Marissa's Savior

Chapter Ten

A scene from this chapter is based on the book Of Mice and Men. If you haven't already you should read the book and watch the movie.

Chapter Ten: The Play

Marissa's POV

It's been two weeks. Two long miserable weeks.

Ever since that little dispute with Leon I haven't been feeling up to it. My mind is always going back to that moment when we were in my house. No matter how hard I try to stop thinking about it my brain has the mindset of an elephant: never forgetting.

Us almost kissing in my kitchen still makes me lose the feeling in my legs. I feel like I'm going to collapse into a world of pure bliss every time I see him pass me in the hallways.

That day when our lips almost touched he looked at me like I was the most important girl in the world.

I looked into his mesmerizing​ eyes and knew he'd been waiting for this moment. He wanted to do nothing but devour me. Right in my own kitchen!

But it never happened...

It is horrible to want to kiss someone that already belongs to someone else?

Is it wrong to want what you know you can't have?

Is it a sin to let lust take over your actions and mind?

Even when your mind is telling you that you're making a mistake by letting this person break down the walls you've spent years building up.

I'm not thinking straight. I'm not like Tisha. I don't hook up with other people that are already in relationships. I have boundaries. Boundaries I didn't engage in when Leon was around though.

When I'm around him it's like I'm losing myself in him. His hypnotic nature captivates my undivided attention. This is wrong Marissa. This is so wrong Marissa. But how can someone so wrong for you, feel so right for you at the same time?

I'm losing it.

If my own father doesn't even love me...what makes you think anybody else could ever even like me?

Here I was telling myself not to get involved with a player because he will only break my heart even more. But here I also was thinking about the captain of the basketball team.

"Alright. Job well done." Mr. Seton said to the group that finished presenting their project. "Reyna, Marissa, and Leon you're up."

The moment he said that my thoughts froze in time. I couldn't go up there and stand next to the guy that made me want to pee in my pants, kiss the crap out of him, and punch him all at the same time. But I have to. Because I unfortunately care about my tedious education.

I could hear Leon from next to me sucking air in between his teeth. "Let's just get this over with."

Gladly.