Chapter Fourteen Thursday Night Kevin POV As soon as the sweet sound of the school bell rang, I went home. I needed to think of how I was going to casually end up at Mel's house tonight. I needed to get Sam away from her. "I think I'll just be the great guy that I am and show her how a drama free world can be like. Plus I can show her a really good time." I told myself while the cold air started to bother me. *At Melanie's house* "Oh my gosh Amanda. I can't believe you made these!" Shocked that he had said that I replied, "What do you mean you can't believe I made these? First off, there penguin pizzas. Who else would make a penguin shaped pizza? Second, it's not like I had another batch of penguin pizzas prepared by a French chef just in case I had visitors and I wanted to trick them." "Hey I don't know. Your a sneaky little girl." He smirked. "I am not little! I am a grown, well behaved, intelligent, lady!" I said with my face all serious. "HA! Ok you wa-" "Rinnngg! Rinnngg!" "Sorry my phones going off." I said. I didn't want to talk to anyone at the moment. I was with Sebastian. A guy that I've liked since forever. I needed to pick up the phone when I realized who it was. Mark. He wasn't here yet though. "Pick up the phone already. Don't stare off into penguin land!" Sebastian poked me in the arm. I slapped him, not too hard, on the arm. He fell to the floor as if I had just slapped him very hard. "Hey! What's up?" I said laughing. "Wow! Seems like your having lots of fun huh?" Mark said chuckling. "Not THAT kind of fun Mark. Just a friend I have over and was bothering over my height." As soon as I said Mark, Sebastian's eyes were like glued to my face as if to see if I blush or get angry at any moments on the phone. "That's still a problem Mel? I thought you would have grown already!" "Oh don't you start too ok? Your coming down here soon and I can make school a very scary place for you. I have my connections." I smirked. "Hmm. But I'm your ride there and I'm your ride back and I'm your homework helper. You kinda can't get on my bad side." I laugh "You have no bad side! Plus I can walk to and from school and I'm pretty sure I'm smarter than you now." "Well I wouldn't want a pretty lady like you to walk around in rain, snow, hail, or under the sun." "What's that Mark?" I waited anxiously for an answer. "Let's just say I like to preserve beauty and not have it get tarnished in weather." I could almost here a smirk coming though the phone and my cheeks burning up. "Hm well you must have been working on your vocabulary because before you would have said "keep" and "not broken" instead of those words." "Yeah well. That phase is gone. Anyways got to go. Call ya laters Mel." "Bye Mark" I smiled. I looked back over to Sebastian and he had a face that was all kind of emotions. "Spill all your questions now Sebas." I sighed. "Um. Who's Mark? Why did you blush during the conversation? Is he older? Where is he? Why is he talking to you now of all times?" "Woah. Calm down there control freak. Mark is a friend of mine from a while back. I blushed because he said something nice. He's the same age. I don't know. And because he is moving down here and going to the school right here so he wants to be able to hang with someone on the first day. Alright?" I sounded angry during the end but he deserved it. I don't get all in his business when he hangs out with someone I don't know. "Oh...ok..." He got up and went upstairs to my bathroom. I figured I would go clean up the plates. Picking up everything was easy and far but the floors were all covers in crumbs. I started to sweep when I look up and Sebastian is all cleaned up and right in front of me holding a little white box. First thought that came to my head was that he was going to propose. Then he opened it and it was a beautiful gold band with a tiny penguin where a diamond would go and the word "promise" on the inside. "Would you promise to-" "No. To whatever your going to say. No. I don't promise anything." I reached over and closed the little white box and went back to sweeping. What was he thinking???
Hey guys! Sorry. It's been a crazy summer and I still have work to do for school ?. I'm tryin to get it done but ugh . Anyways. I'll have a chapter up during the weekend. Baiii!
