R E J E C T S

CH.6: I THINK SHE LIKES ME

"Come here, you." I grabbed Rob by the collar, closing the gap between us with our faces only an inch away.

"Wh... what are you doing?" He sounded quite taken aback by my sudden gesture.

"Heads up. Your mom's coming this way..." I whispered lowly on his ear.

"There. That's much better!" I fixed his hair in place, making sure that I was audible enough for his mom to hear.

"Such a lovely couple you two make!" Rob's mom was all teary-eyed when she approached us in Rob's Jaguar.

"That's what all the people say in school..." I smiled.

"Yeah. We're planning to win the 'Prom King and Queen' title this year even though Prom is still a few months away, right babe?" He flashed me a genuine smile.

Wait, is he actually serious about that?

"You love birds have my vote!" Mrs. Wadge clapped her hands excitedly.

"Thanks mom but I think we really need to get going now... we don't want to be late for our appointment with grandma." Rob excused us both.

"Oh, of course not. Okay, bye. You two take care now and have fun at the rest house!" She gave each one of us a smooch on the face before letting us go completely.

"We're not really going to visit your grandma for this weekend, are we?" I clarified.

"Nope. She's somewhere in Milan but my mom thinks that she's staying at our empty rest house for the weekend which means that we got the whole place to ourselves and that can only mean one thing for British teenagers like us. It's time for a party!" He sped up a little and I could feel the cool wind brushing my face.

"Who's coming over?" I asked.

"I invited Ash and a few of my jock friends."

"Is Niall invited too?" I got curious.

"Yeah. And you said that you didn't like the guy anymore..." He had a teasing grin on.

"I didn't exactly say that..."

"It's okay. You don't have to hold back anymore for I just realized that we weren't just meant to be. Hey, is it weird that I got over my crush for Horan so quickly?" He asked for my opinion.

"Nah. There's an awful lot of fish in the sea for you and by that I meant 'hot guy models' at work and 'other jocks' at school." We both chuckled at this.

"Do I look okay? I don't look too pale now, do I?" He glanced at the mirror.

"You can fix your make-up on the way baby, chill... if you let me drive that is." I winked his way.

*ROB'S POV*

I can't help but smile at her cheekiness.

Somehow, she reminds me of myself when I wink... is that weird?

Anyway, I'm starting to think that she likes me...

Nah, she likes my money.

She said it herself too which is one of the reasons why I chose her because she seems like the 'no strings attached' type of gal.

"Hello? Are you actually spacing out right now?" I heard her say.

"What? Did you say something?" I returned my attention to her.

"No but you look like you're in deep thought or something... what's on your mind?" She asked.

"Oh nothing. I was just thinking about you." I flashed her a sideways grin which made her break eye contact for some reason.

Yeah, I think she likes me... it's just a thought though.

Or maybe it's just me being so self-absorbed.

*THAT NIGHT*

*CHER'S POV*

"Hey." Niall approached me as soon as he spotted me sitting on the couch all by myself while my 'boyfriend' was off to somewhere flirting with another guy.

"Hey." I couldn't think of anything else to say.

"Where's Robbie?" He asked.

"Uh... catching up with a friend, I suppose."

"You look bored. Wanna get out of here?" He offered.

"But you just got here... wait, are you suggesting that we go somewhere secluded like the backseat of your car so that we could hook up or something? Because I'm not up for that."

"Um, no. I meant for us to hang outside for awhile because I love walking by the beach."

Okay, that was just plain embarrassing.

"Or we could just chill in here if you want..." He added.

"No. I mean, I'd love to accompany you outside for a stroll it's just that I'm... thirsty all of a sudden." I was feeling rather hot... must be because of his presence.

I definitely DID NOT prepare to see him in his casual clothes... and to think that I thought he looks the hottest in his varsity jacket.

"I'll go grab you a punch then." He smiled before sauntering off so quickly.

What is wrong with me today? I need to calm down.

I guess I kind of forgot what it's like to have a 'crush' on a boy.

I should probably check myself in front of the mirror right now... just a quick check-up.

I got up from the couch and hurried off to the bathroom but I never made it in there anyway for I bumped hard into Niall... spilling the punch that he was carrying for me on his sky-blue polo shirt.

"Shit. I'm so sorry! I wasn't looking... I'm not usually like this." I mentally slapped myself for being such a clumsy idiot.

"It's fine."

"No, it's not. C'mon, let me help you clean up." I grabbed his hand then dragged him all the way to the bathroom.

Once we got there, I locked the bathroom door behind me and I swear I heard him gulp after that.

"So... what now?" He bit his lower lip as we stared at each other in pure awkwardness... like two owls having a staring contest or something.

"This is the part where you remove your shirt---"

"But you have a boyfriend." He interjected.

"So that I could wash the stain off..." I finished my sentence.

"Oh." He took his shirt off without making eye contact.

"Uh... sorry." He apologized.

"For what?"

"I'm not usually like this either." He scratched the back of his head like an innocent kid. So cute.

*ROB'S POV*

"Hey, do you know that chick with the blonde dude?" Ash asked all of a sudden.

I followed his gaze right across the room where Cher was.

"Uh, yeah. Why?"

"I think she's hot."

"What?! I thought you like guys?" I got confused.

"I do but I never said that I didn't like girls. I'm bisexual."

What the hell?!

"Well, she's off limits anyway..." I folded my arms across my chest.

"Why?"

"Because... she's into other chicks as well." I made up.

"Really? Then why is she talking to that blonde friend of yours?" Ugh.

Why does this guy have so many questions?!

"Oh, that's actually the brother of her girlfriend." Another lie.

"Too bad then. I was thinking that it'd be fun to do a 'threesome' with you and her."