Liam
Wow to say Tate has been acting a bit weird lately is an understatement. I know she's at that age you know where girls are going through a lot and can be hormonal and have heaps to deal with, but she's started kind of getting almost jealous lately. I know we're best friends and have been since we've been five years old and I love her. Really love her like my sister. I dismiss the thought, she's having a tough time, I'm so glad I'm not a girl growing up. Being a boy is bad enough. Although I was luckky not have gone through the whole spotty teenage cycle.
We're heading over to Mason's and I'm looking forward to catching up with the gang. There are four of us, we've been hanging together for the last three years and when we all go our separate ways for college, it is going to be so damn weird. Only I'm not sure what the plan is with Tate. She wants to go into fashion design and travel to Paris, but her father has other plans for her. She is pretty strong willed and her mother, Ellie is on her side. I think she just wants to have an excuse to use her husband's jet to fly off to Paris on a regular basis and spend lots of money on all those fancy clothes.
Ellie is my best friend full stop. Period. I have guy mates like Tobias who we call Tobes. He is such a freak geek and just so different from me that we're like different continents. He is the brainbox out of us all, not that I'm dumb in fact I always get great grades. Mostly because my private and favorite tutor, Tate helps me after class. Then there is Denver ow he is like a God. The girls love him and he plays on it. I thought he was bad but you've not seen anything until you meet Denver. He is like six foot four, broad and muscular, with this mop of sandy blonde hair and green eyes. The girls go nuts for him. But he is one dedicated and loyal man. He has been dating one of our other friends, Lilly for three years and it is looking pretty serious.
"Hey guys." I shout out as I swing open the doors to Mason's Grill and diner. Our friends are already in a booth, everything in here is red. The booths are red faux leather, the tables are cream, the walls are red at the bottom tongue and groove, with cream painted walls on the top. The counter is red. I think old man Mason has got a real thing for red. Even his wife Ma Mason has got red hair. Dyed no doubt, because nobody can have natural hair that color.
Denver is the first to say hi. "Where have you two lovebirds been then? We've been waiting half an hour." His voice is teasing.
"Oh for goodness sake, Denver when are you going to stop referring to us as lovebirds." Replies Tate. "We're just friends. Give it a rest, already." She plonks herself down next to Lilly. "Hey how's it going. Looking forward to the prom?" Ellie nods emphatically.
"Absolutely I am. Can't wait. My dress is real pretty, You're going to love it. Come over to mine later and I'll show it to you." She is trying to be secretive about it because she doesn't want Denver to know what she'll be wearing. He only know that he needs to wear a pale blue shirt to match in some way.
"Sure. I'd love to. We can do our homework together." Tate says smiling. I love her smile, her lips are beautiful like cupid bows. My bestie is an extremely beautiful girl. Her long auburn hair flows down her back usually but today she has it in a high ponytail. Her eyes always get me, they're blue and brown mix. I've never seen eyes like them before.
When I first set eyes on Tate when I was just five, I was so intrigued by her eyes. "Look mommy, she has weird eyes. They're two colors." I had said. My mother held my shoulder and told me I shouldn't be rude it wasn't polite. Tate didn't seem to mind, she came straight over and hugged me. It took me by surprise but that is Tate for you. Ever the outgoing and forward one. I was shy and reserved having come from a different country and having left all my closest friends and family behind.
"Hi, my name is Tate and I live right across the street." She stopped hugging me which wasn't a bad thing since she was squishing the life out of me. "We can be best friends." She said and that was pretty much that. From then on in we were inseparable. If I wasn't at her house she was at mine. Our moms used to have bake offs every Thursday and we'd swap whose we would have cakes and milkshakes at.
My dad built us a treehouse in our back yard, it's more than a backyard actually. Tate's family and mine own the largest two mansions in the area. We're from a very affluent area here in California. Most of our friends are but to be honest, none of us are like you'd see on the tv. No we're pretty much your average kids who like what most kids like. Ball games, sport, hanging out, watching movies and Tobes has an obsession for gaming. He's pretty good at it.
