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We tackled yesterday.

Sienna, she conquered it.

For that I am extremely proud of her. But from now on, I'm praying to god she stays the fuck away from him.

Connor, Mason and I are at my locker before classes start, and it's looking like she is planning on staying far away from him. With how close Porter Davis is leaning in to her against her locker.

Sienna told Mason she was getting back on her bullshit, and evidently she was not kidding. And Connor, with the look on his face right now, is not happy about that.

"It's literally hasn't even been 2 weeks." He shook his head.

"Well you staring at her isn't doing anything Connor." I rolled my eyes.

"What the hell am I supposed to do Olivia." He looked at me. "It's fucking Sienna we're talking about."

"Con, you've been in to her for 4 years, you started smashing shit the night you found out she was dating he who shall not be named, and you actually made it so he wasn't in school for 2 weeks." Mason nodded. "You know what you want, so just, go get it." He shrugged.

"And if she says no?" He raised his eye brows.

"Connor Pate are you actually nervous about a girl." I crossed my arms.

"No." He rolled his eyes. He sighed. "Its Sienna."

"Exactly." I nodded. "It's Sienna. She's more you, than you are. She's your best friend. But you're never going to know what she'll say, if you don't give her a chance to say it. So go say it."

"And you're OK with it?" He pursed his lips.

"I'm literally telling you to go Con." I motioned down the hall.

"And you're coming with me, right?"

I nodded, and so did Mason.

Connor grabbed my bag out of my locker, slammed it shut, handed me my bag, and he started walking.

"This isn't what I had in mind." Mason whispered as we followed.

"What the hell is he doing?" I looked up at him.

"No clue." He shook his head.

We stopped at Sienna's locker and he looked Porter dead in his face.

"Can I help you Connor." Porter raised his eyebrows.

I swear to god, Connor pushed Porter out of the way, well, half way down the hall, stepped in front of Sienna, grabbed both sides of her face, and kissed her so hard that it echoed through the hall.

"Oh shit." Mason smirked.

After like, a minute, Connor pulled away and took a deep breath.

"What the hell was that." Sienna looked at him with wide eyes.

"Me making my move." He nodded.

"What are you talking about." She shook her head.

Connor looked back at me.

I smiled and nodded.

He looked at Sienna. "I'm done sitting back watching guy after guy walk in and out of your life." He shook his head. "I want you Sienna. More than you think I do. So." He took a step back. "The balls at your feet. Are you going to pass it, or shoot your shot. I just did." He nodded and just walked away.

"Uh." I looked up at Mason.

"You go with him." He nodded. "I'm gonna, what the fuck do I do."

"What the hell just happened." Sienna looked at both of us.

"Answer that. You answer that." I pointed at Sienna and ran down the hall.

"Con!" I yelled as I turned the corner. "Connor!" I yelled and finally caught up when he walked through the front door.

He grabbed the bar to the stairs and leaned over. "I'm going to throw up." He nodded.

"Hey, you're fine." I rubbed his back.

"I just did that." He shook his head. "There's no way I really just did that." He took a deep breath.

"You, really did that." I nodded. "Jesus I wasn't expecting that."

"What else were you expecting?" He looked over at me.

"A simple 'hey Sie, do you want to go to Ho-Co Saturday?' not you laying one on her in the middle of the hall and walking away before she could gather her thoughts."

"Cant reject me in front of everyone if I walk away. Holy fuck I just told Sienna I was in to her." He shook his head.

"What the hell is up with the four of you trying to settle down." I shook my head.

He raised his eyebrows. "You four?"

I said it without even thinking. Fuck me, what do I say.

"What are you talking about." He shook his head.

"Uh, well. You know how Mason normally is. Bragging about his sex life and all. He hasn't been so it's pretty clear he's got a main squeeze or something. You know?"

He took a deep breath. "Jesus Christ. All 4 of us." He shook his head back. "Ben and Tory Campbell. Ryan and Havannah fucking Milhollen. Mason's girl obviously doesn't go here if he's taking you to Ho-Co. Fuck I just told Sienna I'm in to her. Liv help me!"

Oh thank god.

"Connor there's nothing to help you with." I shook my head. "Now you just, wait."

"Or go home and avoid rejection from the one person I wont be able to handle it from."

"No." I grabbed his shoulders and turned him toward me. "You can't just pull what you did and avoid her. You act like a man Connor Pate. The man I know you are but for some reason you hide from everyone. Think of best case scenario. Sienna gives you a chance, you have your first actual girlfriend and not a consistent hook up. You flaunt her like the trophy people think I am, and you show everyone that Connor Pate is a good fucking guy. You understand me."

He took a deep breath and nodded. "You should give pep talks for the sports teams."

I let out a small laugh. "Come on." I threw my arm over his shoulder. "Walk me to class. I'll talk to Sienna in second with Mason."

