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NOTE: Italics = thoughts

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Chapter 10

Misty's first thought was, he doesn't mean what you think he means, but there really was no other way to take it. And as his hot lips were pressed tightly against hers, she caught a flash of his dark, demanding eyes. She knew that he wasn't stopping this time. Instead he slid his fingers through her hair and pulled her close, crushing her against him. The crowd that stood around gapping at them like fish disappeared and Misty's mind went totally blank. What made her heart pound harder was the fact that Gary's cheeks lit up in a soft tinge of pink. It was then that Misty knew deep down that no other guy would make her feel the way he did. She literally wanted to kick herself for pushing him away all those times, fearing what Zack would have thought or did. She didn't care anymore and to prove it she wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him back with equal passion. Gary's eyes widened and the feint blush darkened on his cheeks as his eyes slowly began to close. He knew that his purpose for kissing her was to piss Zack off and ruin him even more. But even telling himself that couldn't stop him from accepting the invitation to her softly parted lips. When he licked her upper lip and felt her shiver against him, he completely forgot about his pain, his misery, his…his…sister.

Gary

Her soft, painful voice echoed in his head and his eyes shot open, pushing Misty away gently. He ducked his head in shame and held his forehead in his palm. The wolf whistles and howls that bubbled around them, were replaced with murmurs. Ash put a friendly hand on Gary's shoulder, "You okay man?"

Sam gave a toothy grin, "Tee Hee…oh he is definitely alright. He just doesn't want to throw Misty down on the floor and devour her in front of us."

Josh high five Sam, "Gary you crafty bastard. You lucky dog you!"

Misty's face began to heat up and she suddenly felt very embarrassed that everyone had witnessed their intense make-out session. However, she was disappointed that he pushed her away. Could it have been that he was self-conscious? Her eyes slid towards Gary and she could see the way his chest was rising and falling with the harshness of his breathing.

What the hell are you doing Gary? He angrily reminded himself of just what his purpose for that kiss was. He quickly lifted his head up and shrugged Ash's hand off of his shoulder, "I'm fine."

He gritted his teeth in frustration. Zack wasn't around, the bastard had fled. But that didn't disturb Gary as much as his heart did. It was literally pounding and he could still smell Misty's scent on him, it was driving him insane. He needed to get away. Giving a gruff snort-like sound he walked through the crowd and into the house. He held his head and slid uncomfortably to the floor.

Ba-Thump!

Ba-Thump!

"What the hell is happening to me?" he whispered.

"Due to the enormous amount of damages that need to be repaired to the school building, school will be closed until further notice." Principle Elm said.

"Lucky!" Ash yelled, pumping his fist in the air, as the rest applauded and jumped around excitedly.

"Now, now, quiet down," Elm droned as he began listing his research on the damages and what should be done to fix it.

"I heard that the railing came loose, by the senior quad and a chick fell and broke her arm." Josh whispered as they sat listening to Elm drawl on and on.

"Yeh I heard about that too, but wasn't it a teacher?"

"No I heard it was a guy from the football team."

"What! No, I'm sure I heard it was a chick too."

"Nah it's that dweeby fat Jenkins. He was apparently too glued to his book that he walked into the railing. His heavy weight caused the rail to loosen and fall."

Gary's eyebrow twitched in irritation as he rubbed his aching temples. He didn't get much sleep last night and the idiots whispering around him were making his headache worse. Lately he was unsure of himself. These strange feelings were not him. In fact he hated it. He made the decision that night that he was going to keep his distance from Misty until he got his priorities back in check. There are other things I can do to stir Zack up in the mean time. The only problem was that Zack was not showing his face in school anymore. Nobody had heard from him since the party at Gary's house three weeks ago and that made Gary on edge. He bit his nail anxiously. What was he going to do now? What should the next step be?

"Hey guys. Since they postponed school for a while, how about we head to my family's lake house?" Josh exclaimed excitedly. Gary's eyes widened, this might work, he thought to himself and grunted, "Yo, count me in Josh."

Misty was fuming and heartbroken. She took her anger out by throwing her pillow at her bedside clock. It had been three weeks and Gary was completely ignoring her. When she tried to talk to him by the lockers he merely looked straight through her as if she were a ghost and brushed right past her. It hurt. It really, really hurt. After finding her true feelings for him, she imaged having a proper relationship with him. Heck she even sms'ed Zack to tell him that she wanted to break up and that he must meet her at school. The bastard didn't even show up. Misty took that as a sign as to say that Zack didn't care if she broke up with him. Free from the chains of Zack she now thought that she could really be intimate with Gary without having to brush him off all the time. So what the heck was going on? The Gary who would be there every second he got to tease her was not there. Misty wasn't going to let it drop, she had her ego to protect, and Gary was going to feel the wrath of a woman who didn't take being ignored lightly.

