Semi-Edited

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Dylan's POV

"Why are you freaking out?"

"I am not freaking out." I gritted out, staring at myself in the mirror. I ran my fingers through my hair once again.

(What Dylan is wearing. Plus Dylan O'Brien is just so cute and adorable!)

"Yes you are. Chill out dude." Gage said as he leaned against the doorway of the bathroom.

"If I remember correctly you were freaking out about asking Carter out." I sent him a look. He didn't say anything letting me know I was right. I had to sit through him whining about Carter. Well technically he didn't whine about her but he did make a big deal about taking her out for a date just the other day, so he can deal with me.

"But you aren't asking her out Dylan. She is helping you with your homework." Well it felt almost like a date. We haven't done anything but text and that is only because I kept annoying her so she would reply. I tracked down one of her friends and got her number. She did keep replying so she had to like me in some way to continue on texting with me. I wanted to take her out but Johanna was not the type you can just take to dinner and a movie. She was different and I liked that. Maybe that is what got my attention.

The day I met Johanna was something I won't forget.

Three weeks ago...

Shit! I am late to class! I blame it on it being a Monday and not on the fact I didn't set my alarm or that Gage didn't think about getting me up. I only had 10 minutes to get to class or else my teacher would shut the door on me. While other professors don't really care if you are late, seeing as you were the one paying not them, but Mr. Cannon was terrible. If you were not in your seat at exactly 8:00 am you were late and not aloud to come in. Very stupid if you ask me.

Almost running down the hallway I silently cursed my alarm, Gage, and the fact that is was Monday of all days. If I had it my way I would sleep all day and not do a thing.

When I turned the corner I saw the classroom up ahead and I let out a sigh of relief. I still had 5 minutes to get inside. Reaching for the door hand I swung it open only to hear a loud thud and a yelp. Confused I stepped back and let the door close. My gaze feel to a figure laying on the floor, clenching their head.

"That fucking hurt." The voice said. It was a girl. When she looked up to glare at me I noticed she was very very pretty. I stared down at her with wide eyes not knowing what to say. I literally just smacked her with the door and all I could do was stare down at her like an idiot.

"Are you going to just stand there like an ass or are you going to help me up?" She asked holding onto her head with one hand while the other one was up waiting for me to grab it. I quickly grabbed her outstretched hand and pulled her up. When she got to her feet she swayed a little making my arm reach around to steady her.

"You seriously hit me with a door."

"I'm sorry I didn't see you there." I finally said something. Even with this girl glaring daggers at me I found her gorgeous. She had dark brown hair that was cut to about her shoulders if not shorter. A pair of black glasses framed her face and instead of blocking her eyes they seemed to made the brown pop. Being so close to her they didn't seem like just brown eyes, their were little specks of light hazel in them.

"Are you going to say anything or just stand there like a dumb ass?" She asked pulling away from me.

"I-I..." I couldn't seem to get any words out making me stand here like an idiot.

"Never mind you are going to make me late for class." She huffed. Still standing staring at her she pushed passed me and opened the door to Mr. Cannon's classroom. I raised an eyebrow at that. She's in my class? I silent asked. If she was I should have noticed her before now. The sound of the door slamming in front of me knocked me out my thoughts. Knowing that I only had another minute or so to get inside I pulled the door open and stepped inside.

As I made my way to my seat my eyes found the girl I hit with the door immediately. She wasn't seated too far from my usual seat but all the seats around her were full so it wasn't like I couldn't sit next to her. There was something in me that was screaming for me to go over to her but I wasn't sure what it was. Ignoring the feeling I took my seat just as the professor walked in.

Through out the entire class my eyes kept drifting over to the girl. She was hunched over her little side table, her hand moving quickly across her notepad. With her being one row down and about 5 seats to my left I could only see her right side.

