Beneath The Surface

Chapter 16

Adrien

After about 7 or 8 minutes of making out, Jamie blushing like the innocent kid he is, we decide to skip class today and just sit in the library.

The lunch bell rings a few hours later and we walk side-by-side out to the big oak tree behind the west wing, as far away from the rest of the "acclaimed student body" as we can get.

As voices fade behind us, Jamie reaches over and takes my hand, intertwining his long, thin fingers with mine.

"You hungry?" he asks me as we sit on the huge roots at the base of the tree.

I shrug.

"Well," he says as he reaches into his backpack and pulls out a bag of junk food.

"I guess I'll just have to eat this big bag of Flamin' Hot Cheetos all by myself," he says seductively, wiggling his eyebrows.

He's so cute.

I snatch the bag away from him and shove a whole fistful of Cheetos in my mouth. I keep a straight face while he bites his lip, trying desperately not to laugh.

Knowing he can't resist, I do my best dorky smile with my eyes all wide.

Jamie dies at the sight of me with Cheetos sticking halfway out of my mouth. We sit like that for a moment, Jamie dying,  and then my tongue starts tingling.

Oh, fuck.

I've never been able to take 'spicy' very well, what made me think that this would be any different? My mouth is on fire in a matter of seconds.

I cough and Cheetos and red-tinted saliva fly several feet away.

Jamie laughs so hard his face turns purple and his laughter quickly turns into the worst coughing fit.

Well, next to mine, at least.

My cheeks red, I choke out, "Water!"

Jamie doubles over.

"I- I forgot it!" He says between fits of uncontrolled laughter.

"Jamie!"

I stand up and run to the water fountain nearest to the oak tree as his laughter finally dies down.

"Ah..."

I sigh as the cool water hits my burning tongue.

I look over to see Jamie leaning against the water fountain, flipping a bottle of Coke up in the air and catching it with the same hand.

He bites down hard on his lip, suppressing a boyish giggle.

"That look on your face as you spit Cheetos everywhere? Priceless."

"I'm going to kill you!" I exclaim as I lunge toward him.

He laughs, running from me.

I chase Jamie back to the oak and around it a few times until I finally catch him by his hood. I wrestle him to the ground and pin him between two huge roots.

"James Snively, you, sir, are going to pay for that," I threaten.

"Oh, really? And what are you, Ian Madison, going to do about it?"

I press my lips roughly against his as he whispers, "Oh..."

He wraps his arms around my neck as I grab his thighs and pull him on top of me. I lean against the tree as he wraps his legs around me.

Leaving one hand gripping his thigh, I rest the other on his hip. I brush his lower lip with my tongue and, in turn, his lips part and his own brushes over mine.