A/N: Hi, friends! I had to temporarily take down chapter five real quick and fix it because I accidentally put a horizontal line in the wrong place and it was gonna drive me nuts! But, I fixed it and put it back up and it's all good. In other news, I'm catching up on season 3… Yeah, I just saw Scoop-A-Rooney… AND I HATED IT! IT ABSOLUTELY BROKE MY HEART! Yeah, all y'all who are caught up know what I'm talking about. So yeah, I'm just gonna refuse to accept that it's real and pretend like my fanfiction is real, yeah? Anyway, enjoy this chapter! And I sincerely hope you do. ;)
~Amanda
Chapter 6:
Liv was doing her homework at the kitchen table when she heard a knock at the door. "Could one of you get that?" she called to her brothers who were in the other room playing their stupid video games. Knock knock knock. "Boys!" she yelled. Still no answer. Just the sound of loud gunshots and explosions coming from the TV. "Ugh!" she grumbled as she dropped what she was doing and walked into the other room where she saw Parker, Joey, and Pete, all three sitting on the couch, glued to the TV. "Seriously?" Liv asked, annoyed. "Even you wouldn't get the door, Dad?"
"Sorry, sweetie, but I am killing it."
Liv opened her mouth to argue more, but instead she rolled her eyes and shook her head. "Why bother." she muttered to herself as she opened the door. "Holden!" she said, smiling excitedly. "Hi." she said, hugging him. Gently she remembered.
"Hey," he said as she pulled away. "I need to talk to you. You got a minute?"
Liv was only slightly panicked because those words were never good, but she remained calm anyway. "Sure. Yeah, of course." she said, about to let him in.
"You hear that, Parker?" said Joey "Holden wants to 'talk' to Liv." he said, smirking.
"I don't know, Munch. Do you really think they'll be that much 'talking'?" Parker responded. Liv tried to stop her face from reddening at their words. She wanted to scream, 'It hasn't even happened yet, okay!' but decided that would probably make it worse.
"Oh, they better be just talking." Pete added sternly, taking his eyes off the screen for just a second to glare at Holden briefly.
"You know what, let's just talk outside." suggested Liv, her voice laced with slight annoyance towards her family. Holden nodded.
Just as Liv was about to step out on the porch, she heard Parker say mockingly, "Ooo. Outside!"
Liv spun around, "Parker!" she scolded then joined Holden out front. "Sorry about those guys," she said, closing the door. "They seriously don't know when to quit."
Holden laughed. "Totally fine." he said. "Plus, you're totally cute when you get all embarrassed and blush like that." He teased.
"Shut up." she said, punching him in the arm again.
"Okay, do you want to mess up that one too?" he joked. "Uh, should we sit?" he asked, motioning to the porch swing, his expression growing nervous.
Liv hesitated. "Yeah." she said, "Yeah, of course. Let's sit." she was getting a bit nervous herself. They sat down on the swing.
Holden was quiet for a second, as if thinking about exactly what he should say and how to say it.
Finally, he turned to her and said, "Liv, I-" he stopped.
No, that's stupid. He thought to himself. You can't just jump right in and say it. She was looking at him expectantly. Shoot, don't leave her hanging! Stop talking to yourself and say something! He scolded himself.
Is he gonna say something, or…?
"Liv, there was something I wanted to tell you last night." he said, looking down and taking her hand in his. "Something I've been wanting to tell you for a while, now, actually." He said, finally, still studying her hand with that cute smile of his. The smile that made it to where she couldn't help but smile back.
"Yeah?" she asked, the nervousness from earlier fading away with that one smile.
He finally looked up. Looking her right in the eyes. "I love you, Liv." he said at last. And those words, those words she had been waiting to hear for weeks, waiting to say for weeks, and she couldn't get over how amazing they sounded coming out of his mouth. She smiled so wide, her cheeks hurt. And it sounds cliche, but she felt like the happiest girl in the world.
"I love you too, Holden." And after seeing a huge flicker of relief in his eyes, she saw her own happiness reflected in his face.
Just then, the door opened. "Liv, honey. Oh, Holden. Hi." It was Karen. "Liv, sweetie, dinner's ready. Time to come inside."
"Hahahaha, kay, Mom. Be there in a minute." she said, giving her mom a look.
"Okay, hon, but your food's gonna get cold." a look she apparently did not understand. Karen went back inside. Holden and Liv both stood up. Liv sighed.
"Well, I should… go." Holden said, slightly awkwardly.
"Yeah." replied Liv with an equal amount of awkwardness.
"Bye, Liv." he said, sounding disappointed.
"Bye, Holden…" she said. She was about to open the door, but she could tell there was still something else he was here for. And she was willing to bet they wanted the same thing… "Holden, wait!" she called, whirling around, her nervousness coming back and higher than ever.
"Yeah?" he said, turning back to face her.
"While we're on the topic of things that should've happened last night…" she said, smiling playfully. Then before she even knew what she was doing, she had walked up to Holden and was grabbing the collar of his shirt, pulling him close. Her heart was beating so hard, she was sure it was gonna fly out of her chest. Then she closed her eyes and pressed her lips to his.
Holden didn't know what to think when Liv grabbed his shirt collar. But before he had any time to think about anything, her lips were on his, then he just couldn't think of anything else. He immediately kissed her back. Her lips were so soft and warm. He wrapped his right arm around her waist. Her kiss felt like pure bliss.
She was insanely scared at first, but when he kissed her back, the only thing she felt was joy. And when he wrapped his arm around her waist, she could've sworn she felt sparks from his fingertips. She let go of his collar and gently placed her arms around his neck, wanting to pull him closer. And although she could definitely stay like that forever, she pulled away, arms still around his neck. Both of them breathing faster. Liv's face felt like it was burning up, and Holden looked a bit flushed as well.
"Wow." she said breathlessly.
"Yeah." he said, equally as breathless.
"Bye, Holden." she said again, this time with a smile.
"Bye, Liv." he replied, smiling just as wide. Then he gave her one last quick peck, just to feel her lips again. They let go of each other, and Holden started down the porch steps.
Once Holden had let go of her with his one good arm, it had taken so much effort to stay standing. But now that he was gone, she stumbled backward and collapsed back against the door. "Whoa." she whispered to herself, catching her breath.
Holden went back to his house across the street, he told himself he had to keep it together until he got inside. He stepped into his house and closed the door, then leaned against it. "Whoa." he said to himself.
A/N: ****KIND OF A LONG ONE BUT PLEASE READ ANYWAY!**** Heeeelllllooooo, fellow fanfic readers! As said in the previous note, I sincerely hope you enjoyed this chapter! I'm just gonna say that I have never kissed anyone before, (yes, I realize it's sad) or wrote a kiss scene before, so I hope I did well. Also, sorry about so many little POV switches in this one. I couldn't decide whose I wanted it in! Anyway, I read the rating guidelines for this site, and I decide that maybe I should change the rating to K+? I don't know, maybe even T to be extra safe? Idk, what do you guys think? Please let me know. Also, this seems like sort of a good place to maybe… end a fanfic? But I don't know, I really don't want to! If you have any suggestions on where this story could maybe go, I would love love LOVE to hear it! Other than that, you can also give me any other feedback you have! Also, thanks to those of you who actually read this long note. I hope this isn't the end of this fic, if I think of something else, I will post it! Thanks! You guys rock! :)
~Amanda