Beth•••
"Are you ready for tonight?" Seth whispered to me.
"Yeah" I blushed.
"Hey what are you guys whispering about?" Linc asked. "Beth did you get a boyfriend when I was away?"
"What about you?" I asked playfully but I noticed the atmosphere thickened so much I could slice through the tension. "What?" I looked at all their faces.
Does he...? No he would have told me. I won't pry into his private affairs but we've been friends for so long that such things don't matter to us.
...or do they?
"Lincoln I saw you wink at somene from among our cheerleaders. You're dating someone right under my nose and I don't know about it? I feel hurt" I pouted.
Everyone started shifting uncomfortably confirming my suspicion that he has a girlfriend. But I decided not to dwell on it seeing as everyone else knew...
Wait a minute...I narrowed my eyes at Seth but he was eating as if his life depended on it.
He knew?...I've known Lincoln for seven years but he who probably met him today...knew?
It seemed that everyone else knew. Everyone but me. I didn't know that my bestie had a partner.
"Any other secret anyone wants to share?" I asked calmly.
My blood was boiling...I wanted to beat everyone to a pulp but for some reason I didn't. I shouldn't know everything about everyone right?
I scanned everyone's faces but when it landed on Becca she averted her eyes. When I looked around again everyone repeated the gesture.
"Wow" I said.
This monologue was starting to annoy me. I stood up. "I'm going to the restroom. See ya in class"
I walked away in slow, unhurried steps. Karma is really a bitch. I hurt Doris and in less than ten minutes I felt worse.
I pushed the cafeteria doors with less vigor than I had when I opened it. My eyes started stinging.
Becca was hiding something from me. Her twin...
I tried not to think about it...but I couldn't. I understand if she couldn't tell me because maybe I couldn't handle it, after all I've told Nelly a couple of things before...but everyone else knew...
I felt my feet take me to the exit doors. When I almost pushed it, a hand stopped me.
I didn't need to turn back to see who it was. The familiar tingling had already informed me.
"Where are you going?" Seth asked.
"Home" came my monotonous reply.
"Beth..."
"I need to sleep it over. I'm tired, today has been longer than I expected"
"Come with me" he said.
I turned back to finally look at his eyes. I wiped the tears in mine and nodded.
He put his hand on my waist. I raised a brow. If he wanted to calm me he didn't need to seduce me with his tingles, alright?!
But I glued my mouth shut and followed him to the football field. He stopped but I didn't know and I bumped my nose into his hard back.
"Ouch" I rubbed it.
"I'm so sorry" he said and took over from rubbing it. The seduction got too much so I decided to walk away before I pounced on him.
"Hey" he stopped me. I felt more than heard him move. His hands wrapped around my waist and my back was pressed against his chest.
Why is every part of him so hard? He dipped his head and kissed my neck. I shivered. I spun to meet his eyes. "Are you trying to get laid on a field?" I asked teasing him.
He just laughed. His deep bellow sounding like music to my ears. "I think you should stop saying things like that...or else someone might get laid" he said smirking.
I pouted even though I was stabbing him with knives in my mind. I am the one who was teasing him how did I end up red faced.
His head dipped and I instantly saw his hazels turn dark for a moment before he blinked it away. Was that lust?
I gulped and licked my lips that were suddenly dry. His gaze fell to them and he buried his nose in my neck before tapping my nose. "Don't seduce me in broad daylight. I do not mind doing it in the open"
I felt warmth in my cheeks in a second. "Stop saying nonsense"
He just smiled, blinding me with his beauty for a second. I felt jealous of his long lashes. Why were guys blessed with such pretty features? I whined in my head.
His face became serious slowly. "Um...I think you should give some time to Lincoln".
I understood what he did now. "The calm before the storm. Nice move Seth"
"I'm serious. Just give him time"
I nodded. "We're late for class. Kate is gonna give us a sermon"
He just grinned and pulled me along. As I expected Miss Kate was already in class. She scowled at us but she let us in. This time we sat together since there was two vacation seats next to each other at the back.
I swept my eyes through the class and was relieved that Lance wasn't here. Neither was Doris...I guess Principal Sam hasn't let her off.
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After school, Seth, Becca, Lincoln and I drove home in Lincoln's sedan. The atmosphere was not bad since me and Seth entertained ourselves at the back seat.
....and before your minds run far. No. It wasn't that kind of entertainment.
We talked and sang at the tops of our voices. Lincoln joined us to sing but Becca shut him up. "Linc no offense but your voice sounds like a dying frog's"
Seth and I burst into laughter. "That was harsh" I said.
"Becca you know saying no offense is not a license to offend people, right?"
"Do I?" she asked.
"Whatever" Lincoln said. "We're here"
I looked up to see that we were in front of Seth's house. "See you later?" I asked.
He nodded and got out of the car but he didn't close the car door, instead he dipped his head and kissed me.
Before I could recover from the shock, he pulled away. "Wear something hot" he whispered in my ears and nibbled on it.
"There's a kid here" I heard a childish voice yell.