Tech Romance.

John.

“Wake up birthday boy!”

I turned my body around to face the wall and then bring the blanket up to my face to cover the sunlight that was daring to come into my solitude of darkness.

“Wake yo ass up!”

“Halvo shut the fuck up!”

I turned around to face Megan; I let out a long sigh before rolling on the opposite direction, my back to her.

“Get slutty McSlut out of your bed so we can do man things on the man’s birthday!”

“That’s funny; you’re not even close to a man Eric! When are you going to go through puberty?”

“Shut up Meg”, I said annoyed to hear her voice so early in the morning. “And Eric we’ll do man things later.”

“We’re going to Denny’s right now with Max and the girls.”

I peaked from under my blanket to look over at Halvo; he wiggled his eyebrows to answer my question whether Alison was going to be there or not.

“Alright get out, I need to take a shower and shit”, I said sitting up looking up at Jared and Eric. “Plus Meg’s naked.”

“When is she not?” Jared asked as they walked out of the door.

I let out a laugh before turning around to face Megan; she looked over at me with sad eyes before grabbing me into a hug. I felt her lips make their way down my neck sucking softly. I felt her hands going down my chest down to the boxers rubbing through them.

“I wish we could babe but I need to get going. They’ve been planning this day for months”, I said giving her a soft kiss on her cheek before standing up.

“Why can’t I go?”

I looked over at her giving her that look before she rolled her eyes. “We’re having a party here tonight right?”

“Yeah, just a small kick back so please don’t bring all your friends.”

“I won’t baby”, she said standing up.

I looked over at her as she got out of bed completely naked. I looked her body up and down; god knows she had an amazing body that made my mouth water. She looked over at me with a confident smirk.

“You like what you see?”

I just let out a laugh before grabbing clothes from my closet and throwing them on my bed.

“See you later tonight Meg.”

“Okay”, she said with a sad look on her face before walking over to me fully clothed.

She wrapped her arms around my neck as I wrapped my arms around her waist. She leaned in and gave me a soft kiss on my lips. Suddenly that kiss turned into more once our tongues slid against each other. Her fingers running through my hair as a soft groan came from my throat. She pulled away licking her lips and then kissing my neck making me very excited.

“Are you sure you don’t want to take a shower together?”

Fuck, I looked down at her and all I wanted to do was have my way with her. Then my thoughts were back to Alison, I shook my head denying her. She looked down with a pissed off look before giving me a soft kiss on my lips.

“I love you John”, she said before walking out of my room.

I watched her slam the door shut and then the insults coming from the guys downstairs. I got into the shower and then out with a quickness to get dressed. I walked down the stairs and saw the guys all lying around the messy living room.

“Let’s go, their already there.”

I nodded my head before throwing on a pair of sunglasses to block the sun from my hung-over eyes. We got into Jared’s truck before driving off.

“So I heard you kissed Alison.”

“I forgot Max was there”, I said with a smile, I checked back that smile scared of what they were all going to say.

“And Megan.”

“Meg saw?” I asked with laugh.

“She was pissed”, Jared said with a laugh. “Apparently not that pissed if she fucked you right after it.”

“Leave Megan alone”, I said with a laugh. “Did Alison say anything to Sophie who might have told Max something?”

“God you’re such a fag”, Eric said with a laugh. “And no they didn’t say anything. You’re not pulling a dick move like Damon are you?”

“What do you mean?”

“Well you know trying to get in her pants.”

“Or just interested in the chase, we know how you are”, Jared said as Eric nodded his head in agreement.

“Am I really that much of a dick?”

They just stayed quiet answering my question. After a couple of second of silence they let out a laugh. I just rolled my eyes before looking over all the birthday texts. Then suddenly my phone started to ring, Mom flashing on the screen.

“Hey Mom”, I said answering the phone as Eric turned around with excitement in his eyes.

“Tell Mom I said hi!”

“You’re up early”, she said with a shocked tone to her voice. “And tell Eric I said hello and he better not be eating all my hot pockets.”

“She said you better not be eating all her hot pockets bitch.”

“John!”

