The Falling Stars (The Vamps and One Direction Zombie Apocalypse)

Chapter 22- Well, that was Awkward

“Shit” I muttered under my breath, praying that hadn’t just happened, squeezing my eyes shut.

I opened my eyes slowly, and Casey’s hands slipped out of mine just as slowly. When I had fully opened my eyes, she was kneeling on the floor, holding a foil packet in between her left thumb and forefinger.

“Oh, my, god, Connor. What. The. Hell?” She spoke with a breath in between each word. She looked up at me, eyes completely wide and surprised. My face was red, I could feel it, and I knew that nothing I could say would make that seem normal.

“Well er. I er.” I scratched the back of my head, trying to conceal the other still full boxes in my bag. I decided it was best to tell the truth, but not the whole truth “I got them for Brad, and I thought I could take them to the 1d guys too? I mean attractive guys like them..” my voice tailed away.

“Is that all?” She asked sternly, raising her eyebrow again. She walked towards me and I backed against the wall. I was a terrible liar. I shook my head. But it was okay, because I blurted everything out anyway.

“IwasgoingtoaskyououtsoIgotsomestuffbecauseIlikeyou” I stammered. She stepped back

“What?” I was so nervous I could hardly say it again

“I was going to ask you out, so I got some stuff, for the guys and me, because I like you, like, a lot” I tried to say it more calmly.

“My answers are” She still sounded stern, but milder “Yes, I do like you,” Something in my stomach flipped around in excitement and I think it showed on my face because she smiled cheekily. Her face turned serious again “But my answer is no, I will not go out with you. So, you won’t be in need of any of this stuff.” She gestured towards the packet in her hand.

“Why?” I asked, sounding more stroppy than I had expected to sound.

“Becaussse!” Replied Casey like a child in an argument “Going out with someone here is basically just banging them and sharing food with them. A, I can’t share food with anyone unless I have a lot of it. B, I wanted something serious, which could end up somewhere or something, and I know you think I’m coming on strong now” She must have seen my startled expression “But that’s never going to happen because that doesn’t really exist anymore, plus, there are no STI treatments here, and there’s risk of getting pregnant...” Her voice tailed away when she saw me nodding awkwardly, looking down at the ground.

“That’s fine, I understand and I know what you mean. I guess I just saw what Ellie and Brad were like and wanted that” I nodded seriously, my stomach settling sadly. I pulled my bag back onto my shoulder and zipped it up.

“Woah, woah I thought you wanted to do the other stuff?” she paused me.

“What like?”I asked nervously. I gulped.

“Just kissing and stuff to start with, don’t get your hopes up too much” she was smiling again. She had a dimple in her right cheek which was quite frankly adorable.

It was awkward at first as we looked around a lot, not really understanding who was going to make the first move. I pushed my foot forwards and backwards, but it slid across a packet on the floor and made me feel more awkward. I was about to call it all off when she started to move in.

She grabbed my hands first, and lead me away from the shelf I had thrown myself against when my bag exploded. She guided my hands down, anchoring them safely at her waist. I hadn’t really realised before, but she was quite a lot smaller than me. I looked down and smiled at her, before leaning down carefully.

Our lips touched gently, and we both shied away a bit, drawing our heads back a millimetre before going in properly. Usually, when you kiss someone you’ve been attracted to for a while, other stuff happens. It’s like the ‘fireworks popping’ cliché or feeling complete or something.

Now don’t get me wrong, kissing Casey was amazing. I just didn’t get the ‘high’ like I had done when kissing other girls I’d fancied in the past. I wondered if I knew it was because this couldn’t last, or that I knew nothing else was going to come out of it.

I tried a different tact, kissing her more deeply. We moved our heads around and stuck our tongues in but it felt somehow weird.

 “Oh my god!” Someone yelled, and we jumped apart just in time to see Ellie run away. I knew the onslaught would be here in seconds, probably with both the radios so everyone could comment on us. I took off my hoody and threw it on the ground, sweeping all the condom packets under the shelf. Casey popped the bag of strawberry laces back open again and I grinned, taking one.

“Oh, hey guys!” I said enthusiastically, directing my speech towards James as everyone barged around the corner, with both radios, as I had guessed.

“What are you guys doing?” Asked Brad slyly, his eyes narrow.

“We were just eating and talking” Said Casey, who had strawberry laces dangling out of her mouth in the style of an ood from Doctor who. This seemed enough for Jake, who just nodded and wandered away, carrying McRadio in his arms. Brad, still glaring suspiciously, followed suit, doing the ‘I’m watching you’ sign with his fingers. I chuckled, and heard Casey reply similarly, her mouth so full of strawberry laces it sounded like a gargle.

“Seriously though?” James asked when he was sure the others had gone “What were you doing?”

“Well we were kissing actually” said Casey quite proudly “I didn’t think we’d be interrupted.”

“Why were there condom packets everywhere?” Asked Ellie “Were you two gonna-?”

“NO!” Yelled Casey, waving her hands “Connor was stocking up for all of you guys and a few boxes exploded, that’s all” She grinned “It was pretty funny actually”

“So are you dating then?” Asked James, glancing at the floor in response to what Ellie just said.

“Nope” Casey said before I could say anything myself.

“We’re staying friends, and no offense but I don’t wanna do that again really” I added. Ellie’s eyebrows shot up so far they almost disappeared into her blonde hair.

“Oh thank god!” Grinned Casey, relaxing “It was too weird, like I was kissing my brother or something”

James’ turn to raise his eyebrows this time.

“Let’s just keep the whole platonic friendship thing” I said, and she nodded, smiling in a way which said ‘deal’.

A/N This chapter sucked ass, sorry *grimaces*