What Could Happen: Falling in Love Too Soon - Chapters 8 and 9

Chapter 8

~I finally found what Drew looks like. Drew kinda looks like Avan Jogia but paler and shorter hair - I haven't found anyone that looks like Skyla yet.~

He opens the door and I walk into his room and I sit on his bed, he sits next to me. I pull away and look at him. He looks weird. "What?" I say.
"Nothing."
"Something?"
"I can't tell you."

"Why?"

"I don't think it's the right time."

"Can you just tell me?"

"I think I might love you." He says and I'm stunned. He didn't. I... this... It's. Um. I think I might love him back.

"I think I might love you too." I say and he looks stunned too.
"I didn't think you would say it back."

"Why?"

"Because last time you agreed that we should wait."

"I know but we almost know everything about each other and I do think I love you. I'm not completely sure yet." I say.
"Yeah. I feel the same way."

"I think we are in puppy love."

"Like the like-love kind of love."
"Yeah." I say.

"Okay, so we're on the same page?"

"Yeah. So, when we say bye or something should we say love you or know."

"I don't know, do you want to?"

"It doesn't really matter to me. I'll say it."
"Okay, if you were to say it I would not say it back."

"Okay." I say. He kisses me and we start kissing. He starts moving to fast. Starting to pull up my shirt. I pull away. "Wait we're moving too fast."


"Why? I love you. I'm not going to do nothing if you don't want me too." He says. He has to be kidding me. I sit up and pull down my shirt. I put my shoes back on, I snatch my book bag and my keys, I unlock and open the door. I leave his house and get in my car. I see him walking towards my car. I back up and pull off really fast. He is such a jerk. Did he really tell me he loves me, to go to the next level with me. I look in my review mirror and he's behind me. I keep driving. I leave the development and turn on to the main road. He is still following me. My phone starts ringing. It's him and I'm not answering it. He is such a jerk. I feel so stupid, thinking this guy was the right guy for me. Trying to convince me by saying I love you. I feel something wet on my face. I take my hand off the string wheel and touch the wetness. I'm crying. I don't try over guys. That's not me. I feel betrayed by him. I pull into my driveway. That was the fastest I ever go to my house. I get out and he pulls into my driveway. He gets pout and I grab my stuff and start walking to my door. He touches my arm. I turn around and push him away from me. He pulls my arm to him.

"There is nothing you can say." I say and look at him.
"I didn't mean it like that. We love each other I mean and if you tell me not to go too far I won't. I would never disrespect you like that. I do love you and I wasn't going to do anything without asking you first."
"Then, why did you say it like that."
"I was being stupid I wasn't thinking straight. I will never say that to you again."
"Okay, whatever, just promise you will never push me to do stuff."

"I promise." He says and leans in to kiss me. I move my face. "What?"

"I have to learn to trust you again. You almost lost it completely."
 "I'm sorry."

"It's not okay, but I'm giving you another chance."


"Okay." He says and hugs me. "Can I come in." He whispers in my ear. I look at him.
"Yeah." I say and we walk to my door. I open it and I sit at my desk and open up my computer. I update my status and look for open gallery spots. "Wait don't you have to go see your brother today."
"Yeah."
"Then, what are you doing here?"

"I don't have to go till 5, it's only 3." He says.
"Are you wearing that?" I say. He's wearing jeans and a stripped navy and gray Aero shirt and navy cardigan. He looks kinda cute.

"Yeah." He says and I hmph my shoulders. "Are you going to change."
"Yeah I'll start changing in a few minutes."

"Wait, how long is this going to take?
"
"Not long I promise."
"What do you have to do?"

"Shower, pick out clothes, paint my nails, do my hair, get dressed and then I'm done." He falls back on my bed. "It's not that much."
"Okay, well you want to eat after, since you're getting all dressed up." He says.
"Okay, then I'll have to change my outfit I was thinking."
"Babe." He says and looks at me.
"I'm kidding."
"Okay, I think you should start getting ready now."


"Okay fine." I say and get up. I walk into my closet and pick out my navy halter dress. It's kind of a summer dress but it's really long. I put on my jean jacket and my navy flats. I put everything on my bed. I go into the bathroom and turn on the shower. I get in and wash my hair. I think I'm going to curl it and put on a headband. I rinse off and get out. I wrap a towel around myself and walk into my closet. I put on underwear and a bra and wrap myself in a towel again. I pull in my curling iron and sit at my deck. It gets hot really quick so I start curling my hair. Drew is watching me. "Stop starring." I say and look at him. He got up and walks over to my "kitchen" and gets a brownie. I never brought all those snacks and drinks back upstairs, so he grabs a drink and sits down and turns on my TV. "That girl first block was creeping me out all period."

