Run Away Child

Catching a Cheater

“What are you talking about?”

“On my birthday when I was with he who shall not be named, he would take me out to dinner then would take me back to his place and proceed to hurt me. Then he would tell me that I should never have been born on this day or at all and that my birthday is the day he dreads the most. After he would tell me how sorry he was and that he loved me.”

“Well obviously I didn’t dread this day and I love you too much to do any of that. I have too much respect for women to ever lay a hand on a woman.”

“And that is why your momma raised you right.”

He leaned over and kissed me. He went to pull away but I didn’t let him stop. I ran my fingers through his hair and started getting closer to him. He moved his seat back and I climbed onto his lap and continued to kiss him. He pulled me so close to his body to where there was no room between our bodies. 

He grabbed my waist with both of his hands and started tracing my body with them. His hands found their way to my face and pulling my hair. He slid them back down and they were on my butt. He gripped it with one hand and slapped it with the other. I moaned as he hit me.

“You like that?”

“You have no clue.”

We kept kissing for a while and I stopped.

“Are we going anywhere else?”

“Home.”

“Okay.”

I got off of him and sat back down. He started driving home and I was just staring out the window.

“Want to listen to music?”

“Sure.”

He turned on our playlist and the first song that played was our song. We started singing along to it and were being extra goofy. The next song that was played was ‘Need You Now’ by Lady Antebellum and I loved it. We listened to music for the rest of the ride home and I continued to mess with his hand and be weird. 

We pulled up to the apartment and I grabbed the stuffed animals. We walked upstairs and Jordan unlocked the door. We walked in and everyone was standing there. 

“Surprise!”

“Oh wow.”

Mirza ran over to me and gave me a hug. Everyone walked over and gave me a hug and I saw that there was a pile of gifts and I looked at everyone.

“Guys this was not necessary.”

“It really is though. You deserve it.”

“He’s right.”

Mirza looked at my hand and she saw the ring.

“Wait.”

She grabbed my hand and looked at it more.

“Are you engaged?”

Everyone went silent and Jordan looked at me.

“It’s a promise ring.”

“What was the promise?”

“Always and forever.”

They all went awe and some of the boys rolled their eyes.

“Okay so Kyle go grab the thing on the counter.”

“Okay.”

He ran to the kitchen and came back with a pile of brownies and candles on it.

“Dear lord.”

They sang me happy birthday and I blew out the candles. He walked away and made me a bowl of brownies and chocolate ice cream. We all hung out for a while and ate ice cream on brownies.

“Okay Sophia, time to open your gifts!”

“Aren’t we a little old for this?”

“Nope.”

Mirza walked over to the pile and handed me a blue bag. I opened it and it was paint brushes.

“Awe I love this.”

Kyle smiled.

“Thank you.”

“No problem.”

I sat it down and opened another one. It was a bunch of canvases and a sketch-pad.

“Who got this?”

Kyle looked at me again.

“I did.”

I smiled at him.

“That’s not even it.”

She handed me a big bag and it was a bunch of paints. I looked at him and he smiled. I got up and walked over to him.

“Stand up.”

“Why?”

“Do it.”

He stood up and I gave him a hug. He slowly wrapped his arms around me and gave me a little squeeze. I let go and sat back down. Mirza handed me the next one.

“Oh my God.”

“What?”

I looked around the room.

“Who got me this?”

“What is it?”

I slowly pulled out camera lenses that were for my camera. They were what I needed so I could start taking professional pictures. Jordan smiled and winked at me.

“Jordan, you did not.”

“I did. I know how much you love taking pictures and you have been talking about getting those for a long time.”

My eyes started to water and I wiped it away.

“Someone is getting laid tonight.”

We all started laughing. I opened the next one and there was a note on it. ‘Don’t kill me’ and it was a box of condoms.

“I'm just not even going to acknowledge this one because y'all are nasty.”

“What is it?”

I glared at Mirza.

“A box of condoms!”

Mirza was rolling on the floor laughing.

“Mirza!”

“Worth it. Totally worth it!”

