Falling For Him? by Katie Brooks (ready to read books txt) 📕

I DON’T REALLY KNOW WHAT I’m doing here. No one even likes me. I mean, they think that they do, but most of them just know that I’m popular and want to be seen with me, no matter how mean I can be.

Everyone watches me move through the party with Lain Adams, Christine Hamam and Elizabeth Pack. They’re my best friends and always will be, no matter how many fights we get into.

“Syd!” someone called out to me from behind. My name is really Sydney Hickman. Everyone always thinks your popular by how pretty you are or who your parents are or something, but for us we’re also popular for how much we can get away with.

I already knew who was calling me before I even turned around. Kent McFuller. We used to be friends in elementary school but ever since middle school we haven’t. He got weirder and I got cooler, we just… changed being who we were. Or at least I did.

Sometimes I didn’t like who I’ve become, like I didn’t even know if it was me anymore. Before I was popular, no one wanted to even look at me. It was the stupid glasses and braces that made people think that i was weird. Everyone had ignored me but Kent McFuller. Now, he was in love with me and I never even talked to him. but at this very second, Kent was right in front of me, smiling brightly with his eyes glowing with happiness!

"Sweet party," I told him over the music.

"Thanks! I didn't know if you guys would make it! I'm glad you did though!" He smiled.

"We go to every party! why wouldn't we come?"

"Because... well, I'm different."

"So?"

"It's just at high school your the most popular and no one even notices me. We're just different." Kent shrugged.

"Who gives a crap?" I asked. Then I got an idea. I looked around me and found a table I could use. I walked over and got up on the table. "Hey! Hey! Everybody shut up for a minute!" Everyone turned and looked at me. "I got something to say. Now, this is Kents first party and hes actually throwing it! And it is awesome! I think he needs a round of applose!" Everyone yelled and cheered and drunkly clapped for the kid they don't even know and probaly never will know.

I smiled as I walked away looking for my boyfriend, Taylor Robberts. I searched up and down the house, only to find him sitting with his football friends on the couch. I sat back and watched him joking around with his friends. His blond hair going into his blue eye, his tan making my mouth water.

I listened to his friends joking around and was about to go up to him, when they started making fun of me and him.

"Hey,Tay! You ever going to do something with that little thing of yours? If not you can just pass her off to me." His friend, Jacob, asked.

"I'm pretty sure shes not ready for anything like that and I'm not going to push her. And you would be smart to keep your hands off her, because I'm with her and I plan on staying a while longer with her. Got it?"

I smiled, but I could tell his friends would give him more crap about it, so I just had to save him. Without ever thinking about what I was doing, I started to walk over to him. I sat on his lap, then leaned in and kissed his amazing lips. His fingers melted into me hair and my mouth opened to his, our tounges met and i groaned at the touch.

Then one of his friends cleared his throat and Taylor pulled away, licking his lips and smiling. I smiled back before glancing over my shoulder at the other guys who all sat and stared right back.

"Hey, boys. Whats up?" I asked looking around.

"Are you drunk?" Taylor asked looking straight into my eyes. Did he think that i was that stupid?

"Nope. Are you?"

"No, why would I be?"

"I was just wondering since it was you who stopped the kiss this time and not me."

"Yeah, well you seemed to be going some where with that kiss and that's not really you. I mean, I'll go that way if you want. I just didn't want you to be drunk and then the next day you think I took advantage of you or someting."

"Yeah, right!" Jackson said. "You don't even have a condom on you!"

"Yeah, dude! you don't want to get her prego, that would be totally messed up, and you both aren't ready for that!"

"Hey! If there is no condom then I'm done. I don't go without one." I said then wishing I hadn't said anything.

"What do you mean?" Tay asked. "You've never had sex before!" I looked away because I know I'm a bad liar. "You haven't right?"

"Well, yeah... you know that." i got up and went to get something to drink, to try and clear my head, something.

I hate not being able to tell him. It's not worth a fight and a break up and thats the only thing thats keeping me from telling him. Telling him everything.

I was downing my rum and coke when i felt someone put an arm around my shoulders. I looked up and into the green eyes of my best guy friend in the whole world, Kyle Burns, and all I wanted to do was cry. Even my best friend didn't know.

