Stolen kiss

Beth•••

"You...you...how did..?"

I couldn't even complete my question because I was so shocked or is the better term surprised. I don't even know. All I know right now is that I'm frozen in place as I stared at him my mouth wide open.

"How many balls can you fit in there?" he asked.

His perverse question brought me back to reality.

"Excuse me?!" the nerve of this guy. How could he say something like that with a straight face.

"I've got a couple of balls I'll like to stick in there" he continued with a thoughtful expression.

WHAT!!!!

I was completely lost for words to address this guy.

He took a look around my room but my eyes were trained on him watching as he moved to my bed and sat on it. He bounced on it first, smiling when he discovered how soft my bed was. Finally he glanced my way.

"I know I'm extremely eye catching but staring is rude. Although I do enjoy the attention" his eyes creased at the sides as he dimpled at my exposing his pearly whites.

Did he have to flash his awesome like that its already hard for me to look away.

He glanced at something behind me before he smiled cheekily, "you know before I met you the only time I saw a beauty was when I looked at the mirror"

That pulled me out of my reverie. "You think too highly of yourself"

His tiger eyes shone as he nodded his head enthusiastically. I smiled he really was adorable. I put a finger on my lips immediately I thought that to prevent myself from saying it out loud.

I remembered the pressing issue that was on my mind earlier, "how did you get in? how did you know where I live? what are you doing here?" I gasped "were you following me?" I picked up Seth's wallet from the ground and threw it at him.

He caught it effortlessly. Inspecting carefully he asked, "boyfriend's?"

"What?! n-no" I knew I looked like a ripe tomato so I looked everywhere but at him.

"Hm, I like your room. It isn't like other girls' rooms," he eyes flickered to mine briefly, "you know...all the pinkiness"

I put a finger on my lips, "pinkiness?"

He nodded like he just said something reasonable. "mm hm, everything pink. But yours is nice. Even though its monotone there's this calming feeling in here like you can forget all your troubles for a while"

I swallowed hard. My dad used to say that. He was also the one who called me princess. After he died, no one was allowed to call me that.

"Wait thats not the point neither does it answer any of the questions I asked you"

He groaned before standing up and walking very close to me. I instinctively moved two steps back. He dug into his pocket then pulled out a black bandana.

That's mine.

"How'd you—" before I could finish he held up his hand.

"Before you start another barrage of questions. One, I got in through your balcony" he gestured to it with his jaw without looking the open doors. I looked at it. The curtains moved slightly because of a breeze. I knew I should have closed it.

"Two, yes I followed you," my brows furrowed "but before you start to have silly thoughts I went back home to rest then came here I think ten minutes ago. Three, i came to return your hanky its pretty" he opened it till it was a big square, "and you must have spent some time at the mall selecting it. Four, oh that's related to the second one I followed you" he stuffed it in my hands and smiled.

My heart began pounding in my chest. I started getting conscious that we were alone.

KNOCK KNOCK

"Beth come down for dinner" Becca said without opening the door, something I was extremely grateful for.

Then I heard her footsteps to away from the door. I released a big breath through my mouth.

"You need to leave, that was clo...se" he was not where he was before Becca knocked. "Hey where are you?" I half yelled.

He came out of the bathroom. Oh, he just went to relieve himself. "I was saying that you—ahh" he was holding up my undies by the waistband.

I felt my ears turn hot. I can only imagine my face right now. "Gimme that" I reached to take it from him ignoring Becca who'd just called me again.

He raised his hand and I cussed his height. He was taller than Seth, this I noticed since my head did not even reach his shoulders.

"C'mon i need to go please" I begged.

He flung it at my face, "okay"

"Now get out" I said through gritted teeth.

"Aww c'mon princess no need to be grumpy" he flashed one of his killer smile.

"Move" I pushed him to the balcony ignoring my flustered heart.

When we got there I saw that he'd used the ladder that usually lay on the ground near my house wall.

"LISBETH ATHENA MILLERS GET YOUR BEHIND ON THIS CHAIR IN A MINUTE" i heard mom yell.

I pushed him again.

He turned to me with a bewildered expression. "Lisbeth you know you're the only girl I've met who is pushing me out of her room"

"What's so surprising? You not that much of a big deal and call me Beth"

He laughed, the sound like music to my ears. "Princess" he dragged out the word. "If the world was created in 7 days but it took 9 months to make me, I'm clearly a big deal"

I rolled my eyes. This guy thinks too highly of himself. "whatever"

Another chuckle, "You know you've won an argument when the other person responds:"Whatever"".

I stared at him at a loss of what to say.

"My face has been known to make people speechless so you can keep admiring my flawlessness" he then climbed over the railing and placed his feet on the first ladder step.

Something like mischief glinted in his eyes and before I could move back he stole my first kiss. Well not exactly a kiss, my first peck. Then he scrambled down the ladder at lightening speed and hopped over the fence disappearing into the darkness.

I stood there. Cheeks red. Heart pounding. But somehow I wasn't mad at him.

No,no,no. I can't like him.

"Think of Seth" I chanted this like a mantra before I went inside, closed the doors and rushed down. At my room's door I ran back into my bathroom removing everything that I needed to.

I ran downstairs and tripped on the last step because I was thinking of you know who.

"You're three minutes late" Becca said.

"Last time it was three hours. At least I'm making progress" I mumbled under my breath.

"What was that?" Becca smiled.

"I'm sorry I came down late I had... something to attend to" more like someone.

I dug into the food in front of me. I needed to gather some energy after talking to that boy whose name still forgot to ask. I slapped my forehead. When I felt the eyes bore into me I said, "darn I left my phone upstairs"

"What is it honey?"

"Nothing. Just my phone is up and I needed to use it for something"

BEEP

Dear earth please open up and swallow me. I gathered my bearing and pulled out my phone from my pocket. I remembered to murmur "oh its here" loud enough for them to hear.

[Seth❤ boo: I'm at your front door I think I left my wallet in your room. Could you help me get it?]

I excused myself from the table then went to open the door for Seth. His cheeks became slightly red.

"Sorry to bother you"

"No problem. I'll go check. Please come on in"

He went to greet my mom while I went up to get his wallet.

TEN MINUTES LATER

Where is it it was here, I used it to....

oh no.

Mr Ego took it.

Damn.

He stole a wallet too. that little thief. Well big...tall thief.