We both met up in the gym where the boys were.
"Hey Connor... and Elizabeth. What, are you two going to be like, best friends or something?"
I laughed to myself, looking to Connor who just shrugged and looked back at me. He walked over and wrapped one around my shoulders.
"We're just looking out for each other, right Liz?"
I glared up at him, "Don't call me that, please."
The boys just awkwardly stared at us, "This is weird, I just have to admit it. Connor doesn't usually do this, friendship thing, with girls. No offense, it's going to take some time to get used to."
I put my hands up in surrender, slowly removing Connor's arm.
"I completely understand. I'm still trying to get used to it."
Elijah walked over so he was closer to me, passing a soccer ball into my hands.
"Well, since we're all here, why don't we go work on some drills to help Ms. Elizabeth over here."
We all agreed and headed out to the soccer fields. We did some simple passing drills, shooting, and then just lied around on the field. We were sitting in somewhat of a circle, with my back leaning against Elijah.
"Why do you think they started school this year on a Thursday? That's just cruel."
The guys all laughed at my question, "So we still have a chance to sleep."
I rolled my eyes, taking a quick drink from my water bottle. Elijah started absentmindedly playing with my hair, while the guys talked amongst themselves.
Connor glanced over to where Elijah and I were sitting, "Hey, man. You should invite Elizabeth to your party this weekend."
He sat up more, making me move where I was laying.
"Oh yeah, I totally forgot. You want to come to the party? It'll be fun, and you don't need to drink or anything if you're not into that kind of stuff."
I shrugged, not really paying attention to them. "Sure, just text me the address."
I grabbed my phone from the ground next to me, then passed it to him so he could add his number.
We sat there for a while, until we heard more voices becoming louder as kids neared the fields. I started to get up off of the ground, gathering my bags.
"I'll see you guys this weekend, and I'll see you later tonight." I pointed to Connor, walking away towards the girls' soccer field.
****
Directly after practice, I went and showered in the locker room. When I headed back out to my car, I saw Connor sitting on the trunk of it.
"What's up? Shouldn't you be going to shower or something?"
He gave me a big cheesy smile, only meaning something was wrong.
"Don't be mad at me, but I have to take a rain check." I went and tossed my bags into the back of the car.
"What else do you have to do? Is it an emergency?"
He shrugged, "It could be, but I need to go to find out."
I gave him a confused shrug, "What's that mean? What the heck do you have to do?"
"Ellie wanted to hang out tonight."
I rolled my eyes, "Oh my god, fine. Go ahead, but I swear to god, if you fuck me over with this project for some stupid relationship, I will fucking murder you."
Connor held his arms up in surrender, "I understand. We'll finish it this weekend, don't worry."
We both looked to each other, not saying a word. That is, until I grew impatient.
"Are you going to sit on my car, or go see your girlfriend? I'd kind of like to go home and work on this paper."
He hopped off the car, giving me a quick surprise hug.
"Thank you, you're the best. I'll see you tomorrow night!"
After he ran off to his car, I got into mine and sent Ellie a quick text.
just know, if I fail this paper, it's on you and Connor
I woke up, dragging myself out of the bed, face first. Immediately, I found my way to the bathroom and did my business, changing into proper clothes for the day. I ran down the steps, finding some random package of pop tarts for breakfast. Yelling a goodbye to my mother and father, I headed out for work.After a peaceful 25 minute drive, I arrived at the Targe
Connor led me to the couch against one of the walls in a corner, earning a confused glance from myself."What are we doing? The party's over there."
Connor quickly turned over so that he was back on his back, causing me to jerk my hand back. He smiled up at me, chuckling softly. He reached out and gently holding my hand, he held it to his chest."Elizabeth, by now, you and I should both know that I like you. You may think that I only like you because I want to sleep with you so I'd have something for all t
The next morning, Connor and I walked together to English talking about how Ellie ignored me all morning. We both found our seats, saying our hello's to our friends. People gave us weird looks, realizing how odd it was that Connor and I were friendly with each other. Connor placed his stuff on the desk, immediately opening his notebook to the long paragraph written about me.
I sat at my usual table in the library, alone and quiet for the first time in the past week. It was different but peaceful. I sat there doing nothing, just staring at the window. The time seemed to go by a lot slower without someone here to argue or talk with. I waited for about twenty more minutes until deciding to head over to the weight room.When I was all
Connor turned around so that his back was in front of me, but he stayed standing in between my legs. "I'm not saying I want to ignore it Elijah, but if that's what she wants to do, I won't stop her."Elijah groaned, throwing his head back in annoyance, "Will you two just face the facts that you would make an awesome power couple? Seriously."
The next day at school, everything went back to how it was the week before. Connor and I weren't arguing with each other as much, and Ellie even spoke to me in homeroom. Sure, she only spoke to me to tell me how stupid I was, but it was a start. The only thing different was that everybody was talking about Connor and I, about how we had a date last night. It was weird having most of your high school know your personal business, but that's just the small price to pay I guess.
The following day at school, it was slightly more normal to have more people talking and staring at Connor and I as we walked through the halls. Certainly, I wasn't totally okay with it, but Connor just squeezed my hand lightly. He was going to have to help me not attack people who were making snide comments under their breath, thinking I'm not paying attention.