"Hey, there pretty lady. Whatcha up to?" Kyle asked with that country accent of his. I think it's the cutest thing in the world and judging from all the girls he's dated and the girls looking at him now, I'm pretty sure they think it's cute too.

"Hey, Kyle. Hows your night going so far?"

"Better then yours, I can see that. What's wrong?"

"Why do you think sometings wrong? I'm fine," i lied. NOOO! I screamed in my head. TELL HIM! HE WILL UNDERSTAND! TELL HIM WHATS WRONG. LET SOMEONE HELP! It took everything in me to not break down and cry in his arms and tell him everything and have him make me feel better. But I did it and concentrated on the drink in front of me in my hands.

"I can tell, Baby Doll, when somethings bugging you. I can see it in your face. Come on now. Talk to me." He said as his hand traced circles on my back in a slow steady motion.

Can I tell him? Of course. But could I? I'm not sure. And that always seemed to be the problem in my life. I trust people but I always keep things to myself thinking that I could handle it. But what if I couldn't this time? What if I might actually need helps with my problems this time?

"I'll tell you when I'm ready too. I just need to figure some things out first okay?" I smiled slightly but I knew it didn't reach my eyes and I could tell he could see that but didn't want to push me so he let it slid.

"Alright. But you still coming over to my house tonight right? You did promise me. You said just us. Just a best friend weekend. No boyfriends or girlfriends or friends or anything in between."

I laughed, "I didn't say it that way, but yes, to answer your question, Iam coming over and your taking me to school on Monday. We're still staying at your house for two whole nights right?"

"Yes ma'am! Thats the plan! So you better be ready for some mayjor fun tonight because after this party we are going to my house and watching movies until we pee our pants!"

"Your crazy! Don't you remember what happened last time we did that? You dicided to watch those scary movies and you ended up screaming your head off making me get scared because I never knew a guy could sream that high, and that made me pee myself and you made fun of me for it and you still do! No! WE are not doing that! Don't even think about it!"

He laughed and laughed until he had tears streaming down his face. I shook me head and when I looked around, I saw that everyone was either staring or kept glancing over at us. "Will you stop? People are starting to stare at us!"

He just seemed to laugh even harder at that! I sighed and turned to walk away from him. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry." he said as he gave me a big hug. His arms wrapping around my waist and lifting me up off the floor and me feet dangling about 6 inches in the air.

I squealed! "Kyle! You know I don't like being picked up! Please please please put me down!!!!" He set me down and I hit him on the shoulder but all it did was hurt my hand. "Ouch! What are you doing? Steroids?"

"Ha. Ha. You are just SO so funny! I'm dieing of laughter." he said sarcasticly. He wasn't even smiling at my joke. What a jerk.

"You could tell me if you were. I won't say a word. But just so you know... they make your, you know, get small!" I said with a laugh and ran off and back into the room where Taylor and the guys were but now Lain, Christine and Elizabeth were with them now.

I ran in screaming with Kyle running after me. I was on one side of the couch and Kyle on the other, staring at each other, judging what we would do if one of made a move for each other.

"Stop hiding behind everyone and take it like a woman, Syd! That was mean and not even close to being funny! Come on, darling!"

"No way! Your just took it to serously! It was a joke! It's not like you would actually do that! I know you wouldn't! Come on now! Let it go!"

"What did you do?" Brody asked, looking between me and Kyle as he asked.

"She thinks that I'm doing steroids! I would never do that! And then shes says that it will just make your, you know what, get small! Can you believe that! So, I chaced her in here."

"It was a joke! Christine, Lain and Elizabeth thnk its funny! Why can't you?"

"That's not the point! the point is that you would think that I would do someting like that!"

Tay laughed and reached behind him and grabed me! Then i was sitting on his lap with my arms bbehind my back and my legs traped under his. "Go ahead, man!" He said.

Kyle was suddenly in front of me and started to tickle the crap out of me! I screamed with laughter!

"Okay! Okay! I'm sorry! I'm so... sorry! I didn't mean it! Please stop! I'm going to pee myself if... if you don't stop... stop tickling me!" I screamed out while still laughing. He tickled me a minute longer before finally stoping.

"There! Now go get me a drink woman!" Kyle ordered but all I did was lean back into Taylor's arms and