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Chapter 30, Lacey

At first my body doesn't react to what's going on. It's like I'm frozen on the spot.

Alexander freaking Gray is kissing me.

Alex's hands moves up to my cheeks and I close my eyes automatically. His lips feel so soft on mine.

When my brain finally realises what's going on I break apart from him. His hands remain at their previous position.

I open my eyes to look at him. His blue eyes seems to be just as shocked as I am.

"Fuck," he mutters and lets go of me. For a moment we just stare at each other silently.

"Can you guys not do that on the course?! Some of us actually want to play!" someone yells. I turn around to see a man in the distance.

"Mind your own fucking business!" Alex shouts back sounding mad. My cheeks heat up.

The man shakes his head and I can see him muttering something to himself, but he leaves.

I turn back around to Alex and see him dragging his hand over his face. I can't place his expression.

"Should we keep playing?" he asks, acting nonchalant.

"Um, yeah." I mumble. We collect our stuff and move on to the next course.

The following hour goes by slowly. We keep playing like before and I manage to get a few shots in the right direction. Not good shots though. Alex keeps acting like nothing just happened between us and I try to do the same. We talk a little bit but it's nothing serious and definitely more awkward than before, at least to me. I'm not used to these type of situations.

When we're done playing I end up driving him home. He steps out of the car as soon as we reach his house, just saying goodbye to me. I take off again. The previous events of this day keeps spinning in my hand.

I don't even know where I'm going right now. Going home wouldn't be a good idea because then I'd have to deal with my dad. He's probably still confused and hurt at me lashing out at him earlier today.

My friends would see that something is up if I decided to go to them and then I'd have to come up with some bad excuse.

I drive past the park and decide to stop the car there. The park is usually a good place to go to if you want to clear your head. I hop out and try to find a free bench. Finally I find one under a group of trees. It's still really hot outside even though it's starting to get late but thankfully the bench isn't in the sun. I lay down on it and stare up at the trees.

He kissed me. Alex kissed me.

And then he acted like nothing had happened at all.

To be fair I was the one who pushed him away, but I was so shocked, and I don't know if it was in a good way or a bad way.

Did I want him to kiss me? I don't know. I don't even know him that well.

Besides, he probably kiss girls all the time. At least according to what I've heard.

I take a deep breath and close my eyes. I try to concentrate on the singing birds instead of my own thoughts.

I must have fallen asleep because when I open my eyes the sky has already gotten darker. I sit up and scan my surroundings. Most of the people have left the park but thankfully I'm not alone. Who knows what might have happened then?

I make my way back to the car and drive home with one of Georgi's playlists playing in the background. I drum my fingers on the steering wheel and nod my head along with the music.

When I park the car outside our house, I notice that my dad still has some customers in the café. His eyes meet mine as I enter it. I walk up to him and tell him to come talk to me when the visitors have left. He nods but doesn't say anything.

In my room I begin doing some homework. Since I spent almost the day doing other stuff I have some catching up to do.

After a few hours my dad knocks on my door.

"Come in," I call out. He does as I say and take a seat on the chair next to my small desk.

"You wanted to talk," he says calmly.

"Um, yeah," I answer changing my position so that I'm facing him.

I take a deep breath before I begin. "I'm sorry for how I acted today."

He nods. "It's okay, I would just like to know why you were so upset."

I shift a little. Should I tell him the real reason?

"I failed a test. It wasn't really anything big, I just got pretty upset." Half truth, half lie.

"I understand," he says. I can't tell if he believes me or not since I don't know if I sounded convincing.

"Georgi called by the way," he inquires after a bit of silence.

"Why did she call you?" I question.

"You weren't answering your phone," he explains.

"Oh, yeah." I think about what to say. "I guess I was a little distracted."

I bite my lip, thinking about the previous events of today.

"Where were you anyway?" he wonders.

"I, uh, I was by myself. Just needed to think." Not true obviously. Hopefully he believes me anyway.

"For four hours?" he asks raising his left eyebrow at me.

"I had a lot to think about," I shrug. Not the best lie I've come up with.

"Okay... Anything you want to talk about with me?"

"No it's fine," I say rejecting his offer. "I think I have to call Georgi now."

He gives me a quick hug before leaving me alone. I immediately call Georgi.

"Hi, took you long enough to call me back," she says not actually sounding bothered.

Should I mention my kiss with Alex? She would just freak out.

"Yeah sorry about that, what did you want to talk about?" I ask laying down on my bed again. My head is beginning to hurt.

"Just wondering if you wanted to come to this party tomorrow. Rachel is hosting it," she explains.

I grimace at the mention of Rachel's name.

"Sure, I guess I can come," I say. It's not like I have anything better to do, and I guess I could need a distraction. "But it might be a little awkward since she doesn't even know my name."

"It's fine. I'm pretty sure she doesn't know mine either. Traci is the one she invited."

Rachel really can't take a hint, can she?

"Okay I'll see you then," I say.

"Wait! What were you up to today?" she curiously asks.

Doesn't she remember that Alex asked me to hang out with him? Maybe she was too captured by Max.

"I was just doing stuff. Nothing special."

"Stuff, huh?" She begins sounding suspicious.

"Yes, okay? It was nothing big. I'll see you tomorrow!" I blurt out before ending the call.

I don't feel like telling her anyway.

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