Don't Own Degrassi! Do Own Kris! Enjoy!
Chapter 4
Kris pushed her weight from her left to her right foot. She kept her eyes hidden under the mask of hair that had fallen loose of the ponytail. Her mouth felt like a desert in the middle of summer. Waiting wasn't her thing. The whole saying, patience is a virtue, that was definitely something she didn't have. She didn't care look through her curtain of hair to the boy standing in front of an SUV talking to his mother. His mother could say no.
Would that stop Adam from going? she wondered to herself. Probably, or he wouldn't have asked to begin with. she sighed, feeling a trickle of wetness on her neck.
"Earth to Kris!" she pushed her loose hair behind her ear as she faced the boy in front of her.
"Hey Adam. What's the verdict?" she asked, pushing her teeth into her bottom lip.
"She said yes." Kris looked at him wide eyed. Yes?
"But my brother has to come with us." he said lowly.
There goes my plan. Kris sighed and pushed her bag up. "Oh." she replied.
What am I thinking? This is a sign. Adam doesn't like me, and I'm losing my mind. I shouldn't even be here. Maybe I should just tell him to forget about it. No, that would be rude, and it would probably hurt his feelings.
Kris looked up when she heard Adam speaking, but she was sure it wasn't directed at her. Standing beside Adam was a notably older boy with skin darker than Adam's and spiked light brown hair. She didn't observe him much, as her attention turned back to Adam.
When Adam caught her look, she motioned towards the boy, raising her brows.
"Right. This is my older brother Drew." he waved his hand towards his brother. "And Drew, this is my friend Kris." Drew's eyes roamed her and she shied back, not particularly enjoying the wandering eyes.
Adam looked between the two, confusing etched on his face. Drew smirked, which only caused Kris to take a step back and fold some hair behind her ear with her hand.
"Dude." Adam looked to Drew, "I think you're freaking her out."
"Sorry. Nice to meet a friend of my little brother's." Drew held out his hand to her, but she kept her eyes on Adam, an odd feeling rising up in her.
Adam stepped towards her and leaned to her ear. "He doesn't bit you know. It's okay to shake his hand." he pulled away and gave her an encouraging look.
Kris smiled weakly and took Drew's hand, which she quickly pulled away.
"Tell me something about yourself, Kris." she gulped and shifted her eyes from one brother to the other.
"What do you want to know?" she asked.
"How about one thing that you absolutely hate." Drew suggested.
"Liars." her answer came immediately. You aren't exactly the most truthful person. she growled to herself. I never said I liked myself, did I?
The brothers shared a look before going on.
"What's your favorite color?" Adam had asked this.
"What is this, twenty questions?" Kris laughed. "It's blue. Like water. It's so. . . free. Water flows without a care. The sky holds birds that can travel all around the world. Blue just seems so free, so beautiful, so magical. I love blue eyes, I think that's what started my blue craze. When I'm with someone with blue eyes, I just seem to lose myself, like I could actually just watch that person for hours. Truthfully, I know very few blue eyed people that I've actually had any kind of connection with. Most of them are in my family. In fact the only person I know outside of the family, aside from Clare is-" she stopped herself when she realized that the entire time she had been talking, her eyes had been locked on Adam's.
"Yeah. Well we should go. My brother will probably freak out if I'm not home soon." Kris said, averting her eyes.
"Alright. See you two later." Drew said, pushing his brother's shoulder.
"Wait, where are you going?" she asked.
"Football practice." he responded, now fully out of sight.
Kris scoffed, though was smiling anyway. "I assume you knew of this from the start?" she asked Adam.
"Yeah. Mom didn't though. And apparently neither did you." Adam's face was covered by his smile and Kris forced her smile to remain, hoping he didn't notice her rapid heart beating through her chest.
"Yeah, well you're going to pay for that though." she said, advancing towards him.
