Tonight had been a disaster. I hadn't get to enjoy my dinner with my date because Jenny wouldn’t let us be; Ryan glared at me all night from across the table; Trevor was pissed at the sight of Ryan and vice versa, and I didn’t even know why. I also didn’t get to kiss my date!

So imagine how pissed off I was when I saw Ryan standing outside my bedroom door. He was still dressed in the same casual clothing he had on at the restaurant, and he still looked handsome as hell.

“What are you doing here?” I managed to get out in a calm tone and not yell at him.

“Your mum let me in,” He replied, though, that wasn’t what I had asked. “Won’t you invite me in first?” He asked with an eyebrow cocked upward. I didn’t want to be in the same room as him, but I wanted to also know why he was here.

I stepped aside, and he walked in, past me slowly while his eyes roamed around my room, inspecting it. I closed the door and spun to him with my hands folded across my chest. He was still staring at everything but me.

“Why are you here, Ryan?” I asked again, and he stared at me this time. “I mean, last time I checked, we weren’t exactly friends who visited one another.” I cocked my head and raised an eyebrow at him. He rubbed his hands on his jeans and took a step closer to me.

“How was your uh...date?” He asked, sounding surprisingly polite and nervous. Like he would like to know.

“Ruined. Thanks to your girlfriend’s dumb idea and big mouth.” I responded, still angry about tonight.

“She didn’t mean to get you upset.” He tried to cover up for her, and I shook my head, wondering if he hadn’t heard all she said.

“She called me skinny and ugly...on my date!”

“Well, to be fair, you also called her fat.” He defended quickly, making me stare at him in disbelief. Was he for real? She insulted me first and provoked me to say that. She even called me a boyfriend snatcher! And he was defending her, really?

“Oh, so she’s right to talk trash to me, and I’m supposed to keep quiet?” I could feel my blood starting to boil in anger as I clenched my fist by my sides. I couldn’t believe this. Was this what he came here for? Because if it was, I would like for him to leave right now.

“No...no. That’s not what I meant. She was wrong to talk like that to you, and I should have said something to her then. I even fought with her over it after you guys left.” He quickly explained, catching me off guard. I wasn’t expecting that. 

“Oh,” Was all I could say as I was lost for words. For a second there, I thought he was here to defend her or something like that. Seeing he wasn’t, I let my guard down and relaxed a little bit.

“Yeah...” He said too, clearly not knowing what to also say. “Can I sit?” He motioned to the bed.

“Yeah, sure.” I nodded and also went to sit beside him. This close, I could smell his cologne mixed with his natural scent, and I breathed in trying to get more of it. He smelled so good and looked good too. His hair was ruffled, but that just added to his looks, and I wanted to run my fingers through them and feel their softness.

“Though, I’m not sorry for what I said to Trevor,” He declared, breaking me out of my reverie.

“Huh?” I was confused about what he was talking about since I was still busy thinking of what I wanted to do to him.

“About what I said, at the restaurant, to him.” He explained. I then remembered how hostile they were to each other.

“Yeah, what was that all about?” I asked, curious as to why they hated themselves.

“Just football stuff.” He started to say, ” He was once on the team. Really good player trained real hard and was on everyone’s good books. He wanted to be Captain, but Coach chose me instead. So he was really pissed and quit the team.” He explained further.

“Just like that?!” I furrowed my eyebrows, wondering why he would leave for a lame reason such as that.

“People tend to get really angry when things don’t go their way.” He shrugged, “He had been vying for that spot since he joined the football team in his first year of high school. And I joined in my second year and got the spot.” Ryan replied, trying to justify Trevor’s actions.

“Well, I think it was still a stupid reason to quit the team.” I faced him, rose my leg on the bed, and got more comfortable. He was quiet for some time, just looking at me, and I him. I, could feel his eyes roaming through every inch of my face before stopping on my lips.

“Do you like him?” He asked, not taking his eyes away from my lips. “Trevor, I mean.” He added as his eyes diverted to mine and trapped me in them.

“Maybe...” I whispered, still mesmerized by his distracting eyes. “I don’t know.” I swallowed hard past the lump in my throat. His hand on the bed glided closer towards mine, and I felt my fingers tingle wherever his touched. My lips all of a sudden felt dry, so I wet it with my tongue, and his eyes seemed to darken a bit when it followed my action.

“Ryan...” I whispered but couldn’t talk further because his lips descended on mine.

My eyes widen a fraction, surprised at his action. Every thought filtered through my mind at that moment. Was this really happening?
This wasn’t my first kiss. I had kissed liked two guys before at my former school, but none of them was my ex-best friend, nor were they Ryan Adams! Was I really going to go through with it?

He ran his tongue on my lips then, and that just felt really good, making my eyes flutter close. And for a second, I gave in. I had to give it to him though, he was a really good kisser, and I was loving his soft lips on mine when all of a sudden, I heard a phone buzz, but it wasn’t mine.

I quickly broke apart from him, startled, and trying to comprehend what just happened.

"Shit!" He cursed and reached for his phone in his back pocket as he stood up.

“Jenny?” He picked the call and paused, probably listening to the caller.

“I’m at Josh's.” He glanced at me and combed his fingers through his hair. Did he just say he was at Josh's? Well, what was I expecting? That he would risk his relationship for me? “I’m on my way...I’ll be there in ten minutes...yeah...bye.” He had a frown on his face as he hung up then and turned to me.

I guessed Jenny needed him, and I was delaying him since he picked her over me.

“Sam, I...” He began to say, but I cut him off.

“You should go.” I stared up to him, trying to keep the tears from falling. He kissed me, and now he wanted to run to his girlfriend without even thinking about what just happened. And I was a fool for letting him even touch me.

“Sam...” He sighed and tried to get closer to me, but I stopped him.

“Please, just go,” I said quickly not wanting to hear what he had to say because if I did, then I might just forgive him and give in...again

He paused before nodding. He was about to go when he stopped and stared at me. “I’ll go, Sam. But we’re going to talk about this tomorrow.” He declared before pivoting on his feet to leave.

Immediately he sauntered out the door, I felt the tears fall down freely, and I used the palm of my hand to cover my mouth to stop the sobs from coming out, but they did anyway. And I cried so hard that night because I realized something then.

I was in love with Ryan Adams, and maybe I had been for a while, but I had just realized it then after that kiss. And there was a probability that he didn’t feel the same.

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