Chapter 6: Chapter Five!

Adelynn’s POV

Okay, to say that I was nervous would be an understatement. I have this sinking feeling in my chest that appears whenever I get really nervous. I never been on a date before and that’s a lot to say being a senior in high school and a seventeen year old. Like I said, boys avoided me like the plague.

I had my hair dry naturally so the soft and wavy black hair ran down my back. I had on the jeans that I bought from American Eagle the other day that made my butt look good and a grey off the shoulder short sleeve shirt. I wore that with a strapless bra so you couldn’t see my bra strap. I had on ballet flats and put on the American Eagle Live perfume on. It smells good. And yes, most of my closet contained clothes from American Eagle and I survived on their clothes.

As I was looking myself over in the mirror, Mike jumped through my open window, sliding in with ease. It was a good three feet across and I’m scared to climb through since well, who would want to drop from a two story window when you can enter through someone’s front door without the danger of dying? Mike told me I was crazy and it was easy to climb through but he was the one talking. He had practice of going through my window for all these years, so of course it was easy.

He had a batman baseball cap on that was shifted slightly to the side and a bag of chips in hand. I tried to grab one but he slapped it away. “Mine.” He said holding his bag of Wise Bravo Nacho Cheese chips protectively. I frowned since those were my favorite.

When Mike noticed my frown, he spoke. “Tell me where you’re going and I’ll give you one chip.” I rolled my eyes. A few years back, I kept on doing that to him. I would give him a chip if he told me one thing about him. That was when he first moved next door after I got used to being around Mike.

“To the movies.” I replied vaguely. He didn’t know about my date with Alex or me even interacting with him since Mike was preoccupied doing god knows what.

He eyed me up and down. “Looking like that?”

I looked at myself in the mirror feeling a little hurt. What’s wrong with what I’m wearing? I looked fine. In fact, I think I looked pretty. Why did he say it like I wore the wrong clothes? I’m sure I didn’t look that ugly and my clothes weren’t a mess.

“Yeah, what’s wrong with what I’m wearing?” If my clothes looked bad, I didn’t want to embarrass myself in front of Alex.

“Uh,” Was his only reply.

“Mike, if I look ugly, tell me. I don’t want to embarrass myself on my date.”

“You’re not ugly. It’s just…” He just stopped talking mid-sentence but I wasn’t going to ask since I know he wasn’t going to tell me anyway. Suddenly, Mike jumped up from my bed standing up beside me. Since he was a good six to seven inches taller than me, I looked up at him. If you’re wondering, I’m 5’7 and I’m pretty sure that I mentioned before that Mike was 6’2. If I didn’t, now you know.

“What date? You never told me about a date. Who are you going with? Where are you going? When are you leaving?” He bombarded me with questions. Before I even had time to respond to one, he fired another question at me.

“MIKE SHUT UP.” I had to yell to get his attention.

“What?” He asked clearly annoyed.

“Why are you so mad for? Just calm down.”

“No, I can’t calm down. I thought you were getting ready to go to the movies with me. My best friend is going on a date and didn’t even tell me. Who are you going with? When are you going?” His eyes looked kind of hurt and I felt bad for not being more clear before. I should’ve told him before he assumed things.

“I never said I was going with you. Don’t worry though, we can watch a movie tonight when I come home. I’m going to the movies with Alex and,” I checked my phone. “He’s about to come any second.”

At this, I heard a car honk outside the house. “There he is. Mike, I’m going to go now, see you later. You can stay here if you like. My parents will be home soon, they called me in the morning to tell me they're cutting the vacation short. Something about mom not feeling well. Maybe you can eat dinner with them. I’ll be home at like around ten.”

“That’s so late!” He complained with his arms crossed on his chest. He made an adorable pout, probably playing the cute card so I wouldn’t leave but it wasn’t going to work this time.

“That’s hardly late. When you take me out, we come home at like one in the morning. See you later Mike!” I kissed him on the cheek, my heart pounding when I did so from being so close and ran down the stairs since Alex honked for the third time, leaving Mike alone in the room.

“Mikee!” I screamed when I got downstairs. “Can you please lock the door for me? Thank you and I will see you later.” I closed the door and ran towards Alex’s car. I got in and we started to drive to the movies which took less than ten minutes away. The beauty of no traffic.

“Oh my god.” I said, wiping tears away from my eyes. “That was the most hilarious movie I’ve ever watched!”

Alex’s laughter filled the air. “Yes, it was.”

