The Badass Nerd

Cafe and Butt

He was wearing a black v-neck t-shirt and blue jeans. His dark chocolate hair was set and a strand came in front of his eyes. What is with him and his hair? I thought. My hand involuntarily went up but halfway through I realized what I was going to do and withdrew my hand. He had a bandage across his nose where I punched him today and a frown plastered on his face but I kept thinking how beautiful his face looks when he smiled at me the first time we met. His eyes were filled with adoration and proud and now they were just irritated. 

"What?" Carter barked at me.
"Can we talk?" I asked nervously.
"We are talking. What is it?"
"Alright. Um... Okay so, I wanted to apologize for today. I shouldn't have punched you. That was wrong and totally unjustified." I saw his eyes getting soft. He sighed and pulled his hair back in frustration.
"Then why did you do it?" I looked at him in surprise. I honestly didn't expect this. I thought he will call me names and won't forgive me and will throw a tantrum or something. God, he is so confusing. 
"Well?" He said pulling me out of my thoughts.
"I tried thinking about it but honestly, I don't understand either. When I saw you talking to Leah like that, something just happened. I flipped." I said looking down.

He looked at me intently for a few minutes and sighed.

"How did you even know I live here?" He asked changing the subject.
"Oh, uh, I got it from Ashley who got it from Noah." I said and he smiled at that thought. He knows something. Great.
"Are you hungry? I feel like I could eat." He asked and before I could respond he started walking away from me towards his garage. I watch a whole lot of serial killer documentaries and most of the time, the murdered takes their victims in some place dark in their house like a storage space or a garage. 
"I punched you so now you are gonna kill me!?" I asked and he turned around and gave me a pointed look.
"Just trying to lighten the mood, grumpy pants." I said and raised my hands in surrender.
"I should punch you and see how grumpy you get." He said. I thought I annoyed him more but just before he turned back I saw a small smile on his face. I jogged to catch up with him.
"So where are we going?" I asked when he ignited his bike. He just smirked at me and took off. I caught up with him pretty easily and we both drove side by side in silence. I tried guessing where he was taking me but he took me to an area I haven't explored yet. To be honest, I hardly travelled because I was busy with my academics and shop. My friends and I usually hung out at my house or to a close café. We never went far cause none of our parents were cool with it and that sounds fair to me at least. My mom gave me a hell lot of liberties so I tend to respect the restrictions she put on me. That's how we worked after dad left. An image of my dad popped in my head but I quickly shook it off. No need to remember him, I thought.

After a while, a small but elegant café came in the view and Carter started to slow down. When we came to halt, I noticed the café properly. It had wooden roofing and hanging plants attached to its side. "Coffee?" letter-by-letter hung on the other side giving it a unique look. Doors and floor had a wooden texture and more than half of the entrance was glass giving it a classy yet simple look. I saw a couple sitting on one of the table kept outside. When they saw me looking, I politely smiled at them and they smiled back. I saw Carter already making his way to the door. He went inside first and held the door open for me. I quickly walked up the steps towards the entrance smiling widely. I should have known he was being too good to the person who punched him few hours ago. As soon as I reached the door and started entering, he slammed it right on my face. I held my nose and groaned out loud while moving a few steps backward because of the impact. I totally forgot I walked up two to three stairs. You know those movies when the guy held the girl by her waist just as she was going to fall and they stare at each other for a while? Yeah well, Carter was not that kind of a guy. As soon as I took a step backward, I lost my balance and fell down, butt first. I groaned out load and heard Carter laughing his ass off. I was so embarrassed I probably looked like a tomato.