Chapter 3
CPOV
"I dare you to kiss Derek for two minutes," Tori said. I knew it! Make Derek kiss his best friend to get back at him for making Tori tell something she would have rather kept secret. I was almost willing to thank her but I was closer to cursing her because this was definitely not going to help when it came to my unrequited love. It would add to my fantasies though.
I turned to Derek to see a look of utter fear. Oh great. He's afraid to kiss me. Maybe I was wrong in thinking he had hit puberty. Though that wouldn't explain his sexy, deep voice or his bad acne problem from a few years ago. I crawled over to him and saw him swallow nervously. I stopped just in front of him. I was sure I was trembling with anticipation. Derek's arms reached out and pulled me toward him. I straddled his lap, figuring that I should get comfortable because of the time limit. I mean, who really wants to bend over for two minutes straight?
"Anyone have a stopwatch handy?" I muttered, getting lost in the lovely emeralds Derek calls his eyes.
"Of course! Whenever you're ready," Tori exclaimed. Of course. She had planned this. Duh, Chloe.
My eyes once again snapped to Derek's lips. I couldn't wait to finally kiss them. They always felt so soft on my forehead. I started leaning closer at the same time as Derek. I titled my head back and licked my lips so they weren't so dry. Even with me sitting on Derek's lap, his head was still higher than mine. This would be my first kiss. I wasn't sure what to do. I didn't get much time to really think about it before my eyes closed and Derek hesitated before pressing his delicious lips against my own.
The effect was immediate. Every cliché I'd heard about kissing your true love didn't even come close to touching how I felt. Derek's mouth was commanding against my own. My whole body heated as he pulled and sucked on my bottom lip. I returned the favor on his top lip as I threaded my hands through his hair. Derek released mine after a while of teasing and brushed his tongue against my lips. I opened my mouth, needing this as fodder for my imagination and only having a limited time. Derek thrust his tongue in my mouth as if he was thinking the same thing. I knew that was wishful thinking. I pushed my body closer as my tongue wrestled with his. His hands drifted down my sides and landed on my waist. The expanse of his hand was large enough that his fingers landed on my butt. I could feel his arousal pressing in to me as he groped my butt. The entire experience was almost overloading my brain. Derek's tongue explored the cavern of my mouth. He brushed it along my teeth and the roof of my mouth. How had I never realized just how erogenous those areas were?
I thought I heard Tori say that time was up but that couldn't be possible. We hadn't been kissing long enough. The words must not have broken through to Derek because he didn't slow or pull back from the kiss. The top of his hand was warm against the skin where my shirt had ridden up. His hand hesitantly slipped further up my shirt.
The doorbell rang and Derek pulled back, breathing hard. I could see the hunger in his darkened eyes. Simon left the room to pay the pizza guy, saying something about how he was glad the pizza had arrived when it did. I knew that Derek was also glad because the hunger in his eyes could be satisfied. That guy is always hungry.
DPOV
I couldn't focus on anything as Simon returned with the pizza. I just kept replaying that kiss in my mind. I had just kissed Chloe. Chloe. Here was no way that was her first kiss. She had been way too good at it. I figured it wouldn't get much better in spite of my own non-existent experience. That became the best moment of my life as soon as it happened.
Yeah. That was one heck of a kiss. You need to do that again soon. Imagine what could have happened if you hadn't been interrupted. Your hands were definitely slipping closer to her perky breasts. That would have been awesome.
Not helping.
When I had pulled back, I had seen so much need in her eyes that I felt myself get even harder, if that was possible. Chloe moved to get off my lap, of course squirming and pushing against me. I had to swallow the whimper that almost escaped me. I quickly pulled a pillow from the couch to cover my lap. That was definitely something I didn't want anyone to see. I noticed a strawberry scent coming from my lap that was not typical of my home. I looked down to see that I had in fact grabbed Chloe's pillow instead of a couch one. Great. Just great. I can't put it back without drawing attention to it.
But tonight, when Chloe uses it, she'll be putting her head right on top of the area on your crotch.
You are most definitely the most perverted thing in the world.
Simon suggested a game change as we ate. It didn't make much sense to continue with Truth or Dare while we ate because it would basically just become Truth. What he suggested was no better…Never Have I Ever. This would definitely end badly. I scowled at Simon, knowing where this game was going.
"No," I growled. I did not need this. Simon was going to pull something, I was sure of it. He knew exactly what to say and that would not be to my advantage.
"Too late. It's already been decided!" Simon said cheerfully. He shared a quick look for Tori making me think that neither was completely innocent in this turn of events.
"Before we start, I need to talk to Tori!" Chloe stated quickly. She gave Tori a look, telling her to just go quietly.
CPOV
"Wow. That was some kiss, huh Chloe?" Tori teased as soon as we left the guys and Liz. I blushed immediately. I couldn't stop myself from getting caught up in the memory. Hey, if she didn't want me to become distracted she shouldn't have said that.
"Yeah. It definitely was," I said dreamily. I could still feel his body against mine. The way his muscles felt as my length pressed against his. The way his arousal had been so evident and big against my thigh. The way his tongue had tasted and worked so expertly with mine. I still couldn't believe that had been two minutes. It felt like it had been seconds but at the same time hours. I could imagine doing that for hours and never getting tired. I felt a goofy smile cross my face.
"Chloe! Snap out of it! You wanted to talk to me," Tori replied testily. She was never one to put up with the daydreams I slipped into about her brother. I couldn't really blame her though. She was sort of related to him, in a strictly legal way.
"Sorry! I just can't believe that just happened!" I squealed. I heard Liz coming up to join us. We must have been gone for longer than I thought. She ran up to me and hugged me. We did that weird hug and happy jump thing that girls did. I had never really had anything big to do that about but this was good enough for me.
