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that's how hot.

CHAPTER SEVEN: THAT'S HOW HOT.

alex's motor home was similar to ryan's, but the interior was a darker gray color. it felt homey though. alex sat himself down on the couch and let out a loud sigh before his icey eyes looked up to me. "so my parents wanna have dinner with me tonight. you're welcome to come with. it's nothing fancy." alex explained.

my stomach dropped and i thought i was going to throw up. meet his parents? that was a big step and him and i weren't much of anything yet. "you want me to meet your parents?" i swallowed the lump in my throat and sat myself down next to him.

"it isn't really a big deal. they just wanna introduce themselves." he stated before he grabbed my hand in his..

i nodded and leaned my body into his. "okay, yeah, i'll go with you." i smiled up at him which made him smile back at me.

"great, thank you. it'll be way more fun with you there." he whispered to me.

my stomach turned to mush and my cheeks heated up to a bright red color. i was elated that alex liked spending time with me. that he thought things were fun when i was around because honestly, i liked spending time with him too. "what time is it? and what should i wear?" i asked as i grew nauseous. i didn't bring anything fancy to the track with me. if we were going anywhere fancy, i'd have to drive to the mall and pick something out.

"we're gonna go after qualifying so about seven. you can wear something casual. not that it matters cause you look amazing in everything." alex grinned and pressed his lips to my forehead, leaving a kiss on the skin, which made me smile some more.

as i spent more time with alex, and developed more feelings for him, i felt more and more guilty. ryan seemed pissed at me for deserting him at his get together and i'd been spending more time away from him. i felt lousy for ditching my best friend all the time. but on the other hand, alex made me feel special. he made me feel loved. things were actually progressing with alex. with ryan it was like we were frozen in time, standing, staring at each other, waiting for someone to do something. it seemed like no matter what i did, no matter how much i pushed, he wouldn't do anything. he would freeze up and avoid me like the plague. being anything more than friends with ryan would be complicated. we were best friends. if we were more than that, it would ruin things and i didn't want to risk losing my best friend. testing the waters with alex seemed like a better option.

"what if i wear a shirt with your face but huge on it?" i teased and turned around to face him.

his eyes locked onto mine and he laughed. "well in that case, you might look a little questionable. might bring you down to an eight instead of a ten." alex teased.

"oh that's it?" i scoffed. i enjoyed joking with alex. it was one of the few things that brought me happiness. it made me feel like i was alive. "it only brings me down two points?"

"well yeah, i'm pretty hot so wearing me on your shirt isn't the worst thing."  he rolled his eyes with a smile on his face.

i nodded. "yeah, i agree."

"you agree?" he arched one of his eyebrows at me.

"i agree that you're hot." i smiled.

he moved his face closer to me and smirked. "how hot?"

"on sunday when you're sweating buckets in the racecar, that's how hot." i explained and bit down on my bottom lip.

within an instant, alex smashed his lips onto mine, startling me. at first, i was shocked and butterflies went psychotic in my stomach, but after a few seconds, i kissed him back. his lips tasted like mint and they left me wanting more of him, but i couldn't. it felt like fireworks were going off. nothing was important. nothing mattered to me more than the man whom i was kissing.