Dark (The Past Never Changes)

Chapter 6

Kaylee's P.O.V.

I walk into the kitchen and see Bree cooking.

"What's the occasion?" I ask.

"Ton of people are coming over." She answers.

"When did our house become the hang out spot?" I point out sarcastically and she laughs.

"Go shower. You smell." She scrunches her nose.

"Well thanks for being nice about it." I flip her off as I leave the kitchen.

After my shower I put on some yoga pants and a plain white tshirt. I make my way downstairs and there's already people piled into the dinning room. I recognize Tony, Alex, Niall, and Harry, and of course the girls, but the others I haven't met.

"Kaylee!" Mariah screams and hugs me.

"Uh, hi?" I say and slightly hug her back.

"Okay so you know Alex, Tony, and Niall. This is Liam, Michael, and Jaime." Again, I just give a small wave and Niall looks at me but looks down then gets up and walks over to me, kissing me on the cheek.

"Hey love." I look down.

"Hey." I say softly.

"I'm sorry, you know for locking you in my car." He says and I nod slowly.

"I uh... I don't know what I should be sorry for." I say and walk into the kitchen.

"Thought you went to Niall's last night?" Bree questions.

"Did you honestly buy that?" I ask.

"Yes, because I was drunk." She laughs.

I grab some plates and take them into the dining room, where every one was now seated. After a couple trips Bree and I got all the plates set out and we meet back in the kitchen to grab ours.

"You sitting out there?" She asks.

"No, I'm gonna go to my room." I say. She pats my shoulder.

"If you need me, I'm here." She says.

"I know it's just crowded in there." She nods and leaves to the dinning room. I sigh and make my way up to my room.

I ponder about random things. I wonder if I should tell Niall what I do. I think he'll be a little freaked out about it though, I'm sure anyone would. I don't think I'm ready to open up to him. I don't think I'm ready to open up to anyone. The only people who know what I do is Bree, Devin, Mariah, and my mom. Which reminds me, I still have to talk to the girls about my lie of going to uni. Mariah and Devin go, but they hate it. I'm so glad I found other things to do besides school.

I finish eating and I set my plate down on my bed. I stare at the ceiling, going over what I need to do to better prepare for Thursday. I'm really excited, but nervous at the same time. What if I'm not good enough? What if it all blows up in my face. All the hard work and practice I've put into this. I can't let that happen. I just can't. I'm broken from my thoughts with a knock at the door.

"Come in." I say. I look over to see who is walking in and of course it's Niall.

"Hey." He says with a gentle smile.

"Oh hey." I sit up on my bed. He sits right next to me and takes my hand.

"Too crowded for you?" He asks and I nod. "Same here."

There's some silence before he looks me in the eyes. I swear his eyes are the prettiest shade of blue I have ever seen. They are bright liquid blue near his pupil and a dark solid blue lines them out. I'd be lying if I said that I wasn't getting some type of feelings for him. He is really attractive and he's pretty nice.

"So. I just want you to know, that I really like you." He says and gently squeezes my hand. My eyes move from his to our tangled fingers.

"I like you, it's just I think we should take it slow." I say honestly.

"That's fine with me." He smiles. I nod and look back up at him.

Before I get the chance to do anything his lips crash with mine. The shock I feel causes me to delay kissing back but once I realize what is going on I do. My hands involuntarily move to the back of his head, tugging his hair slightly and earning soft moans to escape his mouth. I smile in the kiss and he breaks it. Both our breathing heavy and we don't make eye contact until it slows down. He smiles at me and my cheeks redden and heat up. He tugs my hand.

"Let's go." He says and I nod, grabbing my plate and following him downstairs.

The people have made their way to the living room, which ignore and go into the kitchen. I don't feel like being social yet so I decide to do the dishes. Niall offers to help but I send him into the other room to have a little fun. My three friends stumble into the kitchen giggling and talking about the boys.

"Oh Kaylee! When did you get down here?" Mariah asks.

"A while ago, I just did the dishes." I shrug and lean on the island in our kitchen.

"Oh we didn't even see you come down." She replies.

"That's because Bree was eating Harry's face, Devin was flirting with Tony, and I'm not exactly sure what you were doing with Michael." I laugh. It kind of looked like they were just awkwardly staring at each other. They all laugh and look at each other.

"And what were you doing before coming downstairs?" Devin jokes. My cheeks flush and I look down.

"A women never kisses and tells." I wink.

"You didn't!" Bree teases. I smile a little and nod. "Oooooooo." She mocks.

"Shut up!" I whine, my face going neutral again.

"Well what's the deeds?" Mariah continues. Of course she can't let it go. I shrug.

"He told me really likes me, then I said I like him too but want to go slow and he kissed me." I explain.

"So you guys aren't even together?" Devin asks.

"No, come on Dev, you know she doesn't date." Bree answers for me.

"Well maybe if you got laid you'd be a little happier." Devin smirks and lightly punches my arm.

"Devin!" I yell and push me her back.

"Okay, okay I'm sorry!" She hugs me.

"Alright, time for a game of truth or dare." Bree cheers. Yes, we are 19, but everyone enjoys truth or dare every once in a while. We walk out to the living room and all of us sit in a circle.

"Bree you're first." I say. She nods and looks around.

"Um, Devin truth or dare!" She squeals. I roll my eyes knowing Devin would choose truth first. We always do.

"Truth." She smirks.

"Is it true you suck at this game?" She jokes and Devin cheeks get red.

"Yes." She says in a small voice.

"You're turn." Bree looks at Devin. Devin ponders.

"Uh, Kaylee truth or dare." She looks at me. Ah shit. Why me?

"Truth." I say bluntly.

"Um is it true you don't kiss and tell?" She mocks me, referring to our kitchen conversation. I look down and curse under my breath.

"Yep." I look back up positive my cheeks are normal again. "Tony, truth or dare." I ask him.

"Um, dare."

"I dare you to make out with Devin for a whole minute." I smirk evilly at Devin