While I slept, I dreamed about Adam, again and when I woke up, I wondered if he had been talking about me yesterday or if I had completely misunderstood. I did my usual morning routine, yelled a goodbye to my mom, and went out the door. Dad had already gone to work.893Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlOseKEDkj1
As I stepped outside, I was greeted by a chilly gust of wind. I pulled the zipper on my jacket close and walked down the street. When I reached the first crossroad I saw, to my great surprise, Adam. He was leaning against a lamp post.893Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN65nWTETZK
I walked towards him. Adam heard my footsteps and looked up. "Hey, Elizabeth," He waited until I reached him and then started walking alongside me.893Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡozGw66DhG6
"What are you doing here?" I asked.893Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY7kcTQ2Ci5
"I was waiting for you," seeing my confused look, he added, "You surprised me and I just wanted to return the favor. You don't like it?" He asked, when my expression didn't change.893Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnnOMQC9Zhn
I was staring at him and the was getting the wrong impression, "No, no, it's nice, just unexpected."893Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ15B3T0Qyh
Adam laughed softly, "that's kinda the point of surprises."893Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAQrQUbyhaa
"Right," 893Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvnRy9NkF5Q
Silence fell between us, but it wasn't the embarrassing 'don't make a fool out of yourself' moment. I was just grasping the concept that Adam had been waiting for me. It meant that he thought about me, when we weren't together. It was a new yet very nice thing for me.893Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlzD279o4ta
I couldn't stop myself for falling for him, no matter what I did. The realization hit me. And it was as if a heavy weight had been lifted from my chest.893Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNvLbqdPSS5
We walked slowly, to savor the moment. Finally we stepped into the school house. It was buzzing as always with some of Adam's fan girls. The commotion about Adam had quieted down since his arrival but there were still girls who worshipped him. The moment they noticed us, they glared daggers at me.893Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9uS7CwoKNL
Adam acted as if he didn’t even notice them. He walked me to the English classroom and then headed to Math class. Even though we were in the same class, we still had some lessons separately.893Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf0xyCf3Thy
Carmen didn’t turn up at school that day and neither did David. So at least for me, it wasn’t hard to guess where she was.893Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡli9p3ZpiUb
During the sixth period I got a text.893Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzD6nU2aFbs
Wanna go to the movies with Pen and Ben @ 6pm893Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqNxdXg6Jl1
Even though there wasn’t a name, I knew who it was from. I had Steven's number saved in my contacts.893Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF5r78Pu0ud
I considered. Carmen was obviously busy and I didn’t have plans to write the composition with Adam today, so I was officially free. I had made friends with Steven, even though I sometimes thought it was weird that I was running around with people who according to law were adults and drinking alcohol. Mum would pull out her hair if I told her, which I obviously wasn’t going to do because I didn’t have a death wish.893Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0JsthC48Pk
I texted Steven back, saying it sounded like fun, which to my surprise, kind of did. At first I didn’t like Penny or Ben and even now I definitely wasn’t going to tell them any secrets or embarrassing moments, which by the way I had told Carmen. Penny still didn’t really like me and often made my life difficult, like when she said that we weren’t leaving before I had drunk a beer. Thankfully she was totally drunk by the time we left the bar and had forgotten everything with the exception of Ben.893Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡafJwf3KCn8
Steven offered to pick me up from my house but I texted him back and told him to meet me at a park near my home. Because a) I didn’t want everybody to know where I lived and b) my mum would freak out if she saw some older boy picking me up.893Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2N89jfvf2Q
Since we were going to the movies and Carmen wasn’t around to help me out, I dressed casually and didn’t use much makeup. Steven hadn’t really noticed last time that I was wearing makeup, so I didn’t think it mattered too much.893Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡblsS0xPg6c
At 5.40pm I sat in Steven's car, the same car we had sat in when I gave him my number by accident. Steven drove us through the city and we stopped a few blocks away from the cinema because there wasn't room to park the car anywhere else.893Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8JgTjkBNfY
“What movie are we going to see, anyway?” I asked, as Steven parked the car.893Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPx4GWtjVw7
“Oh, aaa. You'll see. Ben has the tickets.”893Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ75EAbq0AIq
“Don’t tell me you don’t know,” I laughed.893Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtsTEtEN4Mn
“I don’t know,”893Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAaroY9sYkr
Ben and Penny were waiting in front of the main entrance. There were a lot of people around so Ben kept his hands mostly to himself. Penny waved at us indifferently. I thought this was the first time, she didn’t greet me with some snappy comment.893Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzuJjprJzGp
“Glad you could make it to our first double date, Liz.” Ben said and put his hand around Penny's shoulders. “The movie's starting any minute now. Let's go” He and Pen started going inside. 893Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyarC7pFbSm
“Ben, what did you say that for?” Steven yelled after Ben, then he looked at me and, seeing I was practically frozen to the spot, Steven took my hand and dragged me after them. 893Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg2KFPXFU2g
