I Was Wrong
c h a p t e r 15

After-school, Ethan asks if we could go to the park before studying. He asks me to sit on the bench while he goes into the woods. This park looks familiar... oh! This is the park I saw Jenny come out of those woods. I wonder why Ethan is going in there and then it hits me. Ethan and Jenny must be siblings and it's me Ethan is talking about because my name rhythms with Penny, right?
Ethan exits the woods and says, "Let's go," with a big smile on his face. He puts his arm around me and we walk to my house.
For 15 minutes his arm was wrapped around me and I can't tell you how many butterflies were flying around in my stomach. My smile went from one ear to the other the whole time.
We enter my house and his smile turned into a frown, but he quickly recovered. I guess he must have a better house.
We plop our books down onto the kitchen table and sit down across from each other. Before we start studying I asked him, "Do you have any sisters?" because I really want to know about the whole "Penny" thing.
"Uh, yeah, I have two sisters, Amy, who is 21, and Jenny, who is 17," He says. I smile super big. "What?" He asks with a little laughter in his voice.
"Nothing," I say putting my hand to my mouth hiding my smile.
He leans close to me and our lips are almost touching. We move closer and closer until our lips finally meet and then it hit me. Alyssa's words reply in my head, "Well, let's just say this, he isn't exactly a virgin and once he's done with you, he never speaks to you again."
he isn' he I quickly pull away, "What?" He asks. When I look into his eyes, he looks worried.
"How many girls have you been with?"
"Like girlfriends or y'know?"
"The second one," I think I knew what he meant by "y'know."
"Only Lisa, why?"
I ignored his question and asked, "Are you sure?"
"Yeah, why do you keep asking me this?" He stands up and looks annoyed.
I decide to come out and tell him the truth, "Well, Alyssa told me-"
He inturrupted me, "Alyssa? Why would you listen to her? And when did you guys start talking?"
"She told me that all you do when you meet a girl is ask them to hang out and then you do more things then hang out and then completely ignore them," Honesty is the best policy, right?
"I can't believe you would actually believe her! And anyway, did you ever see me with Lisa?" I guess not.
"I didn't really notice you," He looks like he is about to cry.
"You know what, I'm just going to go," I try and convice him not to, but he just walks out the door without looking back. He even forgot to take his Science textbook. I guess I have to give it back to him tomorrow.
Why did I believe Alyssa?