Long Distance

Slut.

[Ethan]

I slowed stepped onto the brake, stopping at the red light and face palming myself.

Why did I kiss her? What happened to trying to forget her? I could only be angry at myself for doing what I did only minutes ago. This girl had me completely switching gears.

As the light turned green, I stepped onto the gas pedal zooming off to my house. After unlocking the door and marching up the stairs, I strip off my shirt and shorts getting into the shower. I sigh as the cold water runs down my back and I find my thoughts going back to the girl who was driving me crazy.

[Aria]

I couldn't get that kiss out of my head. The worst part was I didn't know how to feel about it. I was in a relationship with someone, yet somehow, while Ethan kissed me, it didn't come to mind.

I felt so guilty it was overwhelming. Mason was going to kill Ethan if he found out, and I did not want that chaos. The only thing I didn't know was whether I was worried about Mason getting in trouble or Ethan getting hurt.

Wait. Why was I worrying about Ethan?

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"I can't wait for winter break," I sigh through the phone.

"Neither can I," Mason replies. "Hey my lunch is over, I'll call you after school. I love you."

"I love you too," I reply before ending the call. Not telling Mason about the kiss was making me feel extremely guilty.  It was wrong to keep it from him, but maybe it was for the best.

"Hey girl!" Kris greets as she opens the door and hops into the passenger's seat. She begged me earlier today to come over and hang out and I agreed deciding that it would be the perfect distraction.

"Hey." I flash her a smile as I pull out of the school parking lot and she immediately turns on the radio searching for a good station.

"Are you okay? You've been quiet the whole ride here." Kris says as we enter my house.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Just missing Mason." That wasn't a total lie. I was missing Mason but the kiss Ethan and I shared wouldn't leave my mind.

"You up for a movie?" Kris asks.

"Yeah sure." I reply, my mind still replaying the events of that day.

"The Notebook?"

"Mhm."

"Or do you want to catch up on The Walking Dead?"

"Mhm."

"You want to burn your house down too?"

"Mhm."

"Aria!" Her voice snaps me out of my thoughts and I turn around to find Kris staring at me with an incredulous expression. "Aria were you even listening to me? I know something's wrong with you, why can't you just tell me what-"

"Ethan kissed me!" I blurt out instantly regretting it as soon as the words left my mouth.

"What?!" She exclaims, her mouth hanging open.

I sigh and start explaining. I couldn't keep it in anymore and it felt a lot better knowing that I now wasn't the only one who knew about the kiss.

"Did you tell Mason?" She asks as I finish.

"No! I can't. He'll get on the first flight here and I think you know what would happen."

"He'll understand it wasn't your fault and that you pushed him away as soon as it happened. You did push him away, right?" She looks at me with this look and I run my hands over my face in frustration.