The Night We Met

Chapter 4

Walking back out I can see that Bexley and Jace have rejoined us but with alcohol. 

"Hey, what's going on," I say as I sit next to Archer on the couch.

"Oh umm, 7 minutes in heaven."

"Umm okay what exactly is that," I asked confused

"You have to go in the closet with whoever the bottle lands on"

"It's kinda like spin the bottle but with a twist" Archer explains to me and passes me a bottle of green apple vodka.

"Do you want some" he offers

"Oh umm no I don't drink" I smile and kindly rejects

"Your such a fucking prude" Bexley rolls her eyes and snatches the bottle and sits on Jace's lap running her bright pink painted nails through his hair. 

"Okay...Okay, let's start Ashley we will start with you" Bex grabs her cup and hands me the bottle to spin. 

"It's Aspen" I kindly correct her and grab the bottle. 

"Bex why does she have to spin first she's never even played" Archer snaps at her

"Because it's my fucking game"

"It's fine" I look at Archer pushing my hair behind my ear.

"Come on spin the damn bottle we don't have all night" Bexley was annoyed and I don't know why I didn't even know her why did she hate me so much. I eventually spun the bottle and the anticipation of who it was going to land on was killing me.

"Okay well, that's in the middle so what do I do now," I ask with relief looking toward Archer.

"Oh umm, I don't know this doesn't happen too often pick maybe," Archer says 

"Umm no it's on Jace" She stands up and folds her arms.

"What the fuck no it wasn't you moved it!" Archer yelled.

"Yeah, you differently moved it," I say with an attitude.

"Who the fuck cares my game my rules," She says as she pulls Jace up off of the couch and he stands over me. I look at Keva hoping for her help but she is just to invest in what she is doing with Journey. I stand up and look Jace in his eyes and it's like I can see all of his thoughts swimming in his head. I know that he has done this before plenty of times and I knew for a fact he was looking for something to happen between us in this closet.

"I'll pass" I turn to walk away but I feel a hand pull me back and push me into the closet

"MMM, no that's not how the game works you have to do it," Bexley said right before slamming the door in my face. 

"Ugh great" I whisper to myself hoping that these 7 minutes go by fast so I can get the hell out of this closet filled with pool cleaner, and with this guy who I have never met before in my life. As Jace is standing behind me I am still facing the door trying my best to get out. "If you're the type that likes to watch I can handle that...I like to watch too" he whispers and moves closer to me. My forehead hits the door in disbelief and he taps my shoulder. 

"Hey Ashely, it's 7 minutes in heaven we have to at least talk"

"My name is Aspen ...not Ashely" I turn towards him with my arms folded in front of me. He looks at me and smiles while taking a step back staring at me.

"What?? why are you just staring at me." I stand straighter trying to act more confident than I was but I was really scared shit less.

"I'm just waiting for you to reveal your dark truth to me you can't be this boring it's impossible" He moves close to me and leans down with our lips barely touching one another and whispers. "So show me some excitement"  I didn't know what to do so I turned and tried to open the door to the pool closet again.

"It's no use the door is locked from the outside you might as well just talk to me" he laughed and stood up against the wall.

"Ugh fine" I kicked the door in frustration and turned to him with my hands crossed. "What do you want to talk about." 

"Uhm you," he adjusts his position on the wall of the narrow closet. He squinted his eyes looking me up and down with his arms crossed. 

 "Have you ever been in the room alone with a guy?" why the hell was he even asking me that question It was truly none of his business. Even though I haven't....like ever. 

"What, yes, are you kidding me," I was trying my best to make it seem true but the thing is when Brayden and I were together there was always someone right there with us. We never really had the option to be alone. 

"You're lying, I can see how you're trying to control your breathing." What the hell is this guy some sort of wizard?

"Oh yeah and how would you know that, You don't even know me," I say and turn and face the door again.  And it's true he didn't know me more was he about to tell me that I was lying about something he had no way of proving. 

"Ok well I have another question," he said still standing behind me. 

"What" I turned back around and he stepped closer to me his lips nearly touching mine enough for me to smell the spearmint gum on his breath. 

"Are you a virgin?" he whispers looking me in my eyes. I stayed quiet hoping the silence would answer his question which was yes. I didn't want to say it out loud because it was a private matter. 

"That's none of your business," I tell him in a shaky voice and he just smirks at me and looks down at my legs.

"I can tell you know by the way you're clenching your thighs together so tight whenever I move close to you." his nose brushes mine. As I try to step back I trip over a pool noodle and he grabs my waist catching my fall. He pulls me up to him I can feel how strong he was by the way he lifted me with one hand. I can hear myself breathing. 

"Do I make you nervous?" he gently placed his hand on my cheek. Our lips were seconds away from each other before the door came blaring open.

"Okay, times up" Bexley yelled and I jumped back from Jace and hurried out of the closet.

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