Not Gonna Wait For You Forever

Chapter Seven: Cherry Lips

She laid in the red-heads arms and felt safe. She looked up at her beautiful face. Maybe it was just because she was drunk, but Ellie's red lips had never looked so inviting. She had never really noticed how red they were, or how moist and curvy… She cursed herself for having a thing for lips. Ellie's looked so soft. She felt her body rise slowly. The moment was so serious. Ellie stared down at her, directly into her eyes, but Alex was looking at her lips. Their lips were just close enough that every so often they would graze. Neither of them wanted to make the first move. Suddenly and simultaneously they pressed their lips together gently. As they pull away, their moist lips are reluctant to part, as are the girls.

"What was that?" Ellie asks softly.

"That my lady, was a kiss." Alex says, suddenly calm.

"I mean… why." Ellie says, still a little breathless.

"I'm not sure myself. I do get like this when I'm drunk… but I really wanted to…" She says.

"I've only been drunk one other time so I wouldn't know… I really wanted to too… I don't know why but…" Ellie struggled to get her thoughts out.

"I don't either… let's not make this weird, we have to get everything in the open." Alex says, her mind just sober enough to try and rationalize things. It was something that Paige had taught her… She suddenly remembered the one who had meant the most to her in the past year, the one that she had been kissing just two nights before. She again curses herself for having such a thing for lips.

"I've always been straight so why don't we wait until we sober up to discuss this." Ellie says. They remain in each other's arms for a moment. The Ellie leans down and kisses her one more time. Whether it was to bring her comfort, pleasure, or to fulfill her own drunken desires she wasn't sure but Alex's lips felt so nice against her own. Deep down in her heart she felt that she was just lashing out to forget about Craig.

"Come on, I'll walk you home…" Ellie says.

"Alex, I've been trying to get a hold of you all night, where are you? I'll see you at school tomorrow… but I still was hoping to get together today I don't know… I miss you. Anyway I got to go, call me, bye." Paige says to Alex's answering machine which she had become well acquainted with over the past few hours. She couldn't help but worry about her friend. Her phone rang and she jumped.

"Alex?" She says upon answering it.

"Um… no this is Craig." He says, Paige immediately disappointed.

"Oh, hi. What's up?" She asks. He never called her so she knew that something had to be wrong.

"I didn't know who else to call…" He says, she can feel the pain in his voice.

"What happened sweetie?" She says with concern.

"I fucked it up." Is all he can say.

"What?" She says.

"I love her, god I love her more than anything in the world I was just to damn blind to know what she needed, I'm so selfish. I hate this. I hate this! Why am I always so stupid when it comes to people that I love? I didn't listen I didn't show her how much I care." He starts voice frantic and shaky with emotion.

"Oh no… did she break up with you?" She asks.

"Yes, and I deserved it, but all I want to do now is be with her and protect her and love her and now I'm afraid that I've lost my chance." He says eyes teary. He licks his lips just imagining how Ellie's felt against his own. She tasted like cherries and he didn't want anyone else to ever find that out.

"She broke up with you because she was sick of being underappreciated and unnoticed right?" Paige says.

"I guess." He says unsure of what she is getting at.

"Then maybe all you have to do is show her how much you appreciate her and how completely unforgettable she is." Paige says. Craig grins slightly, liking where this was going. He knew that Paige would come through for him.

HockeyMan05 says: Hi

BollywoodNights says: Fuck off and die

HockeyMan05 says: I know that I'm the last person on earth that you want to talk to

BollywoodNights says: wow, you finally got something right, I thought I blocked you

HockeyMan05 says: I deserve that… but I want to say something… here it goes, I still love you. I love you so much Marco and since the day that we broke up, all that I can think about is you. I miss you! I'm so sorry. I'm living with a friend right now until I get enough money together to buy my own place. His name is Brian Atwood, He live in the brick house right next to The Dot. I'd really like to see you sometime just to talk. If nothing else just, show up to scream at me and to tell me how much you hate me. Anytime with you would be worth it…

BollywoodNights says: Maybe you should have thought of that before you cheated on me… before you ruined my life. I'm doing fine now! Just don't need this right now!

