Between Two Worlds - Book 1

Chapter 11

Right after, we parted not knowing what to do or what to say. We got dressed, embarrassed and returned to the car without a word.

The descent was less painful than the ascent since the rain had finally stopped.

We had not seen the time pass. It was nearly seven o'clock and I had four missed calls from my dad. I didn't even bother to send him a message to reassure him. I was too busy reapeting the scene on on my head. That moment when Blaine kissed me. I was tempted to pinch myself to make sure I was awake and that all of this had happened. From time to time, I felt Blaine's gaze on me but I didn't dare turn to him.

What had we done?!

I kissed my stepbrother. And I liked that. I wanted to start all over again. But it was wrong. At least I tried to convince myself of it, but every time that little voice tried to make me feel guilty, another reminded me that him and me were not siblings. We didn't have a single drop of blood in common, so theoretically we weren't doing anything wrong.

I didn't dare open my mouth and neither did he seem to decide to break the heavy silence that had settled between us since the kiss.

His lips were soft against mine. The hand he had placed on my cheek had come to get into my hair, his long fingers running through my lengths. It was when his hand on my thigh moved up under my sweater to my chest that I ended our embrace. I backed up before jumping up.

He hadn't said anything but I could still see from his strained features that my reaction had hurt him. He wanted to grab my hand but I backed away. He then got up in turn and suggested that we should go home.

My intention had never been to hurt him. The truth is, I wish we had stayed there all night. All the life. If I hadn't been brought back to reality so violently, I wouldn't have ruined this moment that I had so often dreamed of. But the fact is that reality had caught up with me and with it, the taste of the forbidden that made me blame myself.

I only woke up from my torpor when he parked in front of the mansion. I waited, hoping he would talk to me, but when he said nothing, staring straight in front of him, I ended up going inside.

"But where were you ?" asked my father.

He wasn't angry, just worried. I shrugged.

"What's wrong ?" he was even more than worried.

My distress must have been easily read on my face. I couldn't tell him the truth, I ended up making up an excuse by telling him I was thinking about grandpa, hoping everything was fine for him.

"Have you had any bad news ?"

"No, I was just thinking about him and..."

I shrugged again, not knowing what to add.

"And where were you ?"

"Colin, leave her alone. She is nineteen."

Ellen had just arrived right behind him.

"Almost twenty."I added.

"Almost twenty." she repeated, winking at me. "And I can remember seeing a note lying around somewhere that said she was leaving with Blaine."

"Yes there you are, big and strong Blaine. So your poor distressed daughter was in no danger." I scoffed.

Ellen and I burst out laughing, even though mine sounded off. I stopped immediately when Blaine walked in, eyeing the three of us warily.

"What I would like to know, however, is why are you so filthy ?" Ellen asked seriously.

"We went for a hike." Blaine replied.