“What mom?” I asked with a laugh. “How’s the trip?”

“Its fun”, she said and I could hear the smile on her face. “Happy Birthday baby.”

“Thank you Mom.”

“Your father and your brothers wanted to say something”, she said as I heard muffled voices in the background. “Be good honey; don’t fuck up the house too much. We’re going to be home tomorrow afternoon.”

I just nodded my head before agreeing with her. The phone was passed off to my Dad and then to my little brothers. Finally they hung up as I waited outside Denny’s with the guys. We walked in and the first person I saw was Tim and Max standing there. Once I got around the wall that was blocking I saw Alison sitting there, her posture up and straight. I looked at the tank top she was wearing and I looked down at the small shorts she was wearing, she was beautiful.

“Ay!” they all yelled as I walked closer.

“Happy birthday JohnO!”

“Thanks Ashley”, I said hugging her tight.

“Happy birthday man”, Tim said grabbing me into a hug. “I bought you another gram for tonight.”

“Thanks man”, I said feeling embarrassed with Alison looking over at us.

“There’s the birthday boy!”

“Hey L Train”, I said with a laugh hugging him. “You smell man.”

“I just went riding.”

I nodded my head before grabbing Sophie and Max into a double hug. I looked down at Alison, she stood up from where she was and we awkwardly grabbed each other into a hug. I could feel everyone looking over at us confused but I didn’t care. Suddenly our hug got more comfortable and our bodies melted together. I pulled away and gave her a kiss on her forehead.

“Happy birthday.”

“Thank you”, I said with a smile before taking the empty seat next to her.

We all talked, well not all of us Alison was sitting there quiet looking from each person politely as they talked. When the waiter came we all ordered our food. When it was Alison’s turn everyone turned to look at her waiting to hear her talk. Loren, Ashley and Tim haven’t really heard her talk so they sat there in anticipation. I watched as her blue eyes looked down at her menu and then back up at the lady who looked annoyed by all of us.

“Can I get a coffee please”, she said with a polite smile. “And the cinnamon oatmeal”, she said with a grin looking at the lady.

“What kind of toast would you like?”

“Wheat please.”

The waitress looked down at Alison shocked at how polite and sweet she was, everyone at the table was. The waitress nodded her head as Alison was the first to hand her menu to her. Everyone looked at Alison with a confused look.

“Who the fuck gets oatmeal?!” Jared yelled throwing his arms up.

“Alison you’re so weird, do you really like oatmeal?” Eric asked as the waitress looked from each of us, a frustrated look on each other their faces.

“It’s really good”, she said as her cheeks burned red.

“She seriously eats oatmeal every morning”, Sophie said with a laugh. “My best friend is weird.”

“And what can I get you sir?”

I looked up at the waitress before looking down at the menu unsure of what to get. I looked
over at Alison who was looking down at the empty spot on the table looking really embarrassed and uncomfortable, she was adorable.

“Can I get a coke and then the unlimited pancakes”, I said looking back down. “And the apple cinnamon oatmeal”, I said with a smile as everyone looked over at me oddly too.

“What kind of toast?”

“White.”

“Coming right up guys.”

I watched as she picked up all the menus, everyone trying their best to polite but didn’t hand them to her. Eric looked over at me weird and then suddenly everyone did, including Alison.

“I dip my pancakes in that bitch, it tastes good”, I said as they all nodded their head and continued to talk.

I looked over at Alison with a smile before leaning over into her ear. “I eat oatmeal a lot too.”

She looked over at me with a laugh before giving me a big smile. I couldn’t help but to get lost in her deep blue eyes. We all sat around talking about last night but Alison of course stayed quiet. I felt her hand bump mine from under the table. She looked over at me and whispered a low sorry before looking back down.

I grabbed her hand in mine; she looked over at me with a confused look on her face. I opened up her clenched fist rubbing my hands against it. She turned away from me with a smile and I couldn’t help but to smirk. I rubbed my fingers against her hand softly before lacing our fingers together. I felt her move her hand against mine as she left them tangled together. I could feel her soft legs from under my hand and it took everything out of me not to keep touching her.