“I couldn’t stop laughing through the whole movie!” I exclaimed, laughing along with Alex.

“So, are you hungry?”

I looked at my phone to check the time. “Nope.” I lied since it was already 8:30. If we eat, we would be done at around ten since this is the time where people ate and we might have to wait for seats. I didn’t want to be home after ten since I promised Mike that I would be back around that time and I also promised to watch a movie with him.

“Yeah, let’s go eat.” Alex decided when my stomach growled right after I said no.

We went to the Chili’s restaurant across from the movies. Like I predicted, it was full. We had to wait for a good thirty minutes before we were seated. The whole time, Alex and I just talked once in a while but otherwise, waited in silence. I watched as 8:30 turned into nine.

When we were finally seated, I didn’t want to seem like a monster so I ordered a chicken ceasar salad when Alex ordered a juicy steak. I’m a pretty big eater and salad never gets me full, that’s why I never eat it but I didn’t say anything. I just chewed on my tasteless lettuce when Alex ate his steak in contentment. I couldn’t help but think that if I was in the situation and Alex was Mike, Mike would’ve offered me the whole entire steak. I wouldn’t be eating salad if Mike was here.

When I realized that I was thinking about Mike, I scolded myself. I was on a date with Alex, not Mike. Again, I got distracted. Date with Mike? That would be pretty amazing. I slapped myself for letting my brain think this.

Uh oh. Did I just slap myself in front of Alex? By the weird look that he gave me, yes I did.

My face blushed red. “Uh, fly.” I mumbled before biting my lip and looking down at my already devoured plate of lettuce.

Ten minutes after, Alex was finished with his steak and side order of fries. He paid for the bill and we made our way to the car. I buckled in while Alex drove out of the parking spot, towards the highway. My eyes almost bulged out of my sockets when I was the automatic clock in Alex’s car blink ten thirty. I saw that my phone had five text messages along with five missing calls with no doubt from Mike but I couldn’t respond. It would be impolite since I was on a date with Alex.

I almost groaned in frustration when I saw that there was traffic on the highway. The good thing was that we arrived at the movies in less than ten minutes. The bad thing was, that was because there was no traffic at all.

I heard the gravel get crushed under Alex’s car when the tires went over the floor of the driveway. It was eleven and I was finally back home. It was awkward in the car since whenever I tried to make a conversation, Alex would just nod or give me a smile. I stopped talking eventually and just turned on the radio to listen to the music. I couldn’t even sing since it would be weird.

“So,” Alex started. “I had a good time tonight.” He told me. I couldn’t help but thinking, I didn’t.

He continued when I didn’t speak. “Look, I know I just met you Adelynn but I really like you. Will you be my girlfriend?”

My eyes widened in shock when he said this. I had not expected this at all since yes, we did just meet. My heart started to race and I didn’t know what to say. I was balancing the pros and cons of being his girlfriend. The pros were that he was really sweet, he was handsome, and he was actually the only guy that actually noticed me and talked to me. There weren’t really any cons to this. If I become Alex’s girlfriend, maybe the crush on Mike will go away. This finalized my thoughts and I replied with a smile. “Yes.”

Alex leaned down and stole my first kiss. I had no experience with this so I didn’t know if I was a good kisser. I just moved my lips along with his, not even knowing if I was doing it right. I couldn’t help but feel that his kisses weren’t sweet but kind of rushed. It felt like it was full of lust. I shook away the thoughts since I never had experience with this, how would I know what his kisses meant. Maybe this is how normal people kiss.

When I felt his hands run up and down my thighs, this was enough to make me feel uncomfortable. I broke apart and leaned back in my chair. Alex gave me a confused look. “Sorry, I’m just a little uncomfortable. I’m not really used to this.”

“It’s okay, it’s fine.”

I gave him a smile. “Thanks for tonight. Bye Alex.”

“Bye Adelynn. I’ll see you on Monday.” He shot me a handsome smile and drove away. I checked the time again. 11:15.

Shit. I cussed. I looked at Mike’s window and saw that his light was closed. I hoped that he went back to his house and was asleep. Deep inside, I knew that it wasn’t true and I knew he would be waiting for me but I couldn’t stop but to hope. My room light was still open and I prayed that Mike just accidently left it open. I knew my parents were already asleep for sure.

As I unlocked the door, I quietly closed it behind me and tiptoed towards the stairs like a ninja. I didn’t mention that my ninja skills were horrible since I heard a cough from the living room and the light turned on, illuminating an annoyed looking Mike. I jumped and let out a squeak.

