COS Oneshots

Jax x Micha- First Kiss pt 2

I catch up with Salem, panting and coughing. My lungs are dying by the time I catch up with them, especially from how fast I ran away from Jax. I know that he said that he likes me, but I can't help but worry about it anyway. What if he was lying? What if it was a prank? What if he hates me? What if he's telling the truth but now Maeve hates me? The possibilities are endless.

Salem and I didn't share any classes this afternoon, so I have to fill her in on everything that happened with Jax. She stares at me with a look of disbelief, "You guys ACTUALLY kissed? And then he said that he likes you?" I told her that I was just as surprised.

"I never could have imagined that happening, even though we flirted a lot. I'm just so anxious about everything." I fidget with my hair tie and speed up my pace, just incase Jax tries to catch up, "I think I'm going to rush ahead to make sure Jax doesn't catch up."

He didn't.

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After I get back to the bus stop at school, I take out my phone for the first time since the end of school. Jax has sent me a lot of messages, but I'm way to scared to look at them. Maybe he does like me, but doesn't want anyone to know about us? I kissed him on the cheek in public! That kiss could've ruined everything.

I don't look at the messages for the rest of the day.

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When I get to school the next day, I avoid Jax at all costs. I sit alone at recess, don't go to the canteen, and walk to the other side of the room the moment I see him. A totally sustainable form of dealing with the situation. I can do this for three more years.

It failed the moment lunch started.

When I walk out of class, Jax is standing there. I try to run but he catches me by the wrist, I can't help but think about yesterday. I yank my arm out of his grasp and flee to the bathroom, an obvious choice, and therefore horrible escape.

Jax follows me, and doesn't have to guess at where I'm going. Only a minute after I get there, Jax walks in. He walks up to me and looks at me worriedly, "Are you okay? You didn't answer my messages, I haven't seen you all day, and then you run away from me like that."

My gaze drops, and I step back a bit, "I'm sorry about that, and about yesterday." I wrap my arms around myself and hope that I can shrink into an organism so small that even the best microscope wouldn't be able to see me.

"What? I thought we agreed that we were on the same page about what happened! Did you change your mind? It's okay if you did."

"No! Of course not. I'm just scared."

"What do you have to be scared of?"

"That it was all a prank? That you hate me? That you didn't want people to know about it and me kissing you ruined everything? There's a long list of possibilities"

"Oh M, of course not! I've spent all day looking for you. Yesterday I tried to find you after you ran away. All of my thoughts since lunch yesterday have been about you." He takes a step towards me and my breath feels stuck.

"I can't stop thinking about you either." I say, though I doubt his mind went where mine did, after all it was only a few kisses. He takes another step towards me, and I take a step backwards into the cubicle so that we have some privacy.

He locks the door and pushes me up against the wall, somehow managing to make such a violent action gentle and caring. He puts one of his hands on my chest, lightly keeping me against the wall, while the other rests against the side of my face. My eyes flicker to his lips, only an inch away from mine. Our noses are so close that they bump together every time we move.

"Tell me what you've been thinking about."

Maybe we did think about the same things.

-Rae <3