You Led Me On

Find the secrets that you hide

Chapter 12 - Find the secrets that you hide

Clara

The hot water ran down my body, I closed my eyes, trying to wash away those haunting thoughts from before.

The image of Dom's eyes was clear in my mind. His stare was warm and soft. The only eyes that had looked at me like that had been Matt's. Though Matt'a stare today was still warm, but distant. But I've never seen that look in Dom's eyes. There was something lightly different, though. There was something more in Dom's stare. Something I also found in Alec's eyes. The difference was that Alec's stare was warm, but in a different matter; he looked at me like if he knew what I was thinking and like if he knew I could read his mind, he looked at me with a familiar closeness, he also looked at me the way a bear looks at her cubs; he looked at me protectively; Alec looked at me like if he would rip people's heads off if they hurt me. However Dom looked at me like if he knew that the only thread I faced was myself; he looked at me like if he wanted to protect me from myself, his stare was beyond sweet and warm, so sweet and protective his eyes altered my thoughts.

Even by looking at his eyes, I felt his embrace. His stare drove me to a warm place, I place where I can't be hurt. Something that felt a little bit like home, I felt protected and loved.

I walked out of the shower, wrapping my body in a towel, and I proceeded to brush my auburn hair, and let it fall over my shoulders. I changed into some random shorts and a tank top. I walked out of the bathroom, and walked to Dom's room where I was staying.

"Hey" Dom called me from behind.

Swinging on my toes, I turned around and met the stare I couldn't stop thinking about.

"Hi there..." I answered, sitting on the bed.

"Wanna hang out? I don't like playing third wheel in Matt and Gaia's movie marathon" he chuckled.

"Awh, poor Dommeh, doesn't wanna be third wheel" I teased laughing lightly

He walked closer to the bed, with an unamused face on. I moved to a side, leaving a space for Dom to sit on. He sat next to me, and I looked at him, and smiled. We started talking about nothing in particular; but it was quite entertaining and fun. We lost track of time somewhere by three in the morning. We ended up talking about when we were back in high school.

Woah, high school. Back then Dom and I were inseparable, we were the mind behind all of the pranks. How close I was with Alec wasn't even half from how close I was with Dom back then. I felt nostalgic, I missed those old times. I was wild and free back in high school. Today I was still wild and free, but back then I wasn't as damaged as I was today. Kurt Cobain was right, no one dies a virgin, life fucks as all...

"Do you remember that time we made filled the lab with balloons filled with paint and we got Larry in trouble?" Dom laughed.

He had his arm around my shoulders, and we had our hands intertwined. I don't know when did this happen, but I was okay with it.

"Ah! I remember! I hated Larry. I was so quite pleased when we got him in trouble" I said.

"I know you did. He had a thing for you..." Dom said, hitting me softly with his shoulder.

"I know, but he was so annoying and a bully. If he wasn't that big of a jerk, I guess I would've given him a chance. Back then my crush on Matt seemed so helpless, I would've given anyone a chance..." I sighed bitterly, remembering the big pain in the ass that Larry guy was.

We remained silent for several seconds, and I kept remembering stuff from high school.

"Would you, know?" Dom asked, breaking the silence.