Let Love Bleed Red

Chapter 5

*Eoghan’s P.O.V.*

Ash was a disaster  at skateboarding! She kept falling off, and I was worried she’d do serious damage but it was hilarious! I laughed when she fell for the billionth time and she fell on top of me.

I heard her mutter an apology to me and I rolled over so I was on top of her.

“Shh..” I brushed her hair off her face so I could look into her eyes. I had to do it. I just had to. I leaned down and kissed her full on the lips. Her soft lips..

I deepened the kiss, one hand against her cheek, the other in behind her head. I felt her kiss back and I smiled. We lay on the hard ground in the park, kissing for what seemed like hours.

When we finally broke away from each other I smiled at her.

“Ash.. I really like you..” I blushed a little. “I’d really like if you went out with me..” I wanted her to say yes so badly. I really really liked her. Maybe..loved her a little. She was so cute, and pretty, and funny and had great taste in music!

“Eoghan.. I really like you too.. But I like someone else more..” She looked  away awkwardly, avoiding my eyes. “I like you, but just as a friend.. I’m sorry..” She got up off the f=ground and dusted herself off.

I felt my heart sink. I like you, but just as a friend.. Just a friend. Nothing more, nothing less. And she didn’t look like she was going to think of me as anything more than that either. I wouldn’t push it any more though, in case we less our new found friendship because I made it awkward..

“We should um, go.. go back to school..” She didn’t look at me, and looked at the ground instead. She picked up her bag from where she’d left it.

“Yeah, I guess..” I picked up my skateboard. The walk was going to be awkward..

*Ash’s P.O.V.*

He liked me, He liked me. He was probably the first guy to ever like me. Why, I don’t know, I’m nothing special, but I still felt bad about telling him I didn’t feel.. that way. Even though I did a little.. But I still loved Stevie. And I was still going to meet up with him tonight. And I wouldn’t tell Eoghan incase he tried to stop me or something.

We walked back to school slowly, absorbed in our own thoughts, awkwardness in the air between us. It hurt me to not have him talking to me, because we were friends, but I knew it was my fault really for letting him down like that..

I spent the rest of the day trying to avoid Eoghan because it hurt me to see him hurt. Maybe I did like him.. It felt good when we kissed, his soft lips against mine, his hair tangled between my fingers, his hand gently caressing my cheek..

The more I thought about it, the more I was starting to like him. And the less I was liking Stevie. I knew more about Eoghan after spending a day with him than I knew about Stevie after being in love with him for five years..

I should still meet with Stevie though, just this one night and get to know him a little. Then if we got along, and had things in common maybe we would hang out again? And if not, I’d talk to Eoghan. Maybe he could try teach me to skate again or something? I had fun with him, more fun than I’d had in a very long time.. He took my mind off this, the way no one else did..

Just then I saw Eoghan down the hall and I got butterflies in my stomach and I felt like running up to him and kissing him or something.. Then I knew.

I was falling for him. Hard.