Always And Forever?

Chapter 23 - Mr. Richie To Rags?

Samara's P.O.V.

I gasped as he gripped my waist with his sturdy hands. I was taken by surprise at his want, it was not like any other normal kiss. Today, he wanted more, maybe even more than I could give, not that I don't trust him but their was something unusual about his behavior.

"Kev, I think I should go. It's getting late." I said pulling apart breathlessly.

"C'mon baby, don't ruin the moment now", he replied restlessly. I felt a bit weird as I sensed the annoyance in his tone.

"Don't be angry Kev. I just feel that it's not the right time to do it." I consoled while stroking his hair gently.

"Fine." He replied with his jaw clenched. I was still unable to understand what was up with him as he had never behaved in such a manner.

"Goodnight Kevin. I love you." I waited for his reply till a few seconds before giving a a peck on his cheek and heading out of the car in silence.

I went straight up to my room and threw myself on the bed as tears ran down my face. What is wrong with Kevin? He was annoyed just because I am not ready to do it? How immature is that! I thought that one year of being together had given us both enough time to to understand each other well.

My eyelids seemed like they weighed a ton; the more I tried to open them, the more pressure they emitted to close down again. Finally, unable to fight them anymore, I slept.

***

Math, English, Science, History, what else? I thought to myself whilst trying to stuff my books inside my locker.

I checked out my cellphone to see if there were any messages from Kevin after this morning. He, being sick, couldn't make it to school today and I missed him like anything.

Suddenly, I got a push from someone which made me lose my balance and I could see my face approaching the floor. If I fall like so, I'd definitely break my nose and if that happens, it'll be so painful to kiss Kevin again.

My hearbeat was raising as I got closer to the hard surface. Oh no oh no oh no!

I shut my eyes tight and just when my face was about to touchdown, I felt my body defying gravity.

Wait, that's not possible! Did someone freeze me?

I heard a familiar male voice ask me, "Are you okay?" I opened my eyes to meet his sparkly green ones behind his square framed glasses. I lowered my gaze to look down at his muscular body. He was holding both my arms firmly to stop me from falling.

I thought that scenes like these only happen in movies, until now.

"Thanks for saving my nose!" What did I just say? No wonder people think that I'm a retard. "I mean, thanks Austin", I cleared up myself while getting up.

"So, I was right yesterday."

"About what?"

He smirked before replying, "About your regularity of panic attacks." I'm sure he talking about the incident when I was being a bit nervous about meeting Kevin's parents.

"Oh no, I wasn't having a panic attack right now, somebody pushed me."

"I don't believe you. Who would push such a pretty girl like you?" His words made me giggle.

"Well, only my close ones have the right to flirt with me."

"And I'm your best friend's brother. So, technically I have that right", he winked.

"Well, that's true. But we don't know each other that much." He had been in this town for an year now and I still haven't tried to be friends with him, noting the fact that I go to his house almost everyday.

"We can fix that. How about I drop you home and we grab a coffee in the way?" His words left me in a dilemma as I'd never hung out much with guys other than Kevin, Sawyer or Shane. But, the other side of the situation was that he seemed like a very nice guy and it wouldn't hurt to make new friends.

"Just give me a second." I told him whilst I took out my cell phone to dial Kevin's number. It went straight to voicemail, so I left a message. "Hey Kev, it's me. Hope your cold is better now. I'm going home with Austin today. Love you!"

"Let's go." His face brightened at my response.

***

Kevin's P.O.V.

"Are you sure that you want this job?" The manager had asked me for the zillionth time whilst looking outside at my car. I agree that it was difficult to believe that a guy with a Porsche would want a server's job at a cafe but he was getting on my nerves now.

"I'm very sure." I replied clenching my teeth. It was already hard for me to work at such a place but I had to do it to meet up my expenses so that I wouldn't have to ask my family for money anymore.

"Okay then, you can join from today onwards Mr. Rockfield. Here's your key to the locker room and remember that cell phones are supposed to be kept in the locker while you're working." He said whilst handing me over the key.

"Got it... Sir." I felt my heart getting heavy at the last word as I'd never worked under anybody and wasn't used to be bossed around by a person.

I opened my locker to chuck my phone inside as the screen caught my eye.

1 unread message

I clicked in the notification to listen to the message, "Hey Kev, it's me. Hope your cold is better now. I'm going home with Austin today. Love you!". I didn't even quiet understand how to react and mixed feelings surrounded me.

So many things in just a day?

Maybe I shouldn't have lied to Samara about being sick. Should I tell her? No, she'd be too worried if I say anything and I don't want to trouble her. She's too sweet to be troubled by these messed up situations of mine. I have to deal with my own problems.

Buck up Kevin, this is not going to be the first and foremost lie you're going to tell her. There would be many more in the future.

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