Chapter 27

I stood up from the couch and turned to Tori. "Come on, Tori. We're leaving now." "I'm going to stay here for a while. You guys can go ahead." Tori said. "Are you sure? What are you going to do about a ride?" I asked. Tori nodded her head. "I'll be fine. I'll get a ride with Sean and Stephanie." Sean and Stephanie were two of Tori's classmates in one of her classes. They were pretty cool people. "Okay sounds good. Have fun. I'll see you tomorrow for our horror movie marathon." I said. "See you tomorrow." Tori called after us as we walked to the front door. When we got outside, Seth walked over to his car and Tyler and I walked over to his. Twenty minutes later, we got to our house. Tyler parked his car in his driveway and we both got out of the car. "We can sit out here for a while. It's still quite early." Tyler suggested. I looked at him hesitantly. "Come on, I know you want to." I sighed in defeat. "Okay fine. Just for a few minutes and only because the air feels good." Tyler grinned teasingly. "I know you couldn't resist me." He said as he sat down on his doorstep. I rolled my eyes at his banter. "Shut up." I replied as I walked over and sat beside him. He just laughed at my response. We didn't say anything else after that. We just sat there in silence enjoying the cool night air. "You miss him don't you?" Tyler asked suddenly after we were quiet for a while. "Who?" I turned to face him, shock by his sudden question. "Your ex boyfriend." He replied. I shook my head and answered honestly. "No I don't." "I saw you looking at him at the party. I assumed you were missing him and reconsidering giving him another chance." "Of course not!" I said adamantly. I was even shock at the absurdity of the idea. Where did he get that from? "Did you love him?" He asked, bringing me from my thoughts. I was silent for a while. Did I love him? I have never really thought about it before. At one point I thought I did, but now, I'm not sure I ever did. One thing I knew for sure was that I did care a lot about him. There was no question if Logan loved me though. Obviously, he didn't. I still can't believe the last few months of our relationship was a lie. "I did care about him." I answered finally. "He was the first guy that I've ever been close to. He was my first boyfriend. Back then he was great. Believe me he was never like this." Tyler stretched both of his foot out in front of him and rest his hand behind him. "Well, as I've said before, you know him best." I shook my head. "Not anymore." We sat there for another minute, before I turned to face Tyler. "I should be heading home now." "Okay." Tyler stood up and brushed his hands together. "Come on." I didn't expect Tyler to walk me home. I mean, this time his mother wouldn't know that he left me to walk next door by myself so really, he didn't have. I didn't say anything this time though because I was glad for the company. When we reached my doorstep, Tyler spoke up. "Good night, Kitty Cat." I smiled. "Good night, Bats." "Hey, that's all I get?" Tyler asked, a mischievous smirk on his lips. "I thought you would've invited me in and offer to scratch my back. You're a very mean cat." Once again, I rolled my eyes at Tyler's usual playful banter. "Not gonna happen. You better find some other kitty cat to scratch your back tonight." ++++++ The following day, I was home alone with nothing to do. Sarah and Dad had gone out and I was bored until Victoria gets here, which is about 3:00pm. I looked at the time on my phone and saw that it was just 12:30pm. As I lay on my bed thinking about what to do, I got a text from Tyler: Tyler: What are you doing? After reading the text, I sent an instant reply. Me: I'm not doing anything. Why? Tyler: I'm bored. Come over here. Me: What does you being bored got to do with me? Tyler: Because we can do something interesting together to occupy our time ;) I rolled my eyes at that message as I can imagine Tyler smirking as he sent it. Me: Do you always have to be a sex crazed manic? Tyler: Ha! I wasn't, but look where your mind went ? Me: Haha...very funny. Okay fine, I'll be right over. I put on my shoes quickly and left the house. When I reached over to Tyler's house, I knocked on the door. I heard him answer me from inside to come in. I opened the door and saw him laying on the living room couch with his phone in his hands. "Okay, I'm here. What do you have in mind." I remarked as I closed the door behind me. Tyler put down his phone and grinned at me. "Don't pretend like you're not glad for the company." "I was doing okay by myself." I replied crossing my arms. "Of course you were, but it's more cool to hang out with me." Tyler replied with a sly grin. "Oh please. You're funny, you know that?" I questioned as I walked over to him. "Yeah, that's one of my best qualities." He winked at me. He then stand up from the couch. "I have an amazing video game, but I need a partner." "What about Seth?" I asked. Tyler shrugged. "You're just right next door." "You know, I've never played any video games in my life." I stated. Tyler walked over to set up the game. "Don't worry, it's really easy. I'll show you."