a bet worth waiting on 9

 A/N: sry guys its not like i wanted the chapter to go but i just wrote it realle fast tonite is a huge nite im going out onto the river view for my uncles 60th and haha its gunna be gr8 =] but i gotta go get dressed and look marvoulous!

your probally wondering what the hell happened right?

well i just got up and went back to my room. i was so confused i barely even knew what i was doing but it felt natural i grabbed pajama's and head for the bathroom took a shower then went to bed. i know totally boring but a part of me was throwing a party, the other half was ready to murder the other half for being so happy, i was a ticking time bomb ready to eruept , i was not ready to take three sweet guys down with me. one thing i was sure of though was that i had to break it off with bobby, poor guy he didnt even do anything to deserve this and he deffiantly didnt hurt me or act like a complete moron that thought he was god! why cant i just fall for one smart respectable guy that's not liable to rip my heart into pieces.

the next day i got up pretty early heading to the kitchen for some breakfast.

the kitchen was occupied by none other than tom and bimbo barbie cindy.HA i really dont like this girl.

i grabbed a bowl and spoon, and headed for the table. i sat down on the opposite end of the table making my point clear i did not want to be bothered.

pooring myself some count dracula and milk i began to eat.

tom whispered somthing into cindy's ear and she nodded and stood up leaving me and tom across from each other at the table.

silence like this was so freaking annoying.

"taylor we really need to talk" tom said pushing his food away from him and folding his arms while leaning back agianst his chair.

"ca i wa" i said through munching on my cereal, meaning to say can it wait.

"no because everytime i even get within a mile of you, you take off and dissapear, im sick of it" he actually sounded hurt.

i put my spoon back down in the bowl and watched it slide beneath the milk as i finished chewing what was in my mouth.

"fine, what do we have to talk about?" i asked looking up at him plastering a fake smile across my face.

"listen i know you say your older now and more mature but i just dont want to bail you out of jail for somthing stupid you got caught up in agian or even worse have to identify your dead body" okay so now im the asshole?!, i could really see the pain in his eye's though, jesus christ!

i gulped hard trying not to think of somthing like that happening, yeah im gunna admit i got arrested before but that was because i was covering bridgette's ass but finding me dead somewhere that's something ive never thought about.

"and i know you think im being the overprotective big brother but face the facts taylor mom's gone she's not here to protect you anymore and dad he's never around, grandma has the girls to worry about, brendon and tyler arnt gunna always be there when you need them the most, that leaves you as my biggest concern taylor and im not gunna watch you throw away your life, mom wouldve have wanted more out of you and thats what im gunna show her"

im fucking crying, so he's turnt me into a blubbering idiot.

after that it was all the mushy im sorry's and ill do better crap.

in the end i felt alot better, i felt as though i had established a common ground with tom one that had been there but unsturdy until we came down to it and fixed it.

i was left alone in the kitchen staring at my bowl of cereal feeling some type of accomplishment when chris waltzed in not seeing me.

he was still in the same sweatpants with no shirt. he was reaching up into the cabinet for a plastic cup and i could see the muscles ripple through his back.

if i didnt know any better id say i was drooling, but over chris? he moved over to the fridge opening it and ducking his head idside looking for somthing, i could see his side profile i have to admit he's not bad at all. god i really couldnt pull my eye's away from him. i had to get out of there.

i didnt mean to knock over the chair but it was like my body was ready to do just that, run like i always did. i got to my room and quickly threw off my pajama's changing into a tank top and shorts, tieing my hair into a pony tail, clipping my ipod shuffle to my shirt and fishing my running shoes out of the closet. i used to run alot before high school, it was always a way to releave stress and think clearly as my feet pounded the ground and the air hitting my face as i zipped threw it felt like hevean to me, but like most things i stopped after mom died.

i made my way down the hall poping the earbuds into my ear, but i only made it to the end of the wallway until bumping into chris.

"how long are you gunna avoid me for?" he said as his eye's fixed on mine.

i pointed to my earbuds and shrugged "sorry i cant hear you, ill be back in a little bit, going for a run" i said loudly hoping he wouldnt notice the ipod wasnt even on.

he just shook his head and continued down the hall.

i set off out of the house.

it was slow at first until i found my rythym then it all came back naturally my feet pouding the pavement, the air pulling into my lungs, my hair floping on my back,now for the thinking part.

it was just like that i ignored him the rest of the day like nothing even happened.

but this turnt out harder monday morning, he was still in my first class and sat at the lab table behind mine and erik's.

could it get any worse?! oh yes it could

"taylor, erik , kent ,and chris your guys are gunna work on crime scene one together" said mr.hayes and yada yada for all the other groups he COULD have put chris in but no he put him in mine!

after passing out the field notes, camera, number cards,measureing tape and sketch pad we were off to solve a crime, HA i might as well commit suicide and give them a real case.

ever feel that tension between two people that hate each other and your caught in the middle? if not its enough to make you scream.

we all just sat there and stared at each other so i had to take charge.

"kent you get to sketch the crime scene,erik you take field notes and measure the body and where everything is in the room"i paused realizing what i had just done.

"chris number the evidence you find around the scene, and i will photograph what you mark" i said handing him the numbered cards and taking the camera

okay so maybe this wouldnt be so bad. i was just photographing a ciggerate bud when chris stepped in front of the camera.

"taylor are you gunna talk to me about what happened, i really need to know what your thinking" he said placing a hand on mine

"chris i really just need time to think about this, im so confused and i need to get my thinking back above water" i really did wanna talk to him about it but i was just afraid he would appoligize and be all like i just felt pity for you or some stupid shit like that, i wasnt ready to face him.

"alright, but just so you know you owe me for that picture frame" he said in a teasing voice

"about that-" why do i always get interupted?

i felt something snake low around me waist, looking up erik was smiling down at me " he bothering you baby?"

i pulled free of his grasp " do not call me baby, and that would be none of your business"

he narrowed his eyes at me " what do you mean? were dating arnt we? i can call you whatever i want and put my arm around your waist" he said trying to snake his hand back around my waist but i stepped to the side a little getting closer to chris.

" are you dumb or something if i pulled away a first time why would you try agian, and i said i would have to think about us dating after how you treated me" i said calmly

" come on i know your not that hard to get in bed with" he said grabbing my hand but before i had the chance to pull away chris had him by the throught and slammed him agianst the nearest lab table.

"i told you to watch how you treat her mentor!" chris yelled

erik was flaleling around trying to pull chris's hands free from his neck but chris was way stronger you can tell, he was tall but he was deffinantly not scrany like most.

i rushed forward and tryed to pull chris off him but no use, luckly kent was a big guy he grabbed chris and threw him off erik placing himself between them as i grabed chris's hand pulling him towards me when the teacher came over followed by security. all four of us where escorted by security to the principals office and on our way i caught a glimpse of tom and his whole class staring at the four of us being walked like 2 year olds down the hall by four security guards,i just laughed and waved at him as he shook his head. im gunna hear that when i get home and jeez it's only the second day.