“Holy shit Mike. You scared me.”

He didn’t respond. He just kept his arms folded around his chest.

I tried my puppy eyes but it didn’t work this time. “Why are you an hour and a half late?” Sometimes, I wonder why Mike acted more like my parents. My parents were really carefree about where I went as long as I told them where I was going and came home.

I just looked down. Aw shat. Mike was mad at me and I would have some explaining to do.

Mike’s POV

Where the hell was Adds? Stupid Adelynn Carter Cole. I texted and called her five times! Five. She never ignored my texts before. Doesn’t she understand that if I try to contact her ten times, it was urgent? How do I know if she was alright?

I was tugging on my hair while pacing around in the living room. Her parents came home and we ate pasta together. They were now currently upstairs sleeping soundly in their room. How could they do that if their daughter was in danger with going out with a perverted hormonal boy? They told me that I can wait for Adds if I wanted to and of course I wanted to. She promised to watch a movie with me.

Shit. I feel so pathetic. Me, Mike would never wait for a girl. They come after me. That’s how I play the game. But of course I had to wait for Adds. She’s my best friend so she was an exception.

I glanced at my watch. She’s officially one hour and thirty minutes late. Did something happen to her? What if the asshole Alex did something to her?

I kept on checking my phone to see if she texted back. I would get all happy when my phone buzzed, telling me that I received a text, only to be filled with disappointment. It was just my phone blowing up with texts from girls at my school trying to make a conversation, pretending like they knew me. Usually, I would respond and flirt back with them but I wasn’t up for it. I wasn’t in the mood today. I didn’t feel like doing anything until my best friend was here in the same room with me.

Why am I worrying so much? I shouldn’t be ripping my hair out since she was out. I should be texting girls and partying like the normal Mike.

I couldn’t bring myself to since my best friend wasn’t home.

I wanted Adds to have fun. But I wanted her to have fun only with me.

What the hell is happening to me? Why am I so possessive?

Earlier before when I saw Adds not wearing her normal T-shirt (it’s actually mine but it somehow it ended up in her drawers) and shorts which were her pajamas, I quickly climbed through the window to her room. I thought that this was weird since I always make up the plans on where we were going but I was fine with her choosing. The only weird thing was that she didn’t tell me that we were going out at all. That was okay, I wasn’t doing anything anyway. I was just lounging in my basketball shorts and T-shirt eating these really good nacho cheese tortilla chips.

When I got in, I saw that Adds was all dressed up. She had this grey shirt that went off her shoulders. That was sexy. I thought when I saw her. Her skin was so freaking smooth I felt the urge to kiss her shoulders. What the hell…where did that come from?

Anyway, she also wore these jeans that made her ass look good. Hmm, when I walked near her, I can smell this good smelling perfume. I liked this. Why was she all dressed up for? Were we going somewhere fancy?

She tried to steal my chips so I protected it with my hands. I didn’t want her to eat my chips. It was good so I wanted it all for myself. I knew these were her favorite but they were my favorite too. “Mine.” I said. She frowned and I felt bad since she always shares her food with me.

“Tell me where you’re going and I’ll give you one chip.” I said. Ha, how do you like that? I knew she couldn’t resist it. I knew this from my own experience because when I moved here, I can tell that Adds wasn’t comfortable with me but when she got used to me being around, she had this game so that she can find out more about me. One chip=one fact. Once I ate the first chip, I was a goner. It’s that good.

Adds beautiful voice interrupted my thoughts.

Beautiful? What the hell is wrong with me today? Let me just ignore that and everything else my inappropriate brain was telling me.

“To the movies.” Yeah, what are we going to watch dummy. I wanted to say but I didn’t. Instead, this came out. “Looking like that?” It came out as if I totally disapproved of what she was wearing which I wasn’t at all. I liked how she looked like right now. It’s just I didn’t want her to go out like that. Guys would be all over her and I didn’t like that.

Now that I think about this, does she buy these clothes behind my back or something? She goes to the mall with me almost all the time and I always say no to the shirts that reveal too much. Like her shoulders or something.

The keyword is almost. She goes to the mall with Melly (It’s his nickname for Melanie. Or Mels. Sorry if this is confusing.) sometimes, without me. Stupid Melly. She’s influencing Adds.

Back to reality Mike, I told myself. When I looked back at Adds, I saw her with a frown. I didn’t like her with a frown.

