The Big Secret

Chapter Three

                             Roxanne's POV

I keep on tossing and turning on the bed, I just don't believe Ryan is back.  He's been gone for a while.  I don't know. Could I possibly still have feelings for him?

I gently get up from my bed, and wonder around my room with questions I have no answers to. The darkness that surrounds me in my room is not even a bother.

I stand next to my bedroom window slightly opening the curtains to see the beautiful view of the outside.  The  different lights from each house is  complimenting the dark, the sky is mellifluous with the stars so radiant.

Suddenly, someone switches on the lights. Its probably my mom, "what do... " I say turning around, my words stops as soon as I notice it's not my mom in my room.  It is a man in a mask.

I stare in fear as he walks towards me, "who... " My adrenaline starts to flow.  "Who... uhm who a-are you?  I force the words out of my mouth and they come out at disappointing than what I had expected.  Is he going to kidnap me, or kill me? I have never wronged anyone before, well not to the point where one could think of killing me. My facial expression shows how frightened I am.

"I am not here to hurt you" he says meaningful.
"Get out or I'll scream".  I respond back  and this time I sound more convincing.

He steps closer and closer and I remained standing next the window, at this point, my eyes are  searching around for something, anything that I can use to protect myself if he tries to do something horrific.

"Please Iris, I mean Rox" he begs.  I am too concentrated on his moves  as he steps closer to even mind that he called me by someone else's name.

He is now close enough.  "Rox you strong, Rox you strong" I try to convince myself. 

He holds my hand, looks straight at my terrified eyes and he says "Don't worry, when the time comes I will reveal myself".  His hand moves to my cheeks.

I feel the need to be scared, but fear starts to evaporate.  I can sense he is harmless and am also interested in knowing who he is.

The next thing, he has leaned closer, his lips softly brush mine, I want to pull away but he's hand quickly rests below my ear, his thumb caressing my cheek, my heart beats faster and wramth  is spread to my entire body and I can feel his heartbeat.  This is not what I thought would happen.

The kiss continues soft and we delve into each other with a strong scent of mint being exchanged as we kiss.

I slowly pull away and we stare at each other for a moment.  Not knowing what to think or say, however, our kiss was more like we have known each other our whole lives.  His touch felt familiar.

He looks at me like he wants to say something.  "I... " he is distracted by my mom's voice calling me.  I rush to the door to keep her from coming in my room.

"Mom", I say sounding like she just woke me up. 
"I heard voices, are you alone"?  She asks. I try to look sleepy.  "Yes, it was my phone's alarm tone, remember the science test I told you  about? Well I want to study".  She looks convinced.  "Okay baby, don't stay up for too long". I  watch her go to her room, I close the door to my room as soon as I am convinced that she is in her room.

I let out a loud breath with my eyes closed and my head on the door behind me. As soon as the "almost caught" feeling has dissolved, i open my eyes and he is gone. 

The person I just kissed is gone.
I literally gave my first kiss to a total stranger.  I am not going to tell Cassie about this.

Will he ever come back? I wish he had said something afterwards.  A lot is going on my mind.

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"Rox" a familiar voice calls. I slowly open my eyes, "Morning Cassie, what are you doing here"?  I ask.
"Morning?  Honey its 13:00,afternoon to you too".
I jump of my bed to check the time, I am surprised I slept till this time, this is so unlike me.

"Why didn't my mom wake me"? I stupidly ask Cassie.  How is she supposed to know.
"Oh, she said you stayed up studying, so she didn't want to wake you".

"Am hungry, lets go get something to eat" I tell Cassie.  I try to look as normal as ever for her not to notice any changes but she knows me maybe more than I kmow myself and am sure this will be difficult for me to hide from her.

"Ryan says hi" she says.  Ryannnn!!!!  How can I forget his back!  OMG! 

"Rox.. Are you there?  You have  been acting strange.  Are you okay?
"Uhm, yeah.  I just forgot" I regret those words the second they out of my mouth.
"You forgot"?  She sounds shocked or rather surprised.
"Am anxious about the science test,  its tomorrow.  Did you get anytime to study, I mean with Ryan being back, am sure a lot has happening"
"We should study now" she says. We redesign the dining with our books and start studying.

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                              Mask Man POV

I have known Rox for as long as I can remember.  I fell Inlove with her the moment I set my eyes on her.  Her adorable green eyes. She is my precious flower.

An Iris flower.
The name Iris means rainbow, it was named after the goddess of the rainbow because iries came in different colours. The flower symbolises faith, wisdom, hope,  cherished friendship, promise in love and many other compliments.

I love that name for her because she has given me hope.  In her I see light.

My heart rejoices when she smiles, her smile lights up my world.  I am emotional attached to her.  She is so close yet so far.  I just couldn't bear the  distance anymore and that's why I decided to go see her.  I can't reveal myself to her because she might not be pleased and that would destroy me completely,  so I went for a classic look with  a mask.

I sneaked in her house and when I got to her room I quickly switched on the lights, only to see her standing in  next to the window, something that I was totally not expecting.  I didn't know what to do next. I was caught off guard. In simple terms, I  thought she would be sleeping and I could just kiss her forehead and sneak back out. However things didn't go as planned.

As I slowly walked to her, she looked frightened and I don't blame her.  I ignore what she says as I step closer and all I said was "am not going to hurt you".

As I leaned closer for a kiss I called her by "Iris", that is  exactly what she is to me.  She is my iris. I gently reached for  her hand before kissing  her.
The kiss was soft and sweet.  I am happy that she grant me the access to continue right when I thought she would pull away.

She gently pulled away and we glared at each other not knowing what to say.  As words were starting to structure themselves out of my mouth, her mothers voice called her name and she rushes to attend to her,  breaking our first beautiful moment.

I slowly opened  the window and got out.
"See you soon, I Love You" I whispered as I got out.

Hope you guys enjoyed chapter three.
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