NOVEL EXCERPTS

Did You Miss Me? Chapter 7 : That Crush

Ian is standing in my front of my door.
"Hey...Ian."
He gives me the biggest smile, saying "I thought we could have a movie night." he says holding up a DVD case titled Zombieland.
Holding up a finger I say, "One problem." His smile falls, "We can't watch that movie because we are having a 80's teen movie night", and his smile is back.
"Oh, I see. My mistake."
I shake my head and turn, heading to the living room, and hearing Ian shut the door behind me .
He plopped down in the couch and I next to him.
"SO, what are we watching right now."
"Farris Bueller's Day Off"
"Cool"
"Who was at th-" I turned to see Carter, standing at the door with a bowl of popcorn.
"Look who deciding to join us." I said.
Ian smiled even bigger (if thats possible). "Hey Carter. Hows it going?"
"Good." Carter murmured, giving Ian a (very) small smile.
Carter looked at me, unsure of what to do.
"Put in the movie." He did. Then he sat next to me, giving me the bowl, since I was in between the two boys.
I grabbed a handful of popcorn and stuffed it in my mouth.
"Very lady-like." I heard Carter mummur next to me. I turned to him with all the popcorn in my mouth, and tried my best to smile. He laughed
When the movie was over Ian said, "I think we should watch Zombieland."
"We can't. We're watching Pretty in Pink next." I replied.
"I love Zombieland." Carter murmurs.
"See. Carter wants to watch it,too."
"I don't though."
Ian sighed. "Have you even seen it yet."
"No."
"Oh my god! You've never seen Zombieland! Now you really need to see it." Ian shouted.
"Ugh, fine then."
Ian put the movie on. When he sat down I rested my head on his shoulder, waiting to be bored but I never was. This movie is hilarious.
When it was over, Ian says "See! I told you it was good."
I rolled my eyes. "Yeah, yeah, whatever. I don't get that guy though. Why was he obssessed with getting a twinkie? Twinkies were gross."
Ian gasped. "Are you serious? Twinkies were awesome. They are missed." Carter chuckled and nodded in agreement.
Ian got up from the couch saying "I gotta go, but hey, come over to my house tomorrow, we'll do something. Both of you guys." Gesturing between me and Carter.
Carter looked at me, waiting for my answer.
"Uh-"
"Callum will be there."
"I'm there!" I shouted quickly. Ian laughed, and my face grew pink. I didn't mean to sound to eager.
"You still have a thing for Ian's brother?" Carter asked. I turned to him, seeing his face had a frown.+
"I don't know, but I'm going to find out."
I stood in front of the bathroom mirror, trying to figure out the best way to have my hair. My normal look isn't going to cut it. Carter appears in the doorway, sighing.
"Your hair looks fine the way it is."
"Fine? Only fine?! Oh my god."
He slaps his forehead. "Forget I said that. It... looks..." I turned to let him examine it, hoping he would give me something useful. His eyes roam my hair, my face then my whole outfit. His eyes meet mine again before he says "Perfect."
He looks away, his cheeks grow slightly red. I'm shocked at how sincere he sounds.
"Thanks...but I don't think so." He sighs and walks out.
Finally, I decided on having my hair the way I always have it, which is down.
I walk out of the bathroom.
"Done?" He asks.
I look down at my outfit, checking over myself. I had on a pair of ripped shorts and a white top, with a belt connecting the two at my waist. The shorts used to be old grandma pants but when I found them in a thrift ship I did magic on them. I also had on a pair of boots. The whole look was simple but still cute. If only my hair looked cuter.
"Yeah, lets go."
I get in the car with Carter and we drive to Ian's house. The whole ride I fidget. When we get there I can't help but feel nervous about Callum.
I step out of my grandma's car and check my reflection in the window. Seeing that everything is as good as its gonna get, I go to the door and knock. Carter behind me says "It's just a guy. You haven't seen him in a long time. He's probably changed a-"
He was interrupted by the door opening.
"Hi, Ian."
"Hey Lily. Don't you look gorgeous!"
I smile. Yeah. That's my sweet Ian.
I walk in and take a seat on his coach, checking the surroundings for A certain guy. When I don't see him I out my attention to Carter who sat next to me, and Ian, who sat on the floor.
"So what are we doing?" I ask.
"Well, I was hoping to go to the zoo with you guys, and Callum but he seems to be taking his sweet time getting ready."
"The zoo?" I ask.
"Yeah, why? To lame?" He replies a bit of worried.
