Beauty and the Beast
Ch.19: Certain Look
Anna's POV:
I hear the doorbell rings and then Rian and Matt talking. "HEY SIS! GET DOWN HERE FOR DINNER!!" I run downstairs and see them already eating. "HEY!" They laugh and hand me a paper plate.
"Excuse me, bathroom time," Rian burps. "Ew," I laugh. he sticks his tongue out at me and walks out. I look up at Matt who's smiling at me. "Why are you smiling at me?" "Nothing," he laughs and shakes his head. "Look, I see you as a older brother-" "Woah woah, damn Rian sucks at phrasing stuff," he laughs.
I stare at him confused. "Rian just thought for a while, well, before you and you know who, started dating, that you and I should go on a date. I told him up front that I only saw you as a friend, like a little sister. He actually thought that for a while." "He.. he did?" "Yeah, but trust me. It would be like kissing my sister," he grins at me.
I throw my crust at him, "hey!" He laughs and takes a sip of his coke. "I was only smiling at you for another reason." "What do you mean...?" He looks down the hall and looks back at me, "I won't tell if you don't." I just stare at him.
"I can just tell. How your acting. You sort of have a happy, longing feeling to you tonight." How.. how did he.. "Please just tell me he used a condom," he whispers. My jaw drops and I stare at him in shock. HOW COULD HE TELL!?
He smiles at me, "Anna. Everyone has a certain, different feeling and look to them after they have sex for the first time. And you. Well. You been distant, happy though. Spacing out, day dreaming about something. I can just tell. Was it Jack?"
I look away from him and bite my lower lip. "It wasn't Jack...?" I slowly nod, still not looking up at him. "Was it.. was it Zack..?," he whispers more quietly now. I keep my head still, "Anna. You didn't." "Please don't tell Rian," I whisper begging him. "Anna, why would you-" And then he stares at me, finally hitting him what was going on. "Your dating him...?" I look down and poke at my cold pizza.
"Anna-" "Don't give me the older brother speech. Thats where I was the entire time. We had sex, okay? And he used a condom, I didn't even need to ask him, he just did. I'm not stupid. And there's another side to Zack that you guys don't know about. A side he's only shown me and Alex. You'll like this side of him. I'm.. changing him. Bringing it out. And he's bringing out another side of me. And I like this side of me. I feel more confident. We did things where I would've never done before, till now. Only with him. And it feels right. Normal. So just please let me be happy."
He goes quiet and Rian comes back in. "Sorry I took so long, what did you two talk about while I was away?" "Well, she threw her pizza crust at me." "Thats the best part!," Rian yells at me and laughs. I laugh to and look over at Matt. 'Please don't tell Rian, please don't tell anyone,' I practically beg in my head to him.
He nods and gives me a knowing smile. As in to say, 'I won't. Just don't make me regret it. Or I will tell him.'
I hear the doorbell rings and then Rian and Matt talking. "HEY SIS! GET DOWN HERE FOR DINNER!!" I run downstairs and see them already eating. "HEY!" They laugh and hand me a paper plate.
"Excuse me, bathroom time," Rian burps. "Ew," I laugh. he sticks his tongue out at me and walks out. I look up at Matt who's smiling at me. "Why are you smiling at me?" "Nothing," he laughs and shakes his head. "Look, I see you as a older brother-" "Woah woah, damn Rian sucks at phrasing stuff," he laughs.
I stare at him confused. "Rian just thought for a while, well, before you and you know who, started dating, that you and I should go on a date. I told him up front that I only saw you as a friend, like a little sister. He actually thought that for a while." "He.. he did?" "Yeah, but trust me. It would be like kissing my sister," he grins at me.
I throw my crust at him, "hey!" He laughs and takes a sip of his coke. "I was only smiling at you for another reason." "What do you mean...?" He looks down the hall and looks back at me, "I won't tell if you don't." I just stare at him.
"I can just tell. How your acting. You sort of have a happy, longing feeling to you tonight." How.. how did he.. "Please just tell me he used a condom," he whispers. My jaw drops and I stare at him in shock. HOW COULD HE TELL!?
He smiles at me, "Anna. Everyone has a certain, different feeling and look to them after they have sex for the first time. And you. Well. You been distant, happy though. Spacing out, day dreaming about something. I can just tell. Was it Jack?"
I look away from him and bite my lower lip. "It wasn't Jack...?" I slowly nod, still not looking up at him. "Was it.. was it Zack..?," he whispers more quietly now. I keep my head still, "Anna. You didn't." "Please don't tell Rian," I whisper begging him. "Anna, why would you-" And then he stares at me, finally hitting him what was going on. "Your dating him...?" I look down and poke at my cold pizza.
"Anna-" "Don't give me the older brother speech. Thats where I was the entire time. We had sex, okay? And he used a condom, I didn't even need to ask him, he just did. I'm not stupid. And there's another side to Zack that you guys don't know about. A side he's only shown me and Alex. You'll like this side of him. I'm.. changing him. Bringing it out. And he's bringing out another side of me. And I like this side of me. I feel more confident. We did things where I would've never done before, till now. Only with him. And it feels right. Normal. So just please let me be happy."
He goes quiet and Rian comes back in. "Sorry I took so long, what did you two talk about while I was away?" "Well, she threw her pizza crust at me." "Thats the best part!," Rian yells at me and laughs. I laugh to and look over at Matt. 'Please don't tell Rian, please don't tell anyone,' I practically beg in my head to him.
He nods and gives me a knowing smile. As in to say, 'I won't. Just don't make me regret it. Or I will tell him.'
this was the 1 story i didn't plan for a sequal to
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