At this point I didn’t know what to do. Sneaking out is something I’ve done many of times but not once in daylight. My mom spends most of her time in the front yard smoking, and i can’t just walk right out the front door. Our alarm system beeps every time the door is opened and can be heard throughout the house. The windows that are on the south of the house lead out to the pool and that area isn’t exactly safe to sneak around. I also have to take into account that our neighbors’ home is right in front of mine, so how am i going to get to Colten. While i was thinking of all the negative reasons not to use my usual exit scheme, a little thought came into my head. The laundry room is the perfect place for this situation. Since it has the only window that is on the side of the house! I sneak out of that room, jump my next door neighbors’ fence and when Colten comes out of his house text him and tell him where to pick me up at. It couldn’t be that easy could it? Could it seriously be as easy as sneaking out at night? Well I guess its time to check and see.

My outfit of choice consists of a yellow tank top with a blue jean mini skirt. I curled my hair in angel curls and put a ribbon in my head. I know it’s a little childish but i love ribbons. To finish my outfit out i put on my tennis shoes and a few bracelets. On my way out the door of my room i took one last glance at the clock. I have five minutes to get out of this house. I placed my cell phone in my shoe and ran down the hall to the laundry room. Wow i never knew how small that window was until now. I climbed on top of the washing machine and unlocked the window. Here i go. It is really this easy. I climbed out the window and struggled to get my body through. When i made it out i landed with my ass in the grass. Well maybe not that easy. So far so good though. I heard my neighbors’ dogs began barking and it startled me. "Shhhh puppies Shhhhush" the dogs began barking more at the sound of my voice. "Oh my God, will you two shut up!" i hissed under my breath. They are making things incredibly difficult for me. I sat there on the ground quiet when i heard the neighbors’ side door open.

"What is it girl?" I scooted myself into one of the bushes close to my house and hid there when the neighbor came and picked up both of the dogs. She went back into the house taking the barking dogs with her. Thank God! As soon as i thought it was safe enough, i stood up and ran up to the fence, ready to jump. That’s a pretty high fence...I backed up into the wall of my house and charged for the fence again. Easy just turned into hard. Why am i going trough all this trouble to meet some guy i just met. I guess im just curious about where he is going to take me. Well i am. Instead of charging the fence i just to the time to climb it. As soon as my feet hit the ground on the other side, i smiled. Everything else should be easy. I bent down and took my phone out of my shoe and text Colten to tell him where i am. *You better be grateful for all the trouble i went through just to sneak out during the day. Im in my neighbors yard and I’ll be waiting there.* When he didn’t text back i had gotten a little worried. I started walking my way to the front of my neighbors’ yard. Colten was already waiting there.

"What? No car?" I asked him. He smiled at me.

"No car, we're going for a walk and wherever that walk takes us, is where we'll stop and talk." His expression showed his distraction. I took the time to appraise his outfit. Blue jeans and a black t-shirt. So i dressed this way for nothing. "You look nice." He said lowly.

"Thank you, it’s sad i can’t say the same for you." I gave him displeased look.

"I decided to be comfortable. Is that a problem."

"Yes, it’s a problem because this skirt isn’t exactly the most comfortable thing in the world!"

"Why the attitude Cassie?" Colten finally had taken the chance to glance at my outfit. His eyes trailed from my shirt to my skirt and stopped on my legs.

"My eyes are up here asshole!" he still didn’t look at my eyes. Why do i even bother. I stood there with my arms crossed. "Stop looking at my legs you perv!" I hissed under my breath. Colten smiled and finally turned his attention back to my face.

"What can i say...you have nice legs and well, im a leg kind of guy if you know what i mean." Colten and I began walking in the direction away from mine and his house.

"Well, i can tell you now that looking is all the permission you will ever get from me so whatever you were thinking will never EVER come true."

"Is that so." I answered his question with a nod. He smiled a sadistic smile at my response. "Alright, we'll see."

"NO we won’t! What is that suppose to mean anyway? That sometime of you being in my presence, you're going to get me to do something i don’t want to do or what. Are you so sure of yourself that you have to act like a cocky bastard!" I don’t know what it is about this guy but he really pisses me off. Matter of fact, he pisses me of so bad, i should just turn around and go right back home. Even though now at this moment home isn’t probably the best place to be. "Treat me like a female okay, for the rest of the time im with you, treat me like im a female. Not a fucking whore! If you don’t, i will turn right back around and go back home."

