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.828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOpi52znDNN
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.828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgA8xN6C1cC
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.828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡckc2Tuo5cW
"What are you doing here?" I asked.828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfmd6uNwml6
"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.828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡim4lJE58oJ
I was staring at him and the was getting the wrong impression, "No, no, it's nice, just unexpected."828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ33KZPucOiT
Adam laughed softly, "that's kinda the point of surprises."828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvWyrpx1jL0
"Right," 828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoXohkUydUI
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.828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRJIDVFic93
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.828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9fXg6qIKa7
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.828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc610Zyqu4Y
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.828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlh9H4QfTOV
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.828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAJLmvbJy6v
During the sixth period I got a text.828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ52Kl3quOH
Wanna go to the movies with Pen and Ben @ 6pm828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYZOxP2Sbxj
Even though there wasn’t a name, I knew who it was from. I had Steven's number saved in my contacts.828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFyXFCfi7hO
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.828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDdepOUsXDh
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.828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRMCmvqhgZG
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.828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡykPd3RtKzP
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.828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEepkBko3dw
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.828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWk2nupaz96
“What movie are we going to see, anyway?” I asked, as Steven parked the car.828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPPa2r0hZ44
“Oh, aaa. You'll see. Ben has the tickets.”828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLCvMP99cNu
“Don’t tell me you don’t know,” I laughed.828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOIL2WldIjZ
“I don’t know,”828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBcrn2rr2pP
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.828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAjQiGQoiAr
“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. 828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgiASsEfiGv
“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. 828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcbt1cNi6aR
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.828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHB8ZzGjPsU
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.828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIgJUI1kHuX
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.828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjNI6kXGl8f
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.828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPcU5EEPl63
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.828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0QGeLIDlrB
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,”828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2v4zH5yUPQ
“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.828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ3D0da9GWD
“You seemed to enjoy holding me immensely, if I go by all the kissing we did,”828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3BaBgx0DXK
“It was your imagination,” Ben said playfully, shrugging.828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPJfd0jssxG
“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.828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdNsZdHMgHg
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.828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzwKLWa7Bpu
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.828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5I0zO9qAmu
“Let's leave them to be,” Steven said. He meant Ben and Penny. I nodded and he lead me out of the cinema.828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSRhOnoqdBb
It was about 8pm. We sat into Steven's car, but he didn’t start up the engine. I looked at him questioningly.828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSPTS4OTv0n
“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.828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Nf8cAZ1cK
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.828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh5HYN96hts
My face was red and angry tears were rolling down my cheeks. Seeing my face after the kiss surprised Steven.828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuOIaTqvx18
“What the hell are you doing?” I yelled at Steven, “Did I at any point in this conversation say that you could kiss me?”828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZiyhH3S8Ml
“I thought you wanted to,” Steven replied, he was agitated after the rejection, “Isn't that why you gave me your number?”828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLrQcdHpXJo
“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.828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡggEJmKBkmR
“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.828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfqirjRR7mX
“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.828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzVEdeqNScS
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