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Chapter 4

"What just happened?" mumbled Nick as he lay on his bed, facing the ceiling. He could almost swear he could feel Jess's eyes glaring at his back. Him and his stupid dare. He pulled his hands to his face and rubbed his temples. Okay, it was supposed to be innocent; it was dare nothing awkward about that. Then she kept being cute and messing up, he just wanted to kiss her but why?

Nick questioned himself, he never experienced feelings for Jess before, maybe at first but it was different now they were closer, it was more...intimate. To make matters worse, he just got up and left? Why was he thinking? Sometimes, he wished someone would tell him the right thing to do, because clearly he was incapable of doing it himself. Although, was he overreacting, it was just a kiss for a dare, it wasn't even a real one...was it? It didn't mean anything, not to her anyways.

Nick was unsure how he felt about the whole situation, he lay twiddling his thumbs scanning through all the possible reasons in his head. There had to be an answer, he had to know how she felt about him. Without further notice, he moved out his bed and clasped the door handle, before knocking on Jess's door.

It seemed like hours since their kiss but Jess was still thinking about it. She knew that there was no way that Nick liked her; he clearly just kissed her out of sympathy. It was a dare. It meant nothing to him. He walked away; he was clearly embarrassed for her. She felt so stupid, why did she always have to mess up. Then she remembered, wait he kissed her first? What did that mean?

Her thoughts were interrupted by a loud knocking. Through the small gap under her door, she could see a faint shadow. Who was? A robber? A murderer? She could feel her body start to quake. With slow movements, she managed to clamber out of her bed and make her way to the mysterious visitor.

"W-w-ho is it?"

"Nick" it had never reached her mind that it would be him, not after what happened.

"Oh, what do you want?" she said hovering behind the door

"Can we talk?"

"Erm..."

"Jess"

"Okay, Okay" she turned the door handle as slowly as she could before getting shouted at to hurry up. He was standing there in his blue pyjamas; it made her smile to see how cute he looked in his little matching outfit. It was silence for a while as they both just stared at each other. Was there a purpose to this visit? She thought as her eye began look anywhere apart from his eyes

"Can I ask you a question?" said Nick as he started bite his bottom lip

"No, but I know you will say it anyways"

"Do you like me?" the question startled her as she was now watching his expression. Was he being serious?

"Erm..."

"Well?"

"I don't know"

"Is that a yes or no?"

"No...Well yes...well I don't know!" there was clear frustration in her eyes and Nick knew it

"Let's say, If I asked you out, what would you say?" she was frozen, damn he was on to her

"Erm, yes maybe?" there was silence, then she continued "It's not like you like me anyways" again, the silence continued

"Do you?"

"I could do"

"Oh" there was nothing left to say, what was said was said. What do they do now?

The glint in their eyes told them otherwise. Before long, Nick's lips were crashing upon hers, pushing her through the darkness over bundles of clothes. The heat between them was intense. There were no words, but actions definitely spoke louder than words. Their bodies tensed up together and relaxed in unison, it was as though they were one.

And for a split second, Jess almost felt as though the world had stopped turning and it was just him and her.

"How was that for you?" questioned Jess as she rolled onto her side, their moment of passion made her realise maybe they were meant to be

"It was great" smiled Nick as his head turned to face hers "I think we can clearly say we're friends with benefits" he laughed, making the air seem a lot less awkward.

"What we going to do now?"

"We still have a week" said Jess as she smiled through the darkness; he stroked her face gently as he began to think

"A whole week. I think I could find something to do" he smirked seductively as he moved closer

"No Nick, we really can't do this. It's not right"

"Hmm" trust Jess and her morals, he thought before he continued "Okay, Jess...Will you go out with me?" she thought for a moment before coming to the obvious conclusion

"No" she watched as his face dropped "I'm joking, Yes Of course!" he started laughing as he began tickling her stomach

"Cheeky" they both smiled, as she laid her head on his shoulder, embracing the perfect moment for that one night.

© Ms Zola, May 2012