Chapter 6
It was Tuesday afternoon and Emma had just finished running the worst soccer practice of her life. Being caption of the girl's varsity soccer team she needed to lead the girls in practice, and be able to focus. But her thoughts were elsewhere. It had been four days since she woken up in Ryan's room in Ben's arms.
*Flash back*
Emma rolled over uncomfortably, she had a huge kink in her neck and she couldn't get comfortable. She turned her head to the side and that's when she smelled it, his ACQUA DI GIO cologne. Her mind started racing as she recalled the nights events, talking on the balcony, being interrupted by a drunken Ryan, driving Ryan home and Ben accompanying her since Nate was being and ass and wouldn't go with her, putting Ryan to bed and then falling asleep on his shoulder while he was trying to tell her something. Emma then realized that she wasn't sitting on the floor; tentatively she opened her eyes and looked around. No she defiantly wasn't on the floor any more she was on the couch that Ryan had in his room, after a few seconds she quickly realized she wasn't alone on the couch. She took a deep breath Ben's cologne filling her nose; she lifted her head up off his chest and looked up at his face. He was still sound asleep, she smiled to herself, he looked so relaxed and peaceful, he also looked extremely cute, having not shaved yet he had a light amount of stubble running along his jaw, his lips were parted a little and he was making a soft snoring sound. It took all of her mental strength not to lean up and kiss him right then and there, so instead she giggled.
She felt his breathing change and he shifted, unconsciously pulling her tighter to him. He opened his eyes sleepily and looked down at her and shot her one of his lopsided grins that made he go week at the knees.
"Morning m's, how did you sleep?" he asked groggily
"Good how bout your self?" she said
"Good, I would have slept better if someone would have been quite and not been having conversations in her sleep" Ben said flirtatiously.
"Shut up you know I can't help that I talk in my sleep" Emma fired back at him
"Want to know what I can't help?" Ben asked her
"What?" Emma asked narrowing her eyes trying to figure out where he was going.
"This" Ben yelled. He then grabbed her around the waist and proceeded to tickle her sides
"Ben stop it" Emma yelled out through her laughter
"Never" Ben yelled back, as he flipped her over so she was on her back and he was on top of her. Emma kept trying to grab his hands to try and stop him " What do you think your doing?" Ben asked referring to her hands grabbing at his
"Nothing" Emma said in between each laugh
"Oh yes you are" Ben said " And that just wont do" he smiled at her and then grabbed both of her hands in his and pined them above her head with his hands.
Ben looked down at her and felt her squirming beneath him stop, and that she was breathing heavily trying to catch her breath. Emma looked up at him meeting his brown eyes with her green ones. Suddenly she felt Ben leaning down towards her his lips aiming for her own. Ben's eyes didn't leave hers and just as he was about to make contact Ryan groaned and mumbled something neither of them could make out but sounded very similar to I'm never drinking again and rolled over. Ben jumped off her and walked out the door saying that he was going to go get something to eat and then run home and that he'd talk to her latter.
*End flashback*
It hat been four days and he still hadn't called, texted, or spoken to her at school.
"Hey Earth to Em" Sam said waving her hand in front of Emma's face
"Ya, sorry, continue" Emma said coming out of her trance
"I was saying that you seem really out of it today" Sam said flashing her a smile " What's up?"
Emma took a deep breath Does Sam really need to know what's going on with me? She thought to herself
"Nothing I'm just stressed about that English paper we have to write" Emma lied "I'm going to stay after and practice for a little while to get rid of some of the stress"
"Ok, if you need help, I'm only a call away" Sam said as she walked over to collect her things "I'll call you latter to night, see you latter Em"
"By Sam" Emma called to her retreating back.
Emma then turned around and began to kick her soccer ball around. With every kick becoming more intense then the one before pretending that the ball was Bens head. She continued dribbling the ball around the field until she couldn't run any more and collapsed in the center of the filed, her blond hair that had escaped from her braid sticking to her sweaty skin. She closed her eyes and remembered the feeling of Ben's weight as he leaned over her, and the way his smell was all around her. She inhaled deeply and suddenly realized that his smell was not only in her memory it was all around her. She opened her eyes and jumped a little when she saw him standing over her his eyes drilling in to hers. She inhaled sharply, with the sun streaming behind him making his dark hair shine; he looked positively gorgeous and once again is was all she could do to hold herself back from pressing her lips to his.