"That was so hott! I can't believe that you two haven't kissed before! That went from a simple kiss to a full-out makeout way to quickly for that to be the case!" Liz whispered excitedly. I guess she had had to choose between whispering or yelling. I'm personally glad that she chose whispering
"We haven't! I think we might have misjudged Derek though. He was way too good at kissing to never have kissed anyone! I feel completely upset that he wouldn't have told me though," I pouted. I knew that it was completely irrational but I could feel the tears building up in my eyes. Derek always told me everything. He'd never kept anything from me before so why would he start with a secret relationship.
"I'm sure that he didn't keep anything from you, hun," Liz commented, pulling me in for a hug. She seemed to know exactly where I was coming from, maybe from Simon? Who knew.
"Okay! So now we're going to go back down there and play that game. You must answer truthfully. If you don't we all will know and will hound you about it for the rest of the night," Tori scolded. She had just gone from happy for me to snappy in ten seconds; that's Tori for you.
We all went downstairs to grab some pizza before Derek finished his own box and started in on ours. I grabbed one piece because I knew I wouldn't be able to eat much at the moment. There was too much going on in my mind for that to work out well. The game started out easily enough. Tori said something silly followed by the rest of us trying to one-up her. This was actually a funny game. That is until it happened. After that, it just went downhill quickly.
"Never have I ever fallen for my best friend," Simon said, smirking at Derek and me. I was afraid to admit it by lowering one of my fingers. I kept glancing at Derek to see if he was going to take the bait. Who am I kidding? There isn't any bait. He doesn't feel that way about me and he never will. That kiss may have confused us all into thinking maybe there was something there but there really wasn't.
DPOV
Why isn't she putting her finger down? I don't want to if she doesn't?
Maybe she's waiting for you to do it first, doofus.
Yeah, right. And I'm the queen of England. There's no way I'm admitting it if she doesn't.
There was a long silence where everyone was just watching Chloe and me. The rest of the group all had same-sex best friends and I was relatively certain that they were all interested in the opposite gender. The silence just grew more awkward as nothing happened. Chloe didn't put her finger down, so neither did I. I was quickly getting testy.
"Obviously, no one has so let's just continue on," I rumbled. I really wished that it weren't this way but I didn't have much choice. I couldn't hope to change Chloe's feelings. "This game is stupid, anyways. I'm done."
I got up and left the room to hear some murmurs behind me.
CPOV
"What just happened?" Liz questioned. I knew he didn't like me in that way, and yet, I still felt myself become more and more disappointed as time passed. I felt like I was going to cry. I just wanted a hug but the person that normally comforts me just left the room. Heck, the person who normally comforts me is the one who's causing me pain.
Simon stood to follow Derek out and none of us stopped him. Tori and Liz quickly sat on either side of me. They murmured that Derek had lied and that he did actually love me but I just couldn't believe them. I had seen and heard Derek and the whole event had played out. Who would ever love me? I was a shrimp. I had no curves unless I wore tight clothes. I had this boring hair the color of straw that always fell in the lankiest way. I had this ridiculous stutter that appears when I'm nervous or lying.
"Honey, he was lying. We can all see that he loves you," Tori said. "Why didn't you lower your finger?"
"I didn't want to look stupid and admit it if he didn't reciprocate my feelings. I had thought I might have a chance after that dare but he doesn't like me at all. I'm doomed to be his friend," I cried out.
"He probably didn't lower his finger because he was waiting for you to," Liz explained. It would have made sense if there was a possibility that Derek could ever love me.
"In any case, we can get that baboon to act on his urges by changing some simple things. I'll be over in the mornings to do your make-up and pick your outfits," Tori added. "He may be my brother but you're my friend and I will help in any way I can."
DPOV
"Hey, D. Are you okay?" Simon asked as he entered our shared room.
"No," I mumbled. I couldn't believe I had hoped that Chloe loved me. I'm just this ugly brute while she's the most beautiful girl I've ever seen.
"Okay. This has got to change," Si said. "We are going to change Chloe's mind."
"Not possible," I muttered. She would never love me.
"Sure it is. We just need to make a few changes."
"What?"
"First, you're going to start wearing different clothes." Simon smirked at me. He had a look in his eye like he seriously was going to dedicate is time to this useless cause.
"What's wrong with my clothes?" I exclaimed.
"We're going to get tighter clothes. Girls love that. Next, you're going to start initiating flirty gestures." Simon explained.
"Gestures? How can they be flirty? I thought flirting was only spoken." I had no clue what he was on about now. How was touching important? I mean, sure I loved to have my hands on the skin of Chloe's smooth, flawless arm but I couldn't see how such a thing was important. I would love to spend more time on that.
Yeah, you would. I could give you pointers on a lot of ways to make contact.
"Yes. If you put your arm around her more, she'll take it as a sign that you're interested. Though, you do that a lot already. Not many guys get to hold hands or cuddle with the girls they like before they actually start dating them," Simon informed me.
"Wait. Really? I always assumed that was normal because we've always done that," I replied. Chloe and I had grown up with those acts so it was unnerving to find out that they were unusual. I guess that's why Chloe never did that at school. I could definitely use that to my advantage. If I started holding her hand at school, others would think that we were dating. It would be breaking my usual routine and Si said that touches encouraged girls.
"All right. Let's do it," I agreed. I may not think I could convince Chloe but I was going to try my hardest.
A/N: Hey guys. I almost didn't get this one done today because of a paper I had to write for one of my classes. Here it is, though. Let me know what you think. I wasn't sure how to portray a guy's thoughts. I know I did before but I was basically trying to imitate what I've read. xD I also don't know how I did with that make-out scene so LET ME KNOW! I really have absolutely no idea on either of those and I really would appreciate feedback.
Thanks for reading,
~MSOMS