"Yeah, she is creepy."
"What?"

"She's creeping."

"You said earlier you didn't know her."

"Yeah, I don't I just see her around school and she gives me dirty looks."

"Why do you think?"

"I think she likes me and now that we're going out, she's mad that she didn't get me first." He says laughing.

"Okay." I say and look at him. He makes a funny faces at me and I burst out laughing. "You're so weird."

"You love it." He says and I smile at him. I finish my hair and put on my dress. I walk into my closet and get dressed. I walk back out and put on my jacket. I sit next to Drew and put my shoes on.
"Should I paint my nails?" I say and look at him.
"No." He says.

"Okay, then I'm almost done." I say and get up and walk over to my dresser. I spray some perfume and I'm done. I fix my hair in the mirror and Drew stands up and I grab my keys and phone. We walk out and to his Jeep. He opens the door for me and I get in. He stands there. I look at him. "What?" I say.

"One kiss." He says and I turn towards him and he kisses me. He is such a good kisser. We start kissing. I pull away and look at him. He backs up and I turn and face forward. He closes my door and runs to his side of the car. He gets in and pulls off. We start driving to the café. It's 4 o'clock now.

"We're going to be early." I say and he looks at me.
"We can have coffee first."

"Okay." I say and I grasp his hand. We hold hands. "Are you nervous?" I say and look at him. He doesn't answer the question. "You're nervous." I say and poke his cheek. He moves his face away. "Fine be like that." I say and let go of his hand. He looks at me. He tries to hold my hand but I move it.

"Stop." He says.
"You started this, I'm trying to be a good girlfriend and calm you down but you won't let me so whatever. Freak out about something, that's going to be okay." I say and look out the window. He touches my leg and I move his hand.

"Stop being mad. I'm just not in the mood to be all happy right now."
"You know when I was upset about my parents you were there for me, I know that you're nervous about this but completely ignoring me is not cool. I'm here for support." I say and look at him. He looks at me.
"I know alright, I know and frankly you trying helps me but, I really don't want to mess this up. Between me and you and then me seeing my brother. I'm scared and I don't want to be scared around you." He says.

"So, are you going to stop acting all jerky?"
"Yeah." He says and smiles. We're in front of the café. He parks and we get out. He grasp my hand and we walk into the café. Ariana is working tonight by herself. I wave and we sit down. We sit at a little table in the front. He looks nervous. I touch his leg and he looks at me.
"It's gonna be okay." I say and he smiles. "I'm gonna go get coffee and a brownie. Do you want anything?" I say.

"The same thing." He says. I get up and walk to the counter. I give her my order and she hands me the stuff. I walk over to him and sit back down. I hand him the coffee and brownie and I start eating. He starts eating. He pulls my seat closer to his and he kisses me.
"What was that for?"

"Helping." He says.
"Did I help, do you feel better."

"Yeah." He says and kisses me again. Someone clears their throat. Then is sounds like a child clears their throat. We don't pay attention.

"You, we can come back." The person says and Drew pulls away. He looks up and is shocked. He stands up and walks over to the person. I turn around. It's the guy from the picture. I stand up and the guy hugs me. We break away from the hug and I notice the little girl. She looks about 4 or 5. I bend down to talk to her.
"Hi, my name is Skyla but you can call me Sky." I say and I shake her hand.
"My name is Emily."
"That's my favorite name and guess what?"

"What?" She says.
"That's my middle name."
"Really?"

"Yup." I say. We all sit down and she sits next to me. Drew and his brother start talking.
"So, who are you." His brother says.
"This is my girlfriend Skyla." Drew says.
"I'm Tate." He says and I shake his hand. They start talking again. Me and Emily just sit there. I turn to her.
"You want a cookie and something to drink."
"Hot chocolate." She says with a smile.
"Yup." I say. "Hey, Tate can she have a cookie and some hot chocolate."
"Yeah sure." He says.

"Would you like anything." I say
"No, I'm good." He says,
"Babe." I say and look at Drew.
"More coffee." He says. Me and Emily get up and walk to the counter, I pick her up and she sits on the corner.
"I like your dress." She says.
"I like yours." I say back. Ariana walks over to us.
"Hi, how may I help you?"
"Can I have a cookie." She says.

