The Story of Udonia

Chapter Six: Temptations

It's just a crush. It will go away.
"Claire." Ashton smiled at me from the base of my bed interrupting my thoughts.
"What?" I asked.
"Do you want garlic knots?" He asked again.
He had his phone on his ear and was ordering pizza for us to share while we watched a movie. It was December 30th. My feelings had grown. The biggest problem was that I couldn't tell what he was feeling and I was too nervous to ask him.
I nodded to confirm the garlic knots and got out of bed. I needed to distract myself with something. I poked up the remote and turned on the TV. I then sat back down on my bed as I scrolled through the movie options on Netflix. Ashton and Ashley had taken turns by my side only leaving me alone when I went into the bathroom, but before I would go in there would search it for any sign of alcohol. I never noticed how much the stuff took the edge off. I was getting better though.
Ashley and I would typically spend our time shopping or doing other girl things. Ashton preferred to watch movies. I was able to final hear about Princeton. I was happy he was doing what he wanted to. He was set to return January 3rd. Ashton went to Hikaru University after high school for two years and then moved to New York. He would come home for Christmas and that was when I would see him. He would come to our Christmas party. In New York, he spent a year trying to decide which college he wanted to attend to do his business studies. His dream was to take over his father's business.
We decided to watch Forrest Gump...or more like Ashton was forcing me to. He was astonished when I said I had never seen it.
After about thirty minutes, there was a knock at my door. I paused the movie and Ashton opened the door. A castle worker handed him two boxes of steaming hot pizza, a large box on the bottom with a large box on top. My mouth watered as the aroma traveled to my nose. He placed it on the bed between the two of us.
By the time the movie ended, both boxes were empty.
"Good call on the garlic knots." I said as I finished off the last one and licked my fingers.
He smirked at me and got up. He began to clean the mess by putting the small box inside the empty one which also housed some used napkins. I shuffled to the end of the bed and touched my feet to the floor. Meanwhile Ashton grabbed the pizza boxes and took a step towards the door. We were now very close. Our bodies touched quickly and then a pulled back a little. I felt his warm breath on my neck. I looked up to meet his eyes. As per usual, the intense pools of blue pierced through my soul. I exhaled and my body reacted to his closeness by quickening my breath and sent warmth throughout. Ashton brought his free hand up to my face to move a strand of blonde hair behind my ear. As his hand let go of the hair, it grazed across my cheek and down to my lips. I moaned internally at his touch. He shut his eyes and leaned closer to me. His body closed the distance so our hips now touched. His hand moved away from my face and grasped the back of my neck. Our lips touched. He pulled his head back to make sure this was something that I also wanted. My leaned my head in and closed my eyes. My hand grabbed his taunt shoulders and pulled him close. We kissed once again, but this time it was deeper. His tongue grazed my lips as we sucked seeking entrance. I opened my mouth and allowed it to play with mine. Ashton dropped the pizza box on the floor and placed his hands on my back. I pulled my body back down to the foot of the bed and his came along with me. His lips moved from my lips to my cheek. His tongue traveled down to my neck where he began to suck. My hand grasped the bed covers and I threw my head back with passion. Heat spread through my body and my breath increased. Ashton brought his lips up to mine again. This time the kiss was lighter. I realized quickly that his body was moving away from mine. He then released my lips and stood up straight. I opened my eyes to see torment in his face.
"Claire." His voice spoke softly. "I don't want this to happen this way." He sat next to me as he sighed.
I reached my hand into his soft dark brown hair. I was confused. I thought that he wanted this too...this thing that had just formed in my mind.
"What to happen?" I asked.
Ashton reached up and grabbed my wrist. He brought it to his mouth and kissed it gently. He then returned it to my side.
"Claire, I've sorta had a crush on you for a long time now." He admitted.
How did I not know?!
"How long is a long time?" I asked.
He sighed. "Well, pretty much as long as I can remember."
Ashton's eyes looked so innocent at this moment. I grabbed his hand and leaned in for another kiss to show him that I felt the same way, but then he quickly stood up.
"No." He looked down at me. "Claire, I don't want to do this yet." He sat back down. "I have to leave in three days to go back to America."
I frowned. "Oh yeah...but we can call each other. I can come visit."
"Claire now isn't the right time. After this year I still need one more year to get my degree." He grabbed my hand. "I can't, I wouldn't to that to you. If we are going to start something here, then I want to do it when I know that we can both fully commit." He was very serious.
This was more than just sex for him. He really liked me.
"Okay." Was the only thing I could think to reply.
Ashton picked up the pizza boxes from the floor and left my room without another word.