"If I had just a taste of you...
He leaned closer, stopping a few inches from her mouth, as he was letting her the chance to think twice, or maybe just to tease her, to make her understand how much she wanted him and how much, in that moment, she depended on him...
The seconds slipped away as hours...
He stood still, with his striking smile
And she stood still, with her growing confusion
He leaned even closer, their lips were almost touching, but he needed to know that she wouldn't burst out in tears and run away, but that she wanted it, he needed to know she wanted him...
At last, she spoke, breaking the silence even if all she did was whispering...
-"Well, DuGrey...What 'cha waiting for?"- Or now or never, she kind of thought and he didn't need much of an excuse to carry out what he planned...
That could be the perfect happy ending of a fairy tale, if it wasn't for the sudden opening of the door in front of them...
A cheerful blond girl opened the door, and her gentle fair face crossed all the shades of red at the sight of the two teenagers cuddled, tenderly and warmly, next to the impersonal though pompous long desk...
-"Sorr...Mummy told...should... papers...get...keys...coat..."
-"Hey Dane, that's okay what do you need?"
-"I...Never mind...Gotta go bye"- She said rapidly and, quicker than a lighting crash, she closed the door behind her.
-"That was Danielle, she's very shy...she's ma little cous..."- She didn't even let him finish the phrase that she pressed her lips on his... It wasn't a passionate kiss and neither a breath-catching one...It was a simple, soft, sweet kiss...On the outside...
Because, inside, it was more than just a kiss, it was as though time has stopped and the ground below them was collapsing because of the tension, the will, the anxiety relieved...It was like they had a sip of happiness...not satisfaction, not pleasure, not ecstasy, but pure happiness and, it is known... If you have just a taste of happiness, you'll always want more...
Here's the reason why the kiss didn't stop there, but continued for a time that seemed everlasting...
...Would I be addicted?"
A.N. The title of the chapter takes issue from the song "Anytime", by Brian McKnight...
No Woman, Don't Cry...
-"Don't tell me you're 'bou to run...
-"What the he..."- She said, looking into his eyes with a confused look but, when she remembered the last kiss they shared, she didn't finish the sentence...How they'd changed since then – she thought –
But, maybe, nothing really changed... They just had the chance to get to know one another...
They were the same people of always, just seen under a different prospective...
-"Well, that was a different story..."
-"How come?"- He interjected
-"Well..."- He caught her by surprise... He wanted to drive her crazy she guessed... –"Well, at that time you were a Jerk and..."
-"Are you sure I was then and I'm not now?"
-"Yes."- She said spontaneously, but added quickly an uncertain: – "No!" – Seeing a strange look on his face, as he wanted her to get to a point...-Damned him and his stupid mind games – She said to herself, yelling silently in her mind.
-"Where do you wanna get?"
-"Me? Nowhere...
And everywhere"- He was teasing her, trying to prove his theory...
-"I still don't follow you"
-"That's because you, as well as many other people, do not look, but prefer watching..."
-"I'm not all the people"- She said out of the blue, since she hadn't understand what he was trying to tell her...She was smart but, as many of the smartest people do, always searched the complicated answer to the matter, not focusing onto the obvious in front of her...
People rarely read a book before having judged it first, and decided whether they'd like it or not...
Some of them just read the summary; others skim through the pages...
But only a few loves a book before even reading it, only looking at the title and, for sure, they're the ones who really get to understand its greatness and appreciate it the most...
He was trying to give her a life teaching...
-"Sure you're not, but sometimes you just see what you want to...
-"Ohh...Wow..."– Yes, she finally reached the point...
-"Wow?"
-"Wow"
-"Wow..."
-"Hey!"
-"Hey!"
-"Are you going to repeat each and every one of the words I speak for good?"
-"Maybe..." –He said rising his eyebrows... She chuckled, but inside she'd been struck by his persona, there were parts of his personality she imagined neither him knew...
Maybe her evening wouldn't be as terrible as she thought...
-"Shouldn't you be downstairs?"
-"Yes..."- She kept looking at him, as though she was expecting him to add something...-"You go, I'll follow you in matter of minutes"
-"Wh..."-
"You know,"- Interrupted him – "I do not wanna shock you, but even males have to go to the toilet once in a while..."
-"Oh..."- Was all she said, blushing lightly...
-"Oh and, for the reckon, Santa Clause does not exist...- He said to make fun of her naiveté
-"NOoo! I do not believe you!"- She said smiling at him...
