Affection | N.H

Chapter 39

("If your thighs touch, you are one step closer to becoming a mermaid." -A.B)

"I don't know about that." Niall interrupts Amber.

"You can just go with Tarisha you know." She smirks at him. Zac lets out a giggle and soon Tanya and Jessika join him.

"You think I am in the mood to joke right now?" Niall gritts on his teeth before rising on his feet. Turning on his heels, he walks away upstairs. I guess I will give him some time to cool down on his own first.

"Boy, he is an angry man." Tanya gushes.

"He is cute though." Jessika laughs. "Mum, could you help me find some books in my room?" She asks Tanya.

"Sure honey." Tanya smiles and they both walk off towards Jess's room.

"Troy asked me to go over to his place to look at some wedding suits that he chose for me. I will come back in a couple of hours if that's okay?" Zac buries his head in Amber's hair.

"That's fine. Make sure you're quick though." She kisses his lips.

"I love you." They both say in unison and Zac walks away.

I have a funny feeling in my stomach.

I wish Niall was like that. I wish he would be confident about me in public. After what we did today, we are definitely not just friends.

"At last we got some time on our own. I have so much to talk to you about." Amber sighs and slides down from the couch to sit beside me on the floor. "How have you been? How's Melbourne?"

"Yeah, it's alright. I guess I just need some time to settle in." I shrug.

Amber frowns. "It has been almost 4 months now and you still haven't 'settled'?" She asks, adding air quotes.

"It takes time. Anyways, tell me about yourself. How did things get so serious between you and Zac?"

"I don't know. We just love each other so much since a long time now. He wanted me to be his. It was really sweet when he asked me to marry him. Mum and Jess were at Granny's that night so to surprise me, Zac lit candles all around the house and decorated the house with countless rose petals. I came home from work and found him on his knees, asking me to marry him." Amber smiles.

"He must really love you then." I return her smile.

Amber smiles and nods shyly. "But Tarisha, you fell in love for the first time. I just hope that Niall dude is not the wrong person." She sighs. "You told me over the phone that you guys kissed. How come he addressed himself as your friend at the airport?"

"I definitely have feelings for him. He cares about me I guess but I am not sure if he feels the same for me." I shrug.

"Wait, if you have kissed, did you..." She raises her eye brows.

"Did we, what?" I ask in confusion but Amber keeps waving her hand in the air dramatically. "I don't understand."

She rolls her eyes. "Did you guys sleep together?"

"Yeah, we did." I smile remembering the moments of cuddling and little kisses.

"Did you use protection during sexx?" Amber squeaks. "Tell me about it!"

"Wait what the hell are you on about? I meant we slept beside each othe on the same bed and slept, like closed our eyes and slept. We didn't do anything like that. Do you think I can do somehing like that?" I gasp.

Amber rolls her eyes once more. "Are you serious? I was getting so excited that you at last lost your virginityy."

"What's wrong with me still being one? I don't see any bad sides of it." I frown.