Free Falling {Gus De St Jeor FanFic} (#Wattys2016)

Chapter Twenty-one

Makenna's POV:
**Recap and then straight into the chapter**

"Both of you shut up. I'm blindfolding Makenna. Rocky has decided who is going first. Be quiet about your spot. I don't want this to be messed up. If she knows the order, maybe then she will pick the person she is closest too. I don't want that happening. I want it to be fair and square." Riker says as he places the blindfold, which was actually a tie, around my eyes and he ties it.

There is a bit of shuffling and a sight, but it doesn't take long for a pair of lips to be pressed against mine. The lips are soft and a bit plump, but not a lot. My heart picks up a little bit, but I don't feel dizzy or light headed. The boy backs away and makes room for the next boy to come in. As I wait for them to switch I can't help but wonder, did the boy I just kiss end up being Gus? And if it was. . . Did I actually stop falling for him? After a moment, the next boy moves in and he presses his lips to mine. Almost instantly, there is a connection. I feel a spark go through my body. His slightly chapped plump lips fit perfectly with mine. I feel my body almost fall with my mind. This was the boy. This was the boy that was for me. He had me Free Falling. We pull back and Riker undoes the tie. I look at the boy, I just kissed and I am shocked.

"I should have known," I look to the other boy. "I guess this is how it ends."

"Woah, I didn't see this coming," Riker comments as Gordy moves towards Gus.

"Plot twist," Ross comments from behind me.

"Mom," Rydel calls to her mother. "She picked. She picked the boy she was free falling most with."

My eyes fall on Gordy. He was looking over at Gus, his head held up. Gus looks broken. He couldn't believe what just happened either. Gus' eyes try to find his brother's but they instantly avoid making any type of contact with Gus' eyes.

"You picked him?! You picked him after everything he has ever done to you, you picked Gus?! This is absurd! He broke your heart by cheating on you- not once, but twice! Makenna, I thought you knew better!" Gordy says giving me the guilt trip.

Gus stands in front of me, holding his arm out in front of me. He knows that he can't protect me from Gordy's harsh words, but he can protect me from any hits or shoves.

"Gordy, look. She was blindfolded. She didn't rig it. It would have been impossible. She would have to have had some way of peaking with out Riker seeing her. He had his eye on her the whole time. Gordy, you need to chill. She didn't pick me. Her emotions did. You need to hear me out. I know it hurts but-"

"You don't know that it hurts! You don't know what it's like to be rejected! I really liked Makenna and you had to come in and ruin it! This is all your fault!" Gordy yells at his brother.

"Gordy listen to me. When we first kissed, I was already confused enough. My mind wasn't on straight. I screwed up. It was all in the heat of the moment. Gordy, I hate to say it, but I still have feelings for Gus and not for you. You can't hate us for fate's ways of bringing people together. I know what it's like to rejected. I have been rejected almost my whole life. When I first moved schools, the cheerleaders rejected me. My old friends who claimed they would never forget me and would always hang out with me, rejected me. The Sadie Hawkins Dance when I asked the guy I liked, he rejected me. I know it hurts to be rejected. But it will get better, I promise you. It make suck right now, but I promise you, it will get better," I say trying to get him calmer.

Gordy doesn't say anything as he storms out of the beach house. I run over to the patio door, watching as he runs across the sand. I don't dare go after him. I think it would be best to give him time to cool off.