Distant Love

Chapter 5

Kira showed up pretty soon after that. She was dressed in denim shorts and a white tee. We were sitting in my room on the bean bags in the corner on the platform by the window. We were talking about her and Bertie once again.

"Ah, so how was the date last night, eh Kira?"

"Oh it was so romantic!" She began, "He took me to see that new horror movie, oh I don't remember the name." She shrugged her shoulders. I was sitting on the edge of my bean bag nodding my head eagerly, waiting for her to continue.

"We didn't stay for the whole movie though. I'm glad we didn't too! Half way through I jumped into his arms because this scary ass mother effer jumped out and I swear I could've had nightmares if it weren't for Bertie but anyway, after the thing jumped out and scared the shit out of me, everything had settled down again, he didn't let go. Bertie kinda just held me tight. Oh you won't believe what happened next!"

"Well tell me!" I forced on her, laughing a little bit.

"He looked down at me and kissed my forehead every few seconds being all cute and shit and then he pulled my chin up to his lips. Oh my god, they're so soft and lush. He's just an amazing kisser." She squealed with excitement, "But don't kiss him. He's mine."

"Then what?" I laughed. She knew I wouldn't dare go near his lips or hips.

"He asked me if I wanted to get out of there and go back to his house because his parents weren't home."

"Kira!"

"Hush child. Let me finish."

"Sorry." I laughed, "Go on."

"He picked me up bridal style and carried me out of the movie theatre. We drove to his a bit faster than should have. Okay more than a bit, lucky there were no cops around." She giggled, "When we got to his we went upstairs to his bedroom."

"You two didn't, did you?"I asked her not sure if I should be excited or not. Kira bit her lip and began to turn bright pink, "I may or may not be a virgin anymore." My jaw dropped to the floor.

"KIRA!" I squealed. Change of mind, I'm happy for her! It's legal and Bertie is definitely not the type to bang and ditch.

"What? It wasn't like a quickie. He was so romantic about the whole thing. He lit some scented candles and gave me a rose. He kinda swept me up off my feet, spinning me round, lips pressed against mine until we landed on the bed. It was kind o-"

"Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. I like girly talk but you can keep the next part to yourself. But on the others hand, my gosh Bertie treats you like an absolute princess!" Kira blushed at what I had told her even though she knew it was true. He treats her better than a princess. More like his whole world revolved around her.

"Poppy, I think I love him."

That hit me pretty hard. Hearing my best friend saying that she was in love came as a shock to me. We had talked about "love" and said "young love never works" as some of our friends had said the big 'L' and got dropped the next week.

I sat there and didn't say a word.

"Poppy?" her voice chanted, "So anyways. What about you and lover boy, huh? Tell me everything."