Opposites

Chapter Fifteen

Two hours rolled by and there was no sign of Hero. I didn't expect him to actually turn, but it did make me wonder why he rang me after the way he spoke to me. It started to get late, so I got into my pyjamas and looked at my phone wondering if I should call Luke after everything. I was just about to dial his number when there was a knock on the door. I tossed my phone to the side and answered the door to reveal Hero standing there with his hands in pockets and looking nervous, a look I haven't yet seen on him.

"Hey," I state, stepping aside and letting him in. He walks straight past me without looking in my direction and takes a seat on my bed, looking straight at the floor. "Everything okay?" I ask closing the door and turning to face hun.

"I have a few confessions to make," Is all he says. He doesn't look at me once.

"Okay?" I raised my eyebrow and just looked intently at him. What could he want to confess? I thought.

"Firstly, I would like to apologise for how I've acted towards you," Hero started taking a big sigh before continuing: "Secondly, I don't know how I feel towards you, but I know I don't hate you or dislike you. I just know that I care about you. I didn't like the way Luke spoke to you, and I especially didn't like that you kissed Jason."

"I don't know what to say," I state after Hero finishes talking. "You are so arrogant and rude towards me all the time, even Harriett sees it. Now you are telling me you care about me?"

"H has even said she's never seen me look at someone the way I look at you," Hero confesses.

"I don't believe you," I say. How could I believe him? Yeah, we may of had that moment when we were in the lake, but apart from that we have spent no time together and when we do see each other he is always moody or mean. That time down the lake, I felt the electricity between us, but doesn't mean we have something special there.

"I came here to confess. Believe me or not, now you know how I feel," Hero says as he stands up raking his hand through his hair.

"How you feel?" I ask.

"I just said. I care about you!" Hero's voice starts to get louder.

"There you go again, shouting!" I retort.

"That's because your irritating!"

"Irritating? You just can't - " Hero cuts me of by taking my face with both of his hands and planting his lips on mine. Shock was my initial response but it was soon replaced with lust. I eventually placed my hands around his neck and stood there kissing this amazingly handsome British guy, who at first I thought I hated, but as we stood there, lips locked, I thought he could be someone I could grow to care about, maybe even love.

Hero pulls away and looks at me, starring me in the eyes. As I stared into his emerald green eyes, I saw a small child who had been hurt one too many times, a guy who has love in his soul but just doesn't believe anymore.

"I'm sorry, Rose. For everything. H got me to realise how much of a jerk I have been," Hero says after a few moments silence. "When we was at the lake, at first I was just doing it because H wanted me to. I had no intentions of anything, but then we kissed and I felt something deep inside me that I'd never felt for anyone before," Hero admits in a soft voice. We stayed close to each other, not breaking eye contact. I gave him a shy smile before leaning back into him and locking his lips with mine. His lips felt soft as they parted for him to slide his tongue into my mouth. The whole moment had gotten even more heated than I would've expected. Hero's hands started to wondered down to the bottom of my pyjama top, he tried to slide his hand up and I pulled away quickly.

"Sorry, did I do something wrong?" He asked frowning.

"No. No, it's just - " I start to say.

"You've never been touched?" He interrupted.

"Yeah." I bow my head in shame and he lifts it back up with his hands, looking back into my eyes.

"That's okay, we will go as slow as you like. No rush," Hero smiles. My stomach started doing flips with happiness and joy with how understanding he was with me being uncomfortable with anything further than kissing. I smiled up at him before wrapping my arms around his waist and pulling him in for a hug resting my head on his chest. I could hear the faint beating of his heart, it was comforting. His arms wrapped around me and made me feel safe.

When I originally came to University, never in a million years would I had guessed that Luke would cheat and I would be cuddling and kissing a guy that was completely the opposite to me.