I don't know what it was that made me keep looking in her direction. She didn't seem like anything special, in fact she seemed like a shy, nerd type of girl, someone I definitely didn't go for usually. Maybe it was because I hit her with the door on accident and I just wanted to make sure she was okay. It was a hard door. That had to be the reason I kept looking at her.

When class finally ended I stood up searching for her so I could apologize for real this time. But as I looked around I lost her in the sea of students flooding out of the door and into the hallway. Just as I thought she already left I spotted her heading for the door, slinging her bag onto her shoulder.

Pushing past people I quickly made my way to her. People cursed at me as I shoved them but I didn't pay them any mind, the girl with the dark hair was the only thing I could think about at the moment.

I followed her out the door and as the crowd thinned out I was able to reach her arm and tug her backwards gently.

"Hey." I said as I pulled her back to me. What I didn't expect her to do was shove her elbow back at me, hitting my shoulder hard and jerking away from me. I let out a little grunt from the blow. Damn she had pointy elbows. When she whirled around to face me her expression changed from anger to recognition, back to anger.

"Oh you."

"You have a hard elbow." I rubbed my shoulder.

"Then don't just grab me." She crossed her arms across her chest. That of course only brought my eyes down to her breasts because lets face it I am a young man. "Eyes up here." She waved her hand in my face.

"Sorry." I mumbled reaching back to rub my neck.

"What do you want. I have another class to get to."

"I um just wanted to say I am sorry."

"For what?" She asked tilting her head to the side with the corner of her lip curling up. She knew what I was saying sorry for but wanted to hear the words from my mouth.

"I am sorry for hitting you with the door. I didn't see you and I didn't want to be late." My hand moved from my neck to rub through my hair. "I hope you are okay." She didn't say anything for a minute and just stared at me.

"I'm okay, just a small bump to the head." She shrugged.

"Okay that is good. Didn't want to be the cause of you having a concussion or something." I chuckled when she didn't I stopped.

"Could I maybe take you out to make it up to you?" I asked suddenly not even aware I was saying it until the words slipped out of my mouth. My eyes widened at myself. I didn't stop her to ask her out! I had no clue why I did. While she didn't seem like the type of girl I didn't go for being this close to her I did notice she was really pretty. She just didn't hold herself like other girls almost like she didn't believe she was pretty.

"No." She said flatly.

"I can pick you up at...wait, what?" I said now hearing her words. "No?"

"No." I blinked looking at her.

"But-"

"I don't date and I especially don't date guys like you." She said before turning and starting to walk away.

"Guys like me?" I questioned going after her not knowing what she meant by that. I wasn't a bad guy!

"Yes guys that think they can get whatever girl they want, sleep with them, and then never call them again."

"I'm not-"

"'I'm not like that' yeah right." She finished the sentence for me.

"Hey! I am not that kind of guy." I said offended by her insinuation.

"Okay fine you may not be but I still won't go out with you."

"I was just trying to be nice." I said grabbing her and pulling her to a stop. Her words actually kind of hurt. It wasn't because she turned me down, I've been turned down before, but it was the way she thought she knew me that had me hurt and angry.

"You hit me with the door, I don't think that was being nice." She tugged her arm free from my grasp.

"I told you it was an accident. How many times do I have to apologize?"

"You don't. Now I have to go. I could say it was nice meeting you but it really wasn't." She shot me a smirk before turning and walking away from me. I stood there floored by her words. Once again I found myself calling out to her.

"You didn't say what your name was!" I yelled down the hallway, a few lingering students looking at me.

"I didn't give it!" She yelled over her shoulder at me. I watched her push through the doors and leave without looking back. I had no clue what just happened but for some reason a smile appeared on my face. She sure was different then other girls I have come in contact with. Something told me I be seeing more of her in the future.

Present Time....

To say meeting Johanna was interesting is an understatement. After that day I made sure to run into her on our shared class. I ended up moving seats so I could be beside her, which she hated and shot sarcastic remarks at me, but now she tolerates it. That is how we ended up on this studying date. I asked her to help me and after a lot of begging and poking her arm she relented.

