"Can I use your hair brush?" I looked around the kitchen, starring up at pictures of Eli when he was a baby, "You were so adorable! What happened?"
"Haha." He said sarcastically, stepping toward me, "You know, you're not very nice."
"Thank you," I mimicked his action and stepped forward. We were two feet away from each other.
"You're very welcome," He stepped.
"You know, I never realized just how tall you are," I looked up at him, three to five inches taller than me. He looked down at me, barely lowering his head. I could feel his breath on my cheek as I turned my head a little bit to avoid his eyes.
"You um…" He hesitated, moving just a little bit closer, so close that his chest gently brushed against me. I swallowed, feeling my eyes flutter, and I subtly licked my lips. My skin tingled as his fingers pushed my hair out of my eyes. I was still looking at the floor when he lifted my chin up with his hand and looked at me with an unreadable expression. I swallowed again as he slowly, almost teasingly eased his face closer to mine. What do you know, at the last POSSIBLE second, my phone buzzed on the counter top!
We didn't even move, just staying that close, our lips just over a centimeter away. He slowly let go of me, going to the bathroom to get me a hairbrush. I flipped open my phone, "I hate you."
"Nice to hear from you too, Carly!" Alli yelled into the phone, "Where are you? I've been calling your house all afternoon."
"I lost my keys… staying at a friend's house."
"Oh, really? What's her name?"
I thought for a moment as Eli came back into the room holding a wooden brush, "Ellie."
"Oh. Well can I come over, too? I'd love to meet her."
I grabbed some paper and crinkled it into the speaker, "I can't hear you… I… and… sorry!" *click*
"Ellie?" He handed me the hairbrush.
"Alli wanted to know whose house I was staying at." I brushed my hair back and then to the side, "Okay, I'm sure you have a hairdryer around here somewhere."
"I don't," He looked at me strangely, "Honest. But I have another way to dry your hair."
"How?" I looked at him hopefully. I didn't want my hair to frizz.
I really wished I hadn't asked. Eli turned me around and started to gently blow on my hair, then moving to my ear, barely blowing past it. It sent shivers down my spine. I turned around, quickly moving away from him. I had to stop myself from completely losing it, or I would not survive this weekend.
Eli went out later to buy me a toothbrush, as he so promised, and I was feeling a bit evil so I had him pick me up some tampons. Just for a laugh. So I was alone in his house. By myself. With no one else. Completely solo. I decided to quickly and quietly search his house for something interesting. I really had no idea what I was looking for, but I was looking.
I was sitting on his bed now, after finding nothing that I could use against him. I grabbed a little, black, round pillow and snuggled against it. It smelled just like him: Fresh pine with a hint of peppermint from his breath. I breathed it in so much my lungs ached. I exhaled and sat up. At that moment the door to the basement opened and Eli walked over to me awkwardly and handed me the plastic bag containing my personal items. I smirked and threw them next to my backpack. He looked at me shocked, "I thought you needed those?"
"Nope." I grinned so wide I could feel my chapped lips cracking. Ouch…
"You are so… Imagine: having to explain why I, a guy, had to buy that stuff to the cashier!" He made a fake pouty face. I knew he wasn't mad, I could see that small smile!
"I got you goooood." I hugged my knees. He rolled his eyes and walked over to his stereo and turned on a random station. It was Taylor Swift, You Belong with Me. This song is so overplayed...
He started to headbang and dance around like a freak, "If only I had my camera!"
"So you could watch my sick moves over and over, I know, I'm amazing!" He smiled and kept flailing around. I watched and bit my lip as he came closer to me. He grabbed my hand and absolutely yanked me off the bed and spun me around. I twisted myself and accidentally crashed into him, sending him tumbling against the wall, smacking his head really hard. I fell over and hit his TV.
"You are not graceful," He stated plainly. I rubbed my head, crawling over to the stereo and shutting it off, and then I heaved myself over to his side. He had his hand on the back of his head, "I think I'm bleeding."
"Lean forward," I said quickly, running to get some ice from his freezer. I wrapped it in a paper towel and ran down the stairs and put the ice on the huge bump on the back of his head. I checked for blood. None, "You're clean."
"Good. My parents would kill me if I got blood on the floor again." He said with a straight face, "I'm kidding!"
I side-smiled and slowly pulled his head forward by his nose. He made a small noise of pain, but I ignored it, "Kiss it, and make it better?"
I grinned and kissed the crown of his head. I think I might have been blushing when he looked up at me because he smirked. Then I notice the cut on his lip, the one I gave him earlier that day.
Stupid hormones. I really do hate you. I leaned forward and very gently, as if we hadn't even touched, I kissed him for exactly two milliseconds. His eyes widened a little bit. I looked at him expectantly, hoping that I didn't just mortify myself. He surprised me then: he pulled the collar of my shirt in and, just as gently as the first time, we kissed.
I let go of the ice and let it drop onto the floor as my hands found their way into his hair. I was now straddling him as he was against the wall in an L position. His lips were so incredibly soft and his breath was so fresh! I was very impressed. His hands were on my neck and at my waist. As much as I pulled him closer to me, he just wasn't close enough. And the scary part came. I felt his teeth lightly biting on my lower lip. I slightly opened my mouth and licked his lips telling him it was okay. His tongue slowly slithered into my mouth. I really had never kissed anyone like this...
Then it hit me. I NEEDED TO BREATH!
I reluctantly pulled away from him. He was panting a little bit. We said at the same time, "Wow."