My Best Friend's Dad

Ten

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It's been nothing but awkward between Theo and I the past week. We can't even look at each other. That near kiss has ruined what me and Theo had.

I sit in silence just thinking of Theo, the almost kiss, my feelings for him that I shouldn't have. I put my head in my hands and sigh. I need to talk to him about it.

I get up and grab my keys, walking out of the house and hoping into my car. I arrive at Alisha's and knock on the door. Theo opens the door, "oh Ella. Hey." He says only holding eye contact for a split second.

"We need to talk." I say. He sighs and nods, letting me in.

"We need to talk about what happened last week. It's caused tension between us and I just want to go back to normal again." I blurt out.

Theo nods and scratches the back of his neck. "I know it has. I don't like it either. It wasn't very responsible of me and I apologise. And I can guarantee it won't happen again."

That hurt.

He wants it to happen again.

It's obvious.

Ugh shut up.

I nod, "okay. I'm sorry if I sounded rude or something, I just wanted to clear the air."

Theo nods, "I'm glad you did. I was meaning to talk to you. I just didn't know how to do it. You could say I was a bit nervous."

I smile slightly, he was so adorable.

"I'm glad we have this sorted."

He smiles, "me too."

You want to kiss him so bad right now.

No I don't.

Yes you do. Just look at him. He wants to too.

He said it would never happen again. Now shut up.

Yeah, he's trying to tell himself that. Like I said, he wants it to happen again.

I shake the voice out of my head and roll my eyes.

I've gotta stop having conversations with myself.

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"Dinners ready." Theo says.

Me and Alisha run downstairs and see Subway on the table.

"Wow Theo, you really out done yourself." I tease.

He laughs, "shut up and come eat."

We laugh and take a seat, grabbing our subs and taking a bite. Then it hit me. "You still remember what I get!" I say.

He nods, "of course I do. I've only ordered for you like 100 times." He chuckles.

I blush and laugh. "Oh yeah, I always got you to do that didn't I?"

He nods. "And Alisha."

I look up at him and smile, our gaze holding for a bit longer than a normal glance, he clears his throat and looks away. I blush and do the same.

Just kiss him already.

Stop!

We sit in silence while we eat, my thoughts beginning to annoy the shit out of me.

And his presence wasn't helping, because all I really wanted to do...

...was kiss him.

"Okay well I'm off. Adam wants to catch up. You still sleeping tonight?" She asks me.

I nod, "If you aren't home too late."

"Yeah I won't be long. Maybe an hour or two." She replies. I nod, "okay. Have fun."

"I will." She winks. "I'll see you later." And she was out the door.

So that left me and Theo again.

Something that has been a reoccurrence lately.

I finished eating my sub and we sat there in awkward silence.

"I think we need to talk." We both say in unison. We look at each other and sigh.

"You go first." I say.

"No, you can." He says.

"No, I'm still figuring out what to say. You go." I reply.

He sighs and nods. "Okay, the truth is...." He trails off. He stood there for a little bit, thinking of what he was about to say.

"The truth is what?" I ask.

"The truth is..." He sighs. "I like you."

"Y-you what?" My heart began racing and I think I wanted to squeal at the top of my lungs. But I didn't.

"And not just in a friend way, or because you're my daughters best friend, every time I see you, you make me happy, you make me nervous, and you make me want to kiss you so bad when I know, we can't."

I didn't know what to say. I was speechless. "I—I don't know what to say." I stutter.

"Please just don't say anything." He says. "I know this is so wrong. And I'm sorry that I feel this way."

"Don't be sorry." I say. "Because I feel the exact same way. But... we can't."

He sighs, "I know we can't. This is why I didn't want to tell you how I felt. Because it would just make it 10 times harder."

I look down at the ground and sigh. I walk up to him and look up at him while he looks down at me.

"Stuff it." I say, before I lean up and connect our lips. Before he could react I pulled away.

"That was your first kiss." He whispers.

I nod, "and I'm glad it was with you."

He smiles and pushes a bit of hair out of my face before crashing his lips against mine again. I smile against his lips and begin kissing him back, our lips moving sync. I warp my arms around his neck and pull him closer, I break the kiss, "I don't want to go too fast." I whisper.

He nods and kisses me softly on the forehead.

I smile and rest my head against his chest, happier than I've been in a long time.

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