The Sun Goes Down.

"WHAT A DIRTY SKANK!" I said, beyond pissed off at Crystal, the school w***e. She goes through more men than my toilet goes through s**t. 

"Told you." said Delaney in that average sarcastic tone. "You should have known she'd do that after what she did to me." 

"Yeah but her and I were friends?! And she said she hated him! And he called her a w***e!" I'm fired up by now. My stupid EX-EX-EX-EX best friend stole my EX boyfriend. Those a******s, I hope they're happy. 

"Look, you'll be fine. exes are examples of what you shouldn't have. There is a reason you aren't with him. You deserve better. There are plenty of fish in the sea, so let's go fishing!" Delaney said. She's one of my best friends. She's extremely beautiful, crazy, funny, loves awkward hugs, and will always be there for me. Anyone would be lucky to have a friend like her.

"You're right." 

"Aren't I always?"

"Debatable." I say with a laugh crawling from my sarcasm. 

"So Friday. There's this movie date we are going to. Me, You, and maybe somebody else?" 

"AGH! Do we have too? The only decent looking movie is the Lorax and Taylor and I were supposed to go see that..." I said with the sorrow getting worse with each word before I eventually trailed off. Taylor and I had been dating for awhile before he cheated on me with Crystal. Stupid blonde b***h.

"Okay, geez. We'll go shopping then."

"I'm poor."

"Bowling?"

"Without the bumpers? Not a chance." 

"Mini golf?"

"I play soccer and not mini soccer."

"Kayla! Stop making excuses! Okay? I'm trying to help here! Why won't you let me?"

"because I do that."

"DO WHAT?"

"Push people away. When they try to help me I push 'em away. I'm sorry okay?" 

"Alright." she said definitely expecting us to still go to the movies. I can just tell by her tone of voice. That oh-so-cocky tone is thee worst. "Well we should head over there now."

"K."

By 'there' she meant to Skyla's house. Skyla is one out of my 4 best friends. Her, Delaney, Kenzie, and Lily. I love 'em all. Skyla is the super fun one and she's throwing a party tonight. She practically invited everyone in Ohio. It's gonna be interesting. 

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"Hey stranger!" said an amazing voice booming across the room.

We already made it to the party. It's about as fun as it gets with no alcohol, drugs, or drama. I don't plan on ever doing drugs and being a 17 year old senior I feel like I'm doing a pretty good job so far. 

Anyways, back to the dialogue. The voice was Matt's. Matt being my amazing ex-boyfriend where things just didn't work out. 

"Hey. How've you been?" I said. 

God I hate this. I hate it. I hate it. I hate when you're so f*****g close to someone and then it stops and the only thing you can ask is "How've you been." Damn, I remember when I used to ask him, "On a scale of 1 to Kayla how awesome is your girlfriend?" or when I used to throw candy at him because he kept talking during movies. I'd kill to have that again.

"I've been pretty good. Lots of stuff going on between sports and school though. You?" he said. 

"The same except add a dose of pissed-off-because-of-b*****s into that mix and you've got my current recipe." I said. The memory of Taylor made me wanna hug Matt. He's the only honest guy I've ever dated.

"Oh damn. That sounds bad. What happened?" 

"Matt, I don't know..."

"Kayla. Just shut up and tell me. I've got your back."

"Really? That's funny I haven't even talked to you in a year and you've got my back?" 

"KAYLA! I've been busy okay? And I know you. I know you push people away when you need or want them most. And I know you're doing that now. Just tell me okay? I'm here for you."

"Matt..." I trail off. I want to tell him but I remember his reaction when Taylor did this to me the first time. N-O-T pretty. 

"Kayla... please?" He says as he puts his hand on my back.

"Do you promise not to get mad?" 

"Yeaaaah." he says almost like he's unsure of his answer.

"Well once upon a time.."

 

"Damn, not this again. Just cut to the chase. This isn't our Jr. High love notes again." he says while cutting me off. 

"Oh shut the f**k up and let me finish with ya?" I say after smacking him gently. I grab his hand and drag him into the most private room in Skyla's house. "Now I can tell you everything without using Disney Princesses as characters. Alright, so you know how Taylor and I started dating right?" 

"Right. I was pissed when I found out about it, but go on. Continue." 

"I'll question that later. But he ended up cheating on me with Crystal. They went into the girls locker room and you know, I'm sure you can guess what happened next."

"They found a baby unicorn!" 

"Oh shut up Matt. This is serio--wait, you don't seem mad. Are you?" 

