Kathy With A K's Song

12 | Pull My Hair

"And the truth is I can't hardly wait" - Pull My Hair

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"Spill it," Seth demanded, poking my forehead again. Sophia stood behind Seth with her arms crossed over her chest in an attempt to look tough. She looked exactly the opposite, adorable even. That didn't make me any less agitated though.

I'm still tied to a chair being poked in the forehead.

"For the last time Myers," I hissed, leaning forward as far as I could. "I'm not telling you anything because there's nothing to tell," I repeated, emphasizing every syllable. I've been saying the same thing for the past 20 minutes, yet it still hadn't gotten through his thick skull.

"Avery if you don't tell us, I -" Sophia cut herself off, her eyes glancing towards Seth. It was as if she was reminding herself who was here with us. Her eyes locked with mine as she shuffled nervously in her spot.

I rose an eyebrow at her, waiting for her to finish, which only made her blush. From her behavior, I could only assume that her threat involved feelings she hadn't mentioned to Seth yet. I'm sure this isn't how she saw herself outing herself to him.

She had a way out of this. There were plenty of things that could fill the blank that would keep her from coming out. I wouldn't even hold it against her if she chose to keep it a secret.

"You what?" I prompted with a smirk. Sophia's eyes narrowed at the challenge and stepped closer to me. Seth had sat down on the couch a long time ago and was now whipping his attention from me to Sophia. If it were possible, he'd have a bucket of popcorn in front of him.

With how close she was now, Sophia could finish her sentence at a volume low enough to where Seth wouldn't hear. At this point, she had a million ways out and plenty of time to consider them.

I could understand the hesitation. What fills the space will change everything.

It will decide whether all the maybe kisses became real kisses. Whether the ghost touches would materialize. There was no going back from this.

"That kiss that I promised in the car? It won't happen."

And even though I was tied to an extremely uncomfortable chair, an uncontrollable grin spread across my face. It wasn't just the words. The confidence they were carried on was more beautiful than anything. I may have also been amused by the way Seth fell off of the couch.

"I doubt that." I dismissed with a twinkle in my eyes. "I'm not going to tell you anything so you should probably just untie me."

Sophia's head tilted back as she let out a short laugh. I made an effort to sober my facial expression, but I could only get my grin to fall into a mild smirk. It didn't matter anyway because Sophia's hard look had dissipated into pure joy. The threats were pointless now.

"What is going on here? Seth, why are you on the floor?!"

"Really Ethan?!" I yelled, craning my head the best I could to glare at him. "I'm tied to a chair! A very uncomfortable chair! Can we worry about me first?!"

Ethan's mouth fell into an 'O' shape, and he immediately jogged over to where I was. Sophia stepped just enough to let Ethan by so he could start untying me. She looked down at me with a look that told me we'd be talking about this later.

"We found Monopoly!" Drake cheered as he flew down the stairs. Ethan undid the final knot just as Drake the last step which allowed me to get right up and stomp over to Drake.

"After a million years! Drake, they tied me to a chair and poked me for thirty minutes! Why on Earth did it take you both so long to find a board game?!" I asked, waving my arms around expressively.