Digital Paintbrush - (Hat Films/Yogscast Fanfiction)

Chapter 11 - Stupefy

"Alex! Wait up!" I yelled at the tall, drunk, ginger. He stopped and turned around to look at me, his expression turned from curious to delighted.
"Marnie! Thank god someone decided to join me!" He beamed "I was scared of walking alone in the dark," He whined suddenly.
"Oh poor, Alexander," I pouted jokingly 
"Don't poor, Alexander, me!" He demanded "Maybe I'll be the one being your knight in shining armour," 
"Maybe you will," I smirked, then me and him started to make our way to his. 

"Is Ross a good brother or not?" He questioned all of a sudden and burped slightly at the end. Slightly taken back by this I hesitated to say anything but I did after a few seconds 
"Yeah, he's a great big brother, a little too over-protective sometimes but I think that's just because he's afraid of losing me again," I told him with a smile. I felt slightly wary when I noticed Alex seemed agitated at my answer. I stopped to get a closer look at his expression. His brows were furrowed, his eyes looked uninspiringly dull and his normal joyful smile had turned into a small scowl. He kept on walking. I skipped to catch up with him. The atmosphere had completely changed between us, since we'd left the pub and started walking together, we'd only been laughing and joking together with a nice relaxed mood. Now it was tense. 
"Alex, what's wrong?" I asked, breaking the uncomfortable silence between us.
"Nothing," He mumbled "I just thought you realised how shit of a bro he was," 
I stopped again in astonishment and again he carried on walking. Maybe it was just because he was drunk that he said that but rage boiled up inside of me. I dashed over to him with anger
"What the fuck? How would you know what type of brother he is?" I yelled at him, forcing him to stop walking. He didn't say anything and just looked at me. 
"For fuck's sake," I hissed "Alex say something!" He rolled his eyes and moaned 
"He's just not a good brother if he's cockblocking you," He muttered, crossing his arms. I was very surprised by this. Ross and I had never spoken about relationships, certainly not the idea of me being in one anyway and even if we did, I didn't think Ross was the type to stop me being in a relationship unless there was a good reason. 
"Ross isn't cockblocking me," I stated, copying him and crossing my arms. Ross certainly wasn't when the only person I liked was the man currently arguing with me and neither of them even knew. 
"Well, he clearly is when you don't even realise it!" Alex roared in my face 
"What has gotten into you? Is this what happens when you're drunk? Because if so I don't want to see it again," I told him 
"When I get drunk I tell the truth, sweetheart," He muttered, suddenly getting really close to me. I continued to stare at him not letting him win this fight. 
"How is slagging my big brother and one your best mates off speaking the truth?" I murmured. I didn't get a response, instead, I got a growl and something else that I was certainly not expecting from him. Without warning, I suddenly felt Alex push himself onto me, not in a frightening way more in a not wanting to let go way, he wrapped his strong arms around my petite waist and the impact was so unexpected that I needed to basically grab at his shoulders to stay balanced and then all of a sudden he smacked his lips onto mine. I felt heat burst onto my face and blush detonate on my cheeks. Where my hand was placed, I could feel his heart pounding away inside of him and I saw there was a light flush on his face. I was so stunned I couldn't move. I couldn't even close my eyes. All I could do was stare in astoundment as he kissed me. When he came away, it had only felt like seconds since he shoved himself onto me but it also somehow felt like the kiss went on for ages. I stared at him, still in shock. He looked away from me and his eyes were drawn to the floor. We didn't say anything. I couldn't say anything. He clearly debated it but decided against it.
"I'll see you on Monday," He mumbled "Bye, Marnie," Then he went inside the building behind him, which I didn't realise was his flat until just now. I still couldn't move. It was like all my muscles were twisting in so many different directions, one wanted to move strongly one way while another wanted to move strongly in a different way resulting in me not being able to move at all. My brain, on the other hand, seemed to be dead. I was trying so hard to make sense of what had just happened yet no conclusions were being produced. I was finally broken from my trance-like state by a loud beeping horn behind me.
"Hey, Marnie? You okay?" It was Ross. I turned around to see it was definitely him and it was. He was leaning out of the window with his headlights on, it seemed he'd been trying to get my attention for a while. I still couldn't speak. I turned on my heel, made my way to Ross' car and sat in the passenger's seat still not saying a word.
"Marnie, are you okay?" He questioned. I nodded my head. 
"You sure?" He asked again. I nodded my head. I could tell Ross didn't believe me and I didn't blame him but I knew that he just decided to let it be for now. When we got home, I went straight to bed, still trying to figure out what had just happened. I contemplated texting or calling Alex but thought it was best to leave it. He was drunk, he probably had no idea what he just did and probably wouldn't remember tomorrow. I would though. There's no way I could forget that. 

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