“Here you guys go.”

I looked down at the three pancakes and the bowl of oatmeal in front of me. I didn’t want to let go of her hand but once she untangled her hands from mine and placed them on the table all I could do was think about touching her again.

[&]

Alison.

“So what’s next on the agenda?”

“Go home and sleep”, Eric said with a laugh as we walked out from the Boomers. “And then go to JohnO’s pad for another round of beer pong and chill sesh.”

“Well I need to clean; any of you bitches want to help?”

I looked over at John and then around. Everyone was completely quiet looking around, I heard the guys whistling with laughs.

“I’ll help you”, I said finding my voice again, and I was always quiet with everyone.

“Are you sure, it’s a mess.”

“Yeah it’s fine”, I said with a smile. “I actually like cleaning”, I said as everyone looked at me like I was some kind of alien.

“It’s true, she really is this weird”, Sophie said with a laugh. “But I love her so much”, she said grabbing my cheeks and pinching them as everyone laughed.

“I love her too!” Eric yelled putting his arm around me.

I looked over at everyone agreeing with smiles on their faces. I felt my cheeks burn up as everyone talked about how adorable I was.

“Well let’s get this show on the road. Loren can you drop the maids off at my palace”, Eric said with a laugh. “And you guys make sure everything’s spotless or off to the dungeons!”

“Whatever fag”, John said with a laugh before looking over at me. “Come on Ali.”

He wrapped his arm around me and then walked me to the big lifted truck. I sat back there listening to Loren and John talk about music and weird stuff that I had no idea what it was. Once we got to John’s house I said by to Loren and thanked him for the ride.

“You’re seriously adorable”, he said with a smile. “Bye guys, see you later tonight.”

“Bye man.”

John looked over at me with a smile before wrapping an arm around me and bringing me into his house. I looked around at the house and saw the mess of cans and everything everywhere. I looked over at John and watched as he let out a small laugh.

“It’s worst than I thought”, I said with a laugh. “Do you have trash bags?”

“Yeah, I’ll grab them right now”, he said turning to look at me. “You don’t have to do this Ali, I can clean it myself. You can chill and watch movies or something.”

“I want to help you.”

He just nodded his head before placing a kiss on my forehead and walking away. I felt my heart beating faster and out of control and the place where he kissed me turning hot. He came back with the black trash bags. I went straight to picking up all the trash and placing it in the bags. After about a good hour of cleaning the house looked like it was back to normal. I watched John grabbed the five big bags of trash and throwing it outside. I walked over and took a seat on the couch feeling tired.

Suddenly I felt the side of the couch sinking in next to me. I looked over at John and saw the sweat building up on his forehead. He lifted up the shirt he had on and whipped it off.

“That was a work out.”

“I know”, I said with a laugh. “You sure know how to throw a party, the bigger the mess the bigger the party.”

“Where did you learn this?” he asked looking over at me with a smirk.

“T.V.” I said with a laugh.

He let out a small laugh before grabbing the remote and putting on the television. I sat there uncomfortable and unsure of what to do. John flipped through the channel’s occasionally talking about whatever what was on. Suddenly I felt his hand against mine, our fingers being laced together. I looked over at him as my cheeks turned red. I felt his hands rubbing my hand softly as his eyes were glued to me. Then my hand was let go and his face was inching in as his hands cupped my cheek.

“Alison”, he said looking into my eyes as our lips got closer.

“Hmm?”

“Can I kiss you?”

I licked my lips nervously and then nodded my head. That’s when I felt his lips close in on mine pressing them softly together. His hands moved from my face to the back of my neck. I felt his lips move with mine in a soft and innocent kiss. He pulled away with his forehead pressed against mine.

“That was amazing.”

I nodded my head with my eyes still closed. I bit my bottom lip before opening my eyes meeting his beautiful green orbs.

“Can we try that again?”

[&]

John.

“Dude let’s smoke!”

“Do you know where Alison is?” I asked looking around my house; the small party has gotten bigger than I thought.

