Cautious Love

I looked up at her, and furrowed my brows. "When did this come up?" I asked.

"Last year." I answered, not meeting his eyes as I put pepper on my French fries.

I tried to hide the fact that I was a bit unsure about it and I changed the subject. "Well. This town has not changed one bit." I said, looking down, now done with my food.

I nodded. "Yup. And I'm sick of it." I mumbled. I finished eating, then we went home. The weekend was slow and I was gloomy. I wouldn't talk about it. It was fucking Ashley again, starting shit with me. I have got to change my number.

It was Sunday night and I knocked on her door and walked in. "Cut the crap, whats wrong?" I asked, flinching slightly, my shoulder killing me.

"I'm on my fucking period, okay?" I answered, laying back on my bed and looking up at him.

That was all I had to know.. I sighed, and walked out, and to my bedroom, and I took a quick shower before going to sleep.

Of course, I wasn't really on my period, I just wanted him to leave me alone. The next day, I got up and took a shower, then I straightened my naturally curly hair and did my makeup, and I was ready for school.

We both went through the morning, not saying anything really. At lunch I went and did my own thing, the classes easy today. I was giving her lots of space.

"Hey Angel Face.." Bryan, a football player said as he stopped me in the hallway. "What do you want?" I asked harshly. "Well, I was just wondering when you were going to get on your knees and show me the face you're so famous for.." I slapped him, hard. "You'll regret that sweetheart.." He said, no longer smiling. I turned and walked to my class, late. I sat down next to Angus, apologizing quickly to the teacher.

"Page 114." I whispered, and she looked off again, but I didnt ask what was wrong, knowing it qould either be a simple "nothing" or a "fuck off".

I'm sick of it. I'm sick of being treated this way, when I never harmed anyone. I angrily did my work. After class, I packed up my stuff, and sighed. "So, wanna go get Italian tonight?" I asked.

Her question hung in the air for a while, then it clicked. "Oh right, me? Sure." I said, and I chuckled and I got my stuff together.

I rose an eyebrow. "Who else would I be asking?" I asked. I picked up my bag and walked out with him. I saw Ashley give me a dirty look, and I flipped her off.

I didnt see the little confrontation. School was over and I was relieved.
"Can I ask how your day was or?.."

I shrugged. "Well, it sucked, naturally. It's school." I answered. "How was your day?" I asked.

I just shrugged. "Nothing really happened." I said. I did get a realy nice girl's number today. She was so beautiful.. her name was Ashley, I think.

"Nothing at all?" I asked suspiciously. I bumped his shoulder. "Come on, you can tell me!"

"Ow, wrong shoulder , jerk." I teased, elbowing her playfully. "But really, nothing happened." I said, and soon we were at her place. "You still have that xbox?"

I nodded. "Yup." I replied. We went to my room and I hooked it up, handing him a controller.

"Just dont cry if you lose." I teased, and I sat on the ground in front of the tv. I took my shirt off, it being very irritating to my bandage. I was very glad I had started working out, rhe six pack paid off.

I tried very hard not to look at him as we played the game. "HA! I beat you mother fucked!!" I yelled, throwing the controller down in triumph.

I just dropped my controller, and held my good arm up. "Watch out, badass over here." I said. "You didn't get shot, so."

"Oh don't use that as an excuse for losing, loser." I said with a giggle. "I'm gonna take a shower." I got up and kissed the top of his head before going to my bathroom and taking a shower.

"But. Fine." I said, chuckling. I headed to my room and chanhed my bandages, well, best I could. It was extremely sore, and I hated it..

The next few days, things were getting a little weird. Angus was acting strange. After school on Friday, I walked with him to his locker. "So, what are you doing tonight?"

"Im going out with a friend." I said. "But tomorrow night, you and I will have a movie night, okay? I promise." I said, and I put an arm around her shoulders. "Lets go home." I said, smiling.

I smiled. "Alright." I answered. When we went home, we hung out for a while, then after he left, I went up to my bedroom, reading a book.

I had gone one a date with this Ashley girl, she was really nice, and I liked her alot, she says she didnt know Astoria, so that was fine, that means that she wasnt one of the girls that bullied Astoria. After the date, her and I made out for a while in her car, and other things happened, we didnt go all the way, but she was odd..
She was also a bit pushy. When I got home, I was a bit.relieved to be honest. I walked down to my bedroom and flopped onto the bed, very tired..

I heard the door open and close, so I went to his room and knocked on his door. I opened it and ran over and flopped down on his bed next to him. "Hey! So, how was it, your little date?" I asked with a grin.