Follow Me |e.d.|

chapter ten

-Blair pov-

I sat on my bed for hours, deep in thought.

I know I shouldn't have trusted the girls—but I couldn't help it. They were the first people I have had a conversation with in weeks, other than Ethan of course.

And what Freya said about Ethan, well I don't believe her. He's so sweet and kind to me. And the little jump my heart does every time I see him...

I checked my watch.

5:59.

Ethan should be here any—

Someone knocked on the door, right on time.

I got up and opened the door to find Ethan standing there looking very nervous. He looked tired.

"Is everything okay?" I asked, instantly worried something was wrong.

"Yeah..." He cleared his throat. "Jace wants you to eat with all of us."

I took a step back into my room. "No-nooo, I don't want to...I'll just eat in here."

He sighed, stepping toward me. "Look, Blair, I can't ignore Jace's orders."

The wheels in my brain started turning, if Ethan was so bad as Freya said he was, why was he scared of Jace?

I decided to be brave and took a step toward him. "Why are you scared of him?" I whispered.

"What?" His voice became low and raspy causing shivers down my spine.

I took another step. "Why are you so scared of Jace?"

We were inches apart.

His eyes pierced into me, dark with want. "Who said I was scared of him?"

I leaned in. "It's pretty obvious, you do everything he says..." I placed my hand on his bicep.

He glanced down at my hand before looking back into my eyes. "What are you doing Blair?" He whispered.

You could cut the tension in the room with a knife.

"I—I want...you..." The words left my mouth before I could process them, but that was the truth.

I wanted him, to know him, to comfort him, to touch him.

He examined my face before saying. "You don't want me, you deserve someone better."

I shook my head, gripping his arm tighter. "Ethan, please."

His other hand reached up and caressed my face, cupping my chin, and pulling me closer to him.

Our lips touched, softly at first, but then we couldn't seem to get enough of each other.

My hands found their way to his hair, pulling at his soft locks. He pulled me as close to him as possible, leaving no space in between us.

"Blair..." He lightly moaned. "What are you doing to me?"

-Ethan pov-

The second I brought Blair into the mess hall Jace whisked her away, making her sit by him.

I sat across the room from her, with Grayson.

She looked up at me with a small smile on her face. Jace continued to flirt with her, but she was looking a me.

I smiled back, and looked away before he noticed.

But Gray noticed.

"So..." He started."What happened."

I rolled my eyes. "Nothing Gray."

He snorted. Nothing my ass." He leaned forward. "Come on Ethan, what took you guys so long to get here....and-." His eyebrows scrunched together. "Your lips are puffy."

I sighed, lowering my voice. "Okay, we might have...kissed."

His eyes narrowed, he knows me too well.

"Maybe made-out for a while...?"

Grayson sighed. "Ethan, you're going to get us both in trouble. Jace had claimed her."

"I know Gray." I glanced over at Blair, she was rolling her eyes at something Jace said. "But, I like her, really like her."