chapter thirty one : Daisy

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"Touching him was like realizing all you ever wanted was right there in front of you.
Memorizing him was as easy as knowing all the words to your old favorite song."
- Taylor Swift

"- Taylor Swift

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Past

Like everyday for the past two weeks, I rush out of school. Alex has been picking me up and taking me straight home. I told my parents that my friend gives me a ride home but I know they know the truth.

As long as I'm not later than one hour during school days, my dad is okay with me getting a ride from my friend.

"He's picking you up again?" Nicole says in a surprise and slightly annoyed tone.

Like a little kid, I smile with excitement. "He is."

Nicole let's out a sigh. "Have you..." She pauses and looks around us, then whispers. "done anything?"

At first I'm confused but then it clicks what she is asking. It actually has me thinking about her question a bit. I've never done anything with anyone before. At first I never put thought into that but now with Alex I've been a bit more curious.

I have to chuckle. "No."

She let's out a breath, clearly relieved with my answer. "You would tell me though, right? If you ever did anything?"

It makes me happy to see that she's still trying to be a part of my life even if she doesn't agree with me seeing a boy who's not part of our family circle.

I take both of her hands in mine. "You'll be the first person I tell." I smile and she smiles back. "Okay, but now I have to get going. We'll hang out this weekend okay?"

"Okay." She happily nods.

And with that I hug her and run down the stairs to where Alex waits for me in his car.

Like always, there's a Daisy waiting for me on the passenger seat of the car. He's made it his mission to bring me one EVERY SINGLE TIME he sees me. It never fails.

I smile at it and pick it up. "Thanks."

"How was school today?" He asks, starting the car.

I sigh. "Like every other day, tolerable."

That makes him chuckle. "You're cute."

We drive the rest of the way to my house talking about his day at school. It makes me feel weird when he mentions all the girl friends he has. How cool they all seem. They skateboard, don't have a curfew and some are even getting suspended for piercing themselves in the bathroom.

I could never be that cool.

When he pulls up down the street from my house, he turns off the car. It's strange because he never usually does that. He'll just kiss me and I get off and run to my house.

          

"So I was gonna ask you something?" He starts.

Automatically my tummy tightens. I still always feel nervous and shy with him. We've only been hanging out for like a month-if that-and we barely kissed like two weeks ago when he snook into my room.

I try to seem unfazed. "What's up?"

Alex turns his body towards me. "Well there's this huge party going on Saturday night. It's a friends birthday and he got his parents to make it big and I wanted to see if you wanted to come with me..." he pauses and chuckles a bit, now he's the one who looks nervous. "as my girlfriend?"

My heart swells and stops at the same time. Not sure if that's even possible but that's how I feel.

This super hot guy who I'm insanely crushing on and fucking crazy about is now asking me to be his girlfriend??

I smile. "Did you just ask me to be your girlfriend?" I can feel my cheeks heating up and I just know I'm blushing like crazy.

He nods. "I did."

My romantic and teenage heart is screaming at me to say FUCK YES but my more mature brain is telling me to think things through. It's begging me to slow down for a moment and not just rush into it.

I look up at him. "It's not that I don't wanna be your girlfriend.."

"You don't have to be my girlfriend Daisy. It's okay if you just wanna hang out and be friends with benefits or whatever we are." He attempts to chuckle but it seems forced.

My brows pinch in confusion. "Is that what you're wanting then?"

"What I want is to be with you. I genuinely like you. It never used to matter too much before about making things official with girls, but with you, it matters."

Once again my heart is screaming at me. And racing like crazy.

He seems genuine and real.

I look down. "But we go to different schools and you are used to girls that are different than I am-"

Alex grabs my chin gently, and lifts my head up to look at him. "Daisy, I like you. I want you. I'm not even worried about other girls or comparing you to them. Because if that was the case then I wouldn't be here putting effort into you."

My phone vibrates inside my book bag and I'm quickly reminded of the time.

"Just think about it. You don't have to decide now."

I nod. "Okay." But I already know my answer.

With that he leans in to kiss me. I ignore the time and push all thoughts to the back of my mind. I wanna be completely present in this moment with him.

The moment I walk inside my house, I'm greeted with my mom's annoyance. She's stopping her heels my way which let's me know she's upset.

Shocker.

"If I'm calling you, I expect you to pick up the phone!"

I sigh. "I was just outside mother. I didn't think it was a big deal."

Of course she hates my answer. Crossing both her arms in front of her chest she says. "Well it is a big deal Daisy! We didn't buy you a phone for decoration purposes. I'm letting this complete stranger drive you home and you can't follow a simple instruction?"

Frowning, I apologize. "I'm sorry. It won't happen again.

I'm glad when my dad steps in the foyer coming from his study. He's always the one to calm things down. If there's one thing my dad hates is when we fight.

"I'm sorry, daddy. I thought she was just calling for me to come inside already. It's why I didn't pick up."

My mom scoffs at my response.

But she's been real lenient with me lately so I'm not about to ruin it with my attitude and rebellion towards her.

With a heavy sigh my dad nods. "You're spending a lot of time with this young man." I don't answer, I just nod my head in agreement. "Well if that's gonna be the case then we ought to meet him. It's only fair we get to see who you're spending all this time with."

I'm speechless.

For very many reasons. The obvious one being that my mom can ruin it for me with her condescending attitude and her obvious disapproval of the situation. I would hate for her to make him feel less or humiliated by anything she might say or do. Then there's also the second obvious one and that is if he'll even be willing to come. Alex seems well mannered and has always been respectful towards me but it doesn't take the fact that he is living a life that only in movies I've seen.

I gulp. "But I've only been seeing him for a bit."

"And if you want to continue seeing this boy, then I suggest you introduce him to us." My mom says.

Before saying anything I look at my dad and then back to my mother. This whole thing scares me.

"But you have to promise to be nice to him." My words are directed to my mother and she looks genuinely confused.

"What is that supposed to mean?" She fires back.

"It means, that you can't be all...you!" I huff. "You can't be all smug and have your superior attitude to try and be little people."

My mother huffs, clearly offended. "I do no such-"

She's interrupted by my dad. "We won't make him feel any type of way gummy bear. All we want is to meet him. Get to know him a bit."

I let out a big sigh and look at them both. "Okay."

This could either go okay or very bad. And it scares me what my mom could have planned. She might say that she will play nice but in the moment things can change and she will do anything to get what she wants.

Including ruining my....friendship.



friendship

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