"Do you want chocolate chip?" I say and she shakes her head yes. "Can I have two more cups of coffee and a hot chocolate." I say and she hands everything to me. Emily jumps down and we walk back to the table. We sit down and I hand Drew his stuff. Me and Emily start eating. Tate's phone starts ringing.

"Okay, we have to go, my wife is calling me." He says, and gets up, Emily gets up with him too. We hug them bye and they walk out. I finish my coffee and throw it away.
"You're ready to go. I made reservations." He says and we walk out.
"Did you really?"

"No, but it sounded impressive though."
"Yeah it did." I say and look at him. "Feel better."

"You have no idea."
"I'm happy now, you won't have this consent thought in your brain that your brother may be dead or sick or something."

"Yeah. Okay let's go, I made reservations." He says, and we walk out. I look at him.
"Do you really have reservations."

"No, but it impressed you."

"It did." I say and we get in his jeep. He looks at me and smiles. I look at him. "What?" I say.
"Nothing you're just beautiful."
"Thank you." I say and he pulls off. We starts driving. He pulls into applebees.
"So, how was your day?"


"Pretty good. So everyone knows we're going out. Some freshmen have been giving me the "you're-so-lucky" look. I guess they know you're in a band."
"Yeah I'm pretty famous." He says and I smile at him.

~Okay, so I made it a little different. So be prepared.~
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Chapter 9

It's Saturday we went to his band practice. Ariana and her friends stared at them the whole time. I'm pretty sure they blinked like twice maybe. We're in his room staring at each other. Just laying there listening to some of his CD's. He has a good collection. He's laying on his back and the top half of me is laying on his chest. He leans in and I move my head back teasing him. I push and hold myself up with my arms. I move my leg to the lower side of him and he puts his hands on my hips and leans in. I move my head back again. I lean in and he leans in and I move my head back when he's about to kiss me. I flip my hair to one side and look at him. He leans in and I move my head back.

"Stop doing that." He says smiling.
"What?" I say really slow and leaning in a little. I love teasing him.
"That and when I'm about to kiss you, you move." He says and I lean in closer.
"It's fun messing with you." I say and look at him. He kisses me and I pull away. He kisses me. We keep staring at each other. I smile at him and he smiles back. I hear something weird and I look at the door. Some girl is staring at us. I sit up, I have never seen this girl before. She looks pretty young like she's in her 20s. He looks at me. I nod towards the door, he looks at the door. "Oh my gosh." I say.

"Hey April. Um this is my girlfriend Skyla. Skyla this is my sister, April." He says and I look up. I am so embarrassed right now. I wave at her and she waves back.
"So, um I've seen more than I wanted to. Me catching my brother about to making out, not cool so, I'm just gonna go." She says and leaves. He sits on the bed and leans in to kiss me.
"You have to be kidding me." I say and move away.
"What?"

"Your sister just walked in on us. What if she came in like ten minutes later."

"Wait what, what would we be to doing?"

"I don't know."
"Okay, so what should we do now." He says.

"Let's just hang out." I say and scoot back and he falls back. He puts his shirt on and scoots back.
"Okay." He says and I lean on him. My pocket starts buzzing, I pull out my phone. It's Savy-well her name is Savanna but me and most of our friends call her Savy. She's probably wondering if I fell off a cliff somewhere. I haven't talked to her since the beginning of this month which was 25 days ago. I answer it and I here a lot of screaming.
"Hello." I say into the phone.
"Hey."
"What's up?"


"We're waiting for you and our boy-toy to get to my house, so we can go to the scare park. The scare park is and amusement park that makes everything scary from September to like the beginning of December."

"What time are you guys leaving and whose coming?"
"Well, Amy, Matt, Tyler, Steve. O, Kayla , Kaelin, Jessie, Madison, Lizzy Ben, JP, TJ and you and Drew." All of these people are couples. Amy and Matt are together, Tyler and Jessie, Steve-O and Lizzy, JP ad Madison and TJ and Kayla. And, of course Kaelin and Ben are together.
"Okay, we'll be there in like twenty minutes." I say and we hang up. I stand up and look at him. Drew made friends with my friends in the first ten minutes he met them. It's like we all have been friends for years.

"What's up?" Drew says.
"You want to do, go out?"
"I have to tell you something first." He says and I sit down and look at him. "Um, I'm leaving for the rest of this year and next year."
"What?"

