Doing It Right

Chapter 17

A quick decision is made to talk in her room, which considering that Chris is lurking around, it's probably the most private place for a talk. 

I close her bedroom door behind me as Kenzie sits cross legged on her bed. I waste no time walking over and joining her on her bed, sitting across from her. 

A comfortable silience fall between us as we stare at each other, which is quick to turn awkward.

"Kenzie, what did you want to talk about?" I ask. There's a million things she could want to talk about. I know that I need to be open and honest with her about my feelings, but her? Who knows how she feels about me now.

"The fight between you and Chris today." She slowly says. That is not what i wanted to talk about. She could have picked the weather and i would have been happier to talk about that then to talk about that slimeball.

"Oh..what about it?" I nervously ask playing with my bandana that i tied around my arm. It's usually around my head, but i decided to use it to cover my wound. 

"He said you have feelings for me.." She says. I feel my face turn red and i look down. Moment of truth Jack.

"I..uh...do." I slowly look back up at her.

"You do?" she looks shocked and i can't tell if it's a good or bad shock..

"Yeah, but it could never work." I softly add. 

"yeah..."

"Your  brother would kill me." I say finding myself leaning towards her, finally ignoring my inner self telling me not to get too close. 

"He would never forgive me if he caught us being close like this." I stop inches from her lips. I glance at them wanting nothing more than to give into my urges and kiss her. I look at her eyes asking for permission. 

"Kian's got a temper." Kenzie agrees causing me to bite my lip in nervousness.

"Jack, it's alright." She says. All it takes is to hear my name roll off her tongue for me to snap and my lips to crash into hers. I resist the urge to groan as the insane feeling comes back from the first time we kissed. I start to lose my self control a bit as she grants my tongue entrance. But before i can lose all my self control, there is a knock at the door. I quickly pull away jump off the bed.

"Yes?" Kenzie asks.

"It's me Kian." I silently curse and  stand by the door, pulling out my phone pretending i was on it this entire time.

"Come in." Kenzie says.

Kian opens the door.

"Kenzie, I wanted to.." he notices me standing by the door. "Jack." he nods to me.

"Kian." I nod casually back and then watch as he walks over to his sister bed and sits where i once was, his back to me.

"What did you want?" Kenzie asks.

"I want to talk about you not wanting to date Chris." My head shoots up from my phone. Wait what? 

"I'm not dating him." She sighs sounding annoyed.

"Why not!? He's a good guy Kenzie!" Kian insists. I have to hold back laughter, because this guy has poor judgement of his friends.

"I just..." she trails off. "There's someone else i like." She finishes causing my eyes to go wide. She better not get me fired.

"Do i know him?" Kian asks.

"No." She shakes her head. Does she know how close i am to jumping out the window and ending it all before kian ends me?

"Then how do you know him?" Kian persists. Let it go dude.

"I go to school with him." she lies. 

"Okay, i want to meet him though." Kian gets up. "keep an eye on her please." he says to me.

"Don't worry i won't let her out of my sight." I salute him, before he leaves shutting the door behind him. I am quick to lock the door and sit next to her on her bed.

"So another guy huh?" I say putting my arm around her shoulders.

"Oh shut up." She says pushing my arm away. 

"What? Can't i hold my girl?" I ask slightly offended.

"I"m not your girl, plus you haven't even taken me out on a date yet." She says. A date? How can she think of a date with all this drama going on?

"How about tonight?" I ask trying to come up with a plan to sneak her out of the house.

"Tonight? Gilinsky someone tried to kill me, my brother and his gang last night and you want to take me out at the risk of me dying?"

"Hey, I did a good job protecting you last night." I say feeling more offended

"Yeah, with the help of matt and your sister." She scoffs.

"Don't mention that prick around me."  I don't like Matt and i probably never will knowing he got my sister involved in all this gang drama.

"Hey! That prick is my best friend! So deal with it!" She says crossing her arms.

"Ugh! Why did I pick the one girl who makes everything complicated?" I ask rubbing my hands over my face. I honestly didn't mean to say it out loud; it kind of slipped.

"I'm sorry! Look at who my brother is Jack!" she gets off her bed and walks over to her window. "Nothing about my life is simple! I'm sorry it's too complicated for you." She says turning away from me. 

Well now I know I messed up. I'm a complete asshole sometimes, i just need to learn to control my mouth and everything will be alright.

"No! Kenzie, I didn't mean it like that." I get off the bed walking over to her and wrapping my arms around her in a sorry attempt to comfort her. "Kenzie, i'm sorry."

She turns around in my arms and looks up at me, making her tears known. "I know i'm the gang leader's sister, but i hate that everyone treats me so..."

"Defenseless?" I guess. She nods and i gently wipe away her tears.

"Kenzie, i'm going to be protective of you whether you like it or not cause it's my job...and i care about you. Alright?" I gently stroke her cheek with my thumb. I am relieved when she nods. I lean down giving her a gentle kiss.

"So about that date.." I say pulling away.

"Jack," She sighs. I shouldn't have asked again. 

"We can stay in and watch movies. It's fine." I softly smile. She smiles back. And now i know that i've started to win her heart.