It wasn't that I didn't know what was going on in the class, well I wasn't the greatest at math but I wasn't a complete moron on the subject. Anyways I decided that the only was for her to see me as something other than what she has classified me as on our first meeting, I had to get her to help me study. She was super smart so this was the best option. Or at least I had thought so at first. Now here I am stressing over it like some teenage girl. Gage's little comments were not helping me either.

I was suppose to head over to her dorm room in just a few minutes. She decided that meeting there was better then here, saying that I would try something if we were at my place. I was hurt that she thought I would take advantage of her but I agreed to meet at her place.

The thing about Johanna was she was stubborn as hell and when she made her mind up about you, there was no changing it. It literally took me a whole week just to get her name out of her. It has been three weeks since we first met and she still hasn't changed her opinion on me. She still thinks of me as some horn dog that will sleep with anything that has legs and doesn't care for people feelings.

Okay yes that may have some truth to it but I didn't get my jollies by hurting girls using them for one night then not call them. Girls knew when they got involved with me that I don't do much on relationships. Gage and I have always been that way. We don't string girls along and let them know right up front, that of course never stopped them. It was just something we have done for our lives, both of us knowing what happens when you love someone so much. It can break you.

That of course changed because he was now with Carter. I wasn't angry, in fact I was glad they were together. She finally got him to feel something and he needed someone like her in his life. Someone to balance out his moods and personality. Ever since seeing them together I have had this little feeling of want. I wanted to have someone like they do. Maybe now was the time to stop playing around so much and try a relationship for once. See where it goes. That was quite possibly why I was drawn to Johanna.

The three weeks I have known her I have found out she is the opposite of me. She is shy but when she wants to be she is sarcastic, rude, snarky. She definitely didn't take crap though. Not from me or anyone. She was kind of nerdy meaning she did well in her classes, was smart, and had glasses although I thought they suited her well. I didn't know much else about like where she is from, why she came to Colombia for college, her hobbies, anything like that. I was hoping today I could maybe ask her that.

I still had no idea what I was drawn to her so much. I think it is because she wasn't like the usual girls. Most girls here on campus I have run into they just fall to my feet, not being conceited or anything, but they do and same went for Gage. They only cared to sleep with us and in some ways I think they only saw us as Sex on a Stick. Even when I would be rude to them they would take it and not say anything. Johanna called me out on my bullshit. She didn't put up with it like others and it was honestly a breath of fresh air.

"What time will you be back?" Gage asked interrupting my thoughts. "I have a fight tonight at 6."

"I will be back before then. It is one now and it won't take us long to study."

"If you are going to be late just text me, I won't blue balls you." He smirked at me which I glared back at.

"Stop it." I wasn't going to do anything like that with Johanna. She didn't seem like the type and I wanted to prove to her I wasn't into her for her body.

"You better go before she thinks you stood her up." Glancing at the clock I noticed I should have left by now. Her dorm was across campus.

Cursing under my breath I pushed past him into my room to grab my things. I needed to bring my math textbook with me, a notebook, pencil/pen, and my calculator. I threw all of it in my backpack before grabbing my wallet, keys and my phone.

"I'll see you later." I called to Gage who was now sitting on the couch texting Carter probably. He yelled back something but I didn't hear it as I slammed the for shut and quickly made my way out of the building.

The walk to Johanna's went by quickly and before I knew it I was standing in front of the door with the number she texted me. I was nervous for some reason. I took a deep breath before bringing my hand up and rapping on her door three times. Rocking back and forth on my heels I waited for her to open the door.

When she opened the door a smile broke out on my face. I was still nervous but seeing her in front of me I relaxed a little.

