I ended up being a little bit late getting to Nathan's house because I had to stay back and talk to one of my teachers so once I finished talking to my teacher, I rushed out of the school and headed to Nathan's house. When I got there, he opened the door and grinned.
"Welcome to my humble abode." He said, opening up the door wide enough to let me in.
I stepped into the house and looked around, noticing how empty it felt.
"Where's your mom?" I asked and just as soon as I said that, a middle aged woman came out of nowhere and approached us.
"Hello. You must be Simon. Nathan always talks about you. You know, when he actually speaks to me that is." She said with a smile.
I looked over at Nathan to see him rolling his eyes then I looked back at his mom and wanted to ask.
"He...he talks about me?"
"C'mon, Simon. I don't want my mom to bore you with her talking." He said, grabbing my arm and pulling me away from her.
We headed up to his room and I started looking around. It looked like a typical teenage guy's room. A little messy here and there of course.
"Now, why don't we get started with our lessons?" He said, putting his iPod on the dock of his speakers and turned on some music.
Immediately, pop music started playing. I looked at Nathan, wondering if he was serious, but all he replied with was dancing to the music, shaking his body and all that.
"C'mon! Dance with me!"
I shook my head and slightly smiled then I took off my messenger bag and set it down on his bed. I slowly walked over to Nathan and watched him dance. I felt a little bit awkward since I didn't know how to dance and I didn't want to make a fool of myself in front of him. Then, before I knew it, Nathan grabbed my hands and tried to get me to dance.
"Dance, baby, dance!"
Nathan held my arm up and spun me around. With how ridiculous Nathan is acting, I couldn't help, but to join him on the fun so I started moving my body back and forth, but it felt a little awkward at first.
"See. Now you're getting it." He said then he broke apart from me and started dancing on his own. I had to chuckle at his antics.
"Now watch this." Nathan said, trying to do a trick, but he ended up running into me and we both fell down onto the floor.
Nathan landed on top of me and I just laid there, staring up at him as I realized how close we were. All Nathan did, though was grin and laugh.
"Hahah! Now that's what I call dancing." He said, but he didn't get up right away.
Part of me felt conflicted. I liked being this close to him and it was too tempting to try and kiss him, but another part of me just wanted to get him off of me and leave so that's what I did. I pushed Nathan off of me and stood up.
"I...I have to go." I said then I grabbed my bag and left his room without another word.
I didn't go straight home, though. Instead, I walked around town for a bit, trying to clear my head. I had so many thoughts circling through my mind that I didn't know what to think of. Finally, I reached the bridge near my house by the time it got dark out and I sighed as I stood there, looking at the water below, resting my arms on the bridge.
It was calming since the only sounds I could hear was the rushing of the creek and bugs making noise in the background.
Then, I heard footsteps.
"Hey."
And that familiar voice.
I turned to my head to see Matt, my bully. I sighed and looked away.
"What do you want." I really wasn't in the mood to deal with him right now. Not after what happened with Nathan earlier and my conflicting feelings for him.
"I was just getting some fresh air and I see you are too." He spoke, but I didn't say anything.
"Anyways, I wanted to say...I'm sorry."
I slowly looked at Matt, trying to read him. Why, him of all people, is trying to apologize to me right now? For what?
"I know you don't believe me, but just listen out." He said then he started approaching me.
"I wanted to apologize for...for hurting you. I know I shouldn't have been picking on you. So, I'm sorry and I'm sorry about the text message and that night."
I stared at Matt, wondering what he's up to till I saw how genuine he looked. Now I felt an even more conflicting pain in my heart.
"I..." I sighed heavily. "I...okay." I wasn't sure if I wanted to forgive him or just wanted to let it be water under the bridge.
"Cool. So water under the bridge?" He said then motioned towards the stream under the bridge.
A small smile formed on my face and I nodded.
"Y-yeah...Water under the bridge."
"Cool. So, are you doing anything? You wanna come over to my house and we can get to know each other more?" He suggested, wrapping his arm around my shoulder.
"Ah...okay." I said.
"Cool."
...
When we got to his house, we went up to his room and sat on his bed. At first we didn't say anything and there was just...silence, but eventually Matt spoke up.
"I guess I bullied you because...I was hiding something."
I looked at Matt, waiting for him to continue.
"I...I had conflicting feelings with myself." He said then he scooted more towards me.
"I guess what I'm trying to say is...I like you." He said then he smiled.
I stared at him, confused.
"He...likes me...?" I thought.
I continued to stare at Matt, wondering if he was going to clarify what he just said, but instead, he leaned in close to me and pressed his lips against mine. My eyes widen and my heart started pounding. I just sat there, frozen and it seemed like Matt wanted me to do something because he pressed his hand against my cheek and deepen the kiss. I started to feel his tongue sliding into my mouth and I couldn't stop a moan from escaping me.
Eventually, Matt pulled away with a smile on his face then he grabbed my hand and pulled me onto the bed. He laid down and pulled me on top of him then he placed his hands on my waist. I wasn't sure what he wanted to do.
"You can unzip my pants if you want." He said, softly.
"Ah..." I still felt a little awkward and unsure about the situation, but I finally nodded and started to undo his pants.
Though, I only got to pulling down the zipper when I heard a sudden noise and then Matt sighed.
"My parents must be home. I'm sorry to cut this short, but you have to go now."
"I...I see." I said then I got off of him and grabbed my bag.
"See you at school?" He said and I nodded before leaving his room and heading out the house.