The vanquished girl and the perfect boy

Fireworks

Tesha's POV: 

I kissed him, I didn't need to answer his question to show him what I wanted. How badly I wanted him. I just needed to lean in and kiss him, I wouldn't do it if I wasn't certain it was what he wanted but since he asked if he could kiss me then I had to do it.

I press my lips against his lips, feeling the rush of hair as he inhales deep in shock. I wrapped my arms around his neck, and he wraps his arms around my waist. Pulling me closer to him. I've never felt like I needed someone, or craved something more in my life. I can't believe I left these feelings to be bottled up for so long, I can't believe Lennon feels the same way. It just feels right.

Lennon and I continued to kiss. We didn't separate for air, at all. We just wanted this, we were making up for the lost time by hiding our feelings and covering them as just friendship. 

''Guys! Seven Minutes are up."

We finally parted for air, and just looked at each other. Our eyes filled with lust and craving more from each other.

"Meet me in the guest room, after the next two rounds. Specifically." Lennon, in a low-toned voice, demands. 

Before I could say anything, or question it, he left the closet. Not long after he left, I followed behind. 

Two rounds, that was roughly twenty minutes total. A few minutes for everyone to get ready to spin the bottle & then seven minutes. Finally, the two rounds passed, after what felt like an eternity. 

''Guys, I'll be back. I've got to go to the toilet, I'll be back." Lennon says, before swiftly leaving the room. 

As round three started, when everyone was crowded around the closet door trying to figure out what the two unfortunate people who were trapped there were doing, I left. 

''Hey, what'd you need to see me about?" I ask Lennon.

He didn't answer for a moment. He just looked deeply into my soul, it looked like he was trying to figure me out like I was hiding something. Even though I wasn't. 

'''Tesha.'' He said my name, in a way that filled me with worry but also with butterflies. ''Tesha.'' he repeats. ''You mean the world to me. I've always cared for you, but not like this. I suddenly got this overwhelming sense to care for you deeper than, I already did, this overwhelming sense to let no one touch you. I didn't want anyone else to have you, I wanted people to call you mine, I wanted people to think you and I were something."

His words, he had a way with his words. He was confident, but gentle. He didn't need to show his desperation for me. His words depicted what he was feeling well enough.

''Tesha. Please, please tell me you feel the same. I couldn't live with the thought that I'd messed up our bond, our friendship because I couldn't resist. Because I decided to be greedy, craving more than I could get. I'm so sorry, Tesha, I'm so sorry."

I was speechless. I didn't know what to say, every single word he said. Every reaction that he showed with every word, he meant it. He means everything he's telling me right now. He wasn't trying to play me or lie to me. Everything he was saying, it was genuine. It was true.

"Lennon...I don't know how to reply, everything you just said I can tell it was genuine and that you mean it." I move a step closer and take hold of his hand. "I feel the same. Ever since that day, you punched Callum, I haven't looked at you the same. But not in a bad way." My throat begins to tighten, and I start to wonder whether I should say what I'm feeling. "I-i realized something. I realized that you do care for me and that you don't want to hurt me. When I realized that, I started to try and figure out more about you, I began to wonder what it'd be like if people thought we were something. Something more than just really close friends."

We didn't say anything, for a moment, we just started at each other. Our eyes told each other everything we needed. The tension between us was unbelievable and I haven't ever felt like this before. I didn't know what to do, I didn't know whether we'd be something more than friends or we'd just be friends. It was hard to tell.

''Can we please try this, can we please try us?" Lennon questions.

"Yes. Yes we can." I just quietly reply before embracing him in a hug.