"Hey." I noticed she was wearing a pair of sweats along with a t-shirt that had 'Namast'ay In Bed' on the front. I bit back a grin at that. She clearly didn't get dressed up for me while I spent the last 10 minutes worrying about my hair. Who was the real girl here? I noticed her eyes were trailing up and down me which just made me smirk at her.

"Going to let me in?" I asked.

"Uh yeah sure." Seeing her blush made my smirk wider. When she stepped to the side I slipped past her into her dorm room. I glanced around taking the place in. It was slightly smaller than mine or even Carter's but the is only because we were in the newer building on campus. I liked her place though, it felt homey which was something you didn't really get in a dorm room. Looking around you could tell the place was lived in. It wasn't super clean but you could make out random things left on the floor or the counter.

"My roommate is out for the day." She said moving more into the living room. I followed after her and noticed she already had her school work out on her coffee table.

"I like your place by the way." I commented as I stood awkwardly in her living room.

"Thanks. Cammie, my roommate, and I thought it would be nice making this place feel more like home since we are here most of the time. Have a seat." She gestured to the couch she was sitting on. She had the same couch layout we did, a large couch right in the middle and two separate chairs on either side.

I took a seat next to her but made sure there was some room between us. I pulled out my stuff and set it beside hers before rubbing my hands.

"Ready to study?" I asked glancing at her. She nodded not saying anything. "Hey you okay?" She seemed unusually quiet.

"Yeah I'm good." Before I could even question her she was leaning forward to grab her textbook. "Lets get started." Her tone let me know the conversation wasn't going any further. Respecting her wishes I nodded and grabbed my stuff as well.

For the next twenty or so minutes Anna helped me through our study sheet for our upcoming test in Calculus. At first I wasn't really paying attention, my eyes drifting to her, but after a few minutes I actually listened. The way she explained it was simple and easy, way better than the professor by far. While she explained it to me I could see her quietness easing away. She was now in her element that is for sure. She must have been uncomfortable around me at first but now she wasn't.

With only twenty minutes under our belts we got a good section of it done before we took a small break.

"Do you want some water?" Anna offered getting up off the couch.

"That would be great." While she got the water I finished what I was writing before setting it down on the table. My mind was on over drive but surprisingly I was having a good time. Sure we were only doing homework, and math at that, but it wasn't terrible. I was just comfortable around Johanna and that was a first for me.

It was silent for a few minutes as we both drank our waters not really knowing what to say to one another. I decided to start.

"So you like math huh?" I asked stupidly. After the words left my mouth I wanted to slap myself for the idiotic question. She chuckled at me but nodded.

"Not really, no."

"But you are so good at it." I said surprised.

"That is thanks to a lot of studying and hard work. I am not the greatest in math honestly. Now science that is my forte."

"What kind of science? Astronomy, Biology, Anatomy?"

"Anatomy. I want to be a nurse." My eyebrows raised at that.

"That is great."

"Both my parents are doctors so it is kind of bred in me to do something in the medical field."

"Why do you sound like you don't want to do that?" I asked. I must have struck something for her head snapped in my direction and her eyes widened.

"W-what I want to be a nurse." She defended but the way she said it was like she was trying to convince herself that. Because we didn't know each other that well I didn't want to dip into something that isn't my business.

"It is okay you don't have to try and convince me." I held up my hand while leaning back in the couch. She was silent for a minute before she sighed.

"It isn't that I don't want to be a nurse because I do. I want to help people and try to make a difference even if it is small it is just..." Anna trailed off. I watched her as she tried to put into words what she is feeling.

"It is just a lot of pressure you know. My parents expect nothing less of perfect. All through out high school I was pushed to get straight A's, to be Valedictorian, be at the very top of my class. That is all my parents really cared about. Not once did they ask me if I wanted to join any sports, clubs, anything besides focusing on getting into a great college to be a nurse. Actually they wanted me to be a doctor like them, a Neonatology like my mom," At my confused look she dumbed it down. "A doctor that works on babies that have problems. Or be like my dad, a Cardiologist. That is just too much of someones life in my hand for me."

