Worth the Ache

Chapter 4

When I woke up that morning I immediately headed home. I wasn't exactly feeling like I was the same person I was last night. I had a pounding headache, and stomach full of butterflies. I couldn't get the thought of Alex and I so close together out of my head. When I got home I jumped in the shower.

When I got out of the shower I had a message from Lizzy and from Alex asking me to hang out with them. They wanted to go to the park in our neighborhood. I didn't know how I felt about that. I wasn't the same as I was last night.

I replied anyway and met Alex outside my house. He was wearing a blue tank top that made me melt, in every inch of my body. He was just so fucking cute I couldn't stand it. He had a long board under one foot and stood at the end of my drive way. He had a crooked smile on his lips and his blonde hair was swooped just right.

"Want to ride it?" He asked. Let's get one thing straight here, I do not have a dirty mind, and I definitely never have thought about any guy in a sexual way before that moment. But for some reason right then I thought he was referring to his dick.

"W-what?" I stuttered like a dumb idiot. "My long board, do you want to ride it?" He asked with his eyebrow raised at me. Okay long board didn't sound much better, but I understood this time.

I still looked at him unknowingly, God he probably thought I was retarded. He started walking at me and then grabbed my hand. Oh God, puddle. "Come on, I'll help you." My eyes widened and I shit you not, all the air in my lungs just disappeared. I put my foot on the board and he had one hand on my shoulder and the other hand in mine. I started off wobbly but then got pretty good at it. 

When we got to Lizzy's house she was waiting outside with a rip-stick to ride on. Good, nothing he could help her with. But he walked right up to her and gave her a hug. What. The. Fuck. They both started towards the park, as I stood there, dumbfounded. I picked up the long board and headed after them.

In the middle of the park there was a patch of grass surrounded by a sidewalk. We gathered there and all sat in a circle. 

"So Alex, tell us, why don't you have a girlfriend?" Lizzy asked.

"I did, her name was Shaylee. But she cheated on me more times than I could count. We broke up in the middle of the school year." He said, not sounding as sad as I thought he would be.

"What a bitch." I said, Alex looked at me, and gave me one of his pantie dropping smiles. "Why don't you have a girlfriend now?" Lizzy questioned again. 

"Girls don't really see me that way." He said nonchalantly.

"But you're like the most attractive guy I've ever seen before." I said. Wait, I said? Holy shit, I'm am way to sober to be saying stuff like that.

"Well thank you." He said, another smile playing at this lips. 

"Hey, guys look! There's a volleyball in that tree."  Lizzy pointed out, thank god. That was starting to get awkward. "I love volleyball, " Alex said looking up "lets get it down." We all stood and started throwing random objects at it. I threw my Jesus sandals in attempt to get it, but that only resulted in my losing my shoes to the stupid tree as well. We all laughed at my failure. But I realized I was going to be walking home barefoot. 

It was started to get late and we were all expected home for dinner.

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At around 8 pm Alex texted again, wanting to go back to our new found hang out. I walked to the park with Meadow. She said Alex was on his way, he was looking or something first. Meadow and I talked while we sat at the patch. She told me Lizzy wasn't coming due to her extremely religious parents wanted to read the bible or something like that.

Something caught Meadow's eyes and she covered her mouth. I looked to where her eyes gazed and saw Alex on his bike with a 12" pole. What the hell?

"I'm here to rescue your shoes!" He declared. "Wow, my knight in shining armor." His eyes sparkled as he looked at me, and then he tried standing on his bike. Meadow and I grabbed one side and he climbed up and knocked my shoes right out. 

What a guy.