"You need to talk to me about something, anything so I don't try to run back out." He nodded as we walked through the doors.

"Friday." I nodded. "What is happening at the pep assembly Friday?"

"Basketball game. Boys team vs girls team." He took a deep breath.

"We all know the girls team is better." I laughed.

"No." His head shot toward me. "They are not."

"You know Amber is on the girls team, right?" I raised my eyebrows.

"No she's not?" He shook his head.

"Yes Connor, she is." I laughed. "She just made shooting guard for varsity." I nodded. "She has the highest shooting average of all the girls on the team. She's been playing basketball since she was 7 with GYBL."

"I'm getting her back for that fish comment." He nodded.

"Whatever you have to do." I patted his back and shook my head. "Do not leave this school Connor Brysin." I pointed at him and walked in to class.

I sat down in my desk and was already wanting to walk out of trig, until Jordan McPhearson came and sat next to me.

"Olivia." He smiled.

"Jordan." I nodded.

"I, need a huge favor." He pursed his lips.

"OK, what's up?"

"Well, Connor being your brother, you probably know about the BvG game at the pep assembly, right?"

"He just told me." I nodded.

"Well, the part he doesn't know about, only the class reps, is that we're also doing an old school dance contest. You know, cat daddy, tootsie roll, stuff like that." He nodded.

I laughed. "Sounds fun."

"Well, we all agreed that to make it fair, we would each find a dancer from Jane's to partner up with. I'm not stupid, I know my brother is going to ask Will because he's Grants best friend." He shook his head. "And, Austin Bromey from the sophomore class asked Delaney York. Oaken, he's the freshman class rep and he chose Layla Olsen, but I lucked up and have the best dancer in town in my grade." He smiled.

"How do you know who they chose." I shook my head.

"Because I'm the sneaky one of the 4." He laughed. "And I really have to beat my brother or he's going to go on and on about beating me in everything his senior year and I'll never have a chance to again. Plus, you and Will, a little friendship rivalry. Plus, you whooping Oaken will make for a great assembly."

I pursed my lips and nodded. "OK, yeah. Yeah I'll do it."

"Oh I owe you." He reached over and hugged me. He pulled a paper out of his binder and handed it to me. "This is a list of all the possible songs they'll play. Pretty sure you know all of them. But I did circle the ones that they'll put on a spinning wheel in case theres a tie" He laughed.

"I do, yes." I smiled.

"Just, don't tell anyone. OK? I want them all to be thrown off because you're the last person they would expect to help me."

"OOO, playing dirty." I nodded. "I got you."

"Thank you!"

"Wait, do you know all these?" I gave him a look.

"Oh you'd be surprised." He nodded. "I just however, do not know how to spice things up on the spot like you can."

"So, I'm your insurance policy." I laughed.

"Yes, yes you are. But throwing it in Wills face could be fun for you."

"You had me with all the Unk songs." I nodded. "We'll win. Promise." I smiled.

This right here, is my type of pep assembly.

Dance off. Against my little brother and one of my now best friends.

Oddly, there are quite a few booty shaking twerk songs on this list, which I got that. No problem.

Oaken however, Josh was not kidding when he said Oaken's got cake.

Trig lasted 4 hours today, and I just wanted to get to English but about half way on the route there, I was being grabbed and dragged in to a janitors closet.

"Jesus what." I looked up at Mason as he closed the door.

"I did not help Sienna this morning." He shook his head.

"Mason why." I whined.

"Because I didn't even know what the hell happened." He laughed. "She also like, couldn't talk. She just kind of stared at you two out the door."

"So you pretty much pulled me in to the closet to let me know this is all me, huh?" I laughed.

"Yes ma'am." He nodded. "And." He grabbed my hand, pulled me to him, and just kissed me. "To remind you how excited I am for Saturday." He smiled.

"You've got to get through the basket ball game at the assembly first."

"It's the girls team, they're not that good." He shook his head.

I raised my eyebrows and crossed my arms.

"Alright, so they are good. But we're better." He nodded.

"You know how I pay attention to basketball stats because of Connor?"

"And how long I've been begging you to manage the basketball team. Yes, I do."

"Well, I checked Amber's stats, and her's are better than both you and Connors." I nodded.

"Amber's not on the basketball team." He shook his head.

"Mason, she told you and the dads she plays basketball. She just made varsity."

"She's a freshman." He scrunched his face.

"So what's that tell you." I laughed.

"It tells me that I'm gonna whoop her little freshman ass on Friday." He smiled.

"Whatever you say." I shook my head. "Watch her footwork." I walked out of the closet and to second period.

He came walking in a few minutes later followed by Sienna.

"Can you talk yet?" I looked at her as she sat down.

She shook her head.

"Numb nuts over here didn't explain anything, huh?" I laughed and pointed at Mason.

"They're anything but numb. Promise you that." He nodded.