Wow she came from a high class family. I could see all the pressure she gets from her parents wanting her to be perfect and follow in their footsteps.

"Pressure by parents is not the greatest." I commented softly.

"What do your parents do?" Talking about my parents was a sore subject for me. No one but Gage knew what goes on with my parents.

"My dad is the Mayor of New York." I sat there waiting for her to do something. I expected her to yell, ask a bunch of question, or start asking all nice to me.

"Oh I never knew. That must be kind of difficult." Anna didn't do anything I thought she would. No questions, no suddenly being so nice, no yelling even. Instead she was calm about it all and said the one thing no one else has. Blinking I slowly registered her words.

"Uh yeah it is pretty rough."

"Why aren't you more talked about? I mean being the Mayor's son must mean you get photographed a lot and have to be seen at his convention right?" I didn't really want to have this conversation but talking with Johanna I didn't feel pressured to say anything I am uncomfortable with, or to be judged. She wasn't the judging type it seemed. I found myself talking about my parents, something I never do.

"According to everyone I am not my father's son."

"What do you mean?" She asked leaning forward a little and actually looking concerned.

"Before I was born my father wasn't anyone big. He hadn't made a name for himself just yet but he was on his way. He was slowly moving up in the spotlight. He met my mom at some little convention he was at and apparently they fell in love. They were together for a little while before my mom fell pregnant with me. Just as she did he suddenly grew. People recognized him and what he did in the eye of the public was critical. He was going for city council and hopefully Mayor one day."

"One day his publicist told him that if he wanted to be someone big he had to get rid of his baggage, aka my mother and I. I was only one when my 'father' basically wrote us off. He made my mother sign a contract saying she won't tell anyone she had a kid with him and in return he will pay my mother every month. So he moved us into a house and we never heard a word from him since, unless you count the monthly cash in my mothers bank account."

After my father wrote us off from him my mother went in the deep end. She drank a lot and would occasionally yell at me for looking so much like my father. She never really cared for me. It wasn't until 6th grade that I met Gage and finally had someone to relate to. With his own mother in the deep end like mine we became best friends in no time. Gage's grandmother became the mother figure I wanted and needed in my life. Without Gage and her I'm not sure I would be here right now. I of course didn't say any of this to Johanna. That was a little too personal to share right away.

"What an ass." Anna's voice brought my back. At he words I raised my eyebrows. "What? He is." She once she saw my look. I couldn't help but smile at her. She was definitely something different.

"Okay fine your parent situation is worse than mine." Anna said a minute later.

"How about we are equal in that department?" I suggested.

"Fine." She grinned at me. It was one of the few times she has ever done that. Normally she is scowling or sending me daggers when I talk and annoy her. Her pearly whites flashed at me and I felt myself return her grin. I could watch her smile all day long.

For the next hour we talked back and forth. We never stayed on one subject too long and as time went on I learned a little bit more about her. Like she liked to play guitar and sing, when I tried to get her to play and sing for me she just punched me on the arm. I told her a little bit of Gage and some stories of us together. I even mention Carter which she kind of went a little wide-eyed, asking if I really knew her. She of course knew who Carter was and her family, no big surprise there.

It wasn't until my phone binged with a text did our conversation come to an end. Seeing Gage asking if I was coming by to carpool with him to his fight did I realize the time, a 5:15 pm. I had been here at Johanna's for about 5 hours already. Man did time go by fast. I was enjoying getting to know Anna and listening to her talk was something I could see myself getting use to hearing everyday.

"I'm sorry but I have to go." I said and I hoped my tone didn't show that I was disappointed in leaving. If Gage hadn't texted me we would have talked for even longer until one of us noticed how late it was.