I shook my head and opened the rest of them. It was a bunch of art stuff and money. I finished and started throwing away the wrapping paper when I saw Kyle out of the corner of my eye.

“Hey.”

“Did you like them?”

“I loved them. Thank you so much.”

“No problem. I prefer to see you happy and you know it.”

I walked over to him and gave him another hug and I could feel him get happy. I pulled away and finished throwing things away.

“Need some help cleaning up?”

“Sure.”

“I’ll make you a deal.”

“What’s up?”

“You go sit down and relax and I’ll finish cleaning up.”

“That’s not a deal.”

“Okay fine. It’s your birthday, sit down and I’ll clean up.”

“Fine.”

I walked to the living room and sat down. Jordan sat next to me and I turned so my legs were propped up on him. I laid back and lied there while he rubbed my legs and talked with the group. 

“So Sophia, what was your favorite part of tonight?”

I looked at Jordan.

“The ferris wheel.”

“What happened?”

“We got on and he started pouring his heart out to me and he showed me that our rings have ‘Always and forever’ engraved in them.”

“Seriously?”

“Yeah.”

I pulled mine off and handed it to Mirza and she saw it.

“That is the sweetest thing I have ever seen.”

She handed it back to me and I put it back on.

“I know. He choked up a little bit when he was pouring his heart out to me and I started balling my eyes out because it was that sweetest and the most heartfelt thing I have ever heard.”

“So what are you going to do for his birthday?”

“I'm going to have to top this obviously.”

“Sophia, if you can top this, I’ll be impressed.”

“Okay.”

I looked at Jordan and he looked happy.

“Well, it’s getting late and I want to go to bed.”

“Okay.”

They started leaving and Kyle was still in the kitchen cleaning up.

“Do you want some help?”

“Nope. The birthday girl doesn’t need to be cleaning.”

“Kyle, I can help.”

“It’s fine Sophia. I'm almost done anyways.”

He finished wrapping the food up and putting it in the fridge and threw away everything else that wasn’t needed.

“See, done without your help.”

“Fine. but it’s starting to get late so you need to get home.”

“Okay. I’ll see you two tomorrow.”

“Good night.”

He left and Jordan locked the door.

“Alone at last.”

He walked up to me and grabbed my throat. He smiled then started kissing me. He picked me up and carried me to the room. He pressed me against the wall and started kissing my neck. He set me down and we started getting undressed. 

As soon as I pulled off the romper he looked at me.

“What?”

“Wow, you are the most amazing thing I have ever seen.”

I walked over to him and started kissing him again. He moved me over to the bed and we lied down. I got on top of him and started kissing him again. His hands ran across my whole torso and along my thighs. He rolled me off of him and started kissing down my body. He started biting my inner thigh and I moaned. 

He pulled my panties off and started eating me out and it felt amazing. He stopped then started kissing me again. He pulled out a condom and put it on. He started rocking slow and picked up the pace a little bit.

“Faster daddy.”

He looked at me shocked but pleased. He started going faster and I wrapped my arms around him holding him and scratching his back up. I dug my nails in his back and he moaned more. He kept going faster and I couldn’t help but to get loud. He started going slower so I got on top and started riding him. His hands were on my hips guiding me up and down.

He started moaning and I kissed his neck.

“Do you want me to go faster daddy?”

“Yes baby.”

I started going faster and faster and he got louder and louder and I loved it because I knew he was enjoying himself. I rode him until I couldn’t anymore. I got off of him and I was out of breath. I pulled the condom off of him and started giving him head. He pulled my hair and made me go faster. I started gagging and once I started he came in my mouth.

“Swallow it for daddy babygirl.”

I did and I continued to jerk him off. He started moaning and I teased him a bit by licking it and jerking him off really fast then slowing down. I did that for a little while longer until I got tired and I lied down.

“That was, amazing.”

I looked at him and nodded my head. 

“Are you going to eat her or not?”

He chuckled then started eating me out. He stopped then fingered me. I started moaning and my leg started shaking slightly. He noticed then went back to eating. He rolled his tongue and it caused my legs to shake even more. 

