Power Within Me

Eric Dalton-Best Friend or More?

Ava was about to internally cry when...

cries of girls from outside can be heard. The squeaking of their shoes rings throughout the room as the stampede of girls runs out of their classroom. 

Every girl in the class begins to also shriek as they rush out of their seats and push their way outside while all the boys (and teacher), relently, follows after them. 

'W-What is going on?' 

"Eric..." a voice calls out from behind her, seeming to read her thoughts. 

Ava jump back a little before slapping the person from behind her on the shoulder. 

"Yah! Don't scare me like that...You know how I don't like surprises!" Ava yells at him. 

Nicholas chuckles at Ava. 

'She is still a hot headed...as always...' A smile forms on Nicholas's face as he look back at their childhood memories together. 

Ava stop ranting and sees that Nicholas is standing there looking down at her, smiling. 

'Is Nicholas okay?' 

Ava takes a closer at him, using the heels of her shoes as her support; their faces only inches apart. 

'Is he smirking or smiling? He's...Aish...I should have research that up before coming to school today.' 

Ava went back down as she feels pain on the heels of her feet. 

'O-Ouch...I should have exercise my feet more often...' 

She forgets about the pain as she turns her attention back to Nicholas who is standing still on the same spot.

"What are you smirking at..." Ava begins to say as she trails his eyes down to see that her cleavage is expose to him.

Her whole face begins to heat up as she wraps herself around with her denim jacket. 

"D-Don't look...You...You... PERVERT!" She shouts as she throws her notebooks towards Nicholas.  

This makes him snap out of his reminiscence about their childhood as a pang of pain shot through him. 

"O-OW! A-Ava...Stop throw-" 

Nicholas get cut off as Ava punches him on the stomach. His body falls down onto the ground, unconscious.

Ava's eyes keep on twitching as she keep her defense position up. 

'T-That's what he gets for being a pervert...'

After a few minutes, she lowers her position and sighs. 

'It's been 20 minutes but he's still unconscious. I-I think I punched him hard..too hard...' 

She walk towards him, her face still red. 

Ava slowly shakes him but Nicholas made no movement.

'D-Don't tell me...I killed him...'

 She tries to shake him again which made him stir (a slight movement) a bit. 

She let out a breath of relief. 

'Good. I didn't kill him.' 

She looks at him and sighs again. 

'I guess I need to carry him to the nurse's office...'

Ava, with all her strength, lifts him up as her legs quiver under all the weight. 

'U-Uh...Nicholas is heavier than I thought...he...would be...' 

Ava is about to steadily walk towards the door when the door burst open to reveal a guy in a black leather jacket worn top of a white shirt. He is wearing a blue scrape jeans with a pair of black shoes. He is leaning on the doorway, smirking at her. 

"E-Eric..." Ava manage to say before collapsing onto the floor. 

'O-Ouch...B-Bad idea of carrying someone who eats everyday...by myself...'

Eric walk towards Ava, with his glasses off, as he pulls out a hand for her. 

"You okay?" 

Ava nods, grabbing his hand as he pulls her up; their bodies press against each other. 

A blush creeps on Ava's cheeks as she tries to push him away. Eric, on the other hand, is not going to let her go so easily as they both fight. 

They both fight for 10 minutes before Eric pin her against the wall. Ava tries to escape from his grip but Eric block her with his hand. He leans closer towards Ava as he looks at her lips. Ava, who has been his best friend since kindergarten, knows exactly what Eric wants but she resist herself. 

'I-I can't do it...Especially here...' 

She squeaks when she feels Eric nuzzling her neck. 

'I-I n-need to...resist...'

"E-Eric..." A moan escape her lips while Eric bites her neck. 

Her hands grips his hair, unconsciously, as Eric's hands roam across her body. 

"W-We...can't d-do...this..." She moans as Eric keep on biting her neck. 

"Why?" He manage to say as he keep on biting. 

"P-Please..." Ava pleads. 

Eric sighs, bites Ava's neck one more time before letting her go. 

Ava is about to go pick up her stuff before Eric stops her again. 

"I'll only let you go if you kiss me on the lips," Eric declares. 

"Huh?" Her face turn into a deeper shade of red at Eric. 

"What? It's not our first time kissing each other after all," He said as he leans closer to he again. 

"Or...we can go back to making o-" 

"Fine," Ava replied fastly, not letting Eric finish him. 

Eric smiles at Ava before he closes his eyes and pucker up his lips, waiting for her kiss. 

Ava sighs. 

'I-I can't believe that I have to kiss him...again.' 

She closes her eyes as she leans closer to his face. 

Ava opens one eye and sees that he is still closing his. 

'H-He's too excited to kiss me...' 

She closes her eyes again and leans in closer....closer...closer...