Chapter Fifteen I swept every single inch of that floor about ten times and Sebastian was still standing in the same spot I left him with the box in his hands. I don't know what he wanted me to promise to but I certainly wasn't going to say yes. I don't make promises. I just don't. My mom makes promises with me a lot and breaks them. I'm not one of those people. "Um I need to go to sleep. I guess if you want to stay here you can on the couch. If not just let yourself out." I went to put away the broom and made sure everything was clean one last time. As I was walking up the stairs, Sebastian was STILL in the same spot. I changed and brushed my teeth and laid down in bed. "I wonder if he's still standing there," I whispered which was one of the many questions going on in my head, "is he destroying the house? Is he sleeping here? What was he going to promise me?" I sighed and just decided to get up and check for myself. As I got to the stairs, I noticed the lights were still on downstairs. He was still standing there. In the same exact spot. "Sebastian. Snap out of it. Yo. Either go or go to sleep on my couch." I shook him and he reacted and grabbed my shoulders forcefully. "What the heck Melanie?! You don't even let me finish?? Oh no but you can accept a penguin bracelet from whatever the heck his name is huh? I see how it is!" I didn't need him yelling at me so I answered just as loud and filled with anger. "I don't know what the heck your problem is but I don't make promises that easily. And I didn't accept it. HE, which is named is Kevin, just left it here for me. So yes I put it on! What's wrong with that?!" Sebastian's eyes were dark and very scary. He looked at me and suddenly grabbed my wrist and yanked the bracelet off breaking the chain to pieces. The chubby penguin fell to the ground as the room grew silent. You could hear the thump it made when it hit the floor. My face turned hot and tears started forming on my face. "Get the f**k out of my house now! NOW!" I swung the door open and pushed him out almost tripping him and slamming the door on his shoe. "Mel!! I'm sorry! I really am!" I didn't hear the truth in Sebastian's voice. Ignoring him, I went up to my room and called Kevin. "Mel what's wrong? Why does it sound like you've been crying?" I responded through sobs. "Kevin. Please. Just come to my house. But park a few blocks away and come though the back. Text me when your close so I can have my door open." "Ok Mel. Just. Wait for me. I'll be there in ten minutes." I went downstairs to see if Sebastian was still here but I didn't see him through the window or the peep hole we have in the door. Looking at the floor I saw my penguin. The chubby penguin that had only been around my wrist for almost a day. I picked the penguin charm up and all the pieces of chain that I could find on the floor. I held them all in my hand. In just eight minutes a text came in and I ran to open the back door. I was still crying a little. When I opened the door Kevin was there and he was in a sweatshirt and sweatpants with basically ruined sneakers on with no socks. His hair looked like he had just gotten out of bed. "Mel. Are. You. Ok?" He said between breaths. He ran he from the car probably. I grabbed his wrist with the one hand I had free and brought him inside locking the door behind him. I turned around to look at him and tears started to form again. Immediately, I started to run for my room. I never liked looking weak in front of a guy, but as soon as I took a step towards my stairs Kevin grabbed my arm and kept me from going anywhere. "Where are you going?" His calm voice just made me cry more. Since I couldn't go upstairs to the safety of my room, I turned quickly with my head down, grabbed his sweatshirt with both hands and buried my face in his chest sobbing like a little child. He hugged me close and ran his fingers through my hair, calming me down. As soon and the tears stopped, I let go of his sweatshirt. He back away a little and held my shoulders softly. "Are you ok? What happened?" I opened my hand and showed him the pieces of the chain and penguin. It made me want to cry even more but just before another year could roll down my cheek Kevin said, "The bracelet? Your crying about the bracelet? Mel...oh Mel."
Chapter Sixteen 1am Friday I struggled to get away from Kevin. I didn't want him to see me cry. The little pieces of the bracelet rolled down my hand into his and I took the opportunity to go to my room and shut the door. I cried and cuddled up with my bear. "Mel...stop. It's ok." Kevin softly said as he opened the door to my room. His uneven breathing had stopped and his hair wasn't everywhere like it was. I peeked to see what he was doing and all I saw was his head leaning against my door, him smiling just slighting, and most importantly, his shoes never crossed the line into my room. A guy who is respectful is a guy you want to keep. "You can come in Kev. No need to just stand there...." His eyes were a little shocked and he started to blush a little. He came in and just stood there. He didn't come close to the bed. Didn't go through my things. Didn't close the door either. Just stood there. I scooted over on the bed and patted it. "Siiiiiiiitttt doooowwnn. Your making me it seem as if that certain 'something' was going to happen." He nervously chuckled and went over to the bed and just sat down against the head board. He slipped his shoes off and extended his legs onto the bed. "Thanks for coming so late Kevin. I appreciate it a lot." I said. I mean he came over really late. "No problem. It's not like there's school tomorrow. " smiling, he put his arm on my pillow and supported his head on his hand. Kevin looked sort of like a model. I covered my face with my teddy bear and laughed quietly. "Whaaat? What I do?" Kevin took the bear away from me and held it up over him. "Nothing!", I said reaching for my bear. I got up and tried to get it from him, "Give me my bear!" I said in the middle of laughing. At that moment I slipped and my head fell on top of Kevin's chest. I blushed instantly and so did he. "S-s-sorry..." I mumbled. "Didn't mean to fall on you." As I was moving away Kevin just put his arms around my shoulders and held me close. I tried to move away and he wouldn't let me. "I'll let you go when you promise not to cry about a bracelet I could always fix." Kevin's arms where strong and he really wouldn't let me go. "Ok. Promise. You should know it wasn't only because of the bracelet I was crying about..." I said softly. I tried to sit up but again I wasn't able to. "Um. What now? Tell me what happened." Kevin said sitting up. "Well you see...Sam was here...Sam and I made some pizzas and when we were done, he knelt down and asked me to make a promise." "No. No. Please tell me you didn't make a promise with him of all people Mel." Kevin sat up and looked as if he was pleading puppy. I put my hand on his shoulder. "No of course I didn't. You know my past. I didn't even hear the promise. But that's when he started to..well.."I couldn't tell Kevin. I knew he would get angry. "What Mel? What happened?" I couldn't speak. I just couldn't. All I could do was lay down across his lap and curl up like a baby. Kevin just ran his fingers through my hair. "Please please Mel tell me. I'm your best friend. I know most of your secrets. I promise. I would get angry or yell or run after Sam. I will though be here and comfort you." Kevin said. It brought tears to my eyes. "Aw Mel's." Kevin cradled my head and upper back with one arm and wiped my tears with the other. "I'm here for you. Always. Remember that Mel."