“Yeah, what’s wrong with what I’m wearing?” She asked. What was I supposed to tell her? I don’t want guys to drool all over you when we go to the movies later? No, she’s gonna roll her eyes and get all sarcastic with me and tell me that no one would look at her because she’s not pretty. Of course Adds was pretty. She was the prettiest girl I’ve ever seen. Without makeup too.

So my smart response was, “Uh.”

“Mike, if I look ugly, tell me. I don’t want to embarrass myself on my date.” There we go, I don’t know how she thinks that she’s ugly.

“You’re not ugly. It’s just…” I wanted to tell her but I didn’t want her to get all sarcastic and go ‘stop being so protective of me’ mode. So I didn’t. Then it came to me. She said date. What date?! That’s when the protective side came out.

“What date? You never told me about a date. Who are you going with? Where are you going? When are you leaving?” I fired questions at her. I wanted to know which bastard ignored my warning and asked Adds on a date.

“MIKE SHUT UP.” She yelled. I stopped talking but it doesn’t mean my insides weren’t fuming.

“What?” I said. I wanted to show her that I was annoyed.

“Why are you so mad for? Just calm down.” Did she just tell me to calm down. Hell no.

“No, I can’t calm down. I thought you were getting ready to go to the movies with me. My best friend is going on a date and didn’t even tell me. Who are you going with? When are you going?” Not only was I annoyed that someone was going on a date with my best friend but I actually thought that she was getting all dressed up just for me.

“I never said I was going with you. Don’t worry though, we can watch a movie tonight when I come home. I’m going to the movies with Alex and,” Adds paused to check her phone. “He’s about to come any second.” I was going to say ‘no, don’t go and watch the movie with me now.’ But then a car honked outside and Adds spoke again.

“There he is. Mike, I’m going to go now, see you later. You can stay here if you like. My parents will be home soon so maybe you can eat dinner with them. I’ll be home at like around ten.” It was almost seven. A movie isn’t even three hours. It’s about an hour and a half. Why does she need an extra hour and a half for?

“That’s so late!” I knew even if I told her not to go, I knew I couldn’t stop her so I changed my mind about telling her to stay. I just settled for crossing my arms over my chest with a pout. It seemed to be like a weakness since it always worked when I needed to get something from her. I was upset to find that it didn’t work this time.

“That’s hardly late. When you take me out, we come home at like one in the morning. See you later Mike!” She just rushed out the door but not before giving me a kiss on the cheek. I loved how she did that. The asshole waiting outside for her honked a third time. Geez calm down! She heard you already.

“Mikee! Can you please lock the door for me? Thank you and I will see you later.” I didn’t even have time to say you’re welcome or say lock it yourself before she closed the door. God, why was she so excited to go on a date with Alex?

So here I am now, pacing around the living room in the dark. Suddenly, I heard keys jingle and the door creak open. I saw Adds but I knew she couldn’t see me. I was watching her in amusement. She was walking towards the staircase like a ninja. Weird. Why am I friends with her again?

Because she’s absolutely amazing. What kind of question is that?

Shut up. I shot back at my brain. It was a rhetorical question.

I made a cough and opened the living room lights before she got on the staircase. I wiped the amusement off my face and annoyance took its place.

Adds squeaked and jumped when I opened the lights since I scared her. Silly girl. She always got scared easily and when you scare her, she squeaks. It was amusing to me though. I was going to laugh but stopped myself.

“Holy shit Mike. You scared me.”

Obviously. I didn’t respond to her though and crossed my arms instead. I wanted her to know that I was annoyed at her for being late and I had waited all this time for her to come home.

When she realized that I was mad at her, she tried to stick her bottom lip out and make puppy eyes at me. Normally it would work. I mean, my annoyance faltered when my eyes landed on her lips but I recomposed myself. “Why are you an hour and a half late?” I asked.

She just looked down with no response. Ha, now she has to tell me everything that happened on her date. She knew she had to spill everything sooner or later. One, I was her best friend and two, I had to protect her. If Alex laid his hands on her, I will hunt him down.

“So like uh…” Adds started.

I didn’t prepare myself for the anger that filled me though.

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I'm so excited. I'm going on a trip tomorrow and I can't wait! Anyway, the side is the song, "Just so you know" by Jesse McCartney. He has amazing songs and this is one of my favorite songs by him. Go check out his music. :) Also, there is a picture of Tyler Posey who plays Alex in the story. On the cast, he's named Alexander because well, that's his full name. He's cute(: Alriteey, until next time my fellow wattpadders, love, karenn♥