"I knew about this before I was with you. I just didn't tell you."
"So, you were just going to do a disappearing act."

"Yes, but I'm not coming right back. I'm going to go for the rest of this year and all of next year."
"Where are you going?"
"Germany." He says.
"When are you leaving?"
"Promise not to hit me."
"Just tell me."
"Sunday, well tomorrow."
"Are you kidding me? We haven't even been together a month."
"I know that?"

"Should we stay together?"

"I don't know."

"I don't want you to have an obligation why you're there, I want you to be free and have fun."
"So, is this it we're over."
"I think that's the best thing." I say.
"Can we at least break up tomorrow. I want to have one good, last kiss with you at the airport."
"Like in the movies."
"Yeah." He says and kisses me. He gets really close to my face. "Stay the night with me." He says.
"I can't but I will be at the airport to say bye."
"Okay." He says and we both get up and walk out. "I'll drop you off."

"Okay." I say choking back tears. I feel like crying but we haven't even been going out with him for a month. We walk out of his house and we get in his jeep. We get to my house pretty quickly. We said nothing to each other. I get out and kiss him bye. I watch him pull of and I walk into my room and drop my book bag down. I get in my car and start driving. I drive all the way to the lake which is pretty far by the way. I get out and just sit by the water and watch the stars. It's so peaceful. I start crying, I don't like crying over guys, it's stupid. I feel stupid crying over a guy I haven't even been with a month. A light brushes over me and they go off. It's light enough for me to see 5 ft in front of me but it's pretty dark out. I turn around and it's a car. I move over a little bit to give the people some space - even though it's like 4 more acres to the left of me. I lay back and stare up at the nothingness and stars. I hear footsteps and I sit up. It's a dark salute. He keeps walking closer to me. I start to see his face, I know him. He sits in the corner at the cafe all the time. He just sits and studies or reads. He doesn't even look like the type of guy that reads. He's has a darker tan than me and is really tall and has a really short haircut. He has the build of a football player.

"Sorry, did I disturb you?" The mystery guy that's not really a mystery says.
"No, you're good." I say and he sits next to me.
"My name is Ian."
"You go to the coffee shop on Collin's street right."
"Yeah you're Skyla right."
"Yeah." I say and I smile in my head. He said it right.
"So, why are you here?" He says
"Excuse me."
"You're a young girl at a lake, at ten at night something has to be wrong."
"I could have just killed someone and I just came out here to dump the body."

"If that was true you would have left already. So, are you going to tell me what's going on with you."
"My boyfriend well soon to be ex is leaving and going to Germany tomorrow and he told me for the first time um two hours ago." I say looking at an imaginary watch on my arm.
"You don't have to get an attitude I didn't do it?"

"I don't have an attitude." I say and I notice I'm screaming at him.
"You don't notice you get hyped up when you're mad."
"No."
"So, aren't you going to ask why I'm here?"

"Why not? Why are you here?"
"Noise." He says.

"What, are you serious? I just told basically everything that happened to me in the last two-hour and you said one word."

"This is the only quiet place where I can think. My parents are going through a divorce and they both refuse to leave the house and go to a hotel."
"I know, how you feel but my dad left."
"What started it, the fighting I mean."
"I don't know and I don't want to know frankly." I say. That was the first time I said. It's true I don't want to know. What if it's my fault. I'm not going to tell him that.
"Why?"


"I don't want it to be small enough where I can fix it because I will. I will try my hardest to fix it when I know the damage is done."
"Like murder."
"What?" I say slightly scared and slightly wanting to know more.
 "Like once you do it you can't take it back because you already took someone's life."
"Yeah, I guess." I say feeling more scared.
"Can I have your number?"
"Why?"

"So, I can text you." He says. He is so lying.
"Why do you really want it?"

"I'm strangely attracted to you, you have this thing about you, where I just want to know more and more about you." He says and I feel myself blushing. I'm so happy he can't see it.
"Um... Okay." I say and we exchange numbers. He put his number in as Captain Crunch. "Why'd you put your number in as Captain Crunch."

"Because, it's the best cereal in the world."
"Coco puffs." I say and I can see him typing. "Did you really just change my name to coco puffs."
"Yeah." He says and I start laughing. "I like you laugh."
"I hate my laugh, it's annoying."
"Mine is."
"I remember, I was walking to class one day and the kid was walking into the bathroom but he was laughing really weird. It wasn't a creepy laugh but it was so like goofy, it was creepy."
"Once this guy, cable guy was hooking up my Internet and I made a joke and he laughed. I thought I was going to literally die laughing. He laughed just like goofy from Mickey Mouse club house, don't ask how I know that and I had to hold it in."
"How do you know how goofy laughs from Mickey mouse club house."

