Wrapped

Chapter 10

Ten ~ Nick

"I'm sorry, honey, I won't be able to pick you up on time. I'm working late," My mom says through the phone.

"Then, how am I going to get home?" I ask with a hint of panic filling in my voice.

There's no other way of getting me home. I can't just walk home. Who knows if there's any murders, kidnappers, rapists, waiting for a victim. The world is a crazy place, I can't be able to be alone in a certain place.

"Just be with Zack or something. I'm really sorry, Nick," Mom sighs. "I have to go, it's really busy here. I'll call you as soon as I can. Love you, bye." She hung up before I could reply.

I huff out a breath and check the time. 3:02 PM. I started to notice my dace practice has been increasing the time, but it hasn't bothered me. It just means I get to dance more, and spend more time with Zack and Pierce.

I have to admit, having Zack being my dance instructor, telling me what to do, doing the exercises together, is pretty great. And having Pierce to be my partner in a duet is even better. I get to be closer to him, we get to touch a lot, I don't know what it is, but I just like it.

"Is something wrong, Nick?" Zack's voice crawls into my ear, making my panic leave my body.

"Uh - um, my mom just won't be able to pick me up until late tonight," I shrug and sit in the chairs in the lobby.

"Oh, well do you want to hang out at my place with Pierce and I?" Zack sits next to me.

I blush and smile. Zack wants me to be in his house, with him and Pierce? But, why will Pierce be there? Are they related or something?

"Really? I don't want to worry you with my problems or anything," I look over at Zack and keep smiling.

"Don't worry about it, I get off early today anyway," Zack smiles and gets up from his chair. "I just need some of my papers and we'll be going, alright?"

I nod and smile even wider. This is going to be great. I wonder what we'll get to do. Maybe Zack might be busy because of the paper work, so Pierce and I might do something together. Oh, happy day.

Pierce walks out when Zack steps into his office. "What are you still doing here? You'd be gone by now, right?" Pierce asks and sits where Zack was last sitting.

"Oh, my mom can't pick me up. So, I'm going home with you and Zack," I say quietly and look down at the ground.

I always get the butterflies fluttering in my stomach whenever Pierce is close to me. My heart picks up it's pace rapidly. My skin crawls and rises with goosebumps. It's not that I'm nervous, well, maybe I am. I don't want to humiliate myself in front of him.

Or maybe I'm just excited. Like, the first time when Pierce said that we were going to be great partners, I couldn't stop thinking about it. Pierce and I have been getting closer, with the dancing I mean. Every now and then we talk about random stuff.

"Oh, this will fun," Pierce chuckles and lays a hand on top of mine.

I feel my cheeks get warm and I look at our hands. His hands is larger than mine, but not much. His palm is warm against the top of my hand. I like this feeling.

"Alright, let's get going," Zack walks out of his office while closing the door behind him.

Pierce moves his hand away from mine quickly. Both him and I stand up with bright red cheeks. Zack eyes us and starts walking out of the studio, with Pierce and I following him. We all say 'good bye' to Bella, and go to his car. Zack gets in the driver seat, Pierce in the passenger seat, and I get in the back.

"You two are getting better and better every day with the duet," Zack chirps and begins to drive in the direction where he lives.

"Thank you," Both Pierce and I say in unison.

Then the car ride goes silent. Nobody would talk, so I just looked out the window, we were passing a lot of cars here and there. Finally, we got to apartment complexes. They live in an apartment? What about Pierce? Doesn't he need to go home with his parents? Or does he live with Zack and they don't have parents?

Zack parks the car and starts getting out. Pierce also gets out, making me get out and follow them. We get into a room on the first floor, it's small. A little living room, a small kitchen, and a couple doors in a narrow hallway. Maybe a bathroom and a bedroom. Wait, it's a one bedroom apartment? There's not a whole lot of privacy here.

"Alright, well, I have some work to do, so you guys can watch t.v in the bedroom," Zack says while winking at Pierce as he settles himself on the living room couch.

"Okay, cool," Pierce laughs a little bit and grabs my hand, leading me to the bedroom.

Why did Zack wink at Pierce? Is he hinting something? Oh, who cares? This is just good enough that I get to be alone with Pierce in a room.

We get into the room and Pierce closes the door and faces me. The lights are off, but the sun coming from the window lights up the room. I can see Pierce clearly and his cheeks are bright pink. Is he nervous about something?

"So, this is a cool room," I say and look around.

There's a dresser, closet, mirror, a pretty good sized bed, plain walls, and a television hanging off the wall. This is a clean room, I like it.

"Thanks," Pierce chuckles again and sits on the bed. "Sit with me?" He pats a space next to him.

I smile and quickly go over to him and sit close to him, so close our legs are touching. I get this buzzing feeling all around my body, all of the good feelings are coming back.

"So," I and start to slowly move away to give Pierce some space, "What do you want to do?"

"Don't move away," Pierce whispers and puts a hand on my leg.

I feel my cheeks flush a deeps red. I turn to face him, but I meet with a pair of lips on top of mine. Time freezes. Every single feeling inside of me explodes. This kiss is so wonderful. There's something about it that wasn't like the kiss Zack and I shared, but I still like it. Almost love it.

Reality hits me when I close my eyes shakily place my hand on the back of Pierce's neck, and pull him closer as I kiss him back with every feeling I have left. Pierce gently lays his hand on my waist, and gets rougher. It doesn't matter, I still really enjoy this moment.

Pierce pulls away from me, "I like you, Nick," He says breathless.

My heart races. I can't believe this is happening.

Pierce likes me back!

"I like you, too," I whisper while trembling a little bit, the excitement overwhelms me, causing me to shake. I hate shaking, it makes me look like I'm scared of everything.

After I finished my sentence, Pierce smashes his lips back on top of mine. I immediately kiss him back and pull him close to me. Pierce slowly lays us down on the bed, while our lips are still locked together.

This turned out better than how I imagined.