“I don’t know man”, L Train said looking around the room but then looking back at me. “But forget about that, let’s smoke!”

I looked around the room not seeing her; I just shrugged my shoulders before agreeing. I followed him out to the side of the house where Tim was waiting. I watched them pack the bowl and I just waited patiently grabbing out my phone and texting Alison. All I wanted to do was kiss her, those couple of kisses on the couch earlier that day was enough to make me go crazy wanting to kiss her again.

“Here man, green’s for the birthday boy”, Tim said passing the pipe to me. “This is some dank ass shit so enjoy it man.”

“Thanks”, I said with a laugh taking the pipe from his hand along with the lighter.

I placed it to my mouth before lighting it up and taking two hits before passing it off to Loren. We smoked two more bowls before we made our way back into my house. The stench on us was strong but neither of us really cared. I tried to open my glazed over eyes to look around searching for Alison but all I found were two beers instead. I was double fisting both beers in my hand walking around the place looking around for her.

“Baby!”

I was instantly grabbed into a tight hug, beer spilling over the both of us. I looked down at Megan who was laughing at the spill before pressing her lips against mine.

“Hi birthday boy.”

“Hey”, I said coldly before taking a look around the house, no such luck. “Hey have you seen Alison?”

“No”, she said looking pissed before grabbing my face with her hands. “You smoked without me you jerk.”

“It’s Tim and Loren’s fault”, I said downing one beer till it was gone and placing it on the counter behind me. “Did you just get here?”

“Yeah, I was in a fashion crisis looking for an outfit sexy enough for my man.”

I felt her hands running up and down my chest while she licked my lips. Once again I didn’t pay much attention to her but just looked around the room. I brought the beer to my lips and downed it till it was gone.

“Hey Megan can you get me another beer?”

“Why can’t you get it lazy ass?” she asked with a laugh.

“Come on it’s my birthday.”

“Okay fine, be right back.”

She gave me a peck on my lips before walking off into the kitchen and out the door. I stood there on my tippy toes looking for Alison still.

“Yo Max!”

“Hey birthday boy”, he said grabbing me into a hug. “What’s up?”

“Have you seen Alison?”

“She went outside with Sophie to call her Dad.”

“Back or front?” I asked slurring over my words.

“Front.”

“Thanks man”, I said slapping his arm and trying to walk in the direction of the front door, stumbling over my feet and words.

“Yo man maybe you should just chill a little”, Max said holding on to my shoulders.

“I just want to talk to Alison”, I said with a whiney voice. “I want to kiss her again.”

“Dude you’re on a good one right now so I don’t think that’s a good idea”, he said with a laugh. “We’re friends right?”

“Yeah man”, I said shaking his hand, almost completely missing.

“I don’t want you to make an ass of yourself.”

“Why would i?”

“You’re drunk or high”, he said with a laugh. “Possibly both.”

“I shouldn’t have smoked so much”, I said looking over at Tim and Loren slumped over in their chair. “I blame them!”

Max just let out a laugh before wrapping an arm around me. “And then I got cotton mouth and downed beer, I really fucked up.”

“Kind of”, he said with a laugh before looking over at the door.

I noticed Alison and Sophie walking back in with smiles on their face. I turned to look at Max and he gave me a strange look.

“I really like her man”, I said looking over at Alison. “She’s just so different; she makes me want to be different.”

“John I know you like her but maybe confessing it while you’re drunk won’t help the cause. You know Alison doesn’t like this shit.”

“I know man, I know”, I said looking over at Megan dancing with another guy. “She’s so much better than Megan.”

“Don’t compare girls.”

“No one compares to her”, I said looking over at Alison as our eyes met. “Can you make sure I don’t make an ass out of myself?”

“What do you-“

That’s when I walked away in the direction of Alison leaving Max and my common sense behind.

[&]

Alison.

“So what’s going on with you and John?”

I threw my phone in my purse and looked up at Sophie who was standing there arms crossed across her chest. The hot Arizona winds hitting our skins as we walked back to the front door.

“I don’t know”, I said honestly. “But I really like him Sophie.”

