Dance with me

Chapter Ten - Girl's night out

Chapter 10

   It was Friday and all I was expecting was to go out with my friends. As usual, Avery would go out with some girl he met an hour ago so it would only be me, Mila and Brianna. 

   I could really use some time out with my girlfriends. We would go to some bar far away from school so no one would recongize us when we got drunk. Yeah, we would definetely have some alcohol in our systems when we got back home. 

   "Hot date tonight?" Noah asked me out of nowhere. I guess I spaced out in the middle of the class. This is how much I need to go out tonight.

   "Kind of. Mila, Brianna and I are going out. It's definetely going to be hot." I joked and he laughed. 

   I still haven't forgot what happened between us and we would never be the same again but ever since the 'truce' we've been getting more and more close. Nothing too personal came out of our talks and he still hasn't been to my dorm and we haven't done anything we used to do when we were friends, but it's much better now that I don't curse him every time I hear about him. 

   "Girl's night out, then." He said and I nodded in agreement. 

   I came back to what I should have been doing while I spaced out and Noah came back to check on the music that was being played. He decided to make some mixes so the songs would be more 'danceable'. 

    I had to meet with Gabriel that afternoon and once more I would try to talk to him about what I've been thinking lately.

   It's been two weeks since we went ou and he asked me out twice more but I refused and said I was busy. I know it was coward of me to say that but I didn't know how to explain to him that I didn't feel it would work out with us. Maybe I'm some kind of relationship freak or something like that. 

   "So, what are your plans for tonight?" He asked me and I felt relieved for not having to lie. 

   "Girl's night out with Mila and Brianna. It's been a long time we are planning this but I'm busy, they're busy so... You know how it goes." I told him and started to think how I would turn him down. 

   "I know how it goes indeed." He said obviously referring to me declining him a couple of times. 

   After that we got to real business and started practicing the beginning of my choreography. It wasn't completed yet but I've made a lot of progress with it. 

    Gabriel held my hand at the end and pulled me closer to him so I was standing mere inches away from him. "I guess if I can't have a date to do this, I'm going to do it right now." And then he kissed me. 

   It was soft and delicated. His lips moved slowly against mine and after thinking a little bit I decided I should give him this chance. If after this kiss I still thought it wouldn't work out, I would tell him. 

    I opened my mouth to him and the kiss deepened but it was still too soft. 

   I must say it was a nice kiss. But that was also the problem. It was just too nice. I needed soething more. I didn't feel anything. At all.

    "I'm sorry." I said. That was it. I couldn't take it anymore. 

   'Please, don't hate me.' I prayed to myself... It happened before. Once when I was 17 I was going out with this guy at school and after 5 weeks, I guess, I got the courage to tell him I didn't like him. I'm sure if I was a guy he would have punched me in the chin. 

   "What's wrong? Too fast? I knew it!" Gabriel said and put his hand on his head, worried.

   "No, it's not that." I told him so he would calm down first.