She found talking to him easy and natural, but it kind of shocked her his master at changing the subject matter in a record time...He was able to talk seriously one second, and rubbish the next...
-"YES!"- He replied pulling faces as he was a kid satisfied by the fact he was right...
-"Gosh...This will shock my entire existence!"- She said with a child-like kind voice, pretending to be shocked as well...
-"Poor thing"- He told her standing up and messing her hair with his hand...
-Hey! I worked hard to make them look relatively perfect!
-"Oh! But... you shouldn't have to...!"
-"Oh, sure! Because there are enough girls that want to be perfect for you! "- He was looking at her intently, as he was undecided whether he should speak or not... – "And, just so you know, I didn't do it for you, but because my grandma obliged my mum and my mum obliged me to...I was going to show up with a pair of comfy everyday jeans but no, my mum said no! I had to get all dressed-up because she had to..."-He followed half of her bubbling, enchanted by her beauty- "Are you even listening to me??"
-"Wh...Oh...Yep...Sure...What did you last said??"
-"Get lost!"
-"Only if you come and rescue me..." - He replied with a grin on his face, causing her to roll her eyes...-"Thanks for the invitation, though."
-"Anytime..."
-"Actually I heard what you said" – She was about to tell him that she was right, he wasn't really listening to her, but he cut her off with his following words
-"And, just so you know,"- He stressed those words imitating her previous tone...-"When I said you shouldn't have to I meant you are already perfect...And even if you wore a pair of comfy everyday pair of blue jeans you wouldn't be average, but the total opposite..."-He said those words nervously and reluctant...He wasn't the type of person who showed his feelings or his deepest thoughts...
...He simply wasn't used to...
But, next to her, it was a whole different story!
Echoes in the silence...
She quietly sat on a chair, looking absently 'cause she was all lost in her wonderland...She didn't paid attention to her mother while she was telling her about the weird yet comic conversation she previously had with some woman called Bombra...
She showed signs of life only when her mother asked her where she'd been, answering vaguely she'd gone to the bathroom...- There'll be time for explanations- She thought...
She was sitting quietly, looking dreamily even when a good-looking, tall, dark-haired boy approached her...
She was so assort in her thoughts she didn't realized she'd accepted to dance with him...
That's why she found herself trapped when he tended his hand, waiting for her to take it and dance with him on the rhythm of the slow music that filled the air...
She wanted to refuse, but her mother shot her a: "If you don't Grandma will know and you'll pay for it" look...Thus, unenthusiastically, she grabbed lightly his hand...
He pulled her close, and wrapped firmly his hands around her waist
-"What was your name?"
-"I didn't tell ya..."- Whispered him grinning...
-"Oh..."-He reminded her of someone she knew well...or at least she thought so...-"And...Ain't ya going to?"
-"To what?"
-"Tell it to me!"
-"I could tell you anything you want"- He was starting to annoy her...and to tighten his grip on her...
-"Hem...I'm thirsty... you know, I think I'll go get some water..."
-"Don't you wanna wait for the music to end? I could lead you wherever yo want, then...I'll even give you the dessert...
-"No thanks, I think I'll pass" –She said quickly, initiating to go away...-"Besides, I think mum's calling me..."- She pretended to have herd her name being called by a distant voice; She paused for a few seconds then shouted –"Yes! I'm coming! Gotta go bye!"-
-"Won't you kiss me goodnight, then??"
-"You wait, you wish and you hope!"- She whispered mockingly in his ear before reaching her mother, who was looking at her as she'd just seen the best, hilarious, movie scene ever!
-"Shut up!"- She just said...She wanted to add other blaming and accusing words but she stopped when she saw the guy she'd been impatiently waiting for...
He looked all but pleased to see her, though... -Could he be upset about the dance with "psycho-boy"?
..Impossible...- She thought...
He was taken aback, a mixture of resentment and confusion set in his eyes while he saw the couple dance closely...
-How could she have done that? Brad! Of all the people she could have picked... Brad! His "friend" known for being a dumb, spoiled, playboy jerk..!. I talked to her openhearted, and she takes it for granted...A pity kiss, I should have known... - He thought... He was still disgusted...
-Brad...Everybody was aware of his attitude!-
First mistake: She was not everybody...He should have considered it...
His mind was like a blank page, and everything around him turned out to be silent...
All he could think about were the things they shared that night...
All he heard was the echo of her footsteps
And the echoes of his broken heart beats,
That seemed to get louder and fast as she came closer to him...