Harry's Point of View

I hid behind the basement door and tried not to breathe. I swear if she finds me I'll be so devastated. I heard footsteps coming slowly down the stairs and tried my best not to move. I felt a drip of sweat running down the side of my face from sprinting.

Please don't find me, please don't find me.

"You think you're slick." Damn it!

"How did you know where I was?"

"I didn't loser." She bent over trying to breathe as she laughed. "That's how I win every time."

Alyssa jumped on my back and I rolled my eyes. "You're such a cheater."

"And you're a sore loser. Let me down Harry!" I held her with her upper body leaning over my shoulder and her legs kicking. She hit me on the back and squirmed.

"Nope, you just earned yourself a spot in the pool."

"No! Please no!" She kept laughing and I smiled until I got to the very edge. I pretended to throw her a few times until I felt a push. Both Alyssa and I ended up in the pool as Marilyn pushed us.

"I'm going to kill you both!" Alyssa screamed, as she tried to stop laughing. Where is this laughter coming from? Maybe it's because Lily scolded Megan and Erin at dinner.

I don't think I have ever seen her this happy. Like, seriously, never. It's been two weeks since her little show in study hall and for some reason her attitude has been turned around. I hope she isn't on drugs; damn, she might be on drugs. I chuckled, she's not on drugs.

Alyssa swam to me and pushed my shoulders until I was under water. When I came up I pulled my hair out of my face and tackled her. This girl is freakin' stunning....and confusing.

"Well I'm leaving, I'll let you two continue doing whatever you're doing." Marilyn laughed before leaving and we waved to her. I dunked Alyssa under the water again until she couldn't breathe anymore.

"You okay?" She coughed up some water.

"Yeah, I just swallowed some water." I held her up so she can breath and laughed.

"You're beautiful, did you know that?" Somehow those words slipped out. They weren't for her to hear but she didn't show any sign of, well, anything.

"You're not getting any of this Harry." She pointed at her body and I pulled her in close to me. What the hell am I doing?

"Yeah?" Now she's being playful. Okay, what's wrong with both of us? Lily must have put something in our BLTs (tofu substituted for Alyssa's bacon).

"Eww, what are you guys doing." I ignored Megan but Alyssa didn't find it funny. I'm proud of myself for being able to see the small differences between Megan and Erin; including their annoying voices.

She swam to the edge of the pool and rested her arms on the pavement.

"What's you're problem Megan? Is it PMS or Andy breaking up with you this time?" Her jaw dropped along with mine. She has to be on something. This is a side I've never seen.

"Shut up Alyssa! Why don't you go get rid of your herpes and then we'll talk!"

"That's funny because I haven't had sex in-oh wait, I've never had sex. Our peers must have mixed us "sisters" up." Alyssa's pretty sexy like this. And it makes me happy knowing she's never had sex. I don't know why but it does.

"You are so weird." Megan's face was turning a darker shade of pink and I tried not to laugh.

"You know Megan, I much rather be weird than a bitch." She splashed enough water on Megan to soak almost her whole body. Alyssa's anger is so funny. First the vagina thing at my first dinner and now this.

When she got out of the pool I then rested my arms on the cement.

"You're just going to leave me here?!" I yelled to her.

"It's not like I haven't done it before." I heard her laughing as she grabbed a towel and walked inside.

Alyssa's Point of View

"Read to me?" Harry said, walking into my room without permission.

"No." I continued doing my math homework.

"You're going to give in so why don't you just save yourself some time and take out the book."

We didn't read much last week but we read a little bit Tuesday. It's now Friday and I know he's extremely antsy. We are now on chapter five and it's one of my favorite chapters. I do want to read it again but I need to give him a hard time first.

"I'm doing homework."

"It's Saturday! And we could be at a party right now but I rather stay here and read with you." He didn't just say that.

"No, you could be at a party right now. I'm not invited and I wouldn't go even if I could. So instead I'm going to do my work and let Marilyn tell me all the juicy details of things I don't give a fuck about on Monday."

