AN: thanks for the reviews. I really need them to keep writing this cause I have pretty much no time to waste, being a senior and getting a job is very time consuming. but your reviews make me feel like this is worth it...so here ya go!
Craig stumbled into the dark room, Ashley's hand secure in his own. He ran his free hand along the wall, searched for the light switch. It flipped on and they both squinted their eyes to it's yellow glare. Ashley noticed a lamp on the bedside table and went to turn it on in substitute for the overhead light. Her arm pulled straight and jolted her to a stop.
She turned her head to see her fingers still intwined with Craig's. He wasn't looking at her though, his wide eyes were exploring the room, he noticed the bed and blushed. She shook her arm a little.
"Hey, I need my arm so I can go turn on the lamp." Her soft voice caught him by surprise and he jumped slightly at it, then he glanced down at their hands. His eyes became glazed as he stared at them. Ashley pulled herself back to him, tilting her head a bit so she could see under his waves of hair and into his eyes.
"Are you ok Craig?" His gray orbs traveled up her arm, noticing the sudden change of color at her sleeve. From a soft peachy glow to coal black from her lacy sleeves. Continuing up, his eyes swooped into the curve between her shoulder and neck, sending thoughts of his soft lips pressed against her virgin skin to his mind. From there he followed her neck, the smooth edge of it, up to her concerned grimace.
She noticed his gaze stop on her lips and tried hard not to gulp. Goosebumps rose across her body, making the touch of his fingers to her arm more enticing. He looked into her eyes, gray meeting blue, like a storm covering the daytime sky. He leaned in and pressed his soft lips against the silk of hers. Suddenly the lamp didn't seem so important.
Ashley moved her free hand up to rest on Craig's not yet matured face. He pulled back. Both the teens were trembling. Ashley licked her lips and tasted alcohol. Craig didn't waste any time, he lead Ashley to the bed and sat her on it, then sat beside her, hands still together.
He brought his fingertips to her jaw and traced down the side of her neck to the curve before her shoulder. Her body shivered under his touch, exciting him more. He leaned into the crook of her neck and began to plant soft kisses up and down her cool skin. Ashley leaned her head back, closing her eyes. Nothing else in the world mattered as long as his breath was on her. She pulled his face up to hers and began to kiss him hungrily.
Within a minute their seating arrangement had changed. Ashley was now laying back on the bed with Craig resting his body lightly over hers, their legs stayed side by side. As he kissed under her jaw, the stench of liquor wafted up towards her nose again. She ignored it. Even though she enjoyed the smell of it on Craig, she knew it was wrong that he was drunk. It didn't matter though. She had waited too long to be this close to him.
She slid her hand up his shirt and over his slightly defined torso, causing him to have a sharp intake of breath and to pull away from her.
"Ow! Shit, why'd you do that?!" Instantly he was fully off her and sitting up again. Ashley looked at his back in confusion, then sat up to join him.
"I'm...sorry Craig, what did I do?" her voice wavered a little. He had never yelled at her before. He turned his head away from her, ignoring her question. She laid her hands on her lap, both now unoccupied. They sat in silence for half a minute, then Craig turned back to her, his eyes hazy and hair twirling in odd directions. He leaned back in to kiss her but she pulled away, placing a hand on his chest.
"Craig...I don't know if I can do this with you if your drunk, and especially if you won't tell me what I did wrong." His expression changed to anger and he stood up away from the bed. Ashley stared down at the floor, ashamed for making him angry. She stood up next to him and placed a hand gently to his stomach, wanting to be close to him again. As soon as she applied any pressure to her hand he was back against the wall yelling at her again.
Her eyes widened in shock and fear. She couldn't understand what he was yelling, his words were slurring together and his stutter was horrible. Spit hung from one side of his mouth and his eyes were narrow slits of fury. When he stopped yelling both had tears in their eyes. Craig, seeing Ashley's watery eyes, roughly wiped his own and stormed out of the room.
Ashley stood still, shaking with sobs, biting the back of her hand to keep quiet.
Craig ran out of the bedroom and away from his embarrassment. He couldnt' believe how good it had been going in there. He liked Ashley so much, and by the way she reciprocated his touches, he assumed she felt the same way. But then she had to go and touch his mistakes, bring the pain back to the front of his mind, and remind him how horrible he was.
His anger brought heat to his face, causing the tips of his ears and cheeks to glow red. He wasn't angry at Ashley. Not one bit. He was angry at himself. He was the fuck up. Everything was his fault.
He shoved past people and headed straight towards the front door. A hand pulled him back though, right as he was about to open it. He turned to see Sean's instantly sober face.
"Dude, are you alright?"
Craig stared hard at the floor. His stomach was beginning to churn.
"I-I'm fine Sean, I just want to go." Craig tried to wrench himself free, but Sean's weightlifting had given him the advantage.
"You're not going anywhere, your hella drunk Craig. You'll stay here tonight. Now where's Ash?"
Craig turned his face away, the color rising again. His head was starting to pound.
Sean sighed and released him. "What'd you do? Is she ok?"
"She's fine, just...tell her I left ok? I'm gonna go chill in your room." he left his friend, and headed through the crowd.
Sean shook his head. Something was wrong with his best friend. Maybe he was just a bad drunk, but something told him that there was more that went to the pain in Craig Manning.
AN: ok i wrote this in kind of a hurry, cause i wanted to please you guys:D oh, about my short sentences, I know they may not be grammatically correct, but I figure since I'm doing this for fun, the don't need to be, and I make them like that to put emphasis on certain things. But thanks for the advice. And to any who enjoy my story, please, PLEASE tell me, it really brightens my mood.