unexpected love [ TAMBER STORY ]

best friends?

TARAS POV

as I saw amber lean in and close her eyes, I did the same, I squeezed my eyes shut. I didn't know what to expect. I felt ambers soft, warm lips; they had cherry lipstick on them, and it satisfied me. after a few seconds, she pulled away and looked me in my eyes, her breathing heavied. my lips craved the taste of her lips once again, so I leaned in and our lips touched once again, it was more of a deeper kiss this time, as our lips pulled away from each other, I rubbed her cheek with my thumb, ambers cheeks turned a rosy as I looked her in my eyes. ''sorry. '' I muttered as I scooted backward. I met ambers eyes once again, but she didn't reply for what seemed like seven years. ''it's fine. '' she replied, looking down at her lap. I stood up. 'I should Get going.'' I muttered once again, ambers eyes shot up and she looked at me in a pleading way. ''please stay. '' she stood up with me, putting her hand on mine. I looked at my watch. ''no. it's getting late; I need to go.'' I exhaled sharply. ''fuck.'' I realized I told my mother id to be back an hour ago. ''can you drive me home?'' I asked Amber, she closed her eyes and nodded. ''sure yea-yeah. whatever.''

as we got into the car, she switched on the car, it turned on for a moment but very quickly shut back down. ''God damnit. '' amber got out of her seat, opened the car door, and went to the engine area, I heard amber groan loudly as she stared into the engine area, I got out of the car Aswell and noticed the engine was busted, broken, it looked like it caught on fire. ''I need to take this to the car shop, I'm not sure how long it'll take for it to be fixed. I'm assuming a few days or maybe even up to a week. '' amber turned, looking at me. ''wait, so I can't go home? '' I question. ''not unless you want to walk 15 miles. '' amber shrugged. ''I'll call my mom,'' I grumble under my breath, watching amber head back inside the house as I reached for my phone in my pocket. I hesitantly clicked on my mom's contact, it rang for a good two minutes, and of course, she didn't answer. as the beep to leave a message beeped, I inhaled and began to speak. ''hi mom, I have to stay at ambers for a few days, maybe even a week, something happened. '' I hung up the phone and walked inside ambers house, looking around, I noticed amber wasn't anywhere to be found.

I flinched slightly as I heard a large THUMP come from upstairs, I quickly ran up the carpeted stairs walking up to the door, I slowly opened the door, noticing amber on the flood, holding her leg as if she was hurt. ''what's wrong?!'' I spoke, noticing she flinched and turned around, her eyes widened as blood stained the carpet below her, where her leg was resting. my knees quickly met the flood, and I scooted closer to amber, I looked deeply into her eyes. ''I'm sorry. '' amber looked at me, her eyes starting to overflow. ''I tripped and fell on something sharp...I don't know what it was it was just- just in the carpet. '' amber continued to hold her bleeding leg, pulling it into her chest. her knee had a large gash on it, and her eyes continued to overflow with tears as I held onto her, taking off my sweater and pressing it against her gash to try and calm the bleeding. ''apply pressure to this, please. '' I nudged amber, she nodded, and I stood up, rushing to her washroom of hers. I opened multiple drawers, searching for a large band-aid, and as I found one, I opened the box, and there were seven in there. I grabbed them all, also grabbing Antibiotic ointment and disinfecting wipes.

I rushed back into the room, to see even more blood staining the carpet, once again, my knees quickly reached the floor next to amber; as soon as I met the wet, now crimson-colored carpet, I took off the sweater that was being held with pressure. blood ran down ambers leg as it was being taken off, I quickly opened the band-aid and put the antibiotic ointment on the band-aid, quickly applying the band-aid onto the gash, the band-aid very quickly turned the same crimson color, though, I applied it more band-aids, doing the same as I did to the first one. the blood stopped bleeding through the bandage on her knee, and I looked back up at amber, tears were falling from her eyes. ''is it better?'' I ask, leaning in and resting my chin on the side of her outer neck. amber nodded slowly at me, and before I knew it, she was attempting to get up. I quickly grabbed her hand and slowly moved her onto the bed, laying her down and tucking her into the covers. as I finished, I sat down on her bed, watching amber slowly fall into a deep slumber.

I grabbed my phone from my pocket and put in my headphones, noticing I had a missed call, I read the voicemail and noticed it was...my mother responding. ''hi sweetie! I'm sorry I never answered. I kind of, Blacked out. and I support that you're staying at ambers for a while. I miss you!'' then the voicemail ended. I sighed, knowing she didn't miss me one bit, if anything, she only missed how I cleaned up her messes.

once I set my phone down on the nightstand, I looked over at amber sleeping peacefully, I got this weird gut feeling, again, it felt like there was something inside me, fluttering around. I lifted my hand from laying on my thigh and rubbed ambers cheek softly, in an attempt to comfort her as she slept. I grinned at her soft snoring and mumbling as she slept. she was adorable, truly.

I lay down next to her, resting my head on a silky pillow below my neck. I had to scoot up to meet Amber's closed eyes. I hesitated before reaching my arm over her body and falling asleep.