He continued for a while then he stopped. He lied down next to me and pulled me closer to him.

“Well, that was amazing.”

“It really was.”

He got up and threw on a pair of boxers. I got up and put on a pair of panties on and one of his tee shirts. He turned around to grab his clothes from off of the floor and I saw his back.

“Oh my God.”

“What?”

“Hold on.”

I took a picture of it and showed it to him.

“Wow, that is a whole new level.”

“Yeah. I'm sorry.”

“Don’t be. I love it.”

“Really?”

“Yeah.”

He walked to the bathroom and started brushing his teeth. I followed after and started recording.

“Ladies, if you don’t do this to your man.” I made him turn around and show the camera the scratch marks. “Then you are doing it wrong.”

He chuckled and I posted it to my story. I brushed my teeth and washed the makeup off of my face. When I walked back to the room he was lying there waiting for me. I got in bed and turned the lamp off. I crawled closer to him and he wrapped his arms around me. I fell asleep to him rubbing my arm.

I woke up to my alarm going off and Jordan was still asleep. I checked my phone and there were a lot of messages from the whole group about the video. I got up and made a pot of coffee. I walked to the bathroom and started a shower. I got in and took a real quick shower.

I got out and walked to the room.

“Babe, time to get up.”

He looked at me.

“Did you just get out of the shower?”

“Yep. A pot of coffee is made.”

“This is why I love you.”

He got up and gave me a kiss. He walked out and made a cup of coffee. I changed into a pair of tights and a black sweater that was also a crop top. I put on my socks then walked to the living room to put my shoes on. I walked into the kitchen and made a cup of coffee. I walked to the bathroom and Jordan was standing in there.

“What are you doing?”

“Where is my cologne?”

“Dresser.”

“Thank you.”

 He kissed my cheek then walked into the bedroom. I did my makeup and brushed my teeth. 

“Sophia, ready?”

“Yep!”

I walked out and walked into the living room. We walked out and I locked the door. 

“Wait, football gear?”

“Already in the trunk.”

“Okay.”

He chuckled and we got in the car. We got to school and the first thing that was mentioned was the scratch marks on his back.

“Are they still there?”

I looked at Jordan.

“No clue.”

I walked behind him and lifted the back of it up.

“Yep.”

“Lord how hard was she scratching it up last night?”

“Honestly, I didn’t even notice it.”

“Weirdos.”

We walked inside and we walked around for a while then he walked me to my first hour. I sat down and plugged my earbuds in. I got to work and I was just in a really good mood. I finished my work and I got bored because there wasn’t anything left for me to do so I watched the videos from last night and looked at the pictures. I saw the photo we had taken of us from a stranger of Jordan and I with the stuffed animals being goofy.

I decided that it was going to be my new background so I changed it and it was super adorable. The bell soon rang so I walked to my next class. Katie was sitting at my table flirting with this dude which I found normal. She looked at me and came running. 

“Hey girl!”

“Hey.”

“I have some news.”

“Okay?”

“We are going on a triple date tomorrow.”

“With who?”

“Me and Jackson over there and Mirza with Brandon. Obviously you are going to be with Jordan.”

“But why do we have to go?”

“Because if something happens I want you two to be there and help me.”

“Fine. I’ll tell Jordan.”

“Thank you!”

She walked back over to the guy she was talking to and I sat down at my seat. I plugged my earbuds back in and got to work. I looked over and saw Jackson looking at me. I rolled my eyes and finished my worksheet. I checked my email to see if I got my new schedule for the month and I did. I work all week to make up for the days that I missed for my birthday and all the moving. 

There were some other emails but it was just junk and spam but I saw one that was about college. It was LSU and I clicked on it. It was their acceptance letter telling me that I have all of the credits and everything that I need to get in! I stood up and ran over to my teacher.

“Yes Sophia?”

I showed her the email and her face lit up.

“Is that the college?”

“It’s their acceptance email!”

“Congratulations! That is a huge accomplishment.”

“I know. I am so happy.”

