"Lance, we have to talk." I said as I heard Maria laugh not to far off. I glanced over at her and Daniel. Despite her liking Lance, she seemed to be having a great time with Daniel. I was glad at least someone was happy. He grinned as he turned back to me.

"About what?" He asked, spooning some frozen yogurt into his mouth. After the movie, which Maria couldn't stop raving about, we still hadn't curbed our appetite so when Daniel suggested ice cream, Maria proposed a better idea of frozen yogurt. And while I loved frozen yogurt, my stomach was churning at the thought of what I had to tell Lance right now.

"I.. I didn't know that you thought this was a date.. Let alone, a double date."

"Oh." He blushed red.

"So-sorry.. I mean.. We were at coffee right and I said we should hang out sometime, the two of us and you seemed to go along with it."

"Yeah, I suggested we go to the movies and invite other friends to come along too but.."

"Yeah, I see what you're saying. I thought you were just scared to go on a first date with me and wanted to go if we set one of our other friends up on a date too."

"Well.." I murmured but he kept going.

"Sorry for being I guess... Presumptuous. Next time, I'll ask when it's a date." He smiled at me. I sighed.

"Lance, it's not just that I didn't know that you thought this was a date but.. I.. I have a boyfriend." He looked at me surprised.

"Oh?"

"Um.. Yeah.. Calum?" I said slowly.

"Your brother?" Lance asked, furrowing his eyebrows.

"What? No! Calum is my boyfriend, Jake is my brother. I only have one brother.."

"Really?" I nodded my head earnestly and Lance looked down at the table. "It's just.. I always thought that Calum and Jake were twins. Older twin brothers and one was nice to you and the other wasn't."

"No, no. One brother, one boyfriend.. I guess I never made it exactly clear.." I murmured. Fuck.. He thought Calum was my brother? Ew!

"Yeah, guess not.." He muttered.

"Lance I'm really sorry I really didn't know that.." I began, reaching out for his arm but Daniel and Maria came and sat down next to us at that time. They were laughing. I retracted my hand and turned to them. They both seemed oblivious to the tension.

"Guess what Daniel just said." Maria said elbowing me. I smiled warily.

"What did he say?" I asked. Maria narrowed her eyes a little, catching up on my mood but proceeded to tell me the joke Daniel had just told her. I laughed nervously and saw that Lance was also smiling a little bit. Daniel nudged him and they started talking. Maria eyed me curiously.

"We can talk later." I murmured. She nodded her head and then changed topics to keep the mood light. Lance dropped Daniel and Maria off at his house. Apparently Daniel wanted to drive Maria home so they could spend some more time together,

"They're really hitting it off." I said lightly as I moved to the front seat of the car. "Which is funny because at the beginning of the night, Maria.." I paused.

"Maria what?" He asked confused.

"Oh.. Never mind." He nodded his head and I waved goodbye to Maria as we drove off. "I really am sorry Lance.."

"No big deal." He said with a shrug. "I should have known a pretty girl like you would have a boyfriend." I pursed my lips and blushed red.

"I should have said something.."

"I should have asked better questions. You've mentioned him a lot actually now that I think about it. I should have just asked if you had a boyfriend straight up but.." Another shrug. "I guess I was too caught up in you."

"Lance.."

"You were really the first person I talked to at this school and you were like a women in shining armor, saving me from shoving all my money into a vending machine." I started laughing. Despite tonight's hiccup, Lance really was a great guy, funny too. If I wasn't with Calum, I would probably like Lance. "Don't blame yourself." He smiled at me. I smiled back.

"Tonight otherwise was really fun." I said, changing the topic, he laughed lightly.

"Yeah it was."

"And we should hang out again, as friends."

"Yeah, friends." He paused. "Except maybe we can't invite Daniel and Maria put with us again."

"How come?"

"Daniel really likes her. He told me he was going to ask her out that's why I suggested him."

"Huh?"

"Daniel likes Maria. It was basically the first thing he told me when I met him because he saw me hanging out with you guys. Apparently he doesn't think you guys are approachable." I laughed.

"Kenzie can be a bit intimidating. So can Jackie." Lance laughed.

"Yeah, I think that's why." Laughing, he pulled up into my driveway. "Now this is usually the part where I would kiss you goodnight but.." He stuck out his hand. "Seeing as we're friends." I laughed, shaking his hand.

"I'll see you in school Monday."

"Yeah, see you soon." I got out of the car and waved goodbye as I walked to my doorstep. Lance waved goodbye before he drove back down the street. My god, how was I going to explain this to Calum?

Calum

"How am I going to explain this to her!" I exclaimed as I paced the room back and forth between my bed and Jake's.

"She's going to tear you limb from limb." Jake replied, as he tapped away at his laptop. Groaning, I sat down on my bed, covering my face with my hands. "Oh lighten up. I don't think she'll hurt you that badly."

"They're going to be here soon. Are you ready to be smothered by your mom?" I countered glaring up at him. Jake made a face.

"I can't believe you get to hang out with your girlfriend and I have to spend time with my mom." I shrugged.

"If you had a girlfriend it wouldn't be like this." Jake rolled his eyes at me.

Lily🌺
Hey! We're here 😘

"Fuck! They're here!" I exclaimed, reading Lily's text message. Jake laughed.

"You're dead meat Calum." There was a knock at the door. I stood up slowly to open it. When I did, Lily tackled me with a hug, kissing my cheek.

