Rough / L.H.

10.Kisses and More Kisses

SOPHIA

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Michael and I ended up going to some pizza place, what a surprise. We are currently sitting in a booth waiting for our pizza to come out of the oven, as they make the pizzas fresh here.

"So what have you been up to, Soph," Michael asks me.

"Well I already told you, nothing much."

"Come on, Soph. You really expect me to believe in the year that I've been in Australia, that you haven't done anything?"

"Ugh, fine. I'll tell you what's happened in the past year of my life, since you really want to know." I take a deep breath before saying," I moved out of my parent's house, I'm still going to college, I work at some part time office job, I met Ash and Luke, and that's about it for me. Nothing really interesting or major has happened in the past year that you missed."

"You moved out? That's huge, Soph," he says excitedly.

"It's alright, the house isn't that great."

"House, you have a freaking house? Everyone our age can barely afford an apartment, and you have a freaking house. You should be grateful and happy that you have a house of your own. How can you even afford it?"

"The part time office job pays me pretty well. The house is also one of the houses my parents own, so they gave it to me for a lower price," I say nonchalantly.

"Right, I forgot your parents were very successful and wealthy."

"I still earn my own money, I work hard for the stuff I have. I don't just live off of my parents' money," I say a little annoyed. Where is the damn pizza?

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to get you all worked up," he says a little guilty.

"It's whatever," I say, not making eye contact with Michael anymore. Finally, I see our pizza coming. The waiter sets down our pizza, saying a short 'enjoy', before leaving. We didn't hesitate to dig in immediately. We ate in silence for a few minutes before Michael ate the last slice. Since we were done and we had already paid for the pizza, we just got up and left.

Once in the car Michael finally broke the silence," do you want me to take you home, or do you want to go back to Amanda's?"

"I want to talk to Amanda, so can you please take me to Amanda's?" He nods and starts driving to Amanda's apartment. I sing along quietly to Three Days Grace's 'Just Like You'.

"Why don't you sing louder? You sing beautiful, Soph," Michael says, making me blush.

"I sing horribly," I reply still blushing. I don't get complimented all the time; actually, I never get complimented.

"No, you sing great. Please sing louder, for me," Michael begs. I start singing along again, but a little bit louder this time. I'm still not singing that loud, but I've always been sort of self-conscious.

"Come on, I know you can sing louder than that," he encourages me. I increase my volume a little more, but there is still a disapproving expression on Michael's face, so I sing even louder. Michael finally smiles.

"There you go," he says with a stupid smirk. I won't admit it, but I secretly think his smirk is really cute. Just as he says that we arrive at Amanda's apartment.

"Remove that smirk or I will remove it for you," I say.

"Try me," he responds being the cocky bastard he is. With that comment I lean over the arm rest in his jeep and kiss him. We kiss for what feels like hours, but in reality it was only a few minutes. We finally pull away to catch our breath, and I am completely breathless. I was breathless because we kissed without pausing, and because I was shocked. Who knew I was bold enough to pull something like that?

"Uh...," I try to think of something, but my mind goes blank, still dazed by the kiss. I have to admit, he is a good kisser. Instead of saying something, Michael leans over and kisses me again. This time the kiss lasts longer and it starts getting more heated, as Michael drags me onto his lap. Once he starts lifting off my shirt, I know it's time to stop, even if I really don't want to stop.

"Mikey, stop," I say breathless.

"I'm sorry," he says pulling me off of his lap.

"It's okay, Mikey. I wanted it too, but, I can't," I say.

"It's fine, you don't like me like that, I get it," he says not meeting my eyes.

I grab his chin to make him look at me and say," Mikey, it's not that, I promise." I kiss him on the lips one last time before saying a small 'thank you' and exiting his Jeep.

As I start walking to Amanda's door I hear Michael call me," Sophia Emily Gordon, I like you! Let me take you on a date tomorrow."

I smile and yell back," okay, Michael Gordon Clifford!" I think it's funny how his middle name is the same as my last name. With one last wave, I start walking to the door again. I look back one more time and Michael is already leaving the parking lot. I finally reach the door and I knock. I knock a few times and still no reply. I check to see if maybe it's already unlocked, and it is. I swing open the door to see Amanda and Ashton heavily making out on the couch. Oh god, my eyes, my eyes!

I quickly close the door, they didn't even notice me. I stand outside dumbfounded, what do I do now? I don't have a ride home, and I don't want to wait for them to be done, because who knows how long that will take.

I shudder at the thought of what could be happening in there. I decide to wait for Amanda to be done, but I don't want to wait outside, and I'm definitely not going to wait in there. After pondering on my options, I decide to knock on Luke and Ashton's door. I knock and I wait a little until someone opens the door.

"What are you doing here," Luke asks me.

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A/N: I'm going to start trying to post a chapter every Friday.