Reece's POV

"Where the heck is Narnia?"

The boys laughed, clearly amused by Chloe's temporary state as I let out something in the lines of a chuckle and a sigh. "Chloe, please get out of my closet."

Moments later, her head popped out of the closet doors and she skipped across the room before crashing onto my bed. Whilst lying on her back, she lifted her arms and legs in the air, fascinated by the fact she had fingers as she moved them around with awe.

"Woaah," she breathed, "This is so cool..."

Valentino's lips formed into a wide grin, "This is so entertaining."

"Tell me about it." Jake agreed before turning to me. "Yo, bro, are there any more brownies left?"

I shook my head in disappointment. "Nah mate, she didn't even leave crumbs."

Suddenly, a loud thump caused us to bring our attention back to Chloe, who was now situated on the floor, laughing.

Confused, yet entertained, I raised an eyebrow."Did you just fall off my bed?"

Chloe looked at me like I was missing the big picture. "Nooo, I attacked the floor."

"Backwards?"

"I'm frikin' talented!"

As always, Valentino's laugh stood out as the loudest. "She's fucking hilarious!"

Dennis, being the goody-two-shoes he is, offered Chloe a hand and helped her up. When Chloe managed to steady herself, she thanked him for being such a gentleman before planting a kiss on his cheek. We watched as Dennis' entire face turned scarlet only seconds later.

"Aww!" Chloe admired, "You're so cute when you blush, Dennis!"

Dennis, who'd just managed to turn even redder at her comment, scratched the back of his neck and looked down at the floor as we laughed at him. "Gee. Thanks, Chloe."

Obviously oblivious to the fact that Dennis was being sarcastic, Chloe broke into a wide smile as she jumped up and down in excitement. "You're welcome! Bye!"

Then she proceeded to skip towards the door, that's when I reached out and grabbed her by the wrist, before twirling her towards myself. Feeling dizzy, she brought her other hand which was free and held onto me.

"And where do you think you're going?" I smirked, ignoring the strong sense of déjà vu, knowing the way I was holding her now was somewhat familiar to the first time we'd met - When we'd broke into the school, only to find that she was locked in.

When her light brown eyes landed on mine, she held onto a mixture of confusion and enthrallment.

"You have really pretty eyes." She whispered, enchanted and mesmerized.

'You do too.' I thought.

Instead, I winked at her. "I know."

For a moment, we just stood there, smiling like idiots...before she pushed herself away from my chest and ran out downstairs.

"Hey!" I called out after her. "Where' you going?!"

From the bottom of the stairs, she looked up and gave me an innocent look. "I'm hungry."

Letting a chuckle escape my lips, the boys and I followed her downstairs where she sat on the kitchen counter expectantly. "Reece, make me something to eat."

Jake scoffed, "Reece? Cooking? Oh this I have to see."

"I reckon we should be taping this." Valentino commented.

"Does he even know how to cook? He'd probably food poison her." I turned around and narrowed my eyes at Jayden, before giving him the finger.

"Thanks guys. No really, your support is encouraging. Cunts."

"Can you make me a Krabby Patty, please?"

The boys and I slowly turned around only to see Chloe talking to a yellow sponge on the kitchen sink.

A moment of stunned silence passed before we all let out a series of undying laughter. "Oh this is fucking Gold," Valentino managed to make out between laughs. "Its official, I love Chloe on Drugs."

Glancing back at Chloe who was currently swinging her long, tanned legs and humming a song, I smiled at how cute she really was.

Until I was smacked across the head by a bitch.

"Check out this Love-Struck motherfucker!" My 'best friend' snickered. The rest of the boys laughed, yet they all seemed to share a knowing smile.

"Excuse me?" I challenged.

Valentino winked and casually hanged his arm around my neck, ushering me into the room next door.

"Oh c'mon. Don't get your panties up in a bunch, lover-boy. It's obvious you've got a thing for her." He winked.

My eyes widened in surprise. "What the fuck? I do not!"

Valentino raised his eyebrows and looked at me cynically. "Reece, don't fuck with Valentino, you likeeeee her."

"It's all in your head bro."

"Really now?"

"Yeah." I replied casually, even though I could feel my pulse beating rapidly.

"So you wouldn't mind if I went after her? I mean, those legs man..."

