Chapter 3

Kyle looked around for a moment as he tried to find his train of thought. He had been looking at the mess in the room and thinking about how messy girls really were, when Lila had asked him the question. He looked at Alicia, and then turned back to Lila.

"Can we go…somewhere more private?" he asked.

"Sure, let's go into the bedroom." Lila said, getting up.

Kyle followed her, stepping over two full suitcases in the process, and almost impaling his foot on a stiletto heel. They made it to the bedroom with minimal damage, and Lila threw herself on the bigger bed. She pulled the covers over her chest and lay there, looking expectantly at Kyle.

"So…" she started.

"I was just wondering, if you liked me or not." Kyle said.

Lila's eye twitched a little from irritation.

"That's all you wanted to say? All this, and that's it?" she said.

"Well, I was all prepared to ask you downstairs, but you had to come up here, and then that girl in the other room was watching us, and I didn't feel like asking you in front of her. You just up and left me stranded on the wall in the rave, and I thought maybe I had done something, or maybe, I don't know. It was just confusing." Kyle said defensively.

"Oh. Well, yes I do like you, but I just didn't want to go that far in a public rave, right after I met you. It would just be weird, and besides, you didn't run after me and pull me back or anything." Lila said.

"Well, now that we're not in public," Kyle said, moving closer to her on the bed, "you want to pick up where we left off?"

By the time he had finished this sentence he was right beside her on the bed, emphasizing each word with a kiss.

"No! Alicia is waiting for me out there…and besides this isn't even my bed…" Lila finished lamely.

Kyle had started to massage her side, causing her to roll onto her back to look at him. He smirked at her before slowly pulling up the bottom of her shirt to lay kisses on her stomach. He kissed his way upward, until her shirt was up as far as it could go without taking it off. He pulled himself the rest of the way up so her was eye to eye with her. Lila looked into his amazing blue eyes for a moment, before pulling him in for a kiss. He reacted quickly, kissing her back, and pulling her closer. His lips were like vodka, and she was starting to feel drunk. He rammed his tongue into her mouth causing her to moan slightly. He pulled away for a second, to whisper in her ear.

"Your friend…we have to be quiet." He whispered before going back to work on her mouth.

Her hands entangled themselves in his hair at the base of his head, and she pulled slightly, making him push his body up against hers. Her hands then wandered up his shirt, over his smooth stomach and up to his chest. He writhed under her touch, and he moaned softly into her mouth.

"moan Oh…screw you friend. louder moan", was all she heard, before he flipped her over, and sat her up in his lap.

He moved his hands back up her shirt, which had worked it's way back down her body, and he ran his hands up and down her stomach, feeling the muscles contort, and move under her smooth skin. He pushed up her shirt again, and attempted to remove it, but it got stuck on her bun at the back of her head. She pulled out the clip that was holding it in place, and threw her shirt to the ground. His eyes grew round at the sight of her breasts pushed up and together, by her lacy black bra. She pushed one shoulder strap down, and turned to smile at him. Kyle ran his hands over her chest, and down to her waist, before bringing them around her back to unclasp her bra. His mouth laid kisses on the top of her boobs, as he tried to undo the clasp. After two minutes of this sweet torture, she pulled back again wondering what he was doing.

"Um…are you having problems?" Lila said as Kyle looked at her with a frustrated look.

"Yes, I want it to come undone, but it won't cooperate with me. It's being obstinate. I've never had this problem before, and I don't see why it should start now." Kyle pouted.

Lila smiled and shook her head. She looked at Kyle, and suddenly she felt wrong. She closed her eyes and tried to turn her thoughts, but all she could think about was Justin, and what had happened. She reached for her shirt, and turned to face Kyle.

"You're amazing…and possibly the best kisser I know, but I can't do this right now. I have to go back out there to Alicia." Lila said as she tried to reach her shirt.

"But we were having such a good time." Kyle said with a smirk.

"I know! Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed it immensely, but…I'm just not ready for that, with you. Tonight." She said as she pulled her shirt over her head.

