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chapter 27: Kidnapped?

"Ah crap..." Ryan mumbled under his breath when Kayla suddenly started talking nonstop. "Maybe I shouldn't have made her jealous..." he thought.

"If you're going to continue fooling around then maybe I should follow your example and go to the mall with some hot guys I know," she said.

"Okay, you're jealous I get it, but we both know you wouldn't stoop so low as to do what you're saying," he told her in a calm voice, placing both his hands on her stiff shoulders. She jerked them away angrily and glared at him. "You've been avoiding me, and I'm not jealous!" she snapped.

"Oooh, someone's in trouble...hehehe," said Alex who was leaning against the wall, unnoticeably getting closer to where Ryan's camera was settled on.

"Shut the f*ck up Alex!" she snapped.

"Kayla..." Ryan said a little tired of what's happening. He loved Kayla. He's been avoiding her because he was mad when Kayla wasn't taking their relationship seriously. He didn't want that. So he became aloof and indifferent to her, showing her how what she was doing to him felt. But now he knew he went a little overboard when he lied about hanging out with a girl at the mall.

“No, I don’t want to hear it!” she said. Ryan could tell that she was ready to burst into tears and chop his head off.

“Kayla if don’t stop talking, I’m gonna make you shut up,” Ryan warned softly. He just stared at the beautiful glaring brunette whose lips were curved into a frown and whose wonderful eyes were starting to fill with tears. “And just how do you suppose you can make me shut –“

Ryan took her face between his hands and pressed his lips eagerly against hers. At first she tried to struggle, to break free from him. But then, as he started restlessly slanting his lips against hers, with a helpless little moan, she gave in to him and kissed him back.

Ryan gave a light chuckle at her sweet surrender, and he deepened the kiss, causing his beloved girlfriend to cling to him for support.

When he finally pulled away from her, he gazed into her lovely flushed face and smiled fondly at her. “I hate you,” she grumbled, but went on her toes to press a quick kiss on his lips making him laugh warmly.

“I wasn’t with a girl at the mall.” Ryan saw the doubting look on her face and he grinned, “I was with Alex when you called.”

Her eyes widened and shoved at him, “You –!”

He just laughed as she continued to bang her fists in frustration against his chest. Then, something occurred to Ryan. Why was it so silent?

Glancing around, he wondered why Alex hasn’t even grumbled a complaint when he started making out with Kayla. Then, he found him toying with his camera.

“Shit!” Ryan said, hastily diving for the precious thing that stored the greatest video in history.

But he was too late. Alex grinned wickedly and pressed the delete button in slow motion, taunting his friend. “NOOO!!!” Ryan said in horror.

Alex laughed triumphantly and tossed the camera back to him. “Tell, Raysa I’m heading home to take a shower,” he said with a satisfied smile.

“How could you!!!” Ryan said.

“Later,” Alex said.

“Wait, what about classes?” Kayla asked.

“Since when did that ever matter?” Alex said as he walked away.

“He does have a point…” Kayla muttered. She then turned turned to her boyfriend who was staring at the camera. “What was that about?” she asked.