Ying Yang. Fire Ice

Chapter 3

*Cole* POV
Dam, that girl. Crystal's her name, or so I'm told. She's fine. But Luke always has to get in the fucking way. She's got guts, yelling at me in front of the whole school. I know that takes guts from anyone in the school, even my friends. I really don't know why I hit Luke in the first place. The gals right, I really had no right to hit him, even though he did threaten me. Wait?! What?! What am I saying?! I had no right?! I can't let this chick in my head. If I do end up with her, it'll be to annoy Luke, no other reasons. And it'll be just like all the other girls I supposedly date. Fuck them, then dump them. Ya. That's exactly what I'll do just to get under Luke's skin and show him that I can take anything I want away from him.

*Crystal's* POV
The rest of the school day dragged by and all I could think about was Charles and Cole. I couldn't concentrate at all. I mean; I blew up the experiment in chemistry class, I said the 19th president was James A. Garfield instead of Rutherford B. Hayes, I said the answer to the math riddle 'my grandson is about as many days as my son in weeks, and my grandson is as many months as I am in years. My grandson, my son, and I together are 120 years. Can you tell me my age in years.' as 74 instead of 72, and I said the longest river in the world was the Amazon instead of the Nile!! All in all, my day sucked. The final bell rings ending my humiliation and I head toward my locker to put most of my books up. As I'm heading out a hand reaches out, wraps itself around my waist and pulls my into a muscular chest. Thinking its Charles, I laugh and turn around about to kiss his cheek like I do every day after school only to find COLE DARK'S smirking face looking down at me.

*Coles* POV
"Go ahead babe, kiss me if you must. I know girls can't resist this handsome face." I say to her as she's looking at me stunned with her lips still forming a kiss. Dam she has perfect lips.
"Don't kid yourself asshole." Is her only reply.
I laugh. "Sure honey. Whatever you say." My guys are keeping watch for Luke so I can put my plan into action.
"Get off me Cole!" She says with the same ferocity as Luke.
Sean's whistle interrupts my thoughts warning me Luke is close.
"Go along with it babe," I tell Crystal before taking a deep breath, closing my eyes, and pressing my lips to hers.

*Crystal's* POV
I don't have time to ask Cole what he means before his lips meet mine. (She stiffened when I kissed her. Is that bad?!) What the heck is he doing?! For a second I don't know whether to kiss him back or pull away. Then my stupid heart gets the better of me and I kiss him back.
OH!!! His lips are sooooo soft!! And he smells soooo good!! (Shes kissing me back. Is that good? Her lips are so soft and her fine as hell body is pressed up against me.) Somewhere in the back of my mind a little voice is yelling at me to remember Charles.... Charles.... What about Charles?? Oh don't he and Cole...... my hands are I'm his hair now, it's so soft... not like each other?.... his hands are on my waist now, igniting a fire, this has never happened before.... wait. Not like each other? OH MY GOSH!!!
It hits me. I don't have time to pull away before I feel a hand on my chest pushing me back and Coles lips separating from mine and his hands leaving my waist.

*Cole* POV
Shit. He's mad. Nope, not mad, furious. I know I can take him but I hadn't expected Crystal to kiss me back, I though it was gonna be quick. But she did kiss me back and it was getting intense. My hands were on her waist and hers in my hair pulling at it. I've been to enough parties to know that that means it's getting intense.
Before I can even open my mouth to explain his fist connects with my face and I fall to the floor hard. It's after school and most of the teachers are gone and they won't hear this. I bring my hand up to my jaw and wipe my mouth. My hand comes away with blood. I look up at Luke and I know he's not gonna hold anything back. He's been waiting to do this for way too long and now he has a great reason. I push my self up and stand smiling at him.
"Guess your babe here is a real slut to have kissed me," I say to Luke and I know I've hit a nerve. I can see it in his face. By the way he's looking at me with so much hatred, it shouldn't even be possible for one person to have so much hate.
This time I'm ready for him but he still manages to land a punch to my gut before I punch him back in the face.

*Crystal's* POV
Charles body whips backward and slams into the locker next to mine hard leaving a small smear of blood. Cole is bleeding too, this is so not good. They are fighting all because of me and one small stupid kiss.
Charles charges straight for Cole who crouches and prepares for the blow. Cole falls to the ground with Charles on top of him. They are wrestling now. I can't tell whose on top and whose on bottom. All I can hear is the sound of fists connecting with flesh, grunt of pain, sharp intakes of breath, and the sound of their bodies hitting the floor as they roll over and over.
All the sudden I hear feet pounding and as I look up, I see Coles gang running up to the boys. Coles 3 closest friends; Kevin, Kent and Hunter grab at Coles shirt while the others grab at Charles and pull them apart.
Both their shirts are ripped and both are bleeding form multiple cuts. Their both panting and pain is visible on their faces. Charles lunges at Cole again before his friends come and Ian, his best friend, stands in front of him effectively blocking his path to Cole. Both Charles and Coles friends are trying to calm each one down. Coles managed to get his anger under control but Charles is still really angry. I can see the hate in his eyes and the set of his jaw and I can practically feel the hate radiating from him. For the first time since the fight started I move away from the locker and tentatively put my hand on Charles arm.
"Charles..." I start. He turns to me and I see anger, hatred, and pain in his glare.
"Get the hell of of me Crystal," he says his voice low and icy.
"Charles I...." I try to explain.
"What," he says, " was it an accident? Did you just accidentally kiss this jackass back?" He asked jabbing a finger in Coles direction. He takes a step closer. "Or did he force you to kiss him back?" His voice is dangerously low and I'm scared.
"Charles. Please," I say placing my hands on his chest trying to hold him back. He grabs my hands and pins them above my head. My backs against the locker and I'm completely helpless.
"You must be a real slut to actually kiss HIM back," he says. He's never said anything so cruel before and tears are threatening to spill.
"Go to hell Charles," I say, trying hard to hold my emotions back. I look straight into his eyes and he seems to com back to himself. Now I see pain in his expression instead of anger.
"Goddamn it Crystal," tears are threatening to spill from his eyes. He takes his hands away and then slams a fist into the locker right next to my head. "I can't believe you would choose him over me," Charles says.
"Charles it was an accident. I don't know why I did it. You know I love you."
"If you truly love me Crystal, then kiss me," I pause. Kiss him? I do love him but not like that. I don't know what happened between him and Cole because they used to be really good friends but whatever it was it hurt Charles a lot, he is trying to get me to prove I like him better.
"Charles. I like you but not like that," I say. Anger returned to his face and he turns back to Cole.
"This is all your fault," he says. "If you'd just left me alone and stop trying to prove you are better than me Ally would still be alive!" Now I know this fight is no longer about me.

*Cole's* POV
Oh that's how he's gonna be? He's gonna bring up Ally.
"You know perfectly well that Ally's death was not my fault," I tell him.
"Ya well maybe if your family weren't so fucked up then she would still be alive."
"Don't you dare bring my dad into this!"
"You family is a fucking mess and you know they are the reason Ally is dead!" Now he's just asking for it. So, I give it to him.
My fist connects with his stomach and my knee with his crotch. He's doubled over and I shove him so he's laying flat on the ground face down.
"Take that back motherfucker."
"Never," he wheezes out. I flip him over and the real fight starts. We are punching each other like mad people and I can't help but feel slightly satisfied until I see he horrified look on Crystals face. In my moment of distraction Charles punches me hard and then I black out.