Dark (The Past Never Changes)

Chapter 7

Devin's P.O.V.

"I dare you to kiss Devin for a whole minute." Kaylee says and my mouth drops as she looks at me evilly. I can't believe her.

"Okay." Tony looks at me from my right side and repositions himself to face me. Oh god he is so hot. In my head I'm mentally strangling Kaylee, yet at the same time, I'm hugging her.

I lean in at the same time Tony does and he lets out a warm breath brushing our lips together, then smirking a little before pressing his lips to mine. The way his lips mold perfectly with mine makes butterflies grow in my stomach and my breath is hitched in my throat. This breathtaking moment makes me feel a little odd, considering I'm not too much of a girly girl, and I've never felt these feelings before. I wonder if he feels it too.

For the whole minute everything gets blocked out from my mind and all I focus on is our lips moving in perfect sync. I don't even notice them counting down, until his lips leave mine. I quickly look down, covering my now bright red, heated face with my hair. What is happening to me? No guy has ever had this affect on me and I'm in complete awe. I don't know how to think and for a moment after the kiss, I forgot to breathe.

Everyone in the room is cheering and rooting for the first kiss of the night. A couple of the boys yell 'get it' and pat Tony on the back. The girls are whispering in my ear things like 'ooooo' and 'Devin has a crush'. I swear my heart is about to burst out of my chest and I can't control it. It feels so unreal, and different that I don't know what to do. I'm dying to know what he felt, but I wanna play it cool and act like I didn't care.

If only I didn't tease Kaylee about kissing and telling. The she wouldn't have had to get back at me and I wouldn't have these mixed emotions swimming through my heart. This is not normal. Like. No. I won't let this affect me. I don't have feelings for him, I can't. Because that would mean I'm putting my heart in a position to get hurt, and I won't do that to myself. I'll fight for as long as I can. Then see what happens. Besides, who knows how he feels? Who knows what's going through his head? That's why I can't act upon what is killing me inside. He has to do it first. He's the guy.

"Alright, Michael. Truth or dare." His voice though! Ugh, stop Devin!

"Dare." Michael smirks.

"Hmm. I dare you to kiss Mariah, on the cheek." He corrects himself as soon as he realizes Mariah's uncomfortable face. Oh Mariah, our prude. You gotta love her!

Mariah's P.O.V.

I look at Tony really weird and he says 'on the cheek'. I let out a sigh of relief. It's not that I don't want to kiss Michael, like really kiss him, it's just that he makes me nervous. And I barely met him today. Alex brought two new guys and as soon as I saw Michael I was like yes! But then he started flirting with me and I got all shy. I curse myself for being too shy.

Michael leans over and kisses my cheek. It instantly heats up and turns red. They all laugh and I frown playfully.

"Okay! Shut up guys!" I whine. Even Kaylee is laughing, which is nice to see cause she doesn't do it often. She's opening up to this group of people, I can tell.

And of course I'm always the one to notice the weird stuff so as soon as I look around the group, everyone has joyful smiles on their faces besides Alex. He's glaring to his left and I look in that direction to see Niall and Kaylee holding hands and whispering to each other, then giggling. I shake off my assumption for the time being and tune back into the whole conversation.

Even though I'm trying to pay attention, I can't stop peeking over at Alex every now and then to see him angrily glaring at Niall. Who cares if they're together? I mean they aren't even together really. They are just, being playful. Oh gosh, there is something wrong with me!