a bet worth waiting on 6

Holy crap, did i get hit by a bus or somthing?! is there something carving out the inside's of my stomach?!

i let out a loud groan as the sleepieness wore off i heard why i had woken up.

"hey, tay you awake?" came a familar voice

"bridgette do i ever get a break from you?" i said smothering a pillow over my face.

"yeah once you tell me what happened last night!" she said in a mocking tone.

"hell if i even know" i said through the pillow.

"well it looks like you took no time jumping on that bet,huh?" it sounded as though she had admiration in her voice, wait bridgette admiring me? - HOLD UP WHAT IS THAT AROUND MY WAIST!

i sat up quickly throwing the pillow off my face looking down at the figure sprawled out next to me on the bed, is that - OMG NO, CHRIS, WHAT DID I DO!

"don't look so surprised it was bound to happen sooner or later the two of you" she said with a knowing giggle

"no i didnt- i couldnt have- this isnt -NO" i said putting my hands to my face a tear sliding from my eye, how could i?

"tay take it easy you were lucky it was chris and not some loser like your boy bobby" she said smiling

"no no no what am i gunna tell bobby?" my tears dried up from sheer panic, i may be a bitch sometimes but i can't hurt someone for no reason.

"can you two shut the hell up, it's not like im not laying right here" chris turned over to look at the two of us.

i gulped back a sob, i couldnt look at him, i turned my face away from his glare and my body began to tremble from holding back my sobs.

"so umm chris when are you gunna let me get a spin at that?" bridgette tryed to sound seductive while laughing. i pulled my legs up into my chest and put my head between my legs to hide from this.

i felt him pick up the pillow next to me then throw it at bridgette "bridgette get the hell out" he said his voice hard and demanding through gritted teeth

"whatever you say romeo, but hey tay tell me all the juicy details later, i wanna know how big he is" she said slipping out the door.

chris let out a sigh as i lifted my head to look at him he was running a hand over his face i couldnt help myself "im so sorry"

"listen taylor it's not what-"

"no there's no excuse for how stupid i could be, i just let that bet get the best of me and now i fucked up your life"

"taylor calm down, what are you talking about?" he said extending a hand to stroke my arm, but i pulled away.

"no, please i dont want to hurt you" my eyes began to prick with tears

"listen taylor i have no idea what your talking about" he said proping himself up onto one arm looking at me.

"last nite we-we" i turned away biting my lip

all he did was laugh " we what taylor? had sex?" he laughed agian even louder

"why the fuck are you laughing you asshole!" i said throwing my hands up

"hold" - "on" he said through fits of laughter " we didnt have sex taylor"

that sent a wave of relief over me, it also brought back my memory of the night before, did i really get that way?! the thing with tom and then erik, oh god i just up and left him. I WILL NEVER DRINK AGIAN.

"where's tom?" i said with sudden realization, if he had come in here and seen me and chris he would have thought, oh god how can things get so fucked up from a couple of beers.

"actually i dont know" he looked at me shrugging, i jumped out of bed and fled for my door. i made my way down the hallway and into the kitchen, i was just about to go up the stairs when i saw something out of the corner of my eye.

with there backs to me tom and that blonde chick cindy at the kitchen table laughing there heads off, i backed out slowly hoping they wouldnt see me, okay slowly i thought to myself , and yes im out, back down the hallway and slipping back into my room.

"did you find him?" chris was still sprawled out on my bed

"oh yeah i found him and that slut cindy" i said crossing the room and back onto the bed next to chris " what's with those two anyway? he's never mentioned a girlfriend"

"well if you would stop running from him and stop fighting him every chance you got, you would know that he's crazy about her"

"well gee thanks chris make me feel more like shit" i said mockingly

"listen taylor that reminds me, i dont want you seeing erik mantor anymore, him and his friends there" i could see him searching for something "no good"

this made me mad " why? cause they dont dress like you and your friends, there not as popular as you and your friends? they talk different? come on chris wich one?"