Adam stepped back with each step she took forward, holding his hands in surrender. These steps continued until Adam felt that he had hit the stairs, and before Kris had noticed this, she had taken another step and laced her hand in one of his, which had landed her dangerously close to Adam. Adam felt the extra weight pushing him backwards, and Kris felt the tug on her arm, so she stepped back, hoping to balance their weight. The effect of this, was Adam's foot moving to keep his balance, and in result both of their balances came tumbling down, in the literal sense.
"Oh, Ow." Kris winced as her head hit the concrete. She was positive she didn't hit it hard enough to bleed, but that didn't mean it didn't hurt like hell.
"Oh my god, Kris! Are you okay?" she opened her eyes to see a very worried Adam hovering over her.
"Am I bleeding?" she asked.
He looked around and shook his head rapidly in a 'no' response. Kris noted that he handed moved from his position over her and wondered why, until she realized she still had his hand. She sighed and released him, closing her eyes. A light pressure came off her and she seemed to shut down. She couldn't hear a thing around her. She couldn't smell the freshly fallen leaves she had moments ago. She couldn't feel her throbbing head. And most of all, she could no longer hear Adam's worried questions.
Adam looked down at the girl in distress. After his last question, she had stopped responding to him. If it wasn't for the slight rise in her chest every few seconds, he wouldn't have been sure she was breathing.
"Kris. Kris. Damn it. Kris, hey." he moved a hand under her shoulder to hoist her up. She fell against his shoulder and her nose cringed.
When her hand grasped his collar, her eyes squeezed tightly together before opening.
"What'd I do?" she asked looking up at him.
"You, uh, passed out." Adam responded.
"We should go." she mumbled standing, though not without nearly falling on her bottom.
Adam, who had made it to his feet safely, balanced her, granted him a thanks from her.
"Shall we go now?" he asked.
Kris stuck her chin up in the proud manner that had somehow been slipping from her, and replied, "We shall." and curtsied to Adam.
The walk consisted mainly of stories about Adam's friends, some crazy times they'd had, and how 'lovey-dovey' they could be at times.
Kris crinkled her nose when Adam finished the story of an English assignment the trio had when Clare and Eli shared their first kiss.
"Cute." Kris said, a mental image appearing in her head.
"That is what I said." Adam laughed.
"You have any funny stories to tell?" Adam asked.
Kris looked to her right and sighed. "I do, alas, we have reached my kingdom." she said stopping.
"That's too bad. I'd love to hear some of those stories." Adam said smiling.
"Maybe you still can." Kris said smirking.
"What'd you have in mind?" he asked.
"Come inside. Just for a little whi-"
"I don't think that's a good idea." Adam shook his head.
"C'mon Adam. Please. I'll bake cookies." Kris begged.
"Tempting but-"
"Adam please." Kris hadn't meant for it to sound as desperate as it had.
"How about we hang out tomorrow. At The Dot. I really do have to get home before my mom realizes I'm not with Drew." Adam said, holding tighter to his back pack.
"Yeah. That sounds good. Just one problem. Where, and what, is The Dot?" she asked.
"I'll come by around noon, okay?" Adam proposed.
"Sounds perfect. See you there." Adam smiled and turned to walk away.
"Maybe even sneak a kiss on him." Clare's voice rung in Kris' head. She tightened her lips so her teeth dug into them before yelling, "Adam." He turned to face her, his expression questioning her.
She ran up to him, pushed on her tip toes, and touched her lips to his briefly. She immediately pulled back and looked in all directions, avoiding Adam.
"That's all." she whispered taking a step backwards.
"Kris!" A voice called from inside the house.
"I have to go." she breathed, spinning to dash into her home. She stopped at the door frame and turned back, shaking her hand awkward and nervously before rushing back in.
Adam blinked several times, trying to contemplate what had just happened. A smile graced his lips as he turned to head to his own home, hopefully Drew hadn't already arrived.
In Kris' house, she stood against her door, staring in no particular spot, grinning to herself. She touched her lips and then breathed out slowly.
I hope I don't regret that.
Ta-da! I'm done. Tell me what you think! I'm accepting to all reviews. I'm excited to hear from you all. Worked on this for. . . . . between 5-7 hours. 1 hour of editing not included.
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