Kendalls POV
why am i here? Why did i do this? Just to make Anthony jealous? This is so dumb-i dont want to be on a date with Ray..
Why not? He's not old enough for you?
No..its just-i dont even know him..
Get to know him, give him a chance, you may be surprised.
"What are you in the mood for? Chinese? Mexican? Italian?" He asks, snapping me out of my train of thought
"Oh..um..whatever you want to get is fine" i say to him, playing around with the pendent on my necklace
"You okay?" He chuckles, looking to me
"Yeah" i say to him "i just..im a little nervous" i tell him
"Why?" He asks
"I've never..been on like..a real date..and have my brother know about it at that" i say as he laughs
"You're joking" he says as i shake my head, embarrassed of myself.
Im 17 and have never been on a real date..yeah, kinda embarrassing.
"Wow.." he says looking to me, glancing back to the road "you're serious.." he says "well..im honored nonetheless" he tells me as i smile a bit, rolling my eyes
"Shutup.." i say, feeling a bit more relaxed now
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Right now we're at a cute little mom and pop pizza shop in the village and im sitting at one of the small tables, waiting for him to come over with our slices
"Here we go" he says, putting down both our paper plates with one hand and our glass bottle cokes with the other
"Impressive" i say, tucking away my phone as he chuckles
"Thanks, i was a server for a few years actually" he admits
"Oh really? Where?"
"At the Fridays over on Memorial Road" he says as i furrow my brows "oh i forgot you're not really from around here huh?"
"Not since i was a kid" i look down to my slice "do you still serve?"
"Oh..no, im uh-im in construction now" he says "way better money" he tells me as i laugh "do you work?"
"No..actually, i've never had a job..unless you count babysitting" i admit
"Really, why?"
"Well, my parents.." i start "um..they didnt want me working because i already did so many sports and had travel teams, training sessions, etc. so they basically bought me anything i wanted just so i could focus on sports. But..i never really ask for anything since i knew they were already busting their ass to be able to get me into private school and stuff..so..yeah" i laugh a bit as he nods, biting into the slice
"Thats a sweet deal you got there" he said as i smile a bit before taking a bite "how do they feel now that you're graduating next year?" He asks as i sit there chewing quietly for a second
"Uh.." i start "i dont know.." i say "they..they died last summer in a car accident" i say, feeling a heavy weight on my chest as i admit it out loud again
He just puts his slice down before staring at me, mouth wide
"Kendall..I" he starts "i-im so sorry. I-I didn't know" he says as i nod, smiling, fighting back tears
Im going to have to tell people this and get that exact face for the rest of my life Arent i?
"Its okay" i say "um..what type of um..construction do you do?" I change the subject, taking another bite from my slice as he swallows, looking around before clearing his throat
"Um..like..houses and stuff-could you excuse me a sec?" He says as i look to him before nodding and he gets up "imma get some parmesan you want some?"
"No thanks" i say as he walks away
Well this is going great so far..
I get a text.
-so ur goin on dates now?
Anthony texts me.
-yea so
Coulda swore u said we werent exclusive🙃
He leaves me on read as I smirk to myself a bit before Ray comes back
"Im sorry" he says again. I really dont want a pity party right now.. "i just um.." he starts, standing in front of our table holding a parmesan shaker in hand, staring at the table "i lost my mom last year too" he says i furrow my brows "and i couldnt imagine losing both my parents.." he says, finally looking to me as we make eye contact "im just..really sorry-and i know thats not what you want to hear from me but..i am"
I stare up at him before standing up as well and hugging him as he hugs me back, holding me close to his warm, toned, body
Dont cry, dont cry, dont cry, dont cry
A tear rolls down my cheeks as i hold him tight and i sniffle causing him to hold me tighter
He feels amazing.
We finally pull apart as i see his eyes are on the verge of tears as well
"Lets just eat these in the car, yeah?" He offers as i nod, sniffling again.
My makeups now ruined im sure..
"Im gonna use the bathroom real quick" i say to him as he nods, getting us the to go boxes as i run in the bathroom
"Fuck" i mutter to myself, pushing my fingers through my loose curls
I take some makeup wipes out of my purse and wipe off my makeup, just taking it all off and throwing it out
I look myself over one last time before fixing my hair, reapplying some lipgloss and heading out the door
"Ready?"
"Yeah" i say to him as we leave the restaurant
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"I would have never known this about you" he says to me as i sit with him in the car with our seats reclined back and the empty boxes at my feet.
"Me neither.." i admit as he smiles, sitting up to look at me as i glance back to him "what?" I ask
"You're more beautiful than i could have even thought" he tells me as i roll my eyes
"Oh shut up" i say, laughing
"Im serious" he says before looking to my lips, leaning down towards me as i stare at him, before he grabs me by the waist and kisses me
I kiss him back as his hands start to travel up my back to the nape of my neck, pulling me closer to him as i hold onto his shoulders enjoying every second of this sweet, slow kiss.
*buzz buzz*
I suddenly hear my phone vibrating and i break us apart as i look to it frantically
"What the fuck" i start as he looks to his dash "wheres my phone" i feel around for it in the dark
"Shit"
"What?"
"Its 11:46" he says as my eyes widen and i finally find it, under the seat and see 30 texts and now 3 missed calls from Chris.
"Fuck.." i say as he sighs, starting up his car
YOU ARE READING
All Grown Up
Teen FictionAnthony and Christian have been best friends since forever. They were inseparable-until an abrupt move pulls them a part when they were younger. Ten years later Christian and his little sister move back to there hometown because of a tragic car acci...