"Yeah, knock it off, Denver." I say to him. It pisses me off when he keeps referring to us as lovebirds. What now we're grown up we can't have a best friend of a different gender?
Tobes just grins and slurps his strawberry milkshake through his straw. One day he's going to turn into a strawberry milkshake, it's all he drinks. He needs to get out in the sunshine some more too, I think as I look at him with his pale skin, adorned with freckles. I suppose though with skin like that and high ginger hair, he'd probably burn in a few seconds flat.
"Where's Tammy?" Asks Tate. "I thought we were meeting here here too?" She moves up some so I can sit next to her. I kind of like it. Like I said, we're pretty much joined at the hip.
"She's coming later. I just messaged her." Tobes tells us. We grin because we know that he has the hots for Tammy who we nickname Barbie. Yes you've got it. She wears mostly pink, has a chihuahua called Pebbles and very blonde hair. Now she just needs a Ken and she'll be set for life.
I feel the warmth of Tate's leg pressed against mine. I don't move and leave my leg right where it is.
Tate I feel like my insides are melting with Liam's leg pressed up against mine. There is sufficient room for me to move up closer to Lilly but what the hell, I'm not going to. Now he has decided we shouldn't sneak into each other's bedrooms at night, this is the closest I'm going to get to having my boy crush satisified with any kind of touch. "So who you going to the prom with?" Lilly asks me. I don't have a scooby doo since I haven't really put much thought into it and also I kind of hoped, Liam would ask me but he hasn't and I am sorely disappointed. "Nobody at the moment." Her mouth gapes open even Liam is staring at me. Do I feel uncomfortable? You bet I do. All of a sudden I feel like the spotlight is on me and I really don't like it. "Will y'all stop looking at me like that." I huff and pick up my coffee the waitress has just put in front of me and start sipping at it instead. "Girl, you gotta get a date sorted. It's only a few weeks away." Lilly's voice has a sudden high
LiamMan, I just wish these guys would knock it off already about Tate and I. It's embarrassing. Yeah she's sweet and extremely pretty but we're best friends. Nothing can happen. Ever. Full stop. Period. But they're kind of relentless. I lean towards her and whisper in her ear. "Let's get out of here, we've got assignments to hand in by Friday and I have practise later." I don't tell her I will be seeing Jennie later too. Don't ask me why, it isn't exactly a secret. She nods, I can see Denver watching us closely. He so wants to be right about Tate and I being a couple. It's hysterical. "We're checking out guys." I say and grab Tate's hand. It feels warm and soft. It feels comfortable. It feels like it is part of me. We've held hands since we were five years old. The first time ever she grabbed my hand to go and play in her back yard and in the tree house her dad had built for her, I knew I'd have a friend for life and nothing is ever coming between us. Not ever. No man, no jock who w
Tate Is it me or was Liam being a bit uptight when I mentioned going out with the girls and seeing how it goes with Dexter for going to the prom with me? I feel dumb really because I had thought Liam would ask me. I am still experiencing anxiety at the thought of him taking some other girl. Not as much anxiety as him going out with Jennie again later tonight. As we walk along the wide sidewalk towards my house and Liam's opposite, I try desperately hard not to think of him and Jennie tonight. Then I wonder, where do they actually do it? Perhaps in Liam's pick up truck, ugh what a thought. I sit in there on a regular basis when he drives me around. Nope I haven't got my license yet. I do, however, need to get around to getting one. Daddy keeps saying he'll take me out in his car, but really. I don't want to learn to drive in his Bentley. That is hugely outrageous. He said I should decide on what car I want and he'll buy it for me. I have no idea what type of vehicle I want, although
