New Boy [Daniel Seavey]

sixteen

I haven't had Daniel at my house in two weeks, but I've been spending the most time I can with Phillip, mostly out of guilt. No, Daniel and I didn't go all the way, but I still feel guilty for what we did.

"Baby?" I hear Phillip say waving his hand in front of my face.

I bink a few times then say, "yeah babe?"

"You okay? You zoned out again," he states before taking a sip of his Dr. Pepper.

"Yeah, I'm fine. I was just thinking of the test I have in French tomorrow."

Phillip sits there for a minute and stares me down. He's trying to find what's really wrong, he won't figure it out; but he'll ask what's wrong. And that's one of the things I love about him. "Cmon Ashlyn, what's wrong?" he asks in a soothing voice.

"I want to have sex." I blurt.

Phillip smirks, "when?"

"Like as soon as possible."

"So want to go to my house?"

I smile and nod, "yeah sure." Oh, flying fuck what did I get myself into?

-

Phillip pulls up into his driveway and there's a car in the driveway. And I know it's not his moms car because I've seen her car. "Phillip who's here?" I ask casually.

"Um.. I think Hannah might be here," Phillip replies tapping his knuckles on the steering wheel.

"Oh. Let's go say hi." I don't have a problem with Hannah. All I really know about her is that she's Phillips ex and she cheated on him and he caught her. We climb out of the car and wait for her to exit hers. She walks up to Phillips doorstep, his green sweater in hand.

"Hey Ashlyn." she starts.

"Hi."

She looks down at the floor and then up at Phillip, "you left this at my house last night." Hannah hands Phillip his sweater then looks at me. "Okay bye." Hannah practically sprints back to her car and then backs out of his driveway and speeds down the road.

"So you were at Hannah's last night?" I ask.

Phillip nods, "yeah for a little."

"And your sweater was there?"

"It got warm."

"Phillip, you were only wearing a sweater and joggers yesterday. I know for a fact that there was nothing underneath that sweater, don't lie to me."

Phillips eyes travel to the ground, "we hooked up," he confesses in a whisper. "She said she missed me and I guess I missed her and one thing led to another and then yeah.."

"So that whole 'I've never done this with a girl thing' was a lie?"

Phillip nods, "yeah."

"And to think I was actually starting to like you."

Phillip swallows, "I'm sorry."

He's sorry? He slept with his ex. "It's fine. We all do things. We all give in."

He meets my eyes, "do you need a ride home?"

I shake my head, "no. I'll call someone."

Phillip nods, "well I'll see you around?" Probably not.

"Yeah." I say with a tight smile. Phillip unlocks his front door and walks into his house. He closes the door slowly. Then I'm standing on his doorstep alone. I pull my phone out of my back pocket and dial Daniels number. He answers on the first ring.

"Hey what's up?"

"Are you busy?"

"No just watching some TV.."

"Great can you come pick me up from Phillips? We just broke up."

"Yeah I'll be there in five."

"Daniel it's a ten minute drive."

"Well not today."