My eyes felt heavy as I opened them to see I was in my bed room, 'Was it all a dream?' I wondered as I turned my head to my window to see it was getting dark outside. Was my mom home? I rubbed my hands against my face as I yawned, combing my fingers back into my hair.

"Are you okay, Destery?"

My eyes widened while I slowly looked over to the source of the warm voice that somehow still left me feeling cold. Nathan was sitting beside my bed and suddenly I heard myself scream as I fell out of my bed, hitting the floor with a hard thump while Nate rushed to my side and tried to help me up, but to my surprise and his, I slapped his hand away. "Don't touch me!" The words were out before I knew I was saying them. I looked at him wide eyed, unable to believe everything I did in the last few minutes.

The look on his face as his eyes began to well with tears made my chest hurt. I didn't mean to say that to him, he's my best friend, but I'm so confused about what happened earlier. All those thoughts I was having then the kiss were too much for me to stand in such a short period of time. He had to know I didn't want him to stay away from me, right? There's no way I'd want my best friend to do that, but when I reached my hand out to him he avoided it and ran towards my door.

"Nate!" I shouted as he ran out of my room. I hastily got up and ran after him. I almost tripped on my way out as the blood rushed to my head, but I couldn't let him leave with how things were. "Nathan! Hold on, dammit!" I grabbed his arm before he opened the front door and yanked him back towards me causing us both to fall over.

"Tch, that hurt..." I groaned, hasn't my head took enough of a beating today?

"Why won't you just let me go home?!"

I looked up as something warm dripped onto my cheek. Nathan was hoovering over me, glaring at me as tears fell on my face. Oh, Nate... How could I do this to you? I wanted to open my mouth and say something that would cheer him up, but the words were caught in my throat. Before I could think of what to do, my body was already moving, cupping his face in my hands as I leaned up and pressed my lips against his.

Why am I kissing him now? For some reason I didn't want to pull away this time. Of course he didn't kiss back at first, from shock probably, but after a moment he kissed me, making my cheeks darken with blush. I could feel his body relax over mine while he deepened the kiss, making it more intense as his tongue grazed against my lip.

"W-wait..." I turned my head away, breaking the kiss and making Nate pout like a child that's been denied candy. The reaction made me smile though. "Are you still going to leave?"

He shook his head while he wiped his eyes, "No, I'll stay if you want me to." he smiled, sitting up some. Shit, he's sitting on my lap. I sat up and pulled my legs from under him, though he obviously liked where he was.

"Do you still want to know what I was going to say earlier?"

I knew he was referring to the time before the kiss in which I so lamely blacked out. I was pretty sure I knew what it was he was going to say, but by the expression he had on his face he wanted to tell me. I smiled, nodding for him to go on with what he had to say and man did his face light up. It was like I gave him a pass to BlizzCon or something.

"I wanted to tell you that I've liked you for a really long time..." he trailed off as his face turned red. He cleared his throat and laughed nervously, which I found unusually adorable. I looked away, scratching my head, I'm still not used to this feeling and hearing he liked me for a long time was kind of awkward.

"I've liked you since we met." He continued.

Seriously? He liked me for that long? I didn't think this was something he was dealing with for so long or that he even liked guys in general since he always went out with girls. I've even seen him do this obnoxious scream-crying thing when him and one of his girlfriends broke up. Did he like me even then? I grabbed his hand, squeezing it some so he knew I heard him since I couldn't think of anything to say.

He looked down at our hands and smiled warmly while he brought my hand to his chest. It was so weird to see Nate like this. Usually he was so upbeat and hyper that everything seemed like a big joke to him, but today I have seen so many other sides of him.

I leaned over to him, pulling my hand away from his so I could tilt his chin up and kiss him again. I closed my eyes, feeling his soft lips against my own while my heart began to beat nervously as he kissed me back. His lips parted mine, giving him a opening for his tongue while he tilted his head to the side. His tongue moved around mine, exploring my mouth as I pushed him down, climbing over him this time.

"Nathan... I like you too..." I whispered in the kiss.

He smiled as he wrapped his arms around my neck, gently brushing his fingers though my slightly teased hair, "I've always wanted to hear you say that." he pulled my face to his and kissed me so passionately it took my breath away. I pressed my body against his, making his gasp slightly in return. It felt so natural now as if I had been doing this with him for a long time. I separated our lips and began to kiss down his neck to his collar bone.

"Destery..." He moaned, making me stop mid kiss. He just moaned my name and I don't have a single funny thing to say. I laughed as I looked down at his dark red face. "Don't you dare!" he scolded. I smiled mischievously to cover up my lack of jokes. His eyes narrowed while he rolled us around so I was the one laying on the floor.

"You know, I could do that too!" he snapped. I pressed my lips together to keep from laughing at him. He looked so determined, it was hilarious.

I turned my head away from him, glancing up through the corner of my eye so I didn't break down laughing, "Oh," I said putting my finger to my lips "can you now?" I mocked as his cheeks turned several darker shades. He clenched his jaw and rubbed his hips against mine. Now it was my face turning red, "Quit that!" I said, trying to move away from him while he laughed at me, grabbing my hands when I attempted to push him away.

"I told you I can and I'm going to prove it." he smiled devilishly, his lip ring flashing when he did.