Destined

Chapter 17

I stared at my reflection on the mirror. Wearing a short-sleeved rash guard and my swimming shorts. There was this feeling of uncertainty with what I was about to do with Brandon. Sure, they were friends but I didn't know him that well to go swimming with him. My 15 minutes was slowly running out and I didn't want to keep him waiting. That would be too rude of me.

I rushed down to the pool and he was already there, getting comfortable in the water. My heart was beating rather frantically as I looked at him swimming in the water. His body was ripped showing how hard and often spends time at the gym. I bet many girls swooned over this guy's physique. I wasn't one of them but I can appreciate a good bod when I see one. Gulping as I took a step towards the edge of the pool, I draped my towel on the lounge and sat on the edge, dripping my legs in the water.

It felt cool against my skin. The temperature was calling out to me urging me to join this man. But then I was still having second thoughts. I saw him swimming towards me and I was starting to have a panic attack. Why did he have this kind of effect on me?

"Aren't you going to join me?" he asked.

"I might later. I-I am still trying to get used to the temp." That was a really lame excuse Calleigh!

I could feel his direct gaze on me, specifically on what I was wearing. He smirked and that was enough for me to know that he found my choice of swimwear to be amusing.

"Is there something wrong?"

"I didn't know that you were quite conservative." He was clearly teasing me. "I expected you to be in a bikini you know."

"I just didn't like to wear that now."

"So probably I'll get the chance to see you in one someday." Someday...

I just shrugged and continued to move my legs in the water, enjoyinh the faint splashing sound that they were making. This guy is far too forward to my liking and I wonder if I could last the two-month trial period that he proposed.

I was completely oblivious to what he was doing when suddenly I felt someone tug my feet below the water and the next thing I know my whole body was submerged in the pool. He was under the water with me and I could see him laughing. This means war!

"What were you thinking? I could have hit my head!" I refused to glance at him since I knew that he didn't show any kind of remorse with that he was laughing at me.

"Hey, chill. I just wanted you to loosen up a bit. You're so tense and I figured the water might help you relax."

I held onto the edge when I felt a hand on my shoulder. He pulled me a bit so that I could look at him. Then I saw how sorry he was.

"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have done that." I just nodded and seconds later I felt him tugging me closer to him making me wrap my arms around his neck.

We were eye to eye now. He smiled at me and I wanted to look away. His smile made me feel things that I couldn't quite understand. When I caught a glimpse of him, he was still looking at me. His gaze was intense now and I didn't know what happened or what he did that made me hold onto him tighter than I expected to.

I bit my lip as I looked at him and I could feel how warm we were despite the coolness of the water. His lips were slightly parted and his brows met in the middle as if he was trying to find an answer to a question or it was as if he was holding back to do something. Is he going to do what I think he was going to do?

He leaned closer and I just closed my eyes as I waited for the kiss to happen. And it did. At first he just touched his lips to mine and then started to get fiercer as he tried to make me reciprocate by tracing my lips with his tongue.

I eventually gave up. I made myself lose into the moment. I wondered what it would feel like to kiss someone again. And after three years, this is the kind of kiss that I get to experience. It was nerve wracking. It made my insides twist. It was more sensational than the one that Inhad with Tim. It was mind blowing.

We both stopped at the same time. I gasped for air as much as he did. That kiss made me realize how alone I was in the last three years but then I didn't want to lead Brandon on.Using him would be selfish of me and unfair for him.

I unclasped my hands behind him and started to part from him but his hands didn't let me go. Resting my hands on his shoulder, I looked at him once again hoping that he wouldn't notice how I flushed I am after the kiss that we just shared.

"Let me just hold you for a bit," he whispered.