I sat back down and played a game. I looked up again and I saw Jackson looking at me again. This time I texted Katie.

“Girl, Jackson keeps looking at me.”

“What?”

She looked up from her phone and saw him staring at me. She got mad then texted me again.

“Ugh I'm going to snap.”

“Give me his Snapchat. I’ll tell him off and send you the messages.”

“I have a better idea. Catch him trying to cheat.”

“Are you sure?”

“Yeah.”

She looked at me and nodded her head. I texted Jordan.

“Hey so I have a feeling that I'm probably going to get blackmailed in the future with this so I'm just going to tell you now, I'm going to help Katie catch a cheater so that means I have to flirt with him. Is that okay with you?”

“Wait, what?”

“Katie’s boyfriend keeps staring at me so we are going to see if he tries to cheat on her and flirt back.”

“Okay?”

“So I want your permission because I have a feeling that this could get used against me so I'm asking you if it’s okay if I flirt with this dude to see if he cheats.”

“Yeah. Just send me the messages after.”

“Okay.”

She sent me his Snapchat and I added him. He looked at his phone and then looked at me. I winked at him and he added me back.

“Hey.”

“Hey. Why’d you add me?”

“To talk about the double date silly.”

“Okay?”

“Also to ask why you keep looking at me.”

“It’s kinda hard not too. You’re beautiful and in my line of sight.”

I looked up at him and he smiled.

“Well thank you. You know, I'm going to be free for a few hours after school today while Jordan is at practice. Pick me up and you will have a better time with me than you will ever with Katie.”

“Isn’t she your best friend?”

“Yeah but we share a lot of things.”

He chuckled and looked at me. He bit his lip then went back to typing.

“What time?”

“Pick me up at four and drop me off around six.”

“God, I had a crush on you sophomore year for a little while.”

“Why didn’t you say anything?”

“Nick.”

“God, it was a week.”

“I know but still. I would think about you and stuff and now I finally get to get with you.”

“We would have to keep it on the down low. No one can know.”

“I'm fine with that. Just to clarify, you mean to have s*x right?”

“Duh.”

“Alright. I'm down.”

I looked at him and winked. I left the messages and started texting Katie.

“We have a cheater.”

“Seriously?”

“Wants to pick me up after school during football practice to have sex.”

“Meet with him. If he pulls anything we will be there and catch it on camera or something.”

“Okay.”

I left those messages and texted Jordan.

“She wants me to meet with him after school during football practice. She said she will be there to catch him in the act of trying to cheat.”

“Okay?”

“Is it okay with you?”

“I trust you. If you want to help your friend then do it. But just don’t take it too far.”

“Alright.”

The end of the day came rolling around and I texted Jackson.

“Are we still on?”

“Yeah.”

“Change of plans, you aren’t picking me up.”

“What do you mean?”

“We are just going to stay at my apartment.”

“Okay.”

I texted Katie my plan and she was all for it. She parked her car at the back of my apartment building and walked inside with me.

“Okay so we are going to be sitting on the couch. My camera has a recording setting so I’ll have it hidden and recording us the whole time. You will be in the room or the bathroom and as soon as I say, ‘Let’s head to the bedroom.’ You come out and bust him.”

“How are you so good at this?”

“Not my first time catching a cheater.”

She looked away.

“Hey, you deserve better.”

“I know but you always get the guys.”

“Not always.”

“You are dating the star quarterback.”

“You don’t know what happened to me and how I got here. I had a rough time and I used to get bullied a lot. I changed and now I get a few guys here and there.”

We heard a car door then my phone went off.

“Hey I'm here.”

“Okay give me a second.”

I grabbed my camera and turned it on. She hid in the bedroom and I started recording. He knocked on the door and I opened it.

“Hey.”

“Hey yourself.”

“Have a seat.”

“Okay.”

He walked in and sat down. I shut the door and sat down next to him. He put one hand behind me and the other on my thigh.

“So, where do you want to start? Here or somewhere else?”

“Let’s talk about this because I want to clarify.”

“Okay?”

“This is a one time thing. We don’t talk about it and we don’t casually flirt after this.”