"Okay, go home." A look of shock came on my face and i could feel my skin getting hot.

"Fine i will!" i yelled and turned around to walk in the other direction. I got farther and farther away from Colten and he still didn’t stop me. I don’t know why but i stopped dead in my tracks and turned back to face him. I could see from the distance, that he was amused. What the hell is so funny! Do i look like a clown? I don’t think so! "What is so funny," i said walking back to him.

"I knew you wouldn’t go home." He was laughing now. He doesn’t know me. Not at all. How the hell is he going to say what i will and will not do.

"You couldn’t have known that, and p-plus...i only decided to come back because i didn’t go through all that trouble to sneak out"...

"For me...you went through all that trouble to sneak out because you wanted to see me and now that i've pissed you off you seem to still can’t leave me, even though you have no reason to come with me. I mean all you have to do is go back home and tell your mom you're going to the mall and you're home free but if she found out you snuck out to see me without a purpose or a place to go, your ass is fried." Huh? Okay im confused. Colten was talking so fast i couldn’t catch a word he said. Did he insult me? I couldn’t tell.

"Well."

"You ready to go or not?" He asked. I nodded and we began walking again. I don’t know what it is but im two seconds away from taking his ability to have kids away from him.

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We were walking or hours, and i swear i could hear my ankles screaming at me. We had finally made it to this lake behind the suburbs. Not a very popular lake but its still beautiful. I and Colten took a seat on the ground in front of the lake, where the fish were jumping out of the water.

"So...Im bored." Colten said, yawning right after his statement.

"Well i can’t help you there, you're the one who stopped at this place."

"You can help." A smile crept up on his lips.

"Im not having sex with you." His expression quickly turned annoyed.

"I wasn’t going to ask you to have sex with me, i was going to ask you to tell me a little bit about yourself. Hopefully your life isn’t dreadful."

"20 questions?"

"That'll work, you start."

"Okay...why are you such an ass all the time?"

"It’s who i am. Okay, my turn. What do you do for fun around here?"

"Hang out with my friends at the mall, im in a lot of school activities so i have those. I go swimming and just hang out you know." I asked that most basic question i could think of. "What’s your favorite color."

"Red. How many guys have you been out with before?" So not any of his business. I haven’t been with many guys because i usually keep myself busy and don’t want to mess with men. I know i should hold a grudge but i can’t help it."

"A lot." i lied.

"I bet, you are pretty hot." He smiled at me. For someone who is so mean, even though ive seen meaner, he sure has the most adorable smile.

"Whatever Colten, um why do you dislike your parents?"

"That’s a difficult question to answer. It’s a long story and i don’t want to talk about it."

"You can tell me anything." Colten gave me a look that said 'yeah right'.

"Can i kiss you?" Is he asking me? From what i thought, asking me for a kiss would be the last thing on his mind, since the past few times he forced a kiss on me. If i say yes what will that mean. This boy confuses me.

"No you cant, i enjoy my personal space." Colten shook his head and stood up. I didn’t actually pay attention to what he was doing until he placed his hands in his pockets and began walking away. "Hey! Where are you going!" I yelled, standing up and running after him. When i caught up with him, i noticed the sad expression on his face. Did i hurt his feelings by rejecting his kiss offer. "What’s wrong." i asked.

"You know....rejection hurts." So it was because i rejected his kiss offer. I feel bad now. I mean it really couldn’t have hurt anything, we've kissed before. Even though then, he didn’t ask."

"I-im sorry, i didn’t mean it like that, its just i wasn’t use to you asking." He paused in his foots steps and stared at me.

"So if i would have kissed you out of the blue, you wouldn’t have castrated me?" Our bodies suddenly felt as if they had gotten closer.

"N-no, i wasn’t exactly saying that, i was just saying, im surprised you didn’t just plant one on me you know." I was right our bodies are closer. Our bodies were touching. His head was leaning down to mine slowly. My breath began to speed up and my skin felt hot. Colten rest one of his hands on my neck, and the other hand on my lower back, bringing me closer to him. I can’t understand why this time feels different from the others. His lips grazed mine before he pulled away and stared me in the eyes. His hand moved to the back of my neck and his lips met mine. Not rough or soft, but just right. Our lips parted and our tongues found each other. The kiss was sweet, warm, and a little sensual. I didn’t notice it when our bodies began to lean until we hit the hard ground. Just as we did, the kiss was cut short.

