Always And Forever

Chapter 38

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[DEAN POV]
Roman was pretty stupid for pushing Kiran away to the point where she didn't want to have anything to do with him. She tried so hard to hurt him back, which she did, but now I wasn't sure why she was still unhappy. I don't know what had come over her, but as soon as she got in the car with me, she started bawling her eyes out.

"Hey, what's wrong?.....Kiran?.....Talk to me..."

"I sh-shouldn't have kissed y-you..."

"What do you mean? Am I that bad of a kisser?" I got a laugh out of her.

"No... I don't know... I think that w-was a little too much.... Are y-you mad at me?" She leaned her head against my shoulder.

"No, why would I be mad at you? I thought that was clever and hilarious. Did you see the look on Roman's face?"

"Yeah, but what if you start thinking the same as Roman - that I'm being a slut and all?"

I thumbed away another tear on her face that was about to fall. "Kiran, I know a slut when I see one and you're not it....trust me. It was just a kiss to get back at Roman. It didn't even mean anything. Why are you worried for?"

"I just don't want you getting the wrong idea about me."

"You're fine Kiran. I'm not mad at you. I don't think any less of you. You're still my best friend. So just relax."

She let out a sigh of relief and gave me a hug. We made our way to the next town and had a quiet late night drive. Kiran had fallen asleep for a bit and woke up about ten minutes before our destination.

"Had a nice nap?"

"No, you drive too rough...."

"Do I have to remind you about that time when we all were in the car and we let you drive?"

"Shut up!" She smacked my arm and turned her face out the window, pretending to be mad at me. This is how I always wanted to see her- happy and smiling.

We finally reached our hotel in Lansing, Michigan, and I found a spot in the parking garage to park our rental. Just as I was about to get out of the car, Kiran stopped me for a minute.

"Dean, I wanted to ask you something....about earlier. When I kissed you, I felt you kiss me back...and I wanted to ask why...."

"You tell me why you pulled away so fast."

"Because I didn't expect you to kiss me back like that. I only kissed you to prove a point to Roman. He's going to assume something is going on between us."

"Yeah, but isn't that what you wanted anyway? You said you don't care about him, so why does it matter if I kiss you back?"

"I still want to know." She was not giving up on this.

"You kissed me, so I just kissed you back...why are you overthinking it??"

"I don't know... I don't want him feeling hurt, I just -"

"What was that? You don't want to hurt his feelings? That would mean you still care about him...."

"I don't care about him....he was just on the verge of tears before, and I guess that got to me... but I really don't care about him, Dean. He can do whatever he wants now."

"Ooookay....whatever you say."

I don't know who Kiran was trying to convince - herself or Roman that she didn't care about him anymore, but she didn't fool me. I know she still loves him, that's why she couldn't bear to see the look on his face after kissing me. It was up to me now to help that idiot win Kiran back.