Kyle sighed, and stood up and walked over to where she was standing. He put his arms around her waist, and Lila looked up into his eyes. She didn't see anything promising looking back. She felt herself blaming him for feeling this, and she tried to straighten out her thoughts. It wasn't his fault, he just happened to be there. She sighed and pulled away from him.

"I think you should go back down to the con now." She said as she opened the door.

Alright, if that's what you want." Kyle said as he walked through the door to the living room.

He said bye to Alicia and turned to face Lila as he stood in the doorway to the hall.

"If you need anything this weekend. I'll be here, down in the con. K?" he said.

"I'll remember that. Thanks Kyle." She said.

Kyle walked out into the hallway, and Lila shut the door behind him. She went to sit with Alicia on the couch, and Alicia gave her a questioning look.

"Nothing, Ok? Just…nothing." Lila said

Alicia nodded, and offered her one of the tubes of cookie dough.

"It's chocolate chunk." She said putting it in Lila's hand. "Your favorite."

Lila forced a smile.

"Thanks Meg." She said. "So, what are we watching tonight?"

"Well, HBO didn't have anything good playing, so I've been watching "What not to Wear", and making fun of the people. It's over though, and I was looking for something new to watch, when you came in." Alicia said.

"Mk." Lila mumbled through a mouth of cookie dough.

They scanned channels for a while, before settling on "Plastic Surgery, Before and After". When it went on the next commercial break, they both got up and changed into their pajamas, and pulled out the couch. Lila washed of all her makeup, while Alicia put the pillows and blankets back on the couch. When Lila came out, she grabbed a bag of chips, and some cheese sauce off of the nightstand, and climbed back onto the couch. Alicia was half-asleep, so Lila put on a Lifetime movie, and settled in with her food.

Back at the rave, Sayne and Anita had moved from making out, to snuggling. She was still sitting on his lap, and every now and then, she'd turn to look at him, and he'd kiss her face and murmur something sweet. It was kind of mushy, but they enjoyed it. Draco had watched Lila come back, and then leave again, and he wanted to know what was going on. After a while, he walked back to the table, and sat down across from Sayne. Sayne noticed him after a minute, and looked up. Anita got off Sayne's lap and sat next to him.

"Hey Draco! When did you get here?" she asked.

"I've been here." He answered shortly. "Sayne, what the hell is going on? What's she doing with Kyle, and where'd she go?"

Sayne blinked and answered, "I didn't know she was with Kyle. She wasn't when she left. Something happened with Alicia and she went back up to their room with her."

Draco made a noise similar to a growl and pulled at his short hair in frustration.

"Is she coming back?" he asked.

"She said she might, but I don't think so. They left a while ago, and she hasn't come back yet."

"Wait, are you guys talking about Lila?" Anita interrupted.

Draco looked over at her. Anita was Lila's best friend, but she didn't know that he liked Lila.

"Yea. I wanted to see her, but she left for the night I guess." Draco said, trying to keep the disappointment out of his voice.

"Oh. Well I can take you up to the room to say hi if you want." Anita offered.

"You can?" Draco said excitedly. "I mean thanks, that'd be great."

"Let me just go tell Nicole that I'm going upstairs." Anita said as she stood up.

She left for the dance floor and Sayne turned to Draco.

"You know Alicia is up there too right?" he asked

"Yea, but I can't wait any longer. I need to see her." Draco replied. "Are you coming up with us?"

"Anita's bedroom and you think I'm not going up there? Have you lost your little Asian mind?" Sayne said.

"Sorry man, just wondering." Draco replied laughing.

Anita came back from the dance floor, and grabbed her stuff from the table.

"I told Nicole and Cami, they're going to tell Katrina when they see her, so we can go now." She said as she walked towards the door.

The boys followed her, and they headed toward an elevator. They waited in line, and stepped into one that was almost full and the doors closed behind them. Anita hit the 22 button and they were off towards the room.