I was shocked. Had I done something to make Steven think I was interested in him in that way. I liked him, but only as a friend. I liked him the same way I liked Ben.893Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFPGIVigAYg
I decided not to ruin the night or make it awkward. I would tell him were just friends, when going back home. For now, I would try to have a good time, I thought as I quickened my step to match Ben and Steven's fast pace.893Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoMeUbxyESA
Ben had gotten tickets to a romance/adventure movie. There was a bit too much swearing and shooting for my taste, but other than that, it was okay. We sat in the back. Steven sat next to me, Ben sat on his other side and Penny pretty much sat on Ben's lap. The boy didn’t mind at all and held Penny tightly. At least they had enough common sense not to make out in the cinema. They kept it pretty PG – only a few kisses and embraces, at least I didn’t notice them doing anything else.893Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn42uGFkF7M
For a little while I forgot I was a date and that Steven was sitting next to me, and just watched the film. About half an hour in, I felt somebody squeeze my hand. It didn’t feel good like they described in the movies. Steven's hand was sweaty and after a few minutes so was mine. I acted as if I hadn’t noticed. It took all my willpower not to pull away my hand, but I didn’t want to offend Steven. I would tell him later, in the car. I reminded myself. After that it was hard to concentrate on the movie and, to be honest, I didn’t really care anymore. My thoughts were circling around Adam. I tried imagining that the hand holding mine belonged to Adam, that he was sitting right next to me, but I couldn’t keep it up for long. Adam and Steven were just two too different people. I liked them both, just differently and it would never change.893Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO6FcwMUyT0
Adam had stolen my heart the day we had first met. When we had sat on the stone floor in the dim light and I had held him and he had just cried. I couldn’t imagine Steven being like that and frankly, I didn’t really want to.893Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwA6MWPXZMO
The movie ended. I hurried to stand up and shake off Steven's hand. Penny stood up too and stretched out her hands, “Uh, my legs cramped half way through the movie,”893Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfZc9anciPy
“I know what you mean. My back was killing me when you leaned all of your weight on me,” Ben said, trying to keep his expression serious.893Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8cXBPr3L3o
“You seemed to enjoy holding me immensely, if I go by all the kissing we did,”893Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl7bYVHRi5b
“It was your imagination,” Ben said playfully, shrugging.893Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg0gLUIgY5f
“Really? So you didn’t want to do this,” Penny leaned down until she was eyelevel with Ben, who was still sitting, and kissed him long and passionately. That shut Ben up. He pulled Penny onto his lap. Now she was sitting on top of him, her legs on either side of his body.893Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiK7E0O7kCn
We were lucky there was about an hour till the next movie started or it would have been embarrassing to explain to people, coming to see a movie, why two people were making out in the back row.893Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUGPehFhweg
Steven glanced in Ben and Penny's direction. They were obviously busy. Then he stood up and took my hand again. Didn’t he know how to read body language? I tensed up, but he didn’t even notice, or if he did then he just didn’t care.893Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4uvMMKydJY
“Let's leave them to be,” Steven said. He meant Ben and Penny. I nodded and he lead me out of the cinema.893Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkTzxA6kuZq
It was about 8pm. We sat into Steven's car, but he didn’t start up the engine. I looked at him questioningly.893Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU9ZSjs3aZ0
“Liz,” Was all he said. He unbuckled his seat belt, leaned over, took my head in his hands and just kissed me, before I could even object.893Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ05v3dXRnlY
I wasn’t going to have this. As soon as I got over the surprise and could move my arms and legs again, I tried pushing Steven away. He was older and stronger and didn’t budge a millimeter. I used more force and shoved him away and this time it worked.893Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOAtpzPNKhG
My face was red and angry tears were rolling down my cheeks. Seeing my face after the kiss surprised Steven.893Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBNFCQ2znOQ
“What the hell are you doing?” I yelled at Steven, “Did I at any point in this conversation say that you could kiss me?”893Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeLgGLsuRr7
“I thought you wanted to,” Steven replied, he was agitated after the rejection, “Isn't that why you gave me your number?”893Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbZEk393NO4
“No, I did it because Carmen wanted me to.” That was unnecessary. Steven looked shocked, “But then we became friends and it had nothing to do with Carmen,” I continued, trying to fix what I had just said. It wasn’t like Carmen dragged me to the movies. I had come to meet my friends and I wanted Steven to understand that.893Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBHT0xog1aG
“If we're friends we can be more now. Come on, Liz,” He leaned closer again and brushed hair out of my face. I didn’t want him to touch me so I slapped his hand away.893Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYBEuWK05BV
“Were friends, Steven. You re my friend, just like Ben and Penny are. Nothing more, nothing less. If you don’t get that then don’t bother calling again.” I threw open the car door, stepped out, slammed it shut and took off running, tears running down wildly. I was angry at Steven. He was supposed to be the adult, but it hadn’t even crossed his mind to ask me what I wanted. I didn’t have any clue, where he had gotten the idea that I liked him.893Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDoEiYbtLhE
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