One Chance (Part 1)(29)
“What?” I ask worried.
“Haley we can’t do this. I’m with Meg,” he says reminding me of his current girlfriend situation.
“Shit,” I say pulling my hand quickly away, wanting nothing more than to get as far away from him as possible right this moment, “I wasn’t thinking.”
“Neither was I, but this can’t ever happen.”
“It won’t. We’re drunk.”
“That’s no excuse and you know it,” he says pinning me down with a stern look.
“I’m saying that’s why it got as far as it did, if we were both sober it would have never gone anywhere. Can you move so I can get dressed?”
He doesn’t say anything, but moves off of me. I hop off the bed trying to hook my bra and pull my shirt down quickly.
“I’m sorry.”
“Me too, that shouldn’t have happened,” I say urgently. I’m glad it did, wished more would have happened, but I know it can’t. I’ve never been his type, never will be.
“Haley it’s fine, but if possible, can this stay between us?”
“Of course, don’t worry I won’t tell anyone anything,” I say in all seriousness.
“Thanks,” he says as he lies back on the bed.
“What are you doing?” I ask shocked.
“Going to sleep.”
“In here?”
“Yeah, it’s a big enough bed Haley, plus it’s not like we haven’t slept in the same bed before.”
“Yeah, but we didn’t make out before.”
“I’m in no condition to drive right now.”
“You’re right, okay fine, but stay on your side,” I say as I crawl into bed.
“Aren’t you going to change?”
“No, my clothes are in the car, I wasn’t sure if I was going to spend the night or not, but I can’t drive right now either.”
“Do you want me to go get them for you?”
“No, it’s not a big deal.”
“Okay, well night Haley.”
“Goodnight Liam.
Chapter Seven
Before we know it, it’s time to head back to school. I’m throwing my bag into Liam’s car since we decided to carpool back to school, while Kenzie’s saying goodbye to Mom and Dad.
“Call me when you get to school, both of you,” Mom says looking between Kenzie and me.
“I will,” I say with a smile.
I give Mom a hug then hug Dad goodbye before walking back across the street. Liam and Brody are outside saying farewell too.
“See, if you would just hook up with Liam things could be like this all the time,” Kenzie says out of nowhere. I can’t help but come to a complete stop in the middle of the road, pulling on her arm.
“Could be like what?”
“This,” she says nodding towards the Masters house. Mom and Dad are now over talking to Mr. and Mrs. Masters, “Everyone gets along, loves each other really. It could be perfect.”
“Except Liam and I aren’t like that.”
“Which I can’t figure out. You were obsessed with that boy growing up, we both were.”
“Yeah when we were younger, we aren’t kids anymore Kenz.”
“Don’t I know it, but Hails he’s only gotten hotter.”
“I’m not denying that,” I say on a laugh.
“So what’s the problem?”
“We just don’t fit, plus he’s taken if you’ve forgotten again.”
“No I didn’t forget, just wishful thinking I guess.”
“You can stop that because it’s never going to happen.”
“What’s never going to happen?” Brody asks as he approaches us.
“Oh nothing, just girl talk,” I say quickly.
“You ready?” he asks Kenzie.
“Sure am,” she says to him before turning towards me. “I’m going to miss you. Call me and keep me posted on everything,” she says before giving me a hug.
“I will, I promise,” I say hugging her back.
“Don’t kill my brother on the drive back,” Brody says as he gives me a hug goodbye.
“I won’t,” I say laughing, “I’m gonna miss you too.”
“Me too Hails, me too,” he says before releasing me. I walk over to Liam’s car, where he’s already sitting in the driver’s seat. I give one last wave before climbing in and buckling my seatbelt.
“Ready?”
“Yep,” I say with a smile.
We get on the highway and head towards college for the first twenty minutes neither of us says a word. After the party fiasco, we have been avoiding each other. When I woke up, Liam was nowhere in sight. I came home and ended up spending the day with Brody and Kenzie and when we went over to Brody’s house, Liam was sure to leave quickly. I considered driving myself back to school, but was surprised yesterday when Liam told me what time to be ready to go. So here we are, in Liam’s black mustang driving back to school, in solitude.