Chapter 37

"Are you smiling right now?" I asked him but it only made him laugh.

"When last did you ever run?" he teased me as I continued panting.

"Well, I wouldn't be running if you hadn't left me behind. Why didn't you wait for me?"

"Nick said you told him that you knew your way home now and that you weren't interested in going home with us."

"He made me say that without thinking, I was trying to have a good comeback." I had stopped my heavy breathing now, thank goodness.

"I actually wanted to wait but then I remembered what you said you wanted earlier, if I tried convincing Nick to wait too, you might get mad because that could probably let him know I like you and you don't want that."

"Good reason but you still left without me." I said with feigned anger and started to walk forward and he joined me.

"Come on, don't be mad." he begged.

"I'm not mad." I told him but he didn't believe, it's not his fault that it's hard to believe that I wasn't a