“Got it. Just a hookup.”

“Are you sure you want to cheat on Katie?”

“Ehh, she was just something to toy with when I got bored.”

“You didn’t like her?”

“Not really. I mean, she’s beautiful and smart and amazing but she’s not my type.”

“What is then?”

“Well she isn’t Mexican.”

“So you like Mexicans and she is white.”

“Yeah. but you on the other hand, are.”

“Oh okay.”

“Yeah, so where do we start?”

“Let's head to the bedroom.”

Before he said anything Katie came rushing out.

“Are you kidding me?!”

“What is going on here?”

“I'm not your type?”

“I already told you that!”

I got up and turned the camera off. I held it up.

”We caught you cheater.”

“You were about to cheat on Jordan!”

“No I wasn’t, Jordan knows everything and he is okay with it.”

“Wait what?”

“He gave me permission to do this.”

He got up and tried to go to the door. I stepped in his way.

“You think you are slick and all but you aren’t. This is going on YouTube and sent to the whole school.”

“You wouldn’t.”

“I would. And I’ll leak the messages and the messages of Jordan giving me permission to do this.”

He looked like he was going to explode.

“Katie, what I said was the truth. But the one thing I said that was a lie was you aren’t just a toy.”

“Lier!”

“It’s the truth!”

“Why should I believe you? You just tried to cheat on me!”

“Well we never really said we were dating just yet. Technically we would be dating tomorrow if the date went well.”

She looked like she was going to kill him.

“You can do whatever you want but don’t get blood on my carpet.”

She looked at me and she chuckled.

“Can you get him on the ground for me?”

“Gladly.”

I punched him in the side of the head and he went down. She kicked him in the balls super hard and I cringed. She continued to hit him a few more times and spit on him. He got up and went to hit her but I grabbed his arm.

“See what happens.”

“You are just a girl. Girls can’t do anything but cause drama and make sandwiches. You have-”

I chuckled then dropped my back leg. I swung and hit him super hard in the side of the head. He dropped to the ground and passed out. She looked at me in shock.

“Sophia!”

“He underestimated me. And he is a sexist jerk so he deserved it.”

“You didn’t have to knock him out!”

“Well, it is what it is. I have to go to work so call some of the boys and they will deal with this.”

“Are you serious?”

“Yeah. love ya.”

“Love you too.”

I walked out and ran to work. I clocked in and ran to Robbie’s office. I knocked on the door.

“Come in.”

“Hey Robbie! I was wondering if there was a chance I could pick up some more hours?”

“Of course! We are currently short handed because I just had to fire Rosie because she wasn’t doing anything.”

“Awe that sucks. I’ll see if I could get you some employees.”

“Are you sure?”

“Yeah. I'm in highschool with a bunch of teenagers that want to work. I’ll see what I can do.”

“And this is why you are my favorite employee.”

“Well thank you. What all am I doing today?”

“Cash register and restocking the shelves.”

“Alright. I'm going to get to that.”

“One last thing.”

“What’s up?”

“Happy late birthday.”

“Thanks.”

I smiled and walked away. I started restocking the shelves and emptying the boxes out. I saw Daniel so I snuck up on him.

“Boo!”

He jumped and dropped the box of tissues that he was putting up. I started laughing and he was mad.

“You never had to do that.”

“I really did though.”

“It’s not funny.”

“It really is though. If our roles were reversed it would be.”

“How are you sixteen and that wise?”

“Well I'm seventeen now. Yesterday was my birthday.”

“Well happy late birthday.”

“Thanks.”

I gave a fake smile and he noticed.

“What’s with the fake smile?”

“I just hate my birthday.”

“Why?”

“It’s a long depressing story that I don’t really feel like sharing.”

“Well, I'm sorry that you hate your birthday and I'm sorry for whatever happened.”

“It’s in the past. I no longer talk to the people that were involved with it.”

“Good. It’s good to move on from the past and not dwell on it.”

“I agree.”

We stood there talking for a minute then he saw someone. 

“What’s wrong?”

“My ex is here.”