Love Is a Losing Game // Joel Pimentel

9 | Too Hot

Chapter Nine

Blu's POV

Being on a motorcycle with Joel might be one of the most exciting things to happen in my dull life. In midst of all the blurs sweeping by you feel him. He's warm and he's a rush of adrenaline and he's your grip on reality.

I press my head against his back and I can feel his steady heartbeat. It's rhythmic and comforting.

We come to a slow stop and my heart calms down from its racing pulse. From inside the house before us, you can hear Get Lucky blasting and I sing softly, liking the song.

Joel smirks at me and I blush before passing him the helmet. Once it's off, I take a deep breath and look up, merely seconds away from dying with all the glares thrown my way. Everyone appeared to be watching us, scrutinizing our every move.

When Joel's fingers brush against my own, everyone takes a deep breath. It's mayhem when he intertwines our hands together. I ignore their looks and take a deep breath as Joel drags me behind him towards the front door.

The beat changes into a different sickly pop song and I feel Joel's hand tighten around my own. He looks over at me and suddenly I'm being pushed by a bunch of different teenagers. Joel glares at them and pulls me closer, wrapping an arm around my shoulders.

I blush deeply and he chuckles at the sight. "Are you okay?" he asks in my ear. I nod once and he takes it as a sign to continue to our destination.

We go to one of the quieter places and I sigh in relief in the lowered volume of the music. I notice that there's a closet in the room and around us there a people smoking weed, chilling, drinking, some even playing spin the bottle or Too Hot.

I look over to Joel and see him shrugging off his jacket. Everyone seems to smile at our presence and I breathe out before slipping off my jacket as well, pulling on the sleeves of my sweater.

He smiles at me and I avert my eyes to where they are playing Too Hot, finding the making out of random people kind of attractive. In midst of everyone I spot Yoandri, smiling and laughing.

His eyes catch mine and they brighten up the tiniest bit. Joel looks over to where I'm looking at and smirks. "You wanna play Too Hot?"

I shrug and nod, "If there's a chance of me losing my kissing virginity then yeah, fuck it."

He smiles at me and nods. "Okay," he murmurs, grasping my hand in his. "C'mon." We make our way to the circle of people and I sit in between Yoandri and Joel, both of their knees touching mine.

Joel's' fingers are intertwined with mine and every time I peep over to Yoandri, his glare is directed towards our hands. He catches me looking and tilts his lips upward quickly before looking away.

Soon it's Yoandri's turn and he winks at me before leaning forward and spinning the bottle quickly, one fluid motion. He leans back as he waits for the final verdict and I feel the breath leave my body when it slowly stops, pointing at me.

Yoandri chuckles next to me and gives me a side way glance. He smiles at me as I nervously bite my lip and he looks to Joel who seems slightly down about the whole thing.

"Come on," he whispers. I smile at him hesitantly but once I'm up, his hand on my lower back, I relax a a bit.

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"Have you had your first kiss yet?"

"No."

He closes the door behind us and I see him frowning at me. "And you want me to be your first kiss?"

I shrug and can't help but look into his big kind eyes that were filled with concern. I nod once and he smiles at me; in the dim lighting of the room I see his soft blush.

He gets close to me, his hands on the wall behind my head, he nudges my nose with his and I take a deep breath, not knowing what to expect. His warm breath spreads shivers across my neck down to my
body and I press my hands on the wall behind me.

He chuckles deeply and I open my eyes to see his wide open with a hint of amusement in them. I immediately feel embarrassed and I lean away from him, averting my eyes and closing my arms around myself, wishing I could make myself smaller or simply disappear.

"Hey, hey. Look, it's okay to be shy. I'm not going to force you into anything you don't want to do," he whispers in my ear as he kisses my neck, once and softly.

I nod and he looks in my eyes. "Okay," I whisper.

"Okay?" he leans in, biting his lip with a small smile on his face.

I look down at his soft red lips and nod one more time before breathing out a delicate, "Yeah."

Yoandri smiles at me and leans in so close, I can't help but look into those big brown eyes. He closes them just as his lips lock with mine and the only thought in my mind as he takes a deep breath and swipes his tongue on my bottom lip is, I'm so gonna fucking lose.

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a/n

my cousin broke my favorite charger. I'm thinking bout making a funeral service. send prayers.