“I know. Just be careful”, she said looking over at me. “I know he’s a good guy but he’s just misguided and lost.”

“I know.”

“He’s a good guy AJ, don’t get me wrong”, she said as we got closer to the loud music. “I love you and I just don’t want you hurt again.”

“I know.”

She flung open the front door as we walked in to the loud house. I looked around the room at what a small party was supposed to be but all I saw was a lot of people. I looked up and saw John standing there with Max, our eyes locked and I couldn’t help but to smile. He gave me a weak smile before turning to Max and then walking over in my direction. I looked over at Sophie and watched as her and Max talked to each other with their eyes from across the room.

“Alison!”

John yelled out before grabbing me into a tight hug picking me up from the ground. All I could do was smell the alcohol and the smell of weed on his clothes. He placed me down but still kept his arms tight around me.

“I was looking all over for you.”

“I was talking to my Dad”, I said pulling away from his grip. “I have to go home soon.”

“How soon?” he asked looking down at me with sad eyes.

“In an hour.”

“Oh, so I have an hour left with you”, he said with a laugh grabbing my hand. “Can we go outside to talk?”

I looked over at Sophie and then at Max who was making his way over to us. I looked back at John and saw how drunk he was and that made me really sad. I nodded my head as she gave me a smile. He grabbed my hand in his as we walked towards the backyard. We walked past Megan who was dancing with another guy but once she noticed our hands her death glare was telling me that she was killing me in her head. We made our way outside and all I could do was smell the weed. I scrunched up my nose at the smell making John laugh.

“You look cute when you do that.”

“Thank you”, I said politely before looking around the backyard. “Are you having fun birthday boy?”

“Kind of”, he started before grabbing my hands. “But all I wanted to do was hang out with you.”

“Why?”

“Because you’re a lot of fun”, he said with a small giggle making me laugh. “And you’re a beautiful sight.”

“I’m sure you say that to all the girls.”

“I don’t actually”, he said looking serious. “Alison I’m not usually nice to girls that I’m interested in.”

“That’s not good John.”

“It’s the truth”, he said grabbing my hands making me suddenly very nervous. “You’re beautiful Alison.”

He leaned in to kiss my lips, but at the smell of the mixture of alcohol and weed I turned my head so he could capture my cheek in a kiss. He pulled away with a hurt expression on his face; I just shook my head before looking down.

“You’re drunk John.”

“I know, I really fucked up.”

“Language.”

“I’m sorry again.”

“Its fine”, I said with a laugh before turning to look at Sophie standing there. “But I got to get going John.”

“Why?”

“My Dad.”

“Just spend the night!”

“I can’t John”, I said with a laugh. “My Dad would kill you and then kill me.”

“Just don’t tell him”, he said getting closer to my ear. “It could be our secret; I can make you feel good Alison. I swear, if you just let me.”

“That’s not a good idea.”

“I won’t even touch you then!”

“I have to go birthday boy.”

“Okay”, he said looking down with a frown. I leaned in and gave him a kiss on the cheek. He looked up at me with a smile. “I’ll see you Monday.”

He just nodded his head with a sad look on his face before pressing his lips against my forehead. I turned around and walked towards Sophie. We walked in the house, Sophie told me she’s meet me at her car after she said bye to Max. I stood outside just thinking about John, his words “I can make you feel good” repeating in my head over and over again. I didn’t understand what was coming over me but I really wanted to see what John could do to me.

“Alison.”

I turned around and saw the small blond walking over to me with pure anger in her face. I let out a sigh not wanting to get yelled at.

“You know you’re not going to give John what he wants.

“What do you mean?”

“John likes sex and you obviously don’t put out, do you really think you two would work out?”

“I don’t know what you mean?”

"I see the way you look at him and I see the way he looks at you. He obviously likes the chase but honey trust me you’re nothing compared to me. So keep that in mind and stay the fuck away from my boyfriend.”

And with that she walked away, walking past Sophie who was walking out of the house with confusion all over her face. She got to me looking at me and then turning back at Megan who was stomping away.

“What the hell was that all about?”

“Nothing.”