Tainted Love (On Hold)

Tainted Love {12}

    "Hahahaha! Holy crap! Hahahaha! This is--hahaha---this is great! Oh god, I can't breathe! Hahahaha!" Darren guffawed as I grimaced.

    "That's not funny! Don't judge people, Darren!" I snapped.

    "Okay, who would have a fear of the dark? C'mon, Tara. You're 17. A Junior in high school." Noel comments.

    I glared at him, "Shut up, Noel."

    "Whatever you say, babe." he says, placing this arm around my shoulder.

    I caught Lance glare at Noel coldly as I just stood there, awkwardly.

    "Wow, this is just...wow. Hahaha! That was great!" Darren said.

    "I shouldn't have told you guys this..." I muttered to myself.

    "What's that, Tara?" he asks with a smirk.

    Ding-Dong!

    "Cool. She's here." I heard Darren say.

    "Who's at the door, Darren?" I asked him in suspicion.

    "You'll see." he says with a smile.

    I eyed him suspiciously as he climbed up the stairs to the front door.

    I continued to sit on the couch with Noel's arm around me and Lance with a grumpy look.

    "Are you okay, Lance?" I asked him, already knowing what's wrong with him.

    "Everything's perfect, Tara. Just perfect." he said.

    I sighed and slowly placed Noel's arm down, away from my shoulder.

    "What's wrong, babe?" he asks.

    "I just felt awkward, that's all." I replied.

    "How? I was just thinking that we could maybe take it further in our relationship." he said.

    "Relationship? Noel, this is gross and awkward. You're my cousin. You're related to me. We can't be together." I told him.

    "I can figure something out." he says, smirking as he put his arm around my shoulder again.   

    "Noel, stop." I said, shoving his arm away.

    "C'mon, babe---"

    "And don't call me that! We're not together." I snapped.

    "Woah, calm down." he said.

    "No, I will not calm down if you continue to put your arm around me."

    "Tara, babe, look---"

    With that, Lance gets up from the massage chair and gives Noel a cold look, "Look, dude. She told you to stop and to shut your fucking mouth. So leave her alone before I punch you in the mouth."

    Noel smirks and gets up from the couch, "Wow, acting like a tough guy, huh? I know Tara more than you, Landon."

    "It's Lance. Not Landon. And I'm not trying to act tough. I just want you to stop bothering her." Lance tells him.

    "Why don't you stop telling me what to do?!" Noel shouts.

    "Guys, don't start fighting please." I told him .

    "Why don't you shut up, Noel?!" Lance shouts back.

    Noel's face turns red and raises his fist, ready to punch Lance.

    "You---"

    "Hey, I heard shouting down here. Everything all right?"

    We all turned to the staircase and spotted Darren with...Stella.

    Oh great, a guest.

    Yay...

    I glanced at Lance then Noel who were still standing there, pissed at eachother.

    "Everything's okay, Darren." I told him with a sigh.

    "Cool. And I brought a guest. Hope you don't mind, Tara." he says with a smile.

    "Oh, I don't mind at all." I said, showing no emotion.

    "Great." he said and turns to Stella, "C'mon on in."

    Darren sits back down in his favorite lounging chair as Stella took a seat beside him in another lounging chair.

    "Guys...do you wanna sit?" I asked Lance and Noel who were still standing.

    "Yeah." Noel said and sits back down next to me.

    Lance does the same but sits on the other side of me.

    I sighed.

    Sandwiched in between my fiancee and my obsessive cousin.

    Just perfect.

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    This is just absoluetly disgusting.

    Just sickening.

    Gross.

    Ew.

    I couldn't help but to stare with a disgusted expression on my face at Stella, on Darren's lap as they make out in front of me, Noel and Lance.

    Oh, god. I'm gonna puke.

    After 1 hour when the party started, we all decided to watch a horror movie.

    Lance, Noel and I watched people die as Darren and Stella didn't even bother looking at the screen. Instead, they decided to make out with eachother.

    I turned away from them and looked at Lance.

    He spots me looking at him and smiled. He slowly puts his arm around my shoulder, "So...liking the movie?"

    "I would be if Darren and Stella would stop making out with eachother." I whispered.

    He glances at them and frowns, "That's pretty gross."

    I sighed and took a look at Noel who looked like he was into the movie.

    I giggled quietly and turned back to Lance.

    He looks into my eyes and starts leaning in.

    I hesitated at first but leaned in also.

    Our lips were milimeters apart and slowly leaned in closer.

    "Holy shit!"

    Lance and I jumped in surprise and turned to Darren who were staring at us, along with Stella.

    "Um...yes?" I said to him nervously.

    "Were you guys about to---"

    "No! No, we were not! I retorted.

    "But I swear, I---"

    "Darren, shut up, We...we weren't doing anything." I said as I felt heat rising in my face.

    "Wow, Tara was about to ki---"

    "Says the guy who spent twenty minutes, kissing his girlfriend."

    He grimaced, "True."

    I looked at Lance who was looking sad.

    "Guys, shut up. I'm trying to watch." Noel told us as he stared into the movie.

    I sighed and rested my head on Lance's shoulder and continued watching the movie...and apparently, Darren and Stella went back to kissing again.