To Live Forever

Chapter 25

"Bulletproof seems to be a good ally." Jason nodded as the three girls walked out of the house after bidding goodbye to the seven men.

"They are. They've been allies for almost seven years. Rose and Logan are childhood friends. Really close, you could say." Tyler said, "Her father was a great friend of George Gray. And her mother, Natalie Parker, the late leader of Bulletproof, was a good friend of the Gray's as well. Rose and Logan are the same age so they are closer to each other than Nathan and Rose are."

Jason nodded and then the members retired to their own rooms as a form of alone time.

Jason sat on his bed and felt himself get lightheaded. Had he eaten food? No. But he was somehow too tired to get up and make something for himself. He remembered how he had trained the whole night yesterday and groaned, regretting how vigorously he had punched and kicked the punching bag.

He got up, sipped some water and took off his shirt, dying to lie down and take a nap which would hopefully last for years.

"Hey, Jason, Noah said to give this to you and wanted to talk to-"

The door opened to Jason's room, and Aria stood there, a few papers in her hand and her eyes wide.

Jason looked at his half naked form and gulped.

"Uh. I-um." Aria stuttered, her cheeks flaming at the sight of the boy in front of her and inhaled sharply.

"I should've knocked, sorry." She said, her voice low and Jason smiled, her awkwardness somehow amusing him.

He decided to have a little fun and walked towards her, keeping his hands in the pocket if his jeans and payed no attention as she stared at him and then blinked.

"You were saying?" He raised his eyebrows, standing a good two feet away from her and she licked her lips,

"Um, N-Noah asked me to give you these. He said that these are...some...important information that...Tyler gathered."

Jason had come closer with every pause she took in her sentence and Aria swallowed as she stared at Jason, taking in the small distance he had left between them.

"W-what are you doing?" She asked in a low and alarmed voice.

"What do you think I'm doing?" Jason smirked and wondered how he had gotten so brave. He had never dated a girl before, nor did he have any experience with anything regarding it whatsoever.

But still, the darkness in Aria's eyes gave him faith that whatever he was doing, at least he didn't seem like a complete idiot.

He felt his heart race as he kept both his hands on either side of her, slowly closing the door to his room. He saw Aria clench her jaw as he hovered his hands near her waist, not touching her. Their breaths were shaky now, just because of the close proximity of the two. How did she affect him so much? And not even when he was touching her?

He felt her breaths as he moved his face closer to hers, the green tints in her eyes reflecting his own inky orbs and he moistened his lips as he exhaled a slow breath. He stared at Aria's lips now, the wine red colour of them making him feel almost dizzy.

He removed the distance between them, inch by inch, feeling the heat between them grow as he heard his heart race, until she almost visibly seemed irritated by the time he was taking.

He smirked, and took the papers from Aria's hands, backing away and pretending to be immersed in the white sheets.

He could see Aria open her mouth to speak from his peripheral vision and he smirked slightly as she huffed.