her guilt by sleeping with FP all while thinking of Hal? Well, she can't help that either.
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How it Began
FanfictionWho would've thought that Fred Andrew's 43rd birthday bash would be the thing to bring them all together again? That's exactly what did it. The kids find out that their parents were all friends as teenagers and ask them to tell the story. | Based on...