TateIf there is something Liam can do, it’s eat until the cows come home. I’m not kidding you. He can eat for an army and still not put on any weight. But then he does work out a lot and burns off so many calories playing football. He has to train with the team four nights a week, spends a session in the gym most mornings before school. This guy is dedicated to his sport and one day for sure, I know that Liam is going to be a hot shot. In school he already is.That is precisely why it makes my life so difficult. All the girls want him and I am so sick and tired of seeing them all flirt with him, touching him and just getting in his face. I wouldn’t say he adores the attention. Much. Okay, maybe just a little bit. Denver loves it, oh my God that boy loves the attention. I honestly don’t know how Lilly puts up with it. Love and trust I guess.I have come close to wanting to slap some of the girls that fawn all over Liam. All of this never bothered me before, I was just a kid but I’m no
Liam I watch Tate as she huffs and puffs making me my chicken sandwich and some salad. She effortlessly slices up some tomato and cucumber and adds a bit of lettuce and a drizzle of my favorite vinaigrette. She’s adorable and I couldn’t wish for a better best friend.She makes me smile, she’s always willing to help me and if I’m down and having a real rough day then Tate is there for me. Always and forever. That’s out little motto. We’ve had it since were six years of age when we sat in her tree house, sprawled out on the blue and pink cushions her mom made and linked our pinky fingers and swore an oath. No matter what happens, no matter where we are, no matter what anyone says, we will be best friends forever and always. She’s my girl.I know the guys and the girls rib us about being an item but seriously we’re not. I can guarantee that Tate only sees me as the kid she met all those years ago. Damn it, when I go to college I’m sure going to miss her. It is going to be so weird witho
TateDon’t ask me why, but going up the stairs with Liam trailing behind me, I get the distinct impression he is checking my butt out. Or do you think it is wishful thinking on my part? This being a teenager crushing on your best friend sucks. Sucks. Sucks. The heat is rising and I can feel my face is as hot as a smoking grill.Then he says, “hey you’re not putting on weight are you?” And laughs. Well that is enough for me to stop abruptly and turn on him.“Don’t be so rude, of course I haven’t. Besides it’s gross you checking out my butt. You’re supposed to be my bestie. Stop it.” I huff off up the stairs as he laughs behind me.“Hey I was just kidding. Don’t be so sensitive. I was joking. C’mon Tate you’re as thin as a rail. You even have flat pancake boobies.” He sniggers. I’m close to slapping his face.“Really? Well it’s a good job we’re not dating then isn’t it, you moron.” I reach the top step, turn left and walk along our hardwood floor to the fourth room on the left where my
TateI open my laptop and my notebook and start on my assignment. “I told you, Liam. I’m not doing yours as well. Deadline is next week so I suggest you get your butt off my bed and start doing some work.” I flick to my music app on my mobile and begin playing one of my favorite artists, Taylor Swift.“Yeah in a minute.” He says still with his eyes closed. I roll my eyes. I know I’m going to have a late night whilst he is out at practice then with Jennie, doing his too.I hear his mobile ring and then his voice. “Yeah, what’s up babe?” Who is he talking to and calling them babe? It makes my stomach drop and my chest tighten. Those are the words I want to hear him saying to me. I bet it’s fucking Jennie.“Sure, tonight after practice. I’m still on. I’ll swing by and pick you up from yours.” He is silent no doubt Jennie big tits is telling him all sorts of mind blowing things she’s going to do to Liam tonight. I feel sick. Physically sick.“Yeah, no problem. It’ll be fun. I can bring a
Liam I couldn’t ask for a better best friend than Tate. She means the world to me and if anyone were to hurt her, they’d have me to answer to. I feel like a heel asking her to do my assignment but honestly I hate history so much that it kills me. I’ll make it up to my girl for sure. Maybe I’ll ask dad if we can take a trip in his jet for the weekend and head out to somewhere different. I’ll have a think about it. Maybe to her favorite place in Oregon to hike the Tamanawas Falls Trail. She loves that and it’s only a quick two and a half hour flight. We could camp out under the stars. Brimming that I can make it up to Tate, I run down the stairs in her house to the front door. “See you later, Liam.” Her mother calls out as she crosses the entrance foyer to go into their kitchen. “See you soon, Mrs H.” I open the door and step outside. It’s still warm at five p.m and practice is going to be another session of working my butt off and sweating like a pig. Still I love it. I’m passionate