And then something inside of me snapped so fast, the next second I had my best friend held forcefully against the wall. "Don't fucking think about touching her, Val." My tone came out so deathly, I surprised myself.

Realizing what I had just done, I withdrew away from him instantly and blinked. Our gazes locked and it was only then that I figured out that Valentino was just testing me to see if I had any feelings for the girl in the room beside us.

At this point, I had let out a very long series of the rudest swear words I knew in Spanish.

Holy-Fucking-Shit.

I think I'm falling for Chloe Armel.

Valentino's lips cracked into one of his happiest smiles, "My baby boy's growing up. He's finally fallen in love. I'm so fucking proud of you, brother."

With that, he tackle-hugged me, lifting my feet up off the ground and compressing me in his famous bone-crushing bear-hug. A million thoughts were running through my mind, too fast for me to catch up with them. This couldn't be possible. How did this happen?

"Okay Val, you can stop acting so homosexual and put me down now, mate."

"Just a few more seconds." He urged, still celebrating in his mind.

I sighed. "No...now, before I make sure you'll never be able to have any Valentino juniors."

He let go of his grip almost immediately. "Okay."

~*~

We walked back inside the kitchen to find Chloe munching on a carrot while dipping it in what looked like strawberry jam. Dennis, Jake and Jayden looked as if they've never had so much fun in their lives. 

When Jake's eyes landed on us, he gestured for us to come closer. "Oh man, you should have been here, get a load of this..." he said while handing me a piece of paper.

"What is it?" Valentino asked while stealing one of Chloe's carrot sticks. Chloe frowned but nevertheless, didn't argue.

"Chloe's Bucketlist." Dennis and the twins all replied in synch.

I quickly scanned through the list and found myself smiling.

Chloe's Buckletlist

- Skip school for an entire day

- Drink alcohol for the first time

- Punch someone

- Do something illegal

- Fail a test, (Just to see the teacher's reaction) Then re-sit the test and get full marks.

- Get Reece to lose the bet

- Learn how to skateboard

- Kiss in the rain... Wait, that's too cliché... Kiss under the Mistletoe...Naah, too Justin Bieber... KISS IN FRONT OF A VERY LARGE CROWD.

I looked up from the piece of paper, finding it hard to believe she wrote all this in her own handwriting. Valentino, who had read it over my shoulder, shared the same smirk as everyone else, including myself.

Oh, this is going to be so fun.

~*~

I'm not afraid of many things.

Yet, I am, and will always be, afraid of my Spanish mother when she's angry.

"She ate Hash-Brownies? I leave for half an hour and she's on drugs? What kind of responsible niño are you?" She argued with her arms crossed. I dared to steal a glance at the boys, who were trying their best not to laugh, looking constipated as they held in their breaths.

"Mamá..." I tried to defend but would she let me? No.

"Do you think this is funny?" She flared while pointing her finger towards Chloe.

She was currently holding a potato, and congratulating it for getting a part in Toy Story.

As much as I really wanted to burst out laughing on the floor right now, I mustered all I had to look at my mother with a straight face. "No mamá, of course not."

She sighed, "Just get her upstairs to bed. Let her sleep it off." 

I nodded and watched her invite my friends for dinner, which they politely declined, before returning back to the kitchen.

The boys each slapped me on the back, nodded a goodbye and wished me luck as they walked out the door. I headed towards where Chloe was lying on the couch, moments away from unconsciousness.

I swiftly picked her up bridal style and made my way upstairs to the guestroom.

"You're soooo strong." Chloe remarked, her hazel eyes widening in astonishment.

I chuckled, unsure of what to say, "Thanks, but trust me, Princess; you're not that heavy." I told her as I gently laid her on the mattress and pulled the purple blankets over her.

She made her self confortable and let out a cute little yawn. "Princess?" she quoted, confused. "Are you Prince Charming?"

"I'm Reece Carter...so yes."

She smiled when she heard my name. "Reece Carter..." she breathed quietly on the edge of falling asleep. "Hmmm...I think...."

Chloe closed her eyes, but I still wanted to know what she was about to say. "Yeah?" I urged. "What about Reece Carter?"

And right before she fell into the deepest of slumbers, she barely whispered her remaining words.

"I think I'm falling for him..."

~*~

A/N

I'm baaaaack! (; Wowow October 8th, that was the last time I'd uploaded...so lets see...

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