" Hey m's" he whispered still standing above her
" Hi" she said looking away from his gaze. I'm mad at him remember she thought to herself.
Ben sat down next to her and she sat up but didn't look at him.
"So, how are you?" He asked his voice strained
Those four little words sent the anger that had been boiling inside her into over drive and suddenly she couldn't hold back any longer she stood up and just let it all out
"HOW AM I? HOW AM I? ARE YOU SEROUS? FIRST YOU WANT TO PLAY ALL BUDDY BUDDY WITH ME AND THEN YOU PRETEND LIKE A DON'T EXCIST! NO TEXTS, NO CALLS, NO NOTHING LIKE THE WHOLE SUMMER AND FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATERDAY MORNING MENT NOTHING TO YOU THAT I WAS JUST SOME GIRL YOU COULD PLAY WITH. WELL I'M DONE! I THOUGHT THAT YOU WERE A BETTER PERSON THEN THAT TO LEAD A GIRL ON!"
Ben tried to speak but she didn't let him
"NO I'M DONE I THOUGHT THAT YOU WERE A NICE GUY I CAN'T BELIVE THAT I FELL FOR IT I THOUGHT THAT YOU WERE BETTER THEN THAT BENJAMAN WILLIUM HARRINGTON, I WOULD EXPECT NATE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS, BUT NOT YOU, AND I CAN'T BELIVED THAT I LIKED YOU." With that Emma bent down grabbed her soccer ball and took off running across the field with tears running down her cheeks.
She didn't get very far before she felt him grab her hand and pulled her towards him"
"NO STOP LET ME GO I DON'T WANT TO TALK TO Y"
But she was unable to finish her sentence because Ben had pressed his lips to hers. After a few seconds she let go of her soccer ball and wrapped her arms around his neck pulling him closer, and he put his hands on her hips deepening the kiss.
She was the one to pull away but she left her arms around his neck and he kept his hands on her hips.
"Wow" she whispered and then giggled to herself
"I know, you have no idea how long I've been wanting to do that," Ben said as he pressed his forehead to her own.
" I think I've wanted to do that longer then you" Emma said flirtatiously
" Oh ya and how do you know that" Ben asked with a smile on his face
"Because I've liked you longer" Emma responded in a matter of fact voice
Ben laughed
"Oh ya and how do you know that?"
"Because I started liking you right before you went out with Libby" Emma said making a face as she said Libby's name.
Ben looked at her
"Wow m's that was two years ago"
Emma pulled her forehead away from his and moved her face to the crook of his neck and inhaled deeply and nodded.
" So, you've liked me for more then two years but never said anything to me about it"
Emma removed her face from his neck and looked into his eyes
" What was I supposed to do, you were dating blondie, I wasn't about to confess my secret crush on you when she was in the picture."
"Emma she's been gone all summer why didn't you tell me then?" Ben asked
Emma took a deep breath
"I didn't tell you over the summer because we were having so much fun together and I didn't want to ruin what we had by involving my feelings if you didn't have them in return"
Ben laughed and Emma scowled at him and began to pull away
" I didn't tell you for the same reason" Ben said pulling her back to where she was.
Emma looked up into his eyes and smiled
"Well Benny I don't think that our feelings will get in the way at all". He smiled back at her and then he kissed her again.
Emma didn't know how long they stood on the field kissing it could have been seconds; it could have been hours all she knew was that she was making out with Ben Harrington in the middle of the soccer filed.
Suddenly her phone rang and they jumped apart. Emma dug thought her soccer bag looking for it.
"Hello?" she said
"Emma Marie Fisher where are you?" she heard her mother franticly asked
"I'm at the soccer filed sorry I, just stayed after to practice a little" she said back
"Ok that's fine, just next time call, when do you think you'll be home?" Claire asked her tone mellowing.
Emma looked at Ben who smiled at her and said
" Forty five minutes" She said and Ben smirked at her
"Ok dinners at 6:30 so no latter then that, Love you"
"Love you to Mom" Emma said and she hung up the phone tossed it quickly into her bag and looked a Ben.
"Now where were we?" She asked as she walked back over to him and stopped right in front of him
"I'd say right about here," he said and he pressed his lips to hers.
Sorry guys I had stuff going on and was away from a computer from Tuesday night until this morning. I hope you like this chapter! Review please