#Chapter9'I didn't have the heart to tell her that I really wanted to roam the place and check out where Harper was.'******I was numb. Just completely and utterly dumbfounded.My brain was taking a lot of time to process what the fuck just happened. Throughout the ride home, I replayed the kisses over and over in my mind. How they felt and how they drove me to peaks of desire and ecstasy.After I reached my home, I walked like a robot to my room, all the while ignoring my parents and brother. I plopped down on my bed and that was when it really hit me.Harper Cain kissed me! And I Kissed Him Back! And I Liked It!Twice, if you leave out that last peck.After I freaked out for half an hour, I decided I needed expert opinion on this matter and that's why I called my two best friends on a conference call and told them everything.Silence reigned for a few seconds on their ends and then they screamed. Like literally, I could feel cracks beginning to form in my roo
#Chapter10The three of us got out of Sam's car and headed towards the front door. When Natalie opened the door, the base of the music hit us full force. The ground was shaking with the thumping of the bass and I could literally see a few pieces of furniture vibrating on their spots on the ground, but I don't think anyone minded going deaf at such a young age because everyone was already dancing like crazy. Bodies were grinding against each other. Red cups were littered everywhere. Zombie-like people were lying on the couches and floor, passed out from intoxication, and it was not even 10 o'clock.Samantha grabbed my hand and started leading me towards the kitchen. How she knew where the kitchen was, I had absolutely no clue! As we walked, I could sense several pairs of eyes following us and checking us out. Some even wolf whistled at us. I blushed at the attention.When we made it to the kitchen, Natalie handed me a beer bottle and we downed our first drinks of the ni
#Chapter11Gathering my wits, I just turned around and fled from the scene. I ran down the stairs and waited a moment to catch my breath.I felt incredibly stupid.What did I even expect from him? Did I think that a few stolen kisses would change him and make him less of a douchebag?! I think, for a moment I forgot who I was talking about. Guys like Harper Cain never changed. He was a playboy and he didn't care about anyone. He broke everyone's heart and I will not be next in line for him to trample over, I vowed to myself.Plastering a smile on my face, I rejoined my friends. They didn't question my prolonged disappearance for which I was glad. I resumed swaying my hips to the peppy Katy Perry number and lost myself to the music.After some time, I felt a pair of hands wrap around my waist. I turned around to find Harper gazing down at me with adoration and lust. I wasn't going to be fooled again. I don't know what came over me, but I didn't remove his hands off of me.
#Chapter12'"...Don't let these boys get to your head. They aren't worth it."'******When I stood on the pavement, at night, I realised that I had no ride. I didn't want to go back inside and face Natalie and Samantha with tears streaming down my face and smudged mascara. So, I took the only option I had, I started walking while furiously wiping my tears.At this point, I didn't even know why I was crying? Was it because Harper just stole a kiss from me when I didn't even want it? But that couldn't be the reason, because it had already happened in school today. It wasn't with the same forcefulness, but still.Was it because he thought it would be okay to kiss another girl before me and he thought I would never know and that I was just another one of his hookups? Was it because the kisses we shared did something to me whereas Harper just thought of me as another girl he could have sex with? I was so confused I don't even know the answer to my own questions, right now. And
#Chapter13I sat up on the bed, ready to drink the hot chocolate he made for me. He makes the best hot chocolates in the world. Whenever any of us had a bad day or got upset, he always made us hot chocolate. He is thoughtful that way. My mom had other ways of coping with hormonal and distressed family members. She hugs them and listens to them patiently, before taking us out for our favorite treat. My family is great that way.I took the mug from his hands. He chuckled at my eagerness. "Are you ok, Zara?"I wondered how they decided which one of my parents would come and talk to me. Last time something like this happened, they played a game of rock, paper and scissors. The thought brought a small smile on my face.The best thing about my dad is that he knows exactly when to give space and what questions to ask. His soft blue looked at me with concern. The blue eyes I get from him.I gave him another small smile and nodded my head."You know we are here for y
#Chapter14'My gaze traveled from one end of the classroom and stopped on Harper, because he was staring right at me with a stony face.'******"Ok, you have stalled long enough. Now you will tell us what happened!" Samantha's voice was determined like her whole personality. Samantha and Natalie sat down across me on the cafeteria table.I cringed. I had been trying to escape my inquisitive friends since yesterday night. They had absolutely no idea why I left them at the party, when we were supposed to have fun. They had no idea who dropped me and why I ran away in the first place.I didn't pick up their calls yesterday night, hoping they would think that I had fallen asleep. And in school, I evaded them in the two classes I shared with them.But now I had no choice. I had to tell them. I have never hidden anything from them in all the years we have been friends and the guilt had been weighing me down. Taking a deep breath, I looked up from my plate of spaghetti and
#Chapter15I put my stuff down on a random desk in the middle of the classroom. The class had yet to start and I just hoped that Ms. Wilson was on time.Students slowly started trickling and claiming seats when Ms. Wilson walked in. Ah, no wrinkled clothes and flushed faces. Ms. Wilson started the lecture and I suddenly felt conscious. It was as if I felt somebody's gaze on me. I tried to shake off the feeling but it only got stronger.In an attempt to calm my subconscious, I turned around to check if anyone was looking at me. I didn't share this class with anyone I was close to, so I didn't really expect to be a subject of someone's scrutiny.My gaze traveled from one end of the classroom and stopped on Harper because he was staring right at me with a stony face.A shiver ran down my spine and I gulped, because the way he was looking at me was just so intense. I wanted to look away, I really did but I just couldn't move my body and turn around. Somewhere in the
#Chapter16'"If I had known, you worked here, I would have come here before."'******It has been two weeks since Harper's birthday and everything had returned to the way it used to be.Harper had gone back to his ways of groping and sleeping around, with anything that walks and has a vagina. He has an insatiable appetite, I swear. He has been ignoring me. I had no idea why, though. Before he was just oblivious to my existence, but now, he was clearly avoiding me. He practically ran the other way whenever we happened to be in the same hallway.I didn't miss the way he looked at me, when he thought I wasn't aware he was around. Well, whenever his mouth wasn't attached to someone else's.I had realised that Harper was clearly not the man for me. Man whore is not my type. I think I got upset in his birthday party because he took me for granted and while I was sure he felt nothing during the kisses we shared, I did feel something. The kiss was passionate and literally t