Gary reached the lake house late purposely. He was hoping that he wouldn't have to wait for Zack to come if he was late. But he was wrong; again no one knew where Zack was. Gary scratched his head in defeat. He thought that someone would've at least invited Zack. His whole purpose for coming was to rile Zack up some more, but that idea was flushed down the toilet and Gary now thought about leaving. He would have if his eyes had not caught sight of a certain red-haired beauty, smiling and dare he say…flirting with a guy he didn't recognize. Gary felt a sharp pain-like feeling sizzle in his gut and he forced himself to tear his gaze away. He kept his face as emotionless as he could and walked straight passed them. Chanting in his head what his heart did not believe. I don't care who she is with.

Misty gritted her teeth as she forced herself to smile at the guy in front of her. Sure he was hot and everything, but he wasn't Gary. The Gary that she longed for. Now instead of Gary's attention that she was craving for, someone else came to her call of loneliness instead. Moreover, no matter how many times she politely smiled and gave the guy hints that she wasn't available, he kept coming back with cute pick up lines and sweet sayings.

"Yeh, my little brother Josh didn't tell me he had such a cute classmate. Seriously where have you been all my life?" he asked dramatically, as an adorable smile formed on his face and his dimples grew deeper. Misty had to giggle, "Hiding away from you," she joked. He crossed his arms over his heart pretending to be hurt. Misty bit her lip anxiously and kept looking around, keeping an eye out for Gary.

"Hey am I boring you?" the boy asked with puppy dog eyes.

Misty suddenly felt very guilty, "Oh…oh no. It's just that I'm trying to see if my friend is here I need to ask him something."

He boy's grin grew mischievously as he said, "Him huh? Is he your boyfriend?"

Misty blushed, "No…well I don't know what relationship we have actually."

He patted on her back, "Cheer up! There's a lot more fish out there, you know wanting to be capture by a beautiful maiden like you," he pointed a finger at himself, whistling and looking the other way. She slapped him playfully on the shoulder, "who? Where? I don't see anybody."

He pouted like a puppy, "You could have had me. You had your chance and you blew it. In fifty years' time you'll be one of those mad old spinsters in slippers and a bobble hat, '' he went on sorrowfully, "still waiting for prince charming to come and sweep you off your feet."

Misty laughed out loud. This boy was sweet, kind and really funny. He grinned at her, "Now that's the smile I wanted to see."

"Thank you, I'm Misty by the way." She said as she held out her hand.

The boy smiled, "Hi Misty-By-the-Way. I'm Cooper Jackson, Josh's older brother."

It was late in the night and Misty had to admit Cooper was a lot of fun to be around. His silly jokes and his entire persona could lift anyone out of their misery. She knew the guy for ten hours to be precise, but it felt like she knew him her whole life. Misty stretched across the sofa, slurping on some hot chocolate that Cooper made, "I should be in bed, since we are all going hiking, early in the morning. You're turning into a bad influence."

"I'm the bad influence?" he shot her a look of disbelief, "You're the one who made me sing, Hakuna matata from Lion King and dance in front of those old ladies by the lakeside. They thought I was mental."

She pinched his cheek, "Aw sorry little Coopy"

He rubbed his sore cheek, "Oh you and those old ladies who get along just fine."

She gapped at him and narrowed her eyes playfully, "You better run."

"Eek!" he scram like a girl as they pranced about the living room, throwing couch pillows at each other.

They were so lost in their fun that they didn't notice a slightly green faced Gary glaring at them from across the corridor.

Misty smiled to herself as she skipped to her room.

"Fantasizing about your lover?"

The unexpected sound of Gary's voice from the darkness of the moonlit hallway made Misty jump.

"Cooper isn't my lover," She hissed irritably. However, her heart was pounding like crazy. Even if Cooper brightened her day, Gary was on her mind twenty-four-seven. She had seen everybody that day, Sam, Josh, Dawn, Even Ash, but not a single peep from the one she wanted to see most. And now that he was here in front of her and talking to her, she wanted nothing more than to run into his arms and hug him. Gary, however, had other plans, as she quailed beneath the bitter contemptuous look he was giving her.

"On a first name basis now huh?" he snorted, folding his arms.

"Yeh so! What is it to you?"

"Nothing, do as you please." He said with no emotion, as he began to turn away.

The anger Misty had compressed, bubbled to her surface and she spun him around to face her, "Do as I please! What the fuck Gary! What is wrong with you? I was looking for you the whole day today and I'm trying to communicate with you. I don't even know what is going on between us and how you feel."

"There's nothing going on between us and I feel nothing, besides you looked like you had fun today without me." He snarled just above a whisper.

Misty chest tightened and it felt as though someone rammed a butcher knife through her heart, "N…Nothing. Those moments we had, that time we shared by the pool, it means nothing? You're lying. Why won't you just admit that there is chemistry between us? That you feel something for me! Damn it Gary-"

He silenced her with his lips, kissing her a bit roughly, before pulling back and whispering in her ear, "I don't feel anything. It's just because you make yourself open that I thought it would be fun to mess with you."

Misty slumped to the ground, tears pouring out her eyes, as Gary walked away.

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