"I missed you." She cried out as I hugged her, staggering backwards a bit as I was surprise by her attack. Her mom walked around us, laughing.

"There's my little man!" She exclaimed. Jake groaned.

"Mom!" He complained.

"None of that, now come on. I'll buy you boys some groceries, we can go get lunch Jake and go shopping.." She said, ushering Jake into a jacket and moving him out the door, I swear to god I saw her wink at Lily. She was still talking about all the fun things her and Jake would get to do as she closed the door to our room.

As soon as the door was shut, Lily was kissing me, her hands running through my hair. I gripped her waist tightly and walked us backwards towards my bed. She laughed as I dropped down and pulled her on top of me. She propped herself up with her arms over me, her long hair falling over her shoulders.

"I can't kiss anyone back home, it's really depressing." I laughed, shaking my head at her.

"It's not depressing that you're taken." I said as she sat down in my lap, allowing me to sit up.

"Kind of is because you're too far away and I have needs." I smirked, moving my hands up her thighs and to her hips before locking my arms behind her back.

"Do you now?" She was blushing red and wouldn't look at me. "What kind of needs?" She hit my chest and I laughed, kissing her cheek. "I'm kidding, I'm kidding." I said as she slid off my lap to sit next to me on my bed.

"I know." He said pushing back her hair. "I have to tell you something by the way."

"Hmm... So do I." She licked her lips before pursing them.

"Who wants to go first?" She asked. Neither of us said anything.

"Well, first. I'm hungry. Do you want to go get food? There's this really good pizza place on campus." I said, gesturing towards the door. Lily smiled.

"Alright, I'm game."

"Cool, because Im buying." She hit my arm as we stood up.

"You always buy."

"Because I have cash to burn Lil'." And it was true. I had a job back home, a job on campus. I did have money and I loved spending money on her but she didn't always like the idea.

"I can pay every once in a while."

"I know but it's fine. You'll buy next time." I said taking her hand and entwining our fingers, she squeezed my hand.

"That's what you said last time." I smiled at her as we headed out of the boys dorms and across the quad to the pizza joint. She was telling me a joke she had heard from Daniel, the guy who I had left in charge of the soccer team. He was in Lily's class I was pretty sure and just as I was getting ready to ask her why she had been talking to Daniel, someone ran into Lily.

"Oh no I'm sorry!" The girl exclaimed as he purse fell to the ground.

"No, it's fine. I wasn't watching where I was going." Lily replied as the girl straightened up, grabbing her purse. As she looked up at us, I realized who it was.

"Oh, hey Andrea." She seemed startled to see that it was me. Looking back and forth between Lily and I, she finally looked down at our hands.

"Hey.. Calum." She murmured.

"Uh, Lily this Andrea we have a math class together. Andrea, this is my girlfriend Lily." Smiling, Lily stuck out her hand.

"It's nice to meet you? Does Calum show off in math class? He's a pretty big show off but he helped me through my math class junior year." Andrea shook her hand slowly.

"Yeah, he helped me through our last big test. Your boyfriend is a great guy." Lily smiled.

"Eh, he's okay I guess." She said, leaning against my arm. I cleared my throat and started to move off.

"Well, we're going to lunch. I'll see you alter Andrea!" I called out, waving goodbye. Lily waved with me and Andrea smiled back at us warily before turning away.

"She seems nice." Lily said.

"Well.. Uh. I actually have to talk about her.." I said, rubbing the back of my neck. Lily looked at me confused.

"How come?"

"Let's uhh.. Get our food first and sit down okay?" Lily nodded her head slowly as we entered the pizza place. With our orders placed, we sat down, leaving the table number near the edge so the waiters could find us.

"So what did you want to tell me about her?" Lily asked. I sighed.

"It's sort of a long story."

"That's fine." I was afraid she would say that. With another sigh, I started up my story. I Toledo her first about the big test Andrea had mentioned and then the study group she tried forming. I explained Jake's point of view and she laughed a little but didn't say a word. I continued to the actual studying where nothing really happened and then to what happened Saturday where she thought we were going on a date.

"And I swear, I didn't know but I.. I'm sorry.. I don't know what else to say." Lily was quiet as I looked at the table.

"Are you serious?" She asked. I looked up at her and she seemed more confused than angry..

"Um.. Yeah. I'm sorry. She's really a nice girl but.."

"No not that Calum.." She started laughing. "A similar thing happened to me over the weekend! That what I wanted to tell you." She continued laughing. I stared at her, confused.

"Wait what?" I asked. She smiled and then began telling me about her new friend Lance and how he though they were going on a double date.

"I can't believe a similar thing happened to you!" She cried out. I frowned though.

"So this Lance guy.. What does he look like?" Lily rolled her eyes at me and took my hand.

"I'm with you idiot and I love you. You're the only guy for me." I smiled.

"Okay but like.. 6'2? Does he have a lot of muscles? Could I best him in a fight?" Lily rolled his eyes.

"He's 6'4, pretty scrawny so maybe. But he's not my type." She squeezed my hand.

"Order number twenty-four?"

"That's us." I said waving the girl over.

"Good, I'm starving." Lily said with a smile.

"You what this means right?" I asked her as she bit into her slice of pizza. She cocked her head at me as she chewed. "We're smoking hot, irresistible." Covering her mouth, she started laughing, shaking her head at me. The two of us really are a lot a like.