"That is okay. My roommate should be back any minute and I promised I'd go eat with her and some friends." Johanna said, quickly standing up and gather her stuff on the counter. Mentally I was cursing at Gage for texting me but I promised I'd go to his fight with him and I never missed one. In another way I was glad he did text me because begin with Anna was very comfortable. I could feel myself getting to close too soon already and I'm not sure if that is a good thing or not.

I shoved all of my stuff in my backpack before standing up. It was silent once again as I stood there awkwardly. Should I hug her goodnight? Kiss her on the cheek? Thank you for the good time? What do you do in situations like this!

"I...um thank you for studying with me and helping me out with those questions." I said lamely.

"You are welcome. I am glad you got it down for the test." She sent me a small smile.

"You are a good teacher." I said softly looking down at her. The want to kiss her was growing by the second and I could even feel myself leaning in towards her. My eyes were glued to hers and I noticed she was taking a small step towards me as well. It was like a string was in-between us, pulling us together.

Right as we started to bend our heads together the front door opened. At the sound Johanna jumped back like she was caught doing something she wasn't suppose to. I stood there dazed until a voice spoke.

"What do we have here?" A girls voice asked, teasingly.

"Nothing, he was just leaving." Anna said grabbing my arm and turning me around. I barely got a glance at her roommate before she was pulling me to the door.

"But-" I started to say but she cut me off.

"Thanks for the study session Dylan." Anna said quickly opening the front door and shoving me out it.

"You're welcome. Do you want to do another session sometime?" I found myself asking before she shut the door on me. She looked over her shoulder behind her before meeting my eyes. It was like the internally battling herself. I waited to be rejected as she parted her mouth.

"Sure I'd like that." A smile appeared on her pretty face. Feeling almost giddy I grinned back.

"I'll text you later?"

"Yeah." Her roommate starting to talk behind her Johanna said something over her shoulder before turning back to me. "Have a good night Dylan."

"Goodnight Johanna." I said, enjoying the way her face turned a light red shade at my words. Mumbling something she quickly closed the door. Not even caring she shut the door in my face my smile grew larger. Whether she knew it or not she liked me. Today just showed she was uncomfortable around me anymore and maybe even liked me as a friend.

Smiling like an idiot I shoved my hands in my front pockets before striding away from the door down the hallway. I may be starting to crush on Johanna already. 

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Finally an update! This week has been so busy, who knew two puppies were so much work. We have a year old rescue dog and we got him a 12 week old puppy. They are partners in crime I tell you. The puppy isn't potty trained so we are always watching her. But anyways I finally updated! I am sorry it isn't much I didn't have an idea to write until I was like 'hey lets do a Dylan Pov'. 

This pov of Dylan's is different for him. I wanted you guys to see a different side to him, a less funny/sarcastic, serious side of him. And you get to know a little bit about his past. I thought it was interesting to add that little bit in. Let me know if you guys liked this side of Dylan. Do you like Johanna? Do you think she fits with Daddy Dylan? Let me know!

ANNA IS SHORT FOR JOHANNA! I FEEL LIKE TYPING IN HER NAME ALL THE TIME IS TOO LONG AND SHE NEEDS IT SHORTER! (She is made after my best friend who wanted a character in my book :) )

ALSO BIG NEWS! The second book of a AYA series is out for Pre-Sale for Kindle!! The second book is called....Accidental Attraction. It is now available for Kindle Version. If you like Kindle or want that version you can head over to Amazon and pre-order it. On October 11th it will be in your library and available to buy. Hopefully this time Paperback shows up on time so you all can get a physical copy if you wanted. I want to thank you guys for going out to buy the book! I means a lot and I FREAKING LOVE see you all with your copies that you have sent me. Feel free to send me snaps or tag me in posts on social media so I can see. If you have any questions feel free to MESSAGE ME, COMMENT, POST ON MY WALL, TWEET ME, or even SNAPCHAT ME! (OutOfMyLimit17-snap)

Anyways. I hope everyone is doing good and has had a good week and now weekend! I also hope you enjoyed this chapter!! As always...

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