HockeyMan05 says: Alright I'm sorry I'll leave you alone… but the invitation is always there and just remember… I love you and I always have.

HockeyMan05 is now offline

Marco sat staring at the screen of his laptop not knowing what to do. Dylan was always really good at that… coming in and ruining his life just when he thought that he was finally okay. He was like some giant natural disaster. He came through and destroyed everything in its path. Yet, he was so beautiful… He kept thinking about his lips. They weren't that attractive to look at, but he definitely knew how to work them. He had a thing for lips, it was something that he and Alex discussed a lot. That was the one thing that even girls could get him going with. When Manny kissed his forehead, he really liked the feeling of her lips, it could have been anyone though really. He just loved lips.

Latinacheer15 says: Hey!

BollywoodNights says: Hey, how are you?

Latincheer15 says: I'm pretty good, how are you? (honest)

BollywoodNights says: honestly… I want to rip my hair out.

Latincheer15 says: Tim?

BollywoodNights says: no, even better… the "D" word.

Latincheer15 says: oh no what happened

BollywoodNights says: He just signed off. He decided that he needed to inform me of how much he loves me still and how he's sorry for everything and how he wants to meet up with me to talk. Just when you think you're over something…

Latincheer15 says: I'm so sorry baby, are you going to go?

BollywoodNights says: Are you joking? Of course I'm not going to go. Dylan broke my heart and it has taken forever for me to get over him.

Latincheer15 says: maybe you're not over him

Marco didn't even know what to say.

Latincheer15 says: alright new subject. What colleges are you going to apply to?

BollywoodNights says: I'm not sure, Banting for sure, maybe a few in the states, that might be interesting. I'm pretty much going to apply everywhere. I'm going to miss you. I am going to try for a local school so I can see you

Latincheer15 says: 

Latincheer15 says: Does Paige know that we are good friends?

BollywoodNights says: sort of. I've told her that we hang out a lot. She really doesn't hate you so much anymore. She knows that Spinner told you that they were broken up.

Latincheer15 says: I'm glad she knows that. I tried to tell her and she just called me a whore and wouldn't listen. I understand though. I would have been crushed to. I feel so bad for everything. I should have known better.

BollywoodNights says: It's not your fault. Spinner turned out to be scum. He played you, he played Paige. She knows that it wasn't your fault, she just has a hard time being around you. I mean come on if you found your boyfriend in bed with another girl and thought she knew then found out she didn't, it would still be hard don't you think?

Latincheer15 says: Oh yeah, I completely understand where she's coming from, I just wish that we could be friends, especially because of you. I just don't want you caught in the middle here.

BollywoodNights says: It's fine. Maybe you two will get along better someday. I g2g. Love you Manny, kisses!

Latincheer15 says: Goodnight, kisses!

He signed off and went to bed. He felt a lot better after getting all of that out. Manny has a reputation, but she had a heart of solid gold. She could be a bitch at times, yes, but there was usually a reason why. He loved spending time with her. He could relate to her more than anyone else. They both lived under constant scrutiny and with hindering labels strapped on him. His were things like "Queer, Wanna-be, Pansy" While hers were "Easy, Whore, Bitch" they both struggled to live beyond their labels and helped each other along. She was pretty much his best friend in the world.

"I'm still buzzed. Tomorrow morning isn't going to be fun." Alex says, almost to her house.

"Yeah me too." Ellie said. They got to the end of Alex's driveway and She stopped. She didn't want to get close enough for Ellie to hear any yelling that may be going on in the house.

"Well, here we are." Alex says.

"Yeah. Now to get to my house." Ellie smiles.

"If you want, I can go with you." She offers

"No that'd be silly. I can make it, we walked all the way here shouldn't have to do it twice." Ellie says. She was nervous and couldn't explain why. She wanted to kiss Alex goodnight. Alex beat her to it. It was a soft gentle kiss just like the other two. They pulled away only about an inch and just kind of looked at each other. Then Alex leaned in again. Ellie opened her mouth just slightly. There was no tongue involved, just the lips. And as Ellie walked away Alex licked her lips and smiled… cherries.