Walking back to his house I spoke up ,

"Hey can I tag along the next time you visit your friends ?"

"You sure ? I won't be able to give you as much attention there ."

"Yep , I don't wanna stay here and count each second coz my annoying chipmunk isn't here"

He put an arm around my shoulder tickling me a little ,

"Take that back"

"That I'll miss you? Okay I won't chipmunk" I giggled.

"No not that urgh "

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Within a few minutes we reached , Ma told me that my mom called.

"But we just came back "I gave her my best innocent babyface look.

Alas she has known me forever , she told me to listen to my mom .

I hugged her & Troy and then left .

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I reached home within 10 minutes and went upto mum.

"Someone came in asking for you Ari , is there something I should know about this guy?"

"Who was it mum ? I don't think I was planning on having any company today"

"He said that his name was Sebastian", she said giving me a why do I not know about this guy look.

"Okaaayyy , stop with that look Mum. Sooo.... We had been talking for a few weeks and I thought it could be more but then all of a sudden he showed up with a new girlfriend last week"

"Aww baby , come here. "she said as she pulled me into her arms.

"Surprisingly I'm not that sad although I should be because he literally led me on for weeks"

" You've your whole life to figure that out sweetie "

With that I went upto my room , of course there was a missed call and various texts from Troy asking why mum called me back.

I replied and then started with my homework , at the point where I was almost done Troy called in asking for help.

Technically I could've just sent him the answers but I spent about an hour teaching him the concepts because I'm like that.

After that was done , I went downstairs to help mum out.

We had our dinner with dry conversation just because mum loves doing that so much .

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Just like that days passed by nothing new happened, Troy and I being together for the most part of the day be it at my house or his.

Today was finally Saturday , Troy was over at my house currently denying that he wasn't going to a party. I gave him a blank look . I know he isn't a party animal but I knew for a fact that today he was going only because Zach invited me too and tried to convince me to come by saying Troy would.

"Fine..... Yes there's a party but you're not going "

"Why not ? I'm just as old as you are why can't I ?"

"Because I said so"

I smacked him on the back of his head for acting like my father . He huffed and finally agreed .

I got off the bed and took out a pair of jeans and a cute flow-ey top. I was NOT someone who you'll see walking into a party with a dress on.

I changed and put my hair into a high ponytail. All the while Troy came back from his house after getting changed.

I went downstairs while shoving my phone and some money into my pocket. Damn these jeans are tight as hell.

Walking upto the fridge I wrote a note for mum and entered Troy's Camaro locking the door behind me.

Troy saw me walk out and exited the car to open the door for me.
Well that's a first, I thought. Don't get me wrong , Troy was a gentleman in every possible way but with me ? Never. So naturally I gave him a weird look as I sat inside.

The party was supposed to be an hour away for some reason. Zach's parents own a house there . We had been driving for 15 minutes only when a car came the wrong way all of a sudden. It happened so fast but thank the lord , Troy pressed the emergency breaks at the correct moment.

Our seatbelts slightly bruised us as the momentum tried to carry us forward after the car stopped. He drove from the side ways and stopped at a safe distance,

"Oh my fucking god . I almost killed us today. I'm never touching this vehicle again . Only if I was paying attention to the road. I swear I'm the shittiest driver in the worl-"

I tried calling his name but he kept on ranting so I did what felt right at the moment. I climbed into his seat over the console and straddled him. My hands held his face as I spoke up,

"Shhhhhh.... Nothing happened. Troy we are safe . We are safe only because you were quick enough to pull the breaks. You did nothing wrong. "

I stopped once I saw that he wasn't paying attention to my words. His hands rested at my waist as his eyes darted all over my face,

"Troy?"

He brought his hand up to my jaw and shushed me with his thumb.

[A/n : hopefully y'all understand what I mean because it sounds weird to me at the moment ]

My eyes widened at the thought of what could possibly happen the next moment.

"Just this once" these words left his mouth as he leaned in . He stopped just as his lips brushed mine, as if asking for permission. My body seemed to have a mind of its own as it betrayed my brain's orders and closed the rest of the distance.

It was a soft kiss but it left us breathless. Our foreheads rested against each other as we breathed out heavily. My hands were still around his neck and his were resting at my waist.

"Troy what just happened?" These words left my mouth in a scared tone. I was scared I might wake up back in my bed only to find out it was just a dream.

"N-Nothing . It was just a kiss" I saw red as those words reached my ears. I could see regret in his eyes upon seeing my jaw clench.

I climbed back into my seat and stared out of the window as he gathered himself and started driving.

I wasn't someone who cried easily but at the moment tears wanted to run down my cheeks but I forced them to stay. I didn't realise we had reached until he reached out his hand to shake me out of my thoughts and I flinched away.

"Ri, Everything's okay right? "

Just like I'm fine is in most of the cases false , my yeah in this case was also not true. We were far from okay or alright. I knew I liked him in the back of my mind but now this confirmed it and at the very moment he managed to break me with his words.

I left the car and sped walk towards the house. He ran up to catch-up with my pace.

I can only hope that tonight won't bring anymore of these moments between us.