Kaylee continued to ask the both of us little questions like that throughout the night. She didn't dig too deep about why I was living with the Atkins. In some ways, she reminded me of Noah-always considerate of her friends. At least, I think we're friends. The three of us. We got along besides the bumpy beginning on the bus. Plus, the fact that she didn't leave us to hang out with friends of her own made me think she was like Noah even more. They both made varsity as freshmen, so I wonder if she had problems with her old friends like Noah did.
As we were talking about the difference in our practices, Noah's phone went off. He pulled it out of his pocket and answered.
"Hello?"
"We're upstairs on the balcony."
"Kaylee took us up here. It was too crowded for Jake."
"Ok, we'll head down. Meet you at the front door."
He hung up and looked at me. "Time to go. Dave said he'll meet us at the door." He turned to Kaylee. "Are you coming too?"
"Yea! I want to go find my sister and find out the details." She pulled out her own phone. "What's your number? I want to know if you find out anything from your brothers?"
"It's not enough that Dave is selling out Kyle?" Noah frowned. "You want me to do it as well?"
"I won't tell Marie. I'm just curious." She pouted.
Noah sighed, and caved. He gave her his number and she sent him a text so he would have hers. Then the three of us went back downstairs where the party was in full swing even though it was close to midnight. The twins stood by the door with Jason and Marie, still talking.
Dave spotted us coming down. "Where have you kids been all night? Did you even hang out and have fun?"
I nodded sincerely. "I even spoke with Kaylee."
Kyle came over and threw his arm around my shoulders. "My baby is growing up and making friends on his own!" He faked cry.
"But I wasn't alone? Noah was there too." I answered. And I'm not your baby?
Noah pushed him off me. "Get off, you loser. Don't you have a girlfriend you can hang off of now?"
Kyle blushed, made eye contact with Marie, then got even redder. "Shut up, you stupid kid." He grabbed Noah's shirt collar from the back and started to drag him out. "Let's go. Dad should be home by 12:30 so we need to hurry back and get in bed beforehand."
I followed them out after lifting a hand to wave at the familiar faces. Marie was red in the face as well, and Kaylee just waved back. Dave quickly followed us out, yelling 'goodbyes' and 'see ya on Monday' to the people he knew.
Kyle didn't slow down or let go of Noah's shirt collar until we got back to the car.
Noah rubbed his neck. "What if you choked me?!"
"Don't be so dramatic." Kyle got in the front passenger seat. Dave got in on the drivers side, while Noah and I got in the back.
"You definitely stretched out the collar!" Noah huffed.
"It'll get fixed after washing." Kyle still didn't care. "It's not like it's your favorite or anything. You're overreacting."
"You're the one overreacting." Noah replied. "All I said was to get off of Jake."
"And go hang off your girlfriend." I added.
Kyle turned to glare at me. "You want a piece of me too?"
"Uh. No?" I shrunk back into my seat, scared that he may want to hit me.
"Don't intimidate Jake." Noah reached out to shove Kyle's shoulder. "I'll tell Mom and Dad."
"Stop being so childish, Kyle." Dave commanded, annoyed. He started the car and we headed back to the house. "It's not like it isn't true. Aren't you going to date Marie now?"
Kyle looked out the window, but I could still see his ears getting red. "Shut up. It's not like we had time or space to talk about it."
"But you kissed her." Noah said.
"Just because you kiss someone doesn't mean your automatically dating." Kyle grumbled.
"Well, are you going to ask her out or not?" Dave asked. He was obviously fishing on the behalf of Marie.
"I don't know. It's so awkward. What if she rejects me?" He turned to face his twin. "Wouldn't I be the laughingstock of the softball team?"
"She didn't reject the kiss." Dave reasoned. "Heck, you didn't even have to ask her. She volunteered. At a softball players house. She's into you, dude."
Kyle still hesitated. "What should I do then? Just text her and ask if we're dating? Or wait for her to text me? Wait till I see her Monday? I've never had a girlfriend before."
Dave made a face, looking unsure. "It's not like I would know. I haven't had a girlfriend either. And we can't ask Zeke since he hasn't either. Noah and Jake are out as well."
"How am I out?" Noah leaned forward. "I would know what to do better than you idiots. Gosh, it's like you guys don't watch any movies."
Kyle turned to face him. "What would you do then, Mr. smarty-pants?"
"Obviously you have to start by asking her out on a date." Noah said confidently. "Dating can only happen if you go out on dates."
The twins fell silent.
Dave glanced at Kyle. "He isn't wrong. Just take her to a dinner and a movie like Dad and Mom."
"Alone?" He looked scared. "What would we see? What should we eat? Where do we go? What do we talk about? Should we meet there or should I pick her up?"
Dave's lips twitched. "That's your problem. Don't ask me to be your third wheel. I have more self-respect than that."
Kyle looked at his twin, excited. "Good idea!"
"What. No. Not a good idea."
Before Kyle could explain why or what was the good idea, the car was filled with red and blue lights, and a loud siren came from behind us. I jumped in my seat, but so did the other three.
"Shit." Dave yelled as he pulled to the curb. He looked at the three of us. "Be cool and let me do all the talking."
I worriedly looked behind to see a police car parking behind ours. On no.