"I'm sorry." He swallowed. I think I scare him.

"Whatever, I'm not reading to you."

"Alyssa," He walked to my bed and rested his knees against it, "I really want to hear you read. I don't want to go to any parties. If I did I wouldn't be here."

"Fine." I closed up my math homework that I really don't care to do anyway and took out The Princess Bride. He hopped on my bed and cozied next to me so he could see the words as I read.

The next morning Inigo began the track-down. He had it all carefully prepared in his mind. He would find the six-fingered man. He would go up to him. He would say simply, "Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die," and then, oh then, the duel.

I love this chapter. Expressing the characters words is the best part. It's an amazing description of my favorite characters and Inigo is definitely my favorite. I think Harry likes Vizzini the most. His part is pretty funny as well,

"It's all so simple," said the hunchback. "All I have to do is deduce, from what I know of you, the way your mind works. Are you the kind of man who would put the poison into his own glass, or into the glass of his enemy?"
"You're stalling," said the man in black.
"I'm relishing is what I'm doing," answered the Sicilian. "No one has challenged my mind in years and I love it....By the way, may I smell both goblets?"

I can feel Harry's smile and hear his breath as Vizzini's part continued. I love the sword fight and Harry loves the peaceful, happy death. I guess it matches our personalities. He seems to be more of a lover than a fighter. I don't think I'm either. I just love the Spaniard.

I closed the book and like every other time Harry jumped after being so involved in the story. I never thought I'd get this kind of reaction from him.

"You're not going to read anymore?"

"I read over a hundred pages! Chapter five is long!"

"Come on, just one more."

"No. It's eleven and I'm exhausted."

"Alyssa, Harry! Would you like to come watch a movie with your lovely parents?"

"Did my mom just yell that up the stairs?" Harry laughed,

"I believe she did." I ignored her and slammed my door, letting her know the answer is no.

I stood up and took off my bracelets first. He knows my scars, I don't need to hide it from him. I then walked to my closet. It's time to tease Harry again. I love doing this, it makes me feel so special. He looks at me like no one ever has and I'm going to continue taking advantage of it.

Harry's Point of View

She's about to begin taking off her shirt and then she'll tell me to get out. I always just wait anyway. This time she began taking off her Nirvana t-shirt. I laid back on her bed with my arms crossed behind my head. As she began lifting I saw a red, laced bra. She's never let me see this much before. I stayed where I was, waiting for her to turn around and tell me to get out.

After she threw her shirt towards her laundry basket I heard her unzip her jean short, shorts. Am I imaging things because Alyssa is standing in a sexy, red laced bra and is about to take her shorts off. I can already see black lace. She has to be teasing and it's working.

"Aren't you going to ask me to leave?" She turned around smiling.

"What, you don't enjoy the show? You can leave now." I choked on my spit as I tried to swallow and then she laughed. When she turned around to look at me she rested her hands on her hips so I could see her full body. I've seen her in a bikini before but this is totally different. Yes, she still has her shorts on but they're unzipped. All I want to do right now is get up and strip the rest of her down. Two can play this game.

I walked towards her but she stayed composed. I looked at her, inches from her nose and made sure the lamp hit my eyes just right. I know what girls like about my 'piercing green eyes'. I've only heard it from at least ten girls from home.

"Maybe I don't want to leave," I whispered to her. This time I noticed her blushing. She tilted her head up at me and smirked.

"Get out Harry." Instead I slid my hands under her hair to hold her head in my palms and kissed her before she had the chance to say anything.

The kiss was strong and felt even better than the first night we kissed. She's getting better. I pulled her away from me and continued to stare into her eyes until I finally forced her guard down. Her eyes had rested and were no longer stubborn. I removed my hands from her soft hair and slowly walked out of her room.

"You look really sexy in that bra by the way." I quickly walked out. This isn't over.

Notes

I really like this chapter....what about you guys?