Spies In Love

Chapter 10

My heart was in my throat. Oh my god. Was this really happening? But at the last second he pulled away.

"You have to press the, uh, red button." He said clearing his throat and keeping his hands in his pockets.

"Um...yeah." I said heat rushing to my cheeks. I mentally facepalmed myself. I pushed the red button and placed my thumb on the scanning machine.

"Which floor would you like to go Ms.Johnson?" The female voice called.

"To the lobby please." I answered staring at my shoes.

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I ran. I ran through the streets as fast as I could. It was only five in the morning and the sun was on the brink of rising. The sky was a mixture of dark colour and reddish-orange. The wind blew softly caressing my face and exposed arms.

When Ash had almost kissed me in the elevator I felt a strange sensation in my heart that I had only felt a few times. I think I was in love. I almost laughed out loud at that thought. I mean I only knew him for a couple of days. Falling in love in such a short span of time was impossible. It only happened in movies.

I stopped to catch my breath. I have been running for an hour now. I never had the burning sensation in my lungs. I toyed with trident shaped locket around my neck. It was the last thing my mom had given me before she went on that mission. It was also a weapon. It could change into ten different weapons if I willed it to. I looked at the sky. The darkness was fading. "Mom. Please give a sign. Am I really in love with Ash?" I whispered closing my eyes.

As if on queue I opened my eyes to see my mother standing in front of me. It always happened to me. Whenever I was in a crisis this always happened to me. I didn't know whether it was just my imagination or reality but I never questioned it.

"Hey mom." She smiled. We both looked a lot alike except I was taller than her by three inches and her eyes were brown.

"What is the matter honey?" She asked me in her soothing voice.

"I'm confused. I don't know if it's possible to fall in  love with someone this fast. I'm not even sure if he loves me back. I'm confused if I love him or not?"

"Well love is complicated. If a person makes you happy and you can do literally anything for him then you love him. If that person means everything to you and he makes you forget about your sadness then you do love him." She said smiling.

"But I don't know if he feels the same way or not."

She smiled mischieviously. "Well there's only one way to find out." As if on queue someone bumped into me from behind. I woke up from my trance and was about to fall face forward when caught me from behind. I was pulled to my feet by the person behind me. I turned to see that I was facing Ash.

"Hey."

"Hey."

"What were you doing, standing in middle of the sidewalk?" Ash asked crossing his arms.

"Actually in India it is called footpath. But never mind. I was, um, talking to myself."

He raised an eyebrow. "Really?"

I nodded. "Yeah." I just noticed what he was wearing. He wore sweatpants and a gray sleeveless t-shirt which exposed his well-built arms.

I turned away feeling myself blush. "Anyway I gotta go. Bye." I said and turned to run the other way but he caught my wrist.  He turned me face him.

"I'm sorry for what happened in the lift yesterday. I don't know what I was thinking. It was a mistake." I felt like someone stabbed my heart when I heard the word 'mistake'. So he didn t have feelings for me. Or was he lying? All kinds of negative thoughts swirled in my mind. Does he only see me as a friend?

What will be his reaction when he finds out that I have feelings for him?

Should I tell right away or wait for a while?

I took a deep breath and pushed these thoughts down. "It's okay Ash." I tried to free my wrist but his grip was strong.

I frowned at him. "What is it now?" I could feel the electricity travelling in my body from the point of contact.

There was a look of determination in his eyes which somehow made him look even more handsome. Wait was that possible?

He took a deep breath. "I have to tell you something." He sounded nervous. The previous thoughts were swirling in my mind again but I pushed them down.

"Ok what is it?"

"I love you."

Sorry for the cliffhanger.
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