180 Degrees- Completed

Chapter Thirty Seven

I did manage to pull myself from him. I don't know how. Maybe it was Eve's giggling down the hallway, maybe it was the way his tongue slid against my lip, begging for more. If I'd submitted, I don't know if I would have been able to stop. Not with how a normal kiss felt with him. But god did I want it. I struggled putting words into sentences for 20 minutes after I walked away from him. 

Now I was stood in the airport, straight from practice, sweaty and still flustered, waiting for Isabelle. Her flight was here. She'd text me to say she was getting her bag and then she'd be out. I was having to stop myself jumping up and down. I was beyond excited. 

Then I saw her and I started crying. I didn't think I'd cry at seeing her after 4 months but I did. I think mentally I missed her a lot more than I thought I did. Or maybe it was just the overwhelm of everything else that had happened in those 4 months. 

We ran to each other, wrapping our arms around each other with such a force I was genuinely convinced we would bruise. We just stood there, crying into each other and holding each other tight for at least 10 minutes, neither of us wanting to let go a moment before we were ready. 

"Okay." I chuckled, sniffing back the tears. "We should go because all these people are staring like we're mad and I stink from practice." 

"I thought you just naturally smelled bad." I laughed as we stood up. "God you look different." 

"Gee thanks. You too blondie. Starting to look like Penny there." She rolled her eyes. "Oh no, I feel like there's a story behind that eye roll." 

"There is." She nodded. "She's coming over this weekend, hoping to find Oscar and convince him they can do long distance." I laughed. 

"Yeah that's not going to go down well when she knows I kissed him." 

"YOU WHAT?" She stopped walking, staring at me , mouth agape. 

"Did I not tell you? I caught James kissing another girl last week so I walked through the party and gave Oz his chance to kiss me and he took it." She slapped me and we continued walking. "Nothing else has really come of it, just texts and the occasional call from him. But-" 

"Oh god." She shook her head as I put her case in the back of the car. "Who else is there?" 

"Grayson." I snickered, biting my lip. "Come on, We had a date last night, I'll tell you about it." I walked around, climbing into the drivers seat and waiting for her to get in beside me. As soon as she did, I handed her my phone and took off. 

I took my time telling her everything that had happened between me and James and Oz and now Grayson. It took the whole hour drive home and I still wasn't finished. 

"And then-" I put her case on the floor outside my building. "He pushes me against the coffee machine and is all 'I should have kissed you last night.' but I couldn't say anything I was just staring at him, and then he kissed me. The best kiss in my entire life. Its a good job he was holding me up because I felt like melting into a puddle on the floor. I was there for a while, not breathing, just feeling him against me and then he pulled back told me to take a breath and I did. His voice was like whispering and it was so fucking deep I - UGH." I closed the door and laid my forehead on it as she laughed and I stood up quickly. "Then he goes take another, and as I'm breathing in he kisses me again. But this time-" I nodded to my door and we started walking in. "This time it was hotter, honestly, I nearly had a fucking heart attack. And it just kept going for what felt like forever. I heard Eve giggling but I couldn't move and his tongue went over my bottom lip, asking me to open for him. And all I was thinking was if I let him in my mouth right now, I am not being held responsible for dragging him back here and letting him do whatever he pleases to me."

Izzy gasped and laughed loudly as we walked down the hallway. It wasn't empty. Neither was the space in front of my door. But I wasn't stopping my conversation for his sake. 

"So did you let him?" 

"No I had to go to class. But I couldn't think straight for 20 minutes. Honest to god Iz. I'm dead. I'm sure of it, I'm actually a ghost. The way he kissed me today. Um. God damn." I laughed as I put my key in the door, sighing and not even acknowledging him by looking up. "Iz, this is James." 

"Oh." She looked him up and down as I opened the door. She snickered and walked inside, leaving me stood there. 

"What are you doing here?" 

"Waiting for you." 

"Well now you're waiting for a door to be slammed in your face." I walked into the room but he put his foot in the way so I couldn't close it. 

"Who kissed you?" 

"Wouldn't you like to know." 

"Yes. I would. That's why I'm asking." His eyes turned a dark blue, anger taking over him. "Was it that guy from this morning? Is that when he kissed you?" 

"It's none of your business who touches me James. Get a grip or you get a restraining order. Those are your choices."

"Izzy, will you talk some sense into her?" He looked past me and she just laughed. 

"She's talking perfect sense. Your a prick, she's happy, get fucked James." He groaned, laying his forehead on the door. 

"For fuck sa- Vee. It was a mistake. I fucked up, I know. I'm trying to fix it. Let me try to fix it." 

"No." I kicked his foot. Hard. So hard he snapped it back and I slammed the door shut, locking it immediately and walking back into the room as Izzy laughed. I knew he was still there, listening. Hoping to hear me say I missed him. I kind of did but I think it was more what he did to me than him.  "Anyway where were we." I made sure I was speaking loud enough for him to hear. "Oh yeah, the kiss. So his tongue ran across my lip and I-" There was a bang at the door followed by him shouting. 

"FOR FUCK SAKE." I walked over, looking through the peephole, watching him pacing with his hands locked behind his head. This boy was loosing his mind over what he did to me. Good.