Chapter 9: "Just Friends"
Autumn's POV
I sat in my car in Jack's driveway, waiting on him. I look over at Alex, who was sitting next to me and he was looking out the window. He hasn't said one thing to me since we left my house, nor has he looked at me.
"Alex, are you okay?" I said.
He nods, but keeps looking out the window. "Yeah. I'm fine," he says like he's, well...fine.
"So, why won't look at me, then?" I asked, getting strait to the point.
"I was just enjoying this beautiful Baltimore scenery," he says, chuckling lightly, but he does turn to me as he finishes.
I laughed. "You're ridiculous."
"I know," he sighed, but smiled.
My phone buzzed in my pocket, so I dug it out to see I had a text from Jack. Raising an eyebrow, I open it.
"Hey, my mom wants me to do some stuff here, so I can't go back to your house. Sorry : ("
"Looks like we're alone again," I said, showing Alex my phone.
Alex looks up at me with a glint of something in his eyes that I can't read. He shrugs. "That's okay."
I text Jack back, "Okay. See you tomorrow : )," before closing my phone and setting it in the cup holder.
As I backed out of the driveway and drove down the street, I felt Alex's gave on me. I shifted uncomfortably a little and glanced at him. "What?"
He shakes his head and looks forward. "Nothing." I stop at a red light and he looks at me again. "You're really pretty, you know that?"
I'm kind of shocked by this, so my eyes dart around the car for a few seconds. "Thanks," I smile at him a little and felt a blush come to my face as I looked forward again. Why did he just say that out of nowhere?
Alex's POV
Autumn pulled into her driveway, grabbed her phone and keys and then got out. I followed her inside to see we were still home alone. "Do you really want to work on the project?" she asked me as she sat down on her couch.
I shook my head. "Not really." I sat next to her and she turned on the TV. "We could watch a movie again," I suggested.
"We're watching Lilo And Stitch," she said.
I chuckled. "That's fine."
Autumn walked over to a cabinet, pulled a DVD out, then walked over to the DVD player and put it in. She walked back over to me, put the TV on the right setting, and threw the remote down on the couch. "Want popcorn?"
I shrugged and smiled. "Sure."
"Okay." The menu screen came up just as she came back. Autumn set the bowl of popcorn down on the coffee table in front of us as she sat next to me and hit play.
About halfway through the movie, Autumn got up and said, "I'll be right back," before disappearing down the hallway.
"Do you want me to pause it?" I called after her.
"No, it's fine!" she calls back, but appears a half a second later with a blanket in her hands. "I'm kind of cold," she said, sitting next to me and throwing the blanket over her.
"Come here," I said and wrapped my arms around her. She scooted closer to me and put the blanket over both of us, laying her head on my shoulder.
We stayed like that until the end of the movie, which ended about nine. I had to go home so we were now at her front door. "So, I'll see you tomorrow?" I asked her.
"Yeah," she smiles and nods.
"No more getting in trouble," I said.
She rolls her eyes, but smiles. "I didn't get in trouble."
"Yeah, because we ran away from the vice principal."
"And then left school."
We both laughed. "It was still fun," I said.
"Definitely beat walking around school for a class period?" she asked.
I nod. "Yes. Of course." It was silent for a few seconds, but I said, "So I'm gonna go."
She nods and looks up at me. I pull her into a hug, but pull back slightly and kiss her cheek. My arms were still around her and her arms were still around me. We looked into each other's eyes a moment and I felt myself leaning in and then my lips on hers.
To my surprise, she kisses back and her arms move so they wind around my neck. The kiss was sweet and innocent at first, but it got more and more rough and passionate.
I felt Autumn's tongue slide into my mouth and I backed her into a wall. My mind was filled with images of her taking my clothes off, me taking off hers and kissing her body all over. One of her hands went into my hair and mine were gripping her waist tightly.
I pulled back first and we were both breathing heavy. "We shouldn't do this," I said.
"Yeah," she replied.
"Because you have Zack."
"Yeah."
"It's wrong."
"Yeah."
"I don't want to be right."
