After almost making puke my lunch all over the floorboard of his car with his reckless driving, Ryan finally stopped at an ice cream shop and went in, while I remained seated in the passenger’s seat, willing myself not to vomit.

That handsome devil almost killed us both on our way here. He almost crashed his car against two other drivers and I swear I saw him drive past a red light.

Oh, I was so going to give him a piece of my mind when he gets back. I would have on our way here but I was too busy praying to God not to let us die.

Why did he even drag me here? We don’t even talk much when we see and I don’t even know what our relationship with each other is.

Where we ex-best friends now just friends? Or friends who kiss each other when they feel like? Or something else?

I waited for five minutes before he came out of the shop with two ice cream sundaes in hand and a stupid grin on his face.

Yeah, I remember he likes chocolates a lot and the two sundaes looked to be of chocolate and vanilla flavor topped with whipped cream and a cherry on top.

He got back in the car and handed one of them over to me.

“Jeez, I wonder how I’m going to eat this with my stomach still reeling with the excitement of your driving.” I sarcastically said while taking the sundae from him.

“Sorry about that. Jenny used to love me driving like that, I thought you would too,” He muttered and started to feast in his sundae.

“Oh I’m sure she would also love the display you made in the parking lot too.” I can’t believe he thought I would like anything his bitchy girlfriend would. Why did he even bring her up? I hate her.

“It’s none of her business anymore.” He shrugged while he kept scooping away his sundae. I looked at him confused. What did he mean by that?

“Why isn’t it her business anymore?” I asked and watched as he rolled his eyes exasperatedly before he answered.

“I broke up with her, okay. Now could you stop talking and let me enjoy my sundae.”

I didn’t know if I should be mad at how he talked to me or feel sorry for him. But he didn’t look like he felt sad about their ended relationship.

“Why did you drag me here with you, Ryan?!” I wanted to know.

" ’cause, I wanted to spend time with you.” He shrugged without looking at me. “I already told you, I miss you.” He added and kept eating his sundae.

I couldn’t stop myself from smiling at him even though he wasn’t looking at me, and then I started to eat my sundae.

We kept eating in silence and I couldn’t stop myself from throwing side-way glances at him. He just looked so cute with his black hair being ruffled by the wind and his face scrunching up because of how cold the sundae was.

I was halfway through with mine when he finished his and started to drive again, but he didn’t speed this time. Thank God!

“So...when did you guys break up.” I had to ask.

He was silent for some time, just kept driving and looking at the road. I thought he wasn’t going to answer me until I heard him say,

“Wednesday. The day she was rude to you on your date. I told you we had a fight. I also broke up with her then.” He gruffly said leaving me confused.

I had seen them together after that day and she was always clinging to him and he never pushed her away. Also the night he kissed me and she called, he left me to go meet her.

What sought of a breakup is that?

“But I always see you guys together at school.” I had completely forgotten about my half-eaten sundae right now and wanted to know what was going on.

“Jenny and I are just friends now...but sometimes she still thinks of us as a couple.” He shrugged still looking at the road.

“Well is that healthy?” I blinked and wondered if he was cool with her thinking he was still her boyfriend even after they broke up. “And what about that night. She called and you were in hurry to go meet her back.”

“Okay firstly, I wasn’t in a hurry to go meet her. You kicked me out...” He quickly said but I interrupted him.

“Only because you mentioned you were going to meet her. What was I supposed to do? I didn’t want to stop you from meeting your girlfriend after you cheated on her with me!”

The car stopped moving all of a sudden and I felt myself jerk forward but luckily, my sundae didn’t spill on me. It had already started melting.

“I didn’t cheat on her. We had already broken up! I wanted to keep kissing the girl I can’t stop thinking about!” He almost yelled, facing me this time with his face set in a scowl, and his eyes blazing in anger.

He was still gripping the stirring wheel really tight and I could see his jaw clenching.

Was he talking about me? Is he saying he likes me?!

He looked back front and exhaled, trying to reign in his anger before he looked back at me.

“I’m not a cheater, Samantha. I could never do that.” He whispered this time with soft eyes staring at me. “Jenny was so mad I broke up with her that night because of how rude she was to you that she didn’t let me drive her home. She was on her way home when she got into an accident.”

He leaned back into his seat but he was still staring intently at me.

“Her parents were already there and taking her home when she called me. I was going to go meet her at home later after I was done talking to you. But you instead kicked me out and started to fool around with that scumbag, Trevor!”

“Don’t you dare insult Trevor when he’s done nothing to you.” I glowered at him. Trevor didn’t deserve to be insulted like that.

“Oh really?! Hasn’t he?” His face was closer to mine now and I could feel that familiar tightening in my throat and dryness in my mouth. “How about the fact that he went after the girl that I can’t stop staring at.” He whispered enough for me to hear and I could see his brown eyes very clearly with how close our faces were.

We were both breathing very hard at this point. I could feel the coldness sundae sipping through my bones and my lips dry all of a sudden.

I could feel his breath on my cheek and I slid my tongue over my lips to wet them.

At my action, his eyes dropped down to my lips and they darkened a little bit. Was it just me or was it getting hot in here?

For a second I thought he was going to kiss me, but I was disappointed when he groaned and moved back.

He leaned his head back on the headrest and closed his eyes while breathing very hard like he was trying to restrain himself from doing something.

I couldn’t stop thinking about how devilishly handsome he looked then. His hair ruffled, sweat on his brow, and his Adam apple bobbing anytime he swallowed.

Is it wrong I wanna kiss his neck all the way up right there?

“Do you even like him?” He asked out of the blue with his eyes still closed.

“Um...I think he’s handsome and has a great personality...” I stuttered out and he opened his eyes and turned to look at me.

“That’s not what I asked, cupcake.” His deep silly voice rumbled as he at me so intently with no expression on his face making me shift uncomfortably in my seat and fiddle with the sundae that had already melted by now.

“Well, what do you want me to say?” I kept looking down as his gaze was starting to intimidate me.

I felt his hand cup my jaw and made me face him and he looked straight into my blue eye.

“I want you to tell me how you really feel.” He growled very lowly and I swallowed through the tightening in my throat.

Well, what was I supposed to say to that? That I liked him a lot and wanted to jump him this moment.

But I didn’t even have to say that because we were interrupted by a car’s horn, startling us.

The road wasn’t busy with cars but there was one right now behind us and we were parked in the middle of the road.

“Sorry!” I yelled apologetically out the window at the driver behind while Ryan muttered a curse and resumed driving.