Chapter 2
#2 of All Alone
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The final bell rings signifying freedom until the beginning of first period tomorrow morning. But that isn't my concern right now, I have plans to hang out with a potential new friend. I quickly pull out my phone and try to text Ryan to see where he wants to meet up, but suddenly an arm grabs my shoulder preventing me from going anywhere. "Got somewhere to be?" asks Alex. My body tenses up. He can feel this and smiles, "Nervous are we?" he taunts. I don't turn around, I don't say anything, I can't. It'll only make it worse. But I hear a voice calling out my name. "Skylar?" I turn around now, I see Ryan about halfway down the hall with a somewhat concerned look on his face. He just stays back for now, but then notices the look of fear in my eyes, he starts toward us. "Beat it." Alex tells him as he walks over. "Get off of him" Ryan says calmly. Alex steps off me, but turns to face Ryan. "What happens if I don't?" Alex asks, and with that he gives Ryan a small shove. Ryan, still very calm steps back foreword and quickly punches Alex in the face. Small drops of blood spray from his now injured nose and I gasp. The hallway goes silent as Ryan stands over him, waiting for him to get up. Alex looks up at him, gives a small chuckle and says, "You get that one, but you better watch your fucking back." He points at Ryan, then looks over at me, wipes his nose on his sleeve and walks away. Ryan glares at him as he walks down the hallway and finally turns the corner, then he turns to me now with sympathetic eyes and asks, "Are you okay?" "Yea, I'm fine." I reply, "So are we still hanging out today?" He laughs a little and says, "Of course!" and with that we walk out to his car.
We walk to to the school's parking lot and I scan the rows of cars for his, then i realize I have no idea what kind of car he drives. But then he unlocks the door to a 1997 Corvette Stingray and climbs into the drivers side. He sees me staring at the car and says jokingly, "You coming?" I blush a little and get in the passengers seat. "Sorry," I tell him, "I've never been in a car this nice." He laughs, "Well you'd better get used to it if we're gonna hang out! So where to?" he looks at me. "Uhh..." I think for a second. "Just start driving, I'll tell you where to go." "Sounds good." he says.
We pull out of the school parking lot and he starts down the road. "So..." I say, "You just moved here?" "Yea," he says, "I just moved here from LA about a week ago actually, my dad got a better job up here so we had to pack up and leave. I wasn't really too upset about leaving, too many bad memories there anyway..." His voice drifted off and his tail drooped behind him a little, but he looked over and smiled and said, "It's not to bad so far. Only had to punch one guy in the face so far!" he laughed. I looked down and blushed bright red, "You really don't have to stick up for me anymore, he is a jerk but you don't really want him as an enemy. Take a left up at this light." He pulls into the left lane. "Don't worry about it. I try not to leave my friends in a bad situation if I can. I really don't care if one asshole hates me." He turns and accelerates up the road. He had no idea how wrong he was but I just nod. I turn and look at him, he has a really fit figure, and his face is just so cute. He catches me staring at him, I get a quick glance of his beautiful green eyes like perfect emeralds. I look away and blush, he doesn't say anything but there is a tint of red in his cheeks.
After a few more minutes we finally arrive at the place I wanted to take him. It is a little bakery around the outside of town that not a lot of people know about. It's pretty great, so I lead him in and order a muffin, he orders a croissant. I pull out my wallet and pay before he can argue. "I can get the bill." he says, but I shake my head, "Don't worry, I got it." "I guess I'll get the next one." he says. My tail wags a little. "There is going to be a next one!" I think to myself excitedly. We sit down at a small table. He looks at me and finally says, "This place is really cool. Do you come here a lot?" I nod, I'm not sure what to say. Luckily he starts talking again. "We didn't have many places like this in LA, no small businesses or close community. I guess thats what I'm looking foreword to most, getting to know a bunch of people. I really like making friends, I hope I make a lot." "You shouldn't have a problem doing that, most people around here are pretty friendly for the most part." I tell him. He talks a little more about his old school and town, I am really relieved that he can talk and I can just listen. I'm not good at making conversation, but I'm a decent listener, so this could work out. He looks down at his phone. "Shute! I have to get home soon, hey I'm really sorry, my dad needs my help with something. You want a ride home?" "Sure." I say, I am a little disappointed that we have to cut our time short, but it doesn't matter, we can hang out again some other day, hopefully.
I get into the passenger seat again and he starts the car. We take the ten minute drive to my house. He pulls up to the curb, "Thanks." I tell him and start to get out of the car. "Wait!" he says, I turn around and he is blushing a lot. He quickly leans in and gives me a quick kiss on the lips. I feel a rush that I have never felt before. My tail is wagging like crazy and my face is scarlet red. I smile at him and he says, "Lets hang out again sometime, okay?" I quickly nod. He waves and drives away. I start to walk up my driveway, still feeling the rush from the kiss as I walk through my front door.