King and Queen

Queen

Needless to say, I've royally screwed up.

GRANT was completely crushed when he walked into my room this morning, only to find me sitting at my desk while DILLYN slept on the bed. CALEB looked almost as destroyed as GRANT when DILLYN walked outside and kissed me on the cheek.

When I saw the devastated looks on both of their faces, I felt as though I'd been pricked by a thousand needles at once. To make matters worse, they happened one after the other.

The only reason that I had even started talking to DILLYN was because my plan to seduce loving emotions from CALEB backfired, as a result of what LANIE had told me. DILLYN was sweet though, he showered me with affection and I could see that he was definitely enjoying my company more than he cared to admit.

We spent days talking to each other, going out for coffee, and getting to know each other better. I had to admit, something about him piqued a slight curiosity in me. Although, that may have been the need to distract myself from CALEB.

I shouldn't really feel the need to distract myself from CALEB though, so what is it that has me desperately needing to get him out of my system?

I found that I could finally breathe a little easier once CALEB and DILLYN left. That only left me with GRANT and his jealousy stung more than it probably should have. Maybe it's because I just want him to be happy, I'm just not the person that can give him that happiness.

I felt my phone vibrate next to me on my bed. It was a message from CALEB. He wanted me to come over to his house to talk.

I fought myself, mentally, about whether or not I should go to his house. I knew that the conversation would only be about DILLYN. I had an excuse though, CALEB was talking to LANIE That bruised my ego more than anyone can know, she was one of my closest friends.

I finally decided that if I was going to stick with my plan, that I might as well go to his house. It couldn't hurt after all.

As I knocked on his front door, I heard footsteps coming down the stairs. I prayed that it was him at the door instead of his mother. I honestly can not stand that woman. She gets my name wrong every time she sees me and her fake kindness makes my skin crawl.

CALEB opens the door and greets me with a small smirk on his face.

"You wanted to talk, right?" I ask him while returning the smirk.

"Yeah, I did."

I roll my eyes slightly as I start growing uncomfortable under his gaze. "Are you going to invite me in, or are we just going to stand in the doorway?"

He turns sideways and gestures for me to come inside. He leads me up the stairs and into his bedroom. Once we get there, we sit on his bed.

"So," I start, "What did you want to talk about?"

"You and DILLYN." he replies simply.

I let out a heavy sigh before saying, "What about us?"

He looks down at the carpeting in his room, as if it were the most intriguing thing at the moment. He finally pulls his gaze away from the floor and looks at me. "Are you two together, or was it just a mistake?"

I find myself saying, "Do you want my honest answer?"

He nods his head in response and I tell him honestly, "It shouldn't have happened. I was drinking and angry. I was so angry at you and-"

"Wait." he interrupts me, "Why were you angry at me? What did I do?"

"You were talking to LANIE." I say with venom lacing my tone.

He laughs and I find myself stopping my anger and just looking at him.

"What?" I ask him.

"LANIE and I weren't talking. She tried to kiss me and I made her leave, but she kept coming over here to bother me." he stops to laugh again, "I'm so happy she's gone."

"Wait. So what you're telling me is that you didn't want to be with LANIE?"

He laughs again, "No, not at all. In all honesty, she's the reason I didn't want to come over your house. I didn't want to run into her."

I start laughing with him and realize that this entire situation was ridiculous.

When I finish laughing, I realize that CALEB is looking at me intently. "You know, " he starts, "you're really beautiful when you laugh."

I feel my cheeks turning pink and I hope he thinks it's because the room is slightly warm.

He leans in closer to me and moves a piece of hair out of my face. I feel my heart start to beat faster in anticipation of what he'll do next.

I feel his lips lightly brush against the skin under my ear and chills erupt from my body. He moves up and whispers, "Can I?"

No words leave my mouth, instead I turn my head slightly, giving him access to my lips. He leaned in and lightly touched his lips against mine, as if he were afraid that I'd change my mind about this.

I try to convince myself that I'm only letting this happen because I need him to fall in love with me. That's what I kept repeating to myself as I deepened the kiss and put my arms around his neck.

Something about kissing him felt familiar, like I'd done it before. It was almost as if I could taste home on his lips.

His hand came up to softly touch my cheek before cradling the back of my head. He was careful but sure in his movements as he pulled away to start kissing down my jawline and onto my neck. I found my breath catching when he lightly sucked the skin there, and I backed away.

"I don't want to make you feel rushed to do anything, LY. We can take things at whatever speed you'd like."

My head was spinning and I could feel my heart beating erratically in my chest.

I nod my head in response before saying, "I think I need to go home to think about everything." I leaned in and placed a quick kiss on his lips, so he wouldn't feel like he'd messed up. Then, I walked back home.

When I walked back into my house I was stopped by SAM, who upon seeing me, squealed in excitement.

"Is that what I think it is?" she whispered excitedly.

A look of confusion crossed my face until I realized what she was looking at. He left a hickey on my neck.

I let out a frustrated sigh before walking over to a mirror to inspect my neck. SAM followed behind me so that she could hammer me with questions.

"So, who gave you that? Was it DILLYN?" she raises her eyebrows in a teasing manner.

"No, it wasn't DILLYN." I replied sheepishly.

She looks shocked before a curious look consumes her features. "Well, hurry up and tell me before JAY comes down here."

"CALEB." I feel my face turning pink just from me mentioning his name. "Now, can you go get some makeup so we can cover this?" I plead with her.

"Fine. Then, I want the details." she says with a smile as she turns to get the makeup bag.

"Deal."

After I finished telling her about my plan to make CALEB fall in love with me all the way up to the kiss, She looked at me dumbfounded.

"You like him." she stated simply.

I scowled at her. "I definitely don't. I loathe him."

She laughed at me. "If that's true, then why did you blush when you talked about the kiss? You like him."

Is it possible that I could actually like him?