CHAPTER 14

I walk outside still rattled up by what had happened and try to enjoy the midnight breeze. I close my eyes to relax my mind but the images of what had happened flashes in front of me. All of a sudden, I feel the warm touch of a hand on my shoulder which startles me, I turn around and register that it's only Ava.

"Hey, where'd you disappear off to?" she queries.

"Oh, I just got hot inside" I lie since I don't want Ava to worry.

"Yeah, it's because of all the people inside, do you want to head back inside?"

"Yeah… lets go" I hesitantly reply.

All I want to do now is to just go home and cuddle up on the sofa.

Ava and I guide ourselves carefully, so we don't bump into as many people.

Now, that is a task!

Luckily, we find 2 seats away from the crowd. I try to distract myself once again but I'm just not able to get 'the thing' out of my mind.

"Let's go dance" Ava shouts in my ear due to the loud noise.

"You go on ahead, I'll join you later".

"You sure?" she grabs my hand and starts to gently tug "come on Dels".

"Seriously, I'll catch up with you" I reply with a weak smile.

Ava gives a pout before walking off and disappearing into the centre of the dance floor.

I just sit in my place thinking of how I'll get home. I forgot my oyster bus card; I could call my parents or inform Asher about me wanting to go home.

It starts to become busy in my corner which is making me uncomfortable so I get up and scan the dance floor, but I can't see Ava, so I walk out into the garden. There's a couple of guys sitting in the further part of the garden in the corner, they seem to be smoking. I sit down on the sofa closest to the door.

The wind has picked up from earlier in the evening but overall, it's okay even though its late November.

Global Warming!

A guy comes and sits next to me, I glance over and quickly comprehend its Kane. The fury of him just leaving me and calling me a slut boils up inside me, I get up to leave when his hand reaches out to hold my wrist.

A stinging pain goes up my arm causing me to take a sharp intake of breath. Kane seems to acknowledge and stands up whilst examining my hand.

"Did that idiot do this to you?" he demands.

"Why do you care?" I object.

"What?" he scrunches his eyebrows together.

"I'm just dressed like a slut right so clearly he isn't an idiot, I am" I say with hurt.

I start to walk away and feel the tears again, but I don't turn around until I'm in front of the house again when two strong arms turn me around and I'm face to face with Kane's green eyes again.

"That was a dumb comment in the heat of the moment but watch your tone next time" he says in a low voice.

"There won't be a next time, all we ever do is hurt each other's feelings so let's just stop" I jab back.

I feel a tug of being pulled towards him. That's when it happens! It all happens too fast for me to understand what's happening. His lips crash down on mine, it's a gentle kiss yet filled with want. His hands start to travel from my arms up to my hair but before they reach, I pull back to gasp for air.

My mind is just blank!

I glimpse at his eyes again and they're clouded with some sort of emotion but I can't put my finger on which one.

"We'll never stop talking, okay? Now come on let's go see what we can go about your hand" Kane holds on to my other hand and leads me to his car.

More than the kiss, him just merely gripping on to my hand is sending fireworks. What did the kiss mean?

We saunter to the car and he makes me sit in the passenger seat whilst he goes to the back of the car to get something out of the bonnet. Kane walks back with a medical kit and starts to put on the ointment on my hand.

"Was this because of the idiot then?" he interrogates.

"No, I burnt my hand whilst curling my hand" I point to the spot further up my wrist "this is what the guy caused".

Kane nods and starts to apply ointment at that spot too. There's complete silence which is killing me. His touch is still causing me butterflies. Is he feeling the same?

"Umm… are we going to talk about the kiss?" I whisper hesitantly.

"There's nothing to say" Kane says with ease.

"What?" I scrunch my eyebrows.

"You were panicking, I didn't know what to do so I kissed you. There's not much to it love, come ill drop you home".

"Oh right" I say still baffled.

I get in properly and Kane starts to walk around. I message Ava but she doesn't respond so she's still on the dance floor.

The radio channel kiss100 is the only thing breaking the silence throughout the journey. Nor Kane and nor I talk throughout the journey. Kane pulls up in front of my house and parks the car.

"Is it okay if you don't tell anyone else about what happened tonight?" I plead.

He thinks about this for a second, "Yeah sure but you should talk to someone about this".

"There's nothing to talk about, its over and done with" I look outside "It's in the past right".

"Yeah you're right, it's best to just think about tonight as a nightmare" he replies.

I nod my head "Thank you".

After I say that, I walk out and hear his car reversing. I trudge inside and close the door.

Nightmare?

That kiss was my first kiss and he wants me to forget it. Maybe he's right, it's for the better. I feel a warm droplet go down my cheek, I try to push them back down but the harder that I try the more they fall out. That's when I knew I've unlocked a river.

Now this is a nightmare!