"NO! Dude, the last time I went to one was with you guys."
Ian smiles, "Cool. Then we'll have fun. Right?" he addresses Carter.
Carter nodes with a smile on his face. When he catches my eye he smiles slightly bigger. "Alright, I'm ready. We can go." I hear a deep voice from behind me. I freeze. I should turn around and I see him. I can feel Carter and Ian's eyes on me. Okay, I'm going around...now. Oh.My.God We head outside. I fall into step with Carter and whisper "Rude much? Least you could have said was a 'hey'. There's no reason to be shy"
He looks down again with a guilty expression. "I'm sorry. I won't be rude."+
"Good.""Look! Pandas!" I shouted in a little kid voice "Look! Pandas!" I shouted in a little kid voice.
I know. Mature. I just really love pandas.
"Pandas are weird." Callum states.
I make a huge GASP, causing him and the others to laugh. "Whatever. You're just jelly because you aren't a panda!"
"I'm jelly?" Callum asks, very amused.
"Yep."
Callum laughs.
"I'm hungry." Ian says.
"Yeah, me too." I agree.
"Maybe... Carter and I should go in search for some food, while you two find us a spot to eat in the park area?" I caught Ian's eye and he gave me a not so subtle wink. Before I could even roll my eyes or say a word, Callum says "Sounds cool."
My head whips to Callum and I see he's smiling down at me. So, we split ways and Callum and I find a spot under a tree, where we sit. We sit in a minute of awkward silence, and I was just about to say anything when Callum blurts out "You changed."
I raise my eyebrows at him in question. "I changed?"
"Yeah."
"A...good change?"
"Yeah! Yeah." He says quickly. "Your grew up good."
What does that mean? I grew up good. "What do you mean?"
With a smirk on his face he looked down then my eyes. "I mean that you turned out really beautiful."
Callum just called me beautiful.Callum just called me beautiful.Callum just called me beautiful.Callum just called me beautiful.Callum just called me beautiful.Callum just called me beautiful.
Maybe if I say it a few times, I'll be convinced that that wasn't in my imagination.
Callum just called me beautiful. Callum just called me beautiful. Callum just called me beautiful.Callum just called me beautiful.Callum just called me beautiful.
Nope still don't believe it.
"Did you just call me beautiful?" I ask.
"Yeah...I guess I did." He smiles.
I bet I have the goofiest grin ever. Along with the red cheeks, of coarse.
"Okay! Well, we got everyone two hot dogs!" Ian shouts from a few feet away.
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After getting back from a fun day at the zoo, Carter and I went back to my grams house. She was in the living room watching T.V. when we got there.
"Hey you two!"
"Hey Grams." We said back. All the boys called her Grams.
"What did you do today?"
"We went to the zoo with Ian and his brother." I respond.
"Callum? The boy you always mooned over?"
My jaw dropped. "How do you know!?"
She chuckled. "Sweetie, anyone near you could see you crushing on that boy."
I roll my eyes and begin drag Carter to my room.
"Make sure to tell Ian to come when I'm home! I'd love to see him too!" Grams calls.
"Will do!" I call back.
I collapse on my bed and Carter lies down next to me. We sit in a comfortable silence for a while before I turn my head to him and say, "Was my crush on Callum that obvious?"
"Yeah, Kind of was."
"Do you think he knew?"
"No. The person being crushed on... never really know that their being crushed on."
"Hhm. I hope your right."
"Do you still like him?"
"Yeah, I think I do."
Carter looks away.
"Carter?"
He turns back to me but quickly turns he head away, and into his elbow, sneezing three times.
"Bless YOUUUUUU." I say to sound like his sneezes.
Carter sniffles and chuckles, "Thanks."
I scoot closer to him, placing my hand on his forehead.
"Your forehead's warm, I think your getting sick."
I look from his forehead, into his eyes, realizing how close our faces are.
He puts my hand in his and takes it off his forehead, dragging it to his chest. Immediately, I'm aware of the tingling sensation in my hand that shot up through my arm. We stay that way for a minute before he pulls away, saying "Yeah, I'm not feeling well. I'm gonna go. Um, I-i'll ...uh, yeah-see you." He flies out the door.+
I don't have time to say anything because I'm busy trying to figure out what just happened. O.M.G. so tell me what you think? do u luv it? hate it? caught between the two?
And if you haven't watched Zombieland, watch it now!
So yeah, comment, like

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