"I could get use to this." Colten was smiling again. Then i noticed how i fell on top of him. I blushed and rolled off of him, standing up. "You attacked me." He laughed. "Who would have known putting up an act could get such a response from you."

"What is that suppose to mean!." I yelled.

"You really thought i cared that you rejected me. Woman are so predictable."

"Excuse me! I will admit i felt bad for turning you down, but you don’t have to be so damn mean about me changing my mind because of it!" Colten laughed. "This is not funny Colten! These are my feelings you're playing with!"

"Awe, did i make the little baby feel bad." he teased.

"NO! Im going home you-you inconsiderate ass. At this point hating you will be no problem. See you at school tomorrow...maybe."

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When i made it home it was 9 at night. Who knew that the walk would take that long. No matter what i thought about, Colten still found his way back into my thoughts. Even when i walked into my house and was caught by my mother, i couldn’t have a reasonable argument with her.

"Where the hell!"

"I know mom."

"Grounded! 2 weeks."

"Its not like you will remember anyway mom, as soon as that guy figures out what a bum you are he'll dump you and you will start drinking again so what’s the point, im free to walk."

"Cassie, im not kidding this time. No cheerleading, no tennis, no swimming, nothing. You are on complete lockdown for the next 2 weeks, starting tomorrow."

"I don’t care." I walked into my room thinking about Colten. I took bath thinking about him. I brushed my teeth thinking bout him. I got into bed thinking about him. I wouldn’t be surprised if that night, i dreamed about him. When my phone vibrated I was surprised to see for the first time it wasn’t Colten. It was Whitney, head cheerleader.

*Omg i so don’t want to watch those freshman at try outs do you?*

*ha-ha you know i don’t, but um sorry to cut the conversation short but im really tired, i should get some sleep*

*Alright my future head cheerleader, get your beauty rest, goodnight*

*Goodnight.* I turned my phone off and placed my pillow over my head hoping the thought of Colten will escape my mind. Somehow it didn’t and i fell asleep eventually with that kiss on my mind.

SCHOOL MORNING!

"Wake up child from hell!" I heard my mom screamed into my room. Ugggghhh!

"Mom!" i screamed. I threw my pillow from off my head and slowly stepped out of bed. The weekend went by too fast.

I got dressed for school and brushed my hair into a ponytail. I grabbed my bag and rushed out of the house. As soon as i was walking down my driveway i saw Michael come outside.

"Hey Michael." Michael glanced up at me and smiled.

"Hey Cassie, you riding to school with us." Ha! Yeah right.

"No, i don’t want to risk having to share the same oxygen with your brother so i'll see you there okay." Michael nodded and waved. School isn’t too far and i can walk. I was walking down the road when a car pulled up beside me.

"Hey Cassie sweetheart."

"Hey Joey!" Joey, aka Mr. hot stuff himself. Black hair. Awesome body. Cute face. What more can you ask for in a quarterback. He is my exact type!

"Come on let me give you a ride." He smiled at me. Even though his smile is nowhere near as great as Coltens smiles. I shook the thought of Colten out of my head and hesitantly smiled back at Joey.

"Thanks Joey." I got into the car and we drove off. "So how are you and Whitney?"

"Oh Whitney, me and her are great, ha-ha, yeah we argue a lot, but ive finally just got it in my head that my girl is a bitch about everything...even though i know i shouldn’t be telling you this seeing as you and her are best friends."

"Oh no, i can keep a secret." I laughed. What am i doing? Whitney is one of my best friends.

"I know that but you have to understand being with Whitney is like being with my mom, ha-ha."

"Oh."

It was quiet in the car then. The whole rest of the ride to the school was quiet. As soon as Joey parked another car pulled in beside us. I immediately recognized it. Michael in the passenger seat and C-Colten in the driver’s seat. All four of us got out of the cars at the same time.

"Funny to run into you again Cassie," Michael said. Joey frowned and appraised Michaels’ appearance.

"Cassie, you know these guys?"

"Yeah i know Michael."

"What about the other one."

"Not really." Colten glared at me from under his eyelashes and in return i gave him a look that said 'fuck you'. Colten placed his bag on his back and rushed away toward the school.

"What’s with him," Joey asked.

"I don’t know, first day jitters i guess." Joey took another look at Michael.

"You and your friend are pretty fit guys, you two should think about trying out for a sports team."

"Colten and I aren’t really the team player type of guys, we don’t carry school spirit, none of that shit." Michael ran after his brother. I can tell this day is going to be a slow day. I can tell something bad is going to happen.