"jesus,i've known him alot longer than you! i know how he acts! what he does , i dont like the things him and his friends do" i could see his jaw tighten

"whatever" i said hoping up out of the bed, walking over to my dresser i slipped on my nike's and grabbed my cell phone " im going for a walk"

"come on dont walk away from me i just dont wanna see you get hurt" he shouted at me as i walked down the hallway to front door

"you dont know shit chris so stay out of my business" i yelled back at him, this brought both tom and cindy from the kitchen

"whats going on?" tom asked narrowing his eyes between me and chris

"YOU KNOW WHAT FUCK YOU CHRIS! AND FUCK YOU TOM, IM OUT OF HERE" i screamed steping out the front door slaming it.

i began walking in the direction of the elemantry school up the street when my phone rang, this time i looked at the caller I.D. it was a number i didnt reconize

"hello?"

"taylor? are you okay?" erik asked

"hey yeah im fine just a hang over ya know, sorry for leaving you last nite"

"no it was my fault i should have thought better of letting you drink" he had sincerity in his voice

"it's fine there was nothing in the world that could have stopped me from drinking, im that stuborn" i said with a laugh trying to ease the mood

"well listen i wanna make it up to you, wanna do somthing today?" he asked

"yeah that would be great, i just have to get home and get showered and dressed"

" okay great ill pick you up in about an hour and a half? sound good?"

"sounds awesome i cant wait"

" me either, bye ty" i could here the smile in his voice

" bye erik" i said shutting the phone.

i gotta get home and get ready, but i couldnt go back there not after the way i had screamed at tom and chris. and since when does tom have a girlfriend named cindy? i mean yeah ever since i moved in we dont talk anymore we just fight but if he just stoped and asked me what i wanted then maybe i would stop and listen.

i pulled out my cell phone and decided to call giana, she could bring me back to grams and i can get ready there.

ring, ring,ring,ring,ring, "heyy you've reached giana, you know what to do after the beep" FUCK, whenever i need this girl she's never around.

ugh, bridgette would have to be my next choice.

it only took about two rings for bridgette to anwser

"DISH!" she practically screamed into the phone

" if you pick me up i'll tell you everything"

" kay where are you?"

"the school up the street from my house"

"what are you doing there?" bridgette asked in her most caring voice

"just please come and get me i'll tell you when you get here"

"alright tay i'll there in a couple minutes"

a couple minutes later it wasnt her car that pulled up it was alex's.

she jumped out of the passenger seat and bounded over to the bench i was sitting on.

"holy crap tay you look and sound like shit what happened?" she said hugging me, this made tears prick my eyes.

i really needed someone and my mother wasnt there anymore to help me with my problems and i pushed away chris the only one that was acutally there for me, i just couldnt keep it in anymore. i let it all out on that bench as bridgette hugged me stroking my hair telling me i was gunna be okay and that she was here for me, seriously have i turned into a blubbering wimp?!

"come on tay well go back home and get you dressed for this guy erik" she said smiling as i wipped away the last of my tears

"thank you so much" i said as we walked arm in arm to the car.

i slid into the backseat and bridgette up front

"is everything okay?" alex turnt to bridgette

"yeah, just take us back to my house" brigette said fastening her seatbelt

"oh come on bridgette i just picked you up" alex said in a whiney voice

"oh alex dont you know how to shut the fuck up and think about anyone but yourself for once, taylor needs me and im gunna be there for her" bridgette said smacking her hand off the middle console. alex eyed me in the rearview mirror and for a second i saw a flash of anger but i quickly turnt my head to look out the window as he put the car in gear. it took about 5 minutes to get to grams and as soon as we pulled up bridgette scramed from the car slamming the door, boy was she pissed. i was undoing my seat belt when i felt a hand touch my shoulder. i looked up at alex staring at me with pleading eye's.

"taylor i know you may think im a heartless bastard but i still care about you and who ever this guy is that's making you hurt i'll break his neck"

"i'm fine, but thanks" i opened the door to get out but i turnt back to alex " you ever hurt her like you hurt me alex i will personally cut your shit off" and then i got out the car stridding up to bridgette's side.

"what did he have to say?" she asked looked past me at alex's car dissapearing around the corner.

"how much he cares about you" i said with a smile

" and what did you say"

"that if he ever hurt you like he hurt me i would cut his dick off" i said walking the rest of the way to the door

she gasped but then turned into a laugh " oh god i love you taylor lyn"