She shook her head.

Cam came walking in, sat down in front of us and turned around. "Hey Olivia, can I ask you something."

"Not today Satan." Mason shook his head. "Turn around." He pointed to the front of the room.

"You know I'm allowed to talk to her correct? You're not her boss and you're sure as shit not mine." Cam nodded.

"No, but I am her-"

"Her what Hollow." He raised his eyebrows.

"Her brothers best friend if you stop fucking interrupting." Mason nodded. "I'm her family, and I'm 'sure as shit' not about to let you weasel your way back in to her life when you don't deserve the dirt she walks on. So as I said, not today Satan, turn around."

Cam rolled his eyes and turned around.

"Really." I shook my head.

"Really." He nodded.

"There is no way Connor just kissed me in the middle of the hallway." Sienna finally spoke.

"Oh but he did." Mason nodded.

"Mase, he's like you. He doesn't do PDA in school." She shook her head.

I choked back a laugh.

"Shut up." He looked at me. "Sie, he literally told you why he did it."

"He's Connor fucking Pate." She nodded.

"Yeah, and Connor Pate, has been in to you for 4 years." I nodded. "He himself told me that. Sie, think about it. At the cabin, the whole Oaken talk. He said he's only cared about one girl he's been with. Who do you think that is?"

She pursed her lips. "Kelly Thomspon." She pursed her lips.

"He didn't just beat the shit out of Kelly Thompsons boyfriend for beating the shit out of her, did he?" Mason raised his eyebrows. "Or not talk to her for a week because she didn't tell him what an asshole her boyfriend was. Or smash a candle off the side of his house when he found out she had a boyfriend. Right?"

"Did he really smash a candle off the side of your house?" She looked at me.

I nodded. "And if I recall that night, 'When she was ready to date, I was supposed to be that fucking guy, but I'm not and it's killing me.'"

"He did not say that." She shook her head.

"Pick up candle, smash, 'it was supposed to be me.'" I nodded.

"He's Connor Pate." She sighed.

"And Connor Pate would do anything for you." Mason nodded.

"And Sie, if he wasn't serious do you really think I'd be OK with it?" I raised my eyebrows.

"You're OK with it?" She looked at me.

"Sie, she's the one who sent him down the hall." Mason shrugged.

"So what's it gonna be, you gonna pass the ball, or shoot?" I gave her a small smile.

She was quiet for the rest of the period until the bell went off.

"He needs an answer Sie." Mason nodded as we stood up.

"Come to his locker with me." She looked at both of us.

We both nodded.

"You." I pointed at Mason. "Go down through the other end of the hall."

"Why?" He gave me a look.

"I have a feeling." I nodded.

Mason whipped his way past us around the other end of the circle, and Sienna and I made our way over the other end.

Sure as hell, he was at his locker.

"Connor." Sienna yelled.

He jumped, slammed his locker shut and tried walking the other way.

Which is exactly why I had Mason go to the other end.

Mason walked up directly in front of him. "Nope." He shook his head and spun his finger in a circle. "Get going." He pointed at us.

He took a deep breath and turned around to walk toward Sienna and I followed by Mason.

Mason smirked and me and shook his head.

Finally, as soon as they met in the middle, Sienna pushed my brother against the locker, grabbed both sides of his face, and just kissed him. Connor completely off guard, but soon relaxed as he dropped his bag and wrapped his arms around her waist.

This kiss, lasted a lot longer than the one earlier.

I looked at Mason. "What the fuck did I just do?" I shook my head.

He choked back a laugh. "Are you really that shocked?"

"Connor, Sienna!" Miss Jordan yelled as she walked down the hall.

They both pulled away and just looked at her.

"Detention." She nodded.

Connor just looked down at Sienna.

"Balls at my feet?" She pursed her lips.

He nodded not moving his hands from her waist.

"Then, Saturday night." She nodded.

He raised his eyebrows. "Homecoming is Saturday night."

"And I was too scared to go with anyone other than you, but I guess I've always wanted to go with you."

The corner of his mouth crooked up. "OK." He nodded.

"My dress, is navy blue."

His smile grew as she wove her fingers through the back of his hair. "I can do navy blue." She nodded.

"My parents are also going out of town Saturday night and I don't want to be alone. So, when you guys pick me up in the limo, bring an over night bag." She smiled.

"Fuck!" Hey yelled and looked at Mason. "The limo!"

"Shit!" Mason yelled.

Connor leaned down and kissed Sienna. "I will call you later." He pulled away. "Shit!" He yelled.

"Fuck!" Mason yelled as he and Connor ran down the hallway.

She looked at me and smiled.

I clapped my hands and nodded. "You shot your shot."

"You think I scored?"

"Well, I think you will Saturday night." I nodded and threw my arm around her shoulder.

I walked her to third period.

Good week for Sienna.