Distractions.

My mother looked over at me and all the anger from last night was replaced with sadness.

A man walked up to her and grabbed her hand and kissed her on the cheek. She smiled at him and directed her attention back to me. She frowned and began to walk towards me but was distracted by the 2 year old tugging on her shirt. "Is that them? Is that her family?"

I looked over at Maya, who I've forgotten was even here and nodded. She looked down at the fries and frowned. After a few minutes she sighed and threw them out and grabbed my hand and led me into my favorite store. Spencer's. "I hate, hate, hate shopping here. Mainly because there's no pink...but go ahead and pick out what you want. And Ya know, I'll buy something too." She picked up one of the items on the stand and sighed "this is sooo unsanitary." I smiled at my best friend and began to walk around the store.

"Charlotte?" I turned and Tyler was standing behind me. "You were supposed to call..."

"Oh, I'm sorry, I completely forgot." He ran his hand through his hair.

"Yeah I kind of figured, so what are you doing here?" I pointed over to where Maya was looking at some of the things on the shelf and frowning at all of it. He nodded.

"Yeah, what about you?"

He shrugged. " I like it here."

"Yeah, me too, but I'm more of a hot topic kind of girl, but Maya got the stores mixed up... I didn't really want to correct her. If isn't pink, it's not in her interest." As if on cue, Maya walked over to me holding handcuffs.

"People and their weird fetishes. Oh hey, Tyler." She smiled and he frowned down at the handcuff.

"What...never mind..." He looked over at me. " So, you want to hang out.. When you're done with Maya." I thought about it and figured I'd have to spend time with my boyfriend sooner or later.

"Yeah. Maya and I were just about done...you okay with that?" I looked over to Maya who was opening and closing the handcuffs she had acquired. "Maya." I tapped her shoulder and she jumped and looked at me.

"Oh Ya, ya. That's fine. Call me tonight." She kissed me on the cheek and went to pay for the handcuffs. I shook the thoughts of what she might have needed those for.

"So you ready?" I nodded and he grabbed my hand and led me out of the store. "There's this really cool place in here I used to go to all the time, but kinda stopped when senior year started, Wanna go?" He smiled and looked over at me. His face was enough to make me say yes.

He dragged me through the mall until we stopped at bounceville. "Oh I remember coming here when I was like 7, Maya and I loved it here." I looked over to Tyler and had a small frown on his face. "But Ya know, I haven't been in awhile, it could be fun, let's go." I pulled him inside and payed for two tickets, much to Tyler's dismay.

We walked into the place and you could hear the joyful screams of kids running around. He took of his shoes and ran to the nearest bouncy castle and turned around and held out his hand for me. I smiled and quickly took off my shoes and ran towards him.

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When we were done bouncing, we went back to the food court and had pizza at the pizza parlor. We ate and talked about ourselves and stuff we didn't know about eachother, which is actually a lot. "So wait, you actually ate the dirt?" I laughed and he smiled and nodded.

"He dared me and even at 12, I was a daredevil." He laughed. I smiled and grabbed another slice of pizza from the tray.

"So, tell me embarrassing stories." I took a bite of pizza and looked over at Tyler.

"I don't really have any." He shook his head and laughed.

"That's kind of hard to believe, everyone has embarrassing stories. Even you, so come on buttercup." I put my pizza on my plate and frowned.

"Well, when I was in the 7th grade, I was trying to get this one guys attention and ended up tripping and spilling my spaghetti all over me and this girl who was walking in front of me. Oh, oh and in 4th grade, I tried to talk to this one kid and accidentally threw up on his shoes. Gosh, that was embarrassing, but in 6th grade, I kicked a ball in gym and accidentally gave him a black eye." He bit his pizza and sat it on the plate.

"By any chance, is this 'boy' Mason?" I frowned and looked up at Tyler. I hadn't even realized that I was talking about him.

"Um, no, it was actually some other kid who um, moved away I think." I lied and took a drink from my water. He frowned and bit his pizza.

"Well, I have to go... do you need a ride home?" I had completely forgotten that I came with Maya, but I didn't exactly want to ride home with him because I think I upset him. Although, he is still my boyfriend and I felt obligated to take the ride. I nodded and we threw away the pizza and drinks and walked to the car. He grabbed my hand and kissed the tip of it before opening the passenger door for me.

I smiled and got in and quickly buckled up. He started the car and looked over at me. "What?" He smiled and shook his head. "Whaat??" He grabbed my hand and kissed the knuckle again.

"You're just so damn beautiful." I felt the heat rise to my cheeks and I could tell I was blushing. "I'm serious babe" I was internally screaming at this point. I leaned across the seat and kissed him on the cheek but before I could kiss him on the cheek, he turned and our lips met. I slowly melted into the kiss. It was slow and not needy and just.... amazing, and just what I needed.

We broke apart but remained close enough that I could feel his breath  on my face. He smiled and gave me a quick peck on the lips. I leaned back in my seat and he began to drive home. he awkwardness from lunch was diminished and we were just talking the whole way home. Which was an absolute relief.

We pulled up in front of my house and all the lights were out, which was strange. "Walk me to the door?" He smiled and nodded. We got out of the car and walked up to the door. He leaned down and kissed me, but this kiss was different, a little more needy and full of lust. His hands traveled downward and I wrapped my arms around his neck. I broke apart, not only because we were outside but because, I didn't want it to lead to more.

But then I looked at him and I could practically hear Mason laughing. I grabbed Tyler and dragged him inside. "Wait, Charlie, what are you doing?" I kissed him roughly and began toward the stairs. I kicked off my shoes and he took off his and we broke apart and ran up the stairs. We slowly started towards my room.

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I woke up with the sun beaming in my face and an arm draped around my waist. I turned over and a slightly snoring Tyler lay shirtless and from the feel below, he as also pant-less. I took his arm off of me and stood from the bed. There were clothes everywhere. After fully realizing what I did, I began to panic. I quickly took all of his clothes and threw them at him, he abruptly woke up and shook his head. "Get out."

"Well good morning to you too." He rubbed his eyes and started to put on his shirt.

"I'm sorry, I really am, but you have to go, like now!"  I looked at the clock and it was almost time for my dad to be home. I began to panic even more. "Um, you have to go, your keys are..." I began to look around the room and found them on the floor. I picked them up and threw them in his direction

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"Ouch."He cried as the keys hit his leg. "I've never had this reaction after a night with a girl before..." I looked at him and he held his hands up. "Only joking" He quickly put on pants and grabbed his keys. I kissed him on the cheek before pushing him down the stairs.

Luckily, he was able to leave before dad got back home. I closed the door and turned around and Mason was leaning against the hallway entry. He looked irritated. I blushed and quickly ran upstairs and into the room.

What did I just do?