"Neither do I."
"I don't want to stop this." I rested my forehead against hers and looked directly into her eyes.
"Neither do I." Autumn kisses me again and I kiss her back just as hard. My hands go up her shirt and to her mid back. Her skin was hot on my hands and I pulled away and started kissing her neck, but it all stops when we hear a door open and close.
"Autumn?" a female voice calls out.
I look at Autumn questioningly and she whispers, "My mom. She must have came in through the garage door."
"Autumn, are you here?" her mom calls out.
I step back from Autumn as she says, "Yeah, I'm in the living room."
A dark haired woman comes around the corner saying, "Did you eat? I'm sorry I had to- Oh, hello," she says once she sees me and smiles.
"Uh, Mom? This is Alex. Remember, I told you I had to work on a project with him?" Autumn explains.
Yeah. "Project". If our lips are a project, then sure.
"Oh. Nice to meet you. I'm Autumn's mom, Lauren." She holds out her hand for me to shake. I notice she looks a lot like Autumn.
"Nice to meet you." I shake her hand. "I was just going, though. I'll see you tomorrow, Autumn?" I turn to her.
She nods. "Yeah."
"Bye," I say as I open the front door.
"Bye," Autumn says as I walk out.
Well, that was...eventful.
The Next Day
I was called into the principal's office this morning during third period. As I opened the door, I saw Autumn sitting on the couch in front of his desk with her arms crossed. I looked from her to the vice principal, Mr. Cress, and sat down next to Autumn.
"Alright, Alex," he folds his hands together and rests them on the desk in front of him, "Autumn's already cracked, so I know you two gypped yesterday. Don't try to deny it." He pauses and pulls out a yellow pad of paper and a pen, then begins to write something down. "Detention. For the rest of the week." We both take a yellow detention slip from him and stand up. "I appreciate the honesty, which is why it's not longer," he finishes as we walk out.
"Thanks, Mr. Cress," Autumn says and shuts the door behind her. She turns to me. "I am so sorry."
I shrug. "It's no big deal." We start walking together and I want to ask her what that kiss meant yesterday.
"Alex?" Autumn says, her voice small.
"Yeah?" I look down at her.
"What did that kiss mean yesterday?"
Wow, mind reader, much? I shrugged again. "What do you think it means?"
She's clearly considering this, so I wait for her to answer. "I don't know." I look at her and can tell she's telling the truth. "But I don't want it to stop," she mumbles. I don't think I was supposed to hear it, but I did, so that's all that matters to me.
"Neither do I. I was serious when I said that," I said.
Autumn looks up at me. "So...are we sneaking around?"
So she doesn't want to break it off with Zack, I thought. This could be hot. "If that's the way you want it."
"Only if you agree to it."
I nod. "I'm in." So I grabbed her hand and pulled her down a hallway.
"Where are we going?" she asked.
"This class period is over in five minutes," I said. I opened a door and pulled her into the boiler room, checking to make sure none of the janitors were in here. "I'm not going back and lunch is next." I push her against the back of the door and press my body against hers. She looks up at me, kind of taken aback. "I don't know what you thought about me, but kissing you yesterday was fucking awesome because of your tongue piercing."
Autumn smirks at me and presses her lips to mine, pushing her tongue into my mouth. Her arms went around my neck and my hands went in her shirt. I pulled away and started to kiss her neck, getting a soft moan from her. I move my lips back to hers and wrap my arms around her waist, pulling her tighter against me.
This is something I may just get used to.
Five Minutes Before Lunch Is Over...
No, we didn't have sex in the boiler room, so don't get that idea. Just a lot of kissing.
We were currently eating lunch in the cafeteria. I was sitting across from her at a deserted table in a corner of the cafeteria.
"So we're not dating?" I asked.
"No," she said.
"Just friends?"
"Just friends."
"With benefits?"
"Yup."
"That's it?"
"That's it."
"And no one would know, but us?"
"Exactly."
I considered this for a good two minutes before giving her my answer. "Okay."
"Really?"
"Yeah."
"Okay."
I have major plans for this. : )
