Kiss away your anger

I took a sip from my mug, eyes fixed on the piece of blueberry pie watching me pitifully. Did it yearn to be eaten, or was it sorry about Daisy's cruel words?

She had even called me a princess.

A princess!

The silence between us was awkward to a point I couldn't stand it anymore.

Without saying a thing and feeling confused as hell, I fetched a note from my pocket and placed it under the mug. It was a hundred dollar note, but my disoriented brain had no time to think about anything else other than the mess whirling in there.

Daisy was staring to her left, her blue eyes teary and her cheeks flushed from rage.

I didn't want to talk to her at that moment, so I slid off my chair as my hand picked up my phone.

There was no goodbye or anything, I just left. Left wearing an emotionless face while a secret struggle went on behind my eyes. The hurtful tears were pounding to be let lose.

But I couldn't show her how much her words had affected me. I pulled on my strong personality, walked confidently till I was in the car.

There, I let go of my emotions without caring about the driver. It wasn't in his place to interfere with my life anyway. He was very professional, refrained from even looking at me through the rearview mirror to just pass me a box of tissues.

Which I was grateful for because my crying turned to ugly sobs, using up almost all the tissues.

"Should I take you home?" His voice came, urging me to pull myself together.

I gazed up to the mirror, noticed he was staring right ahead on the partially empty road.How sweet of him.

"No!"

"Where to?"

Even with my brain in a mesh, I could think of two places that could comfort me...my old house and the aquarium.

"Take me to-"

The ringing of his phone interrupted me.

"Sorry miss, boss is calling." He informed before putting on his left ear bud. "Hello Sir!"

I frowned, sulking on my seat with my arms crossing over my chest. Him again! From the moment Daisy blabbed about someone trying to keep my ass safe, I knew right away it had to be Jack.

"I understand Sir..." Silence. "Yes..." Silence. "She is... Okay. She'll be there!"

When he pulled out the earbud, it marked the end of their conversation.

"What has he asked you to do?"

For the first time since I stepped in the car, our gazes met on the rearview mirror. "I'm taking you to Blue Aquarium."

"He-he asked you to take me there?"

I asked in disbelief.

"Yes!" He gave a firm answer and threw all his concentration on the road and his flawless driving.

How could I be so mad at someone that knew my thoughts and feelings? Jack knew the aquarium was the one place I loved to visit when I was stressed or angry. And he had remembered it now.

He knew I was angry.

Don't let this small gesture derail you. He has to explain Daisy's revelation.

Of course! No matter how moved I was, Jack still had to answer a lot of questions.

As I walked in the square building, I noticed the gray clouds from the previous day. They seemed darker and haunting today. A bit terrifying, but, I still ignored them and dashed in.

There was a sense of serenity in the large dimlit room. I couldn't help but allow it to sleep into my bones and cast away my worries. There was peace as I watched the fish swim behind the thick glass wall in front of me.

Even though I didn't like the idea of restricting fish movement and caging them, I appreciated their beauty and worshipped nature wholly. Seeing them this close was as cool as it could ever get for me. I had no plans of scuba diving.

Minutes passed by without me noticing. My eyes, my heart, my soul were all captured by the different fish swimming gracefully in the blue-lit water. I wanted to cry. Not tears of anger or sadness, but of calmness. Tears of peace.

This was truly, my happy place.

I was lost in the tranquility of the moment that I missed the person who suddenly placed a hand on my shoulder.

A shocked low gasp shot from my mouth while my body tried to jerk away from the intruder.

"Stay still!" Jack hissed slamming me on his right side for a side embrace.

I darted my eyes at him, saw the emotions swirling on his face. From the dull shine in his eyes, I picked up sadness. From the clenching jaw, I felt anger. And from the strength of his hold, I grasped belonging.

Jack didn't dare gaze into my eyes. He had fixed his at the glass wall.

"Why are you here?" I demanded looking away from the male. He had shown up only to act snobbish. Pf!

"Came to find my girlfriend."

My heart immediately dropped to the pit of my stomach.

"I'm not your gi-girlfriend!"

Jack huffed amused. "I didn't say it was you."

My jaw fell as I turned my head to stare at him. Jack did the same, only his eyes bore all the arousing wickedness in the world.

"You did not just..." I couldn't bring myself to finish my disbelief.

Jack chuckled manly, which sounded so adorable in my ears.

Stay mad Annie! He's trying to distract you.

I pulled back my frown and abandoned our eye contact. "Fine! Then go find her. Leave me the hell alo-"

It happened so fast. One second I was ranting out my frustrations, the next second Jack had shot his lips at mine and engulfed them in one of the best 'shut-up' kisses ever.

I placed my hand on his chest to push him away. He had forgotten that we were in a public space, with people around us.

"Don't!" Jack muffled in the kiss and his free hand slid mine up to his neck, pulling me in front of him fully.

All manners and cares flew out of my head as our kiss deepened. He tasted like vanilla, and I wanted to kiss him forever.

His lips were soft and accommodating, his tongue playful and teasing.

Fuck him for making me feel so smitten.

"Jack!" I whispered when we came up for air.

"I'm here baby." He whispered back, pushing away the hair from my face.

"People might see us."

He chuckled pulling away to gaze around us. I did the same, noted that everyone was busy with their stuff, hardly paying attention to us. Wow! Shocker!

"I don't care who sees it. Nobody will stop us from being ourselves after your D-Day."

His words made my heart flutter like a butterfly out of a cocoon.

Annie? Concentrate!

As if I had been electrified back to myself, I stepped aside. "I'm still mad at you. Kissing me won't make me forget what-"

"I'll answer all your questions Annie. Just...not here. I want to have some quiet time with you. Please."

I threw him a glance, saw he genuineness on his face, before nodding.

Jack smiled and gazed ahead, so did I.

And in the silence, my hand made way to his, interlocking our fingers.

It felt like one of those romcoms full of cheesy romance. But I liked it. Liked the feeling of that hand contact.

The male didn't seem bothered by it, he even grinned at the fish like a teenager who was getting his crush to talk to him.

I tried not to smile but failed. Jack was sometimes too adorable to stay mad at.