"I promised you that I wouldn't get mad and unlike most people I don't plan on breaking that. If anything I plan on mending your heart back together with my new-found love for being a doctor." 

"And when was this love found?"

"Like two seconds ago when I said that." 

"Okay, doctor love." I say in a sarcastic voice as I push him away.

"Aw, you're no fun. Buzz kill."

"You're about to witness a better buzz kill cause I'm gonna ditch you and find Skyla."

"Okay buzz kill, I'll catch you later." he said as I started walking away. 

"Hey Kayla? He said while I was almost out the room.

"Yeah?" I said as I turned around.

"I missed you." 

"I miss you too." and I finally left. 

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"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" sang some kid who obviously can't sing karaoke. 

Mental Note: Only Liam Payne and Michael Bublé can pull off "Cry Me A River" I thought to myself. 

I found Skyla off to the side somewhere, hanging out with Graham, her boyfriend. I probably interrupted what was about to turn into an intense make-out session.

"KAYLA!" said Skyla with a stare that said it all. I guess it's safe to assume that my suspicions are correct judging by the you-could-go-die-right-now-and-I-wouldn't-care look I just got. 

"We gotta talk. Teddy Graham, give us a moment wouldya?" I said talking to Graham. 

"Yeah, sure. Just don't be too long." he said walking away.

"DUDE! WHAT WAS THAT ABOUT? TONIGHT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THEE NIGHT AND YOU'RE INTERRUPTING IT!" said Skyla. 

"Uh. No. Just no. TMI. Stop there. I'm begging." I pleaded. "Anyways, guess who I ran into?" 

"Matt? Yeah, I know. He found out about the party and he instantly asked if you were gonna show. When I told him yes he grabbed an invite and ran." 

"Okay, that's strange but whatever." 

"Don't turn around but he's looking at you. You should go talk to him." 

"Skyla, I don't--" 

That was me getting cut off by her screaming," HEY MATT! COME HERE!" 

As he walked over I shot her the same glare and said, " Have fun at your make-out session." Then I turned to Matt. "Hey I should probably go." 

"Uh, are you sure? It's only 11:30." 

"I go to bed early." 

"Can I at least drive you home?" 

"I'm a big girl, Matt." 

"I don't know if I'd put it like that. Anyways, can I get a goodbye hug?"

I leaned in and hugged him. He put his arms around my waist. As we began to un-hug he said,"Wait. I've got something for you before you leave." 

"Okay, what is it?" 

"It's a surprise. Come here." 

So I followed him out the house and into Skyla's neighbor's backyard. The first thing I seen was a pool. That's basically all there was to see. 

"Uh, hi pool. How are you today?" I said.

"Oh shut up and come here for a minute." 

I got closer to him and he hugged me again, only this time I couldn't feel his arms around me.

"Are we just gonna hug a million times tonight or what?" 

"Not really. I was thinking of something else we could do." 

"Skinny dipping? NO!" 

"Oh shut up. I'm not into that." 

"Oh really, Matt?" 

"Yeah really. So keep your clothes on."

"Was planning on it."

"Alright, so let's play a game of tag. I'm it."

"Childish, but I'm down for it." I said as I sprinted around the backyard. Eventually I got pinned in between him and the pool. "MATT! NO!" I screamed. 

And he lunged and guess where I ended up? Soaked. S-O-A-K-E-D.

"I have my phone in my a*s pocket you dick!" I shouted. 

Then he help up his left hand and in it was my phone. He must of grabbed it during our hug. That would explain why I couldn't feel his arms around me. I thought. 

"Okay, Okay fine.  Now you should jump in with me." 

He took out his phone and laid our phones right next to each other on the grass and jumped in. 

"CANNNNONBALLLLL!" he yelled. 

We had a splashing war after that, I totally won. Don't let him tell you different. Then a thought came to me. We are totally swimming in a random person's pool. God I hope they don't come home soon.

"MATT!" 

"yeah?"

"Who's pool is this?! I am totally not going to jail for trespassing on our first date!" 

"It's not a strang-- Date? You consider leaving a party and then swimming a date? Hell, I'd love to see you're reaction after I take you on a real date." 

"Shut up and answer my question." 

"It's my grandma and grandpa's house. They're out on vacation for a month so they left the house to me which is why I'm here."

"It has nothing to do with you wanting to see me?" 

He just had a half smile as he looked into my eyes. 

"So about this date we're going on this Friday.." he said,"I'm thinking you should let me kick your a*s in an intense game of mini golf." 

"You're on." I said with a smirk. 

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