DISTANT

Chapter 11

The Sun beamed through the curtains when she opened her eyes.
She felt an arm wrapped tightly around her waist. She turned and almost bumped her nose against Charlie's forehead.

She moved a little which made Charlie pull her closer towards his chest as if she was a teddy bear.

Giggling she said, "Charlie I need to go pee. Let me go."

Groaning he rested his head in the crook of her neck saying, "Five more minutes, Zayna."

"Mierda (crap) your morning breath just got worse. Let me go,  you twat." She moaned while poking his cheek.

His opened his eyes slowly then shoved her out of bed making her land with a big thump on the floor.

"Muy bien (alright). Take your clothes with you so that I can get dressed over here." He said, rolling onto his stomach, wanting to sleep for an extra two minutes.

"Lazy butt." Muttered Zayna under her breath.

She quickly grabbed her black high waist skinny jeans, her Manchester United T-shirt and black all stars and made her way to the bathroom to take a quick shower and brush her teeth.

Coming out she adjusted her glasses then pulled her hair into a messy bun.

"What do you want to do Zee?" Asked Charlie while slipping on his white Vans.

She chuckled at the childhood nickname he called her.

"Come we go out get breakfast because I really don't feel like making anything and everyone knows your cooking sucks balls." She said while checking her phone for any messages.

He slipped on his Chaldean  T-Shirt and snuck up behind her throwing her over his shoulder, carrying her down to the car.

"AAAHHH!!!!!! CHARLIE PUT ME DOWN!!!!!! I TAKE IT BACK YOUR COOKING DOESN'T SUCK!!" she shrieked when he threw her into the passenger seat.

Without saying anything he went back to the house to lock it then climbed into the driver's seat, starting the engine.

"Diss my cooking again and you'll never breath." He said with an evil laugh.

"As if you'll ever kill me. You love me too much." She said to him while sticking her tongue out.

He chuckled at his cousin's childishness, "That I do."

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"Seriously! You're having a brownie with ice cream for breakfast?!" Exclaimed Charlie while Zayna was eating her so called breakfast.

She held up a finger while chewing on the brownie.

"Dont judge me, besides it's never too early to have a brownie with ice cream." With a shrug she continued eating.

A few more minutes passed with Charlie trying to steal some of her ice cream and Zayna signing softly along with the radio.

She laughed at something Charlie said and her eyes shifted to the entrance of the Diner.

"Maldecir! (Damn)" She whispered yelled, "Charlie, switch seats with me."

He raised a questioning eyebrow then followed her eyes to the entrance.

"That him?" He asked still looking at the guy with a girl hanging into his arm.

"Yes that's Nate. Now switch seats with me." She said fear written all over her face.

He quickly came up with an idea and moved into the empty seat next to Zayna.
This idea could properbly have her thanking him or having his head on a platter. Whatever happens he just hopes that he will come out alive.

He placed his arm around her shoulder and pulled her seat closer to him.

Quickly catching on she whipped her head to her cousin and exclaimed, "Are you mad?! Dude, we are cousins!"

"Yeah sure. I know that, you know that, our family knows that, but he, my beautiful cousin, doesn't know that." He said his eyes sparkling with mischief. "Just do whatever I say and go with the flow."

She contemplated a few minutes but soon found herself leaning onto her cousin's chest before giving a quick kiss on his cheek.

Yes, this was childish but she needed to teach Nate a lesson to leave her the hell alone.

Nate scanned his eyes over the Diner with Taylor under his arm. He did a double take when his eyes passed Zayna. He smiled at her but it was quickly replaced with a frown when he saw a guy (Charlie) with an arm around her.

Charlie saw Nate's reaction which made him lean into Zayna's neck, trailing sloppy kisses all the way to her jaw.

She tried not to grimace at this but as Charlie kept kissing her neck and cheek she could see Nate's face fumming with anger.

He pulled her head closer to his mouth whispering into her ear, "Listen here, I'm going to kiss you behind your ear then you need to run your finger through my hair and pretend to like it okay?"

"Okay" she whispered then pulled his head back to her face and kissed the corner of his mouth.

"Just so by the why I hate you for this." She mumbled when he did what he said.

From the corner of her eye she could see Nate and Taylor coming towards them.

"Charlie, they are coming over here." She whispered.

He raised his head and looked into Nate's direction.

Show time

"Hey Zayna. Who's your friend over here?" Nate asked while shooting daggers in Charlie's direction. If looks could kill he would've been 6ft under long ago.

"Hi there I'm Charlie. Zayna's boyfriend." He introduced himself.

Subtly she shoved her elbow in his stomach when the couple wasn't looking.

"I'm sorry but I was actually talking to Zayna, not you." Spat Nate.

"Doesn't matter who answered you. It would've been the same anyway." Said Zayna with a blank look.

Nate was taken aback by her outburst. This clearly wasn't the same girl he was friends with.

"Nate, our table is ready. Let's go." Said Taylor while tugging on Nate's sleeve.

Charlie grabbed Zayna's neck and pulled her forward close enough so that they could feel each other's breath on their lips.

"Trust me" whispered Charlie before closing he gap between them.

Zayna tensed for a moment but soon responed to the making their lips move in sync.

Awesome. I just lost my first kiss to my idiotic cousin. Great. Just Great.

After that they left the restaurant leaving behind a very stunned Nate and Taylor.

The moment the cousins arrived at the parking lot Zayna slapped Charlie upside the head and furiously wiped her mouth with the back of her hand. 

"DUDE YOU STOLE MY FRIST KISS!!!!!" She exclaimed punching and kicking him.

Laughing Charlie shoved her back, making her land on her butt and took off running to the nearest park with his angry cousin hot on his tail.