More Than a Friend

Adventures

"Rose... Why have you got that glow?"

"What glow?" I asked her.

She stopped me in my tracks, grabbed me by the shoulders and stared intensely into my eyes for a significant amount of time.

"Spill," she stated matter of factly.

I rolled my eyes at her and sighed. She wasn't going to give up anytime soon.

"I went to a waterfall with Jo. That's it!"

Her eyes and mouth opened beyond anything I had ever seen before. Surprisingly, no sound came out until...

"Rose, you like him don't you?"

I scoffed at her question. Then I remembered the feeling's I felt when he took me there.

"Promise not to tell anyone?!" I urged her.

Giving her a suspicious look I decided the time was right.

"I may or may not had gone on a little spontaneous date with Jo..."

Excitement was bursting out of my pores. I felt like there was a little girl who had just seen all the presents she had gotten from Santa that year.

Isobel's face began to change expression, instead of a friend who needed to know everything, she looked like a friend who had wished she hadn't asked.

"Rose"

Her solemn tone confused me.

"You know he goes through girls like no tomorrow... Just take it slow alright? I've not seen you this happy in a while but I don't want him to break your heart."

I couldn't believe what she was saying. She knows I was protecting myself, why couldn't she just be happy for me?

As I was walking to class, I felt a hand grab the pocket of my jeans. Before I knew it I was dragged back and spinning. Before I had the chance to open my mouth, a hand was placed comfortably but firmly across it, this was followed by a hand across my eyes too.

A rush of scary things came across my mind. Is this the end? Is Isobel okay? Will she come after me?

Once me and this other person were tucked away into a little crevice that was between lockers, I knew due to the cold thin metal that was pressed against my back, the stranger relieved me of his hands and I could see and speak again.

At first, my eyes couldn't focus on any one thing and just before I was about to speak or scream, I don't know which, I heard a soothing voice. One that was ever so familiar to me.

"Sorry for the abrupt nature of this kidnapping"

My eyes finally adjusted to the perfectly formed face of... Jo.

"Want to go somewhere fun?" he questioned me.

Fun? He's just kidnapped me! I bet he thought that was fun!

It was at that moment when I became aware of the space in which we shared. The crevice was small and cramped, our bodies close together, our breaths on each other's skin. It was the closest I had been to him apart from that time I sat on his lap...