Chapter Seventeen: The Best Cure for a Hangover

“I hate everything.”

Reed chuckles and softly kisses my head. “Happy first hangover.”

I groan at his words and hide my head under a pillow. I can’t believe I actually went and got drunk, I was supposed to be the responsible one! I’m not some drunken partier! I’m a good boy! Never again will I’ll do something stupid like that.

“Please say I didn’t do anything.” The last thing I need is for him to tell me I stripped on a table or something.

“Well, you were just really hyper.”

Thank the lord.

“Then you tried to fuck me.”

I nearly choke on the air.

“I did what now?!”

He chuckles, “Yeah you said you wanted to have sex! But I told you no and to think about it.”

Sighing I turn to face Reed. “Thank you.”

“It’s no problem princess, even if it was hard resisting your sexy self.”

“Ha, you’re funny.” I roll my eyes. Me sexy, hell no, I’m lucky Reed even calls me “cute”.

“Oh come on! Caleb you're damn sexy!”

“Am not!”

“Are too!”

“Not!”

“Are”

“N-“

Reed cuts me off by crashing his lip onto mine. I moan softly against his lips, not expecting it. Before I realize what I’m doing I actually kiss back. Our lips move in sync as my hands search for something to grab. I want, no need, him closer. Instead of finding something to grab, Reed just pulls me on top of him. We part from our kiss to take a breath.

“Holy fucking shit, Caleb you can kiss.”

“What?” I mumble breathless.

He wastes no time kissing me again. With a new confidence boost, this time I kiss back hard, earning me a soft gasp from Reed. That was a nice sound. He slides his hands onto my butt, groping and fondling it. Guess Reed is an ass man too.

After a while of just kissing I feel the need to be even closer, which is hard considering I’m already on him.

“Reed,” I whisper against his lips, “I think I’m ready.”

Dad’s already gone to work, mom isn’t getting back until Thursday, and Steve is probably passed out. No one can interrupt us.

“You sure?” He asks chewing on his lip. “Don’t you still feel bad?”

I shake my head slowly. Reed’s kisses must have healed me or something.

“Well alright.”

“Really?” I flush, sitting up on Reed.

“Mmh, but it’s going to hurt a bit.”

I know the pain is coming and I’m ready, after all I promised Reed I would. I can take the pain, but I can’t take waiting another day.

“I don’t care.”

He smirks and stares up at me. “Good.”

The rest of our morning is private, something only Reed and I need to know…

“So did it hurt?” Ethan asks walking in between to Josie.

I grumble. “Don’t want to talk about it.” And by that I meant it hurt like crap. If I wasn’t paying attention I’d probably be limping right now.

“So yes?”

“Ethan the boy is walking like a robot.” Josie narrows her eyes. “I swear. How stupid are you?”

“I don’t know Josie, why don’t you tell me how stupid I am? You seem to know all about my mistakes.”

This is weird. Ethan is always laughing when Josie pokes fun at him. Now he just seems upset and hurt. I wonder if all that before had been a cover up, maybe he’s tired of being “made fun” of. Wonder what all triggered this.

“Okay, I will.”

The two glare at each other, both ready to rip the other’s head off. I know this isn’t going to turn out well, but I’m scared to get in between them.

“You’re stupid, gross, you constantly smell like cheese, all you care about is girls and video games, you’re too lazy to do anything, and you can’t even realize obvious things!” By the time Josie is finished she’s out of breath.

Ethan balls his hands into fists and for a second I believe he’s about to hit her.

I have to stop them.

“Guys! What’s going on? Look I’m sure whatever is happening I can fix!”

But then he topples over in laughter.

Confused, I look back and forth between them.

“That’s so cute.” Josie cracks a smile.

Whoa, she’s smiling and saying cute. Something is definitely going on.

“Guys! What are you doing?” I pout felling left out.

“The chick and I decided to see how you would react if we ever got into an argument.” Ethan winks over at our blonde friend. She’s leaning against the willow tree in my backyard.

Josie nods.

“And what was the point in that?”

“To see if you actually believe us. I want to be an actor.” He answers ginning happily.

“You want to be an actor?” Well that’s new.

He nods. “Well on YouTube anyways.”

That makes so much more sense.

“Oh well have fun with that!” I grin. “I’m sure you’ll do great.”

“We’ll do great. You don’t think I’m going to do this without you, do you?”

“Ethan we all know I’m a bad actor.” I remind him, sitting under the tree. It's awfully sunny today.

He shrugs and sits next to me. "You're going to be in them anyways."

"Alright," I laugh slightly then groan in pain. God it’s still very sore.

Reed comes and joins us after a while. He sits next to me with a huge smile on his face.

"Where were you?"

"I took a shower and then a nap." his eyes avoid mine as he says this.

He’s lying.

Not wanting to make a scene, I just smile at him then go back to Ethan and Josie. I try paying attention to their conversation about YouTube videos; only I can’t seem to focus.

Why is he lying?

Is he even lying, am I taking this too far?

But if he is lying why?

Is he hiding something from me?

Can you really ever trust a liar?

Dammit Reed.

_____________________________________________________________________________Sorry this chapter is late, short, and kinda crappy...I'm just not feeling good...

Also I'm co-writing a story with my friend. If you go read it and leave a comment with a $, I'll give you a dedication on this chapter :3