Cold

Chapter 37

Samantha's P.O.V.

I don't know what just happened but those tingles that I felt running up and down my arms has to mean something. And when I look over at Charles, I know he felt it too.

I don't seem to notice the hug that Gallo gives me and my cousin is calling my name. Her voice gets closer to me but I don't bother listening.

I keep my eyes on Charles. His poison green eyes pierce into my mix color eyes as we try to figure out what just happened.

Veronika hugs me as Gavin let's go. She asks me millions of questions and all I seem to do is nod my head.

But for some reason, this feeling in me want to push her away and to jump on Charles.

To pull him into a warm hug and never let him go.

But I can't do that... It's f*cking Charles Costa.

Who everyone thinks your dating...

When Veronika pulls away, Gallo places his hand on my arm and I feel those familiar sparks with him. But something different happened with Charles.

It was tingles instead of sparks. It was as if my body was waking up from something I didn't know existed.

That I've never known existed.

I shrug his hand off me and before I know what I'm actually doing, I pull Charles into a hug. I clearly caught him off guard but after a couple of seconds, he wraps his arms around me. He doesn't waste his time on pulling me closer to his chest. Practically squeezing me to death.

And surprisingly, I hold him with the same amount of force. I know that I should be mad at him, angry even, but right now... all I want to do is have him close to me. Have him hold me to the point where we could be separated by force.

"Oh god. You're alive." He mumbles into my wet hair as I feel my pony tail stick to my back.

"Yah. I'm good." I breath out as he nods his head in the crock of my neck.

"Thank god you are." He breaths as well. A small smile forms on my lips as I place my head in the crock of his neck. Giving me light kisses on my neck, I feel those familiar tingles as the goosebumps rise on my arms.

Charles seems to notice and only holds me closer.

We stay like that for a while before pulling away, but he doesn't completely let me go. Charles pulls me up with him as I stay in his arms. My head quick to rest on his chest as I keep my arms around him.

I don't bother caring about the people around us.

For some reason, the only thing I care about right now is him.

It's odd but I like this new feeling.

It's something different from what I'm used to.

There's something else I want to try but I don't know if I'm pushing my luck with it; but it's worth a shot.

Looking up at Charles, his poison green eyes bore down into mine and it seems that he had the same idea too as his lips are quickly on mine.

A gasp leaves Veronika's lips and I can practically feel Gallo shooting daggers into my back.

Why am I calling Gallo by his last name again?

Letting that thought slowly leave my mind, I kiss Charles back. This psychotic guy standing in front of me smiles as he kisses me harder.

His kisses are different compared to Gallo's. Gallo's always seems to have some type of electrical feeling to it but with Charles, it's as if I'm being lit on fire.

As if my lips are burning with his simple touch and the only thing holding me back from exploring more are the people around us. Everyone in my senior grad staring at us. Some scared while other curious.

Only a small percentage of amused or furious.

Pulling away from Charles, my eyes remain on his as he smirks down at me. That causes my cheeks to heat up. "Well. Would you look at that. I got little Miss Samantha Maxwell to blush."

Rolling my eyes at his cocky remark, I stare over at the people staring at us. Anger seems be the first thing that hits me. "What the f*ck people?! Shows over! Go back to your boring lives!" Everyone quickly goes back to facing their friends as music starts to play.

Smirking at them all, my attention turns back to Charles who's chuckling. "Now. This is the Samantha Maxwell I remember from all those years ago." He leans down and places a sweet but of course, tingling feeling on my lips that run up and down my body.

"Sam..." Veronika squeaks behind me as I roll my eyes and stare at her with a bored expression.

"What?" I don't miss the bitchy tone that leaves my lips when I talk to her.

"Um... are you okay?"

"Yah. Why wouldn't I be?" Narrowing my eyes at her, I wrap an arm around Charles who quickly places his arm around my shoulders.

"No reason. Just that you're acting kinda weird..." She says while eyeing myself and Charles.

"Well. I'm fine." Giving her a reassuring smile, she gives me one back before looking at Gallo.

I look at him as well and quickly raise an eyebrow at the angry boy in front of me. "What's up with you Gallo?"

That seems to take everyone off guard. Veronika takes a step back as Gallo's once angry stage turns into hurt and his dark brown eyes soften at me. I can practically feel the surprise expression on Charles' face as he stiffens next to me.

"What's up with me? What's up with you?!" Gallo's face is a mixture of both anger and pain.

"Nothing! I'm fine! Why do you keep on asking me that?!" Now I'm getting mad.

"Because this isn't you!" Gallo jesters his hands around me. "You don't act like this! You don't pull away from me and jump on him!" He points at Charles and for some reason I'm mad that Gallo is getting mad at Charles.

"Why are you accusing Charles of nothing!" I yell at him but thankfully the music is louder than my voice.

"Not of nothing! Of something! And I don't know what it is but I'll figure it out!"

"It's not my fault I felt something different." I mutter but that seems to catch his attention as Gallo is shocked at what I just said.

"What? What do you mean something different?!"

"Nothing! All I mean is that after— I guess you can say woke up—I felt something different. Like. Different in the emotional department." I try to reason with him as Gallo keeps on getting mad.

"That makes no f*ckin sense!" He yells.

"Well! What do you want me to do about it?!"

Charles steps in by gently squeezing my arm. "Why don't we go."

I nod my head at him and Charles pulls me away from Gallo without another word.

Why am I acting this way?