Beauty behind the magic

Chapter:9 "tasted of peppermint and alcohol"

VICTORIA'S POV :

it was as if time froze as we looked at each other . we were at opposite ends of the room. i hadn't seen him directly the entire week  after my first day . i had stopped wondering what went wrong.  it was as if it hurt him to look at me . he stared too with a slightly confused and very shocked face. 

it finally dawned on me why . i just realised at that point how i was dressed. i must look a sight to him . i looked great if i may say so myself .

 "he's a guy" i realized "to him i must look like a siren" . i felt his gaze sweep down and slowly travel along the length of my body . it send little tingles through me. 

what was i doing?! i wasn't the type of person to crush on someone so easily . but i don't know what it was about him that made it alluring to be with him . something irresistable. 

i gulped and tore my gaze away determined not to seem bothered . i followed my friends to the kitchen where the alcohol flowed. 

i never got drunk .it was a side effect of the powers. sometimes i wish i could get drunk but the only way i could was to drink a gallon of alcohol at once to put my brain out but that would harm my organs . 

i sighed in defeat . hey ,if i wasn't going to get drunk i might as well do it for the feeling right?...

i poured myself some cheap tequila and slammed it . i felt the burn but it stopped at that . i wiped the corners of my mouth and lined another one up . gripping the glass i slammed this one too . i barely looked fazed . 

my friends were drinking beer and i could see them getting tipsy already . anyone who drank as much alcohol as me would have been hammered by now.

"toriiiii" i heard meg yell  looked up to see her puling addy out of the room . i decided to let them go ahead and stood in the kitchen . bored , i grabbed another shot and drank it like it was OJ.

"you know , you're gonna have a hell of a hangover tomorrow if you carry on at that pace" i heard a voice behind me . i whipped around to see  ashton standing close to me . 

for a second my mind didn't register the fact that he was talking to me . i pointed to myself in question and waved it away when he nodded . 

"how are you not drunk..?" he begans before i cut him off. "i hold my alcohol well" i replied " really well" i added . he nodded  unconvinced and i decide that this is just the story he has to go with. 

"so.." i begin as he placed his grey eyes on me in question " how come your talking to me " i ask ,keeping the hurt out of my voice . he just shrugs noncommitally  . i frown . "i never really ignored you" he began " we were never really friends" he finished . almost like he was convincing himself . 

i just shook my head at that . i didn't need this . "so since we're not friends it would make sense that we don't idly chit-chat , right?" i asked as i tried to move around him . he grabbed my arm holding me in place before bending down near my ear . i froze.

 shit. 

"i never said we aren't . we didn't used to be but we are" he said his voice swaying me . i shook my head to clear it. he probably does this to every girl who has decent looks that he comes by . its a charade , the entire thing. 

i knew what he was doing . he was throwing me off so i couldn't react . well , two can play at that . i turned and looked him dead in the eye just like the first day we met. we were so close our noses were almost touching . i felt his breath hitch . "friends , not friends. good , not good , it doesn't matter to me " i whispered . 

i saw his eyes darken and his gaze dropped to my lips . "you ignored me ." i said . now or never , right? "you ignored me after you basically spent my first day in school hitting on me. i thought you liked me ,even though we knew each other only a few days. but you know what ? i don't need you . so let's drop the act before this gets too far and we can't back out " i finished . 

i saw his eyebrows raised and i could tell he hadn't seen that one coming. we just stood there staring at each other . i sighed " you don't want anything to do with me and honestly..." i was cut of by his lips as he slammed them against mine. 

i was caught off guard . oh my god . oh my GOD!  ashton was kissing me . 

i suddenly lost all train of thought as his lips moved against mine .it was soft yet powerful and i felt it travel through my body . he pulled me against him and my arms found themselves around his neck. he tasted of peppermint and alcohol . this was crazy . i never wanted to stop . 

i felt gloriously wild , like i had just jumped off a cliff. the view on the way was spectacular but that didnt change the fact that i was falling. 

i realised , like a bucket of cold water , that he was distracting me . and he was succeeding. after ignoring my existence and pretty much behaving like a cold jerk he was now kissing me in the kitchen of someone i didn't even know. 

oh HELL no.

i pulled back and saw him smile . until my palm connected with his face . i saw the look of utter astonishment ,like he didn't know it was possible for a girl to hit him for being a jerk .

 "what the.." he started before i cut him off. " i can't believe you . " i yelled at him . he still stood speechless. "you think just because you kiss me i'm gonna be your biggest fan?!" i yelled louder . 

"i am NOT one of your groupies , summers. " i muttered . "you're not ..-" he began " save it " i gritted out before leaving , slamming the door behind me . 

i was now left in the cold , at night after the most mind numbingly amazing first kisses a girl could imagine . i still felt shaken and jittery . i had to get it together. 

i stomped home in a blazing mood . i was so affected by that kiss but i was also mad at ashton . oh god why?! i reached home and walked in , slamming the door  . my parents were at a conference so it was only my sister who was home . 

tammy came into my room as she heard the slam. "tori?" she asked . i lay on my bed . "you okay?" she asked , refusing to drop it "you look a little flushed " she finished . the blush that tinted my cheeks deepened . 

"its nothing , tam" i said in the steadiest voice i could manage . Finally taking a hint , she left after telling me her room was open if i wanted to talk. i smiled at that . atleast somethings in my life were sane . 

i changed into my pajamas and jumped into the covers . i tossed and tossed until i gave up the fight . i got out of bed and walked to my balcony . 

as i stood there , only one thing ran through my mind : Ashton.

A/N: aaahhhh!!!! they kissed !! i know , crazy . it just felt right . although tori did stop the kiss and she did slap him *cringes* , it was still so sweet . everything will honestly make more sense once i write an ashton's pov for this chapter. 

i mean , there are two sides to every coin , right?

does it surprise anyone of else that this was tori's firat kiss. i know , i just wanted her character to have depth and not be predictable . it was awesome to write this just knowing that #ashtoria is really coming together. 

i will try to update ASAP .

stay amazing , readers 

-sneha