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stood up I backed away, bumping into my desk chair. My sudden confidence was shattered in a matter of seconds. Derrick looked away for a moment and took a deep breath.
“Look,” he began. “You shot me down in the lunch line. I asked you out and you just turned away from me without a word. My friends were laughing like that because they think I’m some sort of ladies man and always get the girl. You embarrassed the fuck out of me with them. And about last night, you know I was drunk. I like you… and you turn me on like crazy. I can’t stop thinking about you. I’m sure the freak has told you a million lies to turn you against me. All I’m saying is don’t believe everything he says. I know you’ve been hearing a lot of stuff about him. Do you really want to be with someone with that kind of reputation? You and I should be together, not you and him. After all, your brother and I are friends now and your mom loves me. Do you think she’d let you up here alone with Neil?” He waited for an answer, but I just stared at my carpet.
Derrick pulled me into a hug and I stiffened. He whispered in my ear, “Austin told me about your dad and how you seem to be scared of all men now. If I had been there I would have beaten him half to death for what he did to you. I want you to know I’m not one of those guys you need to fear. It’s Neil you can’t trust. If he or anyone else lays a finger on you, I’ll kill them.” He then kissed my cheek and left. I stood there for a long moment and thought about what he said.
Later that night as I went to sleep I noticed my pillow smelled like Derrick’s cologne. I held it to my nose and smiled as I drifted off to sleep.
***
“He was actually… nice,” I explained to Neil the next morning on the walk to school. He was not taking it very well.
“Nice?? He was in your room, Ellen. Without your knowledge,” Neil said. “God only knows what he was doing in there before you came in.” He looked off into the distance and ran his fingers through his hair. “Tell me again everything that happened.”
“Well, it’s just like I told you. Mom yelled at me for not coming straight home from school and told me someone was waiting for me in my room. I went up there, opened the door, and Derrick was there lying on my bed. I turned to go and—”
“Wait,” Neil said. “Why did you turn to go immediately?
“He was… well, he wasn’t wearing a shirt,” I replied. “And he had these nipple rings… and he pulled on them and smiled at me. It made me, you know, uncomfortable.” I blushed.
“That son of a bitch,” Neil said, his jaw clenching.
I took his hand. “It’s alright. I wasn’t all that upset. It’s just… I haven’t even seen you with your shirt off yet,” I said, giving his hand a little squeeze.
He looked down at me and smiled. “Are you trying to distract me?” he asked. I giggled and shook my head.
“Like I said, I turned to go, but he said he had been waiting for an hour to talk to me, and I felt really bad about it… so I came back in. He told me the same old stuff about how you’re no good and then he told me I should be dating him instead. That was about it,” I said.
“So where does this ‘he was being nice’ business fit in?” Neil asked.
“Oh,” I said, looking down. “I don’t know. It’s just that he seemed sincere for the first time. He said he knew about my dad and he hugged me and said I could trust him.”
Neil sighed. “Can’t you see what he’s doing Ellen? He’s just trying to give you what he thinks you want so that you’ll leave me and go to him. As soon as you do, he’ll change back to his old self.”
“What is his old self? You have to remember that I don’t know him the way you do,” I said.
“He uses women. He’s gone through more girls than I can even remember. You’re a challenge to him and he’ll do anything to win you
“Look,” he began. “You shot me down in the lunch line. I asked you out and you just turned away from me without a word. My friends were laughing like that because they think I’m some sort of ladies man and always get the girl. You embarrassed the fuck out of me with them. And about last night, you know I was drunk. I like you… and you turn me on like crazy. I can’t stop thinking about you. I’m sure the freak has told you a million lies to turn you against me. All I’m saying is don’t believe everything he says. I know you’ve been hearing a lot of stuff about him. Do you really want to be with someone with that kind of reputation? You and I should be together, not you and him. After all, your brother and I are friends now and your mom loves me. Do you think she’d let you up here alone with Neil?” He waited for an answer, but I just stared at my carpet.
Derrick pulled me into a hug and I stiffened. He whispered in my ear, “Austin told me about your dad and how you seem to be scared of all men now. If I had been there I would have beaten him half to death for what he did to you. I want you to know I’m not one of those guys you need to fear. It’s Neil you can’t trust. If he or anyone else lays a finger on you, I’ll kill them.” He then kissed my cheek and left. I stood there for a long moment and thought about what he said.
Later that night as I went to sleep I noticed my pillow smelled like Derrick’s cologne. I held it to my nose and smiled as I drifted off to sleep.
***
“He was actually… nice,” I explained to Neil the next morning on the walk to school. He was not taking it very well.
“Nice?? He was in your room, Ellen. Without your knowledge,” Neil said. “God only knows what he was doing in there before you came in.” He looked off into the distance and ran his fingers through his hair. “Tell me again everything that happened.”
“Well, it’s just like I told you. Mom yelled at me for not coming straight home from school and told me someone was waiting for me in my room. I went up there, opened the door, and Derrick was there lying on my bed. I turned to go and—”
“Wait,” Neil said. “Why did you turn to go immediately?
“He was… well, he wasn’t wearing a shirt,” I replied. “And he had these nipple rings… and he pulled on them and smiled at me. It made me, you know, uncomfortable.” I blushed.
“That son of a bitch,” Neil said, his jaw clenching.
I took his hand. “It’s alright. I wasn’t all that upset. It’s just… I haven’t even seen you with your shirt off yet,” I said, giving his hand a little squeeze.
He looked down at me and smiled. “Are you trying to distract me?” he asked. I giggled and shook my head.
“Like I said, I turned to go, but he said he had been waiting for an hour to talk to me, and I felt really bad about it… so I came back in. He told me the same old stuff about how you’re no good and then he told me I should be dating him instead. That was about it,” I said.
“So where does this ‘he was being nice’ business fit in?” Neil asked.
“Oh,” I said, looking down. “I don’t know. It’s just that he seemed sincere for the first time. He said he knew about my dad and he hugged me and said I could trust him.”
Neil sighed. “Can’t you see what he’s doing Ellen? He’s just trying to give you what he thinks you want so that you’ll leave me and go to him. As soon as you do, he’ll change back to his old self.”
“What is his old self? You have to remember that I don’t know him the way you do,” I said.
“He uses women. He’s gone through more girls than I can even remember. You’re a challenge to him and he’ll do anything to win you
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