"My aunt is letting me live with her, while my parents go through the divorce and she has a two-year old."
"Okay, that's understandable."
"Understandable?"

"Yeah, you could be a creeper that fantasies about being a character or something."
"I wanted super powers when I was young."
"Everyone wanted super powers when they were young."
"What was yours?"
"Flying and invisibility."
"Why?"


"So, when I don't want to deal with the world's issues I can disappear and fly away." I say and I stare into what I think is his eyes. I can feel him staring back and I feel heat of another body and it goes away. I think he's about to kiss me. I get up. "Um I'm going to go." I say and walk away. I get in my car and I turn on my lights and I can see him clearly. He is really cute. He does look like he could be a football player which is totally not my type. I see him get up and he walks to a Prius. I laugh and pull off. He contradicts his appearance. He looks like the type of guy that lifts weights and is superficial but he doesn't act like that and he drives a Prius. He looks like he would drive a gas guzzler or a truck or Hummer. Well, I don't know him that much and I'm not doing what I did last time and get my heartbroken. I start driving down the dark street that leads to the highway and I can see him in my rear view mirror. He honks and I honk back. My phone starts ringing and it's him. I answer it and but it on speaker. "Hello." I say.

"Go out with me."
"No."
"Why?"

"Because I still have a boyfriend."
"For like ten hours." He says.
"No."
"Okay. As friends let's just go to the movies and dinner."
"See the dinner part seems date-ish."
"I'll take you to Burger king."
"I pay for all of my stuff."
"Deal."
"Deal."

"Tomorrow at six."
"Why six."
"I have a proposition for you."
"Tell me now then."
"No, just let me do the proposition like I planned."
"Fine." I say.
"Okay, see you tomorrow and since it's not a date dress however you want."

"Can I were sweat pants."
"Yeah. Whatever, I am."
"Okay so... um, bye."
"No wait."
"What?" I say.

"What are you doing?" He says in a really annoying voice.
"Bye Ian." I say and hang up. I get to the highway first. He is till behind me. We reach our exit, I turn and then turn again to get to my house. What am I doing? Well it's not a date it's just two friends going to the movies and dinner. That's not a big deal, right?... No it's not. We're breaking up tomorrow, in a couple of hours actually. I pull into my driveway and my phone starts ringing again. I answer it and open my door. "Hello."

"Hey." It's Ian.
"What do you want?"

"To talk to you, I'm bored and I know my friends would curse me out if I call them now." He says and I walk in and turn on my light. I close and lock the door and take off my shoes. "So what are you doing?"

"I'm about to get in the shower then I'm going to be fat and eat like two massive brownies, then go to work."
"How about after you shower we video chat?"


"Okay. I'll call you in a half an hour." I say and hang up. I get in the shower. It's so weird. I always thought guys never paid attention to me then I meet Drew and now Ian. What is going on? I mean I have confidence and stuff but I'm not conceded or cocky. I think I'm pretty, I don't really talk to guys to ask them, whatever. I'm kinda happy in a strange way that why I met Ian. He's the guy who is the girl's best friend in the movies and she is oblivious her hot best friend actually liking her, but this time I know he likes me... well I think he does anyway. I get out the shower towel off and walk in to my room. I get dressed and grab my brownies, milk and my phone. I get in bed and grab my laptop. I dial Ian's number.

"Yeah." He says.
"Why do you answer your phone like that?"
"Because... I don't know."
"Okay, whatever I'm on. My username is: lovebughungrypants." I say, and I hear him laughing.
"Are you serious."
"Yeah, don't make fun of my name."
"Okay, I found you." He says and a little phone pops up and I click it and his face pops up. He's still laughing. I hang up my phone.
"You're mean, you know that."

"What junior in high school has that name?"
"A lot of people have weird names." I say.
"Okay, so what were you going to do today?"
"I was going to the amusement ark with friends but that kinda went down the drain."
"I was supposed to be going to a basketball game but my parents got into an argument once again."
"I'm sorry."
"It's not your fault." He says.
"You know it's like nine o'clock at night." I say.
"What you're tired?"
"No, I'm just announcing." I say and smile at him, he smiles back.