Unexpected

14 | Not Interrupting Something

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He kissed me gently like the passing of an autumn breeze. He held me by the waist and continued kissing me as I slowly closed my eyes. I was utterly surprised but all thought was lost and I ran my fingers through his smooth locks. He pulled away and we were both breathing heavily as he placed his forehead on mine.

We stared at each other and I was about to ask him what that kiss meant but my father walked in my room. He was wearing a button up shirt, slacks and really shiny black shoes.

He looked at us seriously and said, "I hope I'm not interrupting something that's not supposed to happen."

Nate scrambled to get off me and stood up while straightening his shirt. "Uh, hello sir."

My father laughed, walked toward him and put his hands on his shoulders. "Relax my dear boy. Geez, I don't bite."

I looked awkwardly at an uncomfortable Nate as I ran my fingertips on my lips. What was that kiss all about? And god, I really need to slow my heart.

"So, Dad... why are you here?" I asked, a bit shakily.

"It seems like I'm not wanted here," my dad teased.

"No!" I said. "No, not that. I mean... uh..."

"I'm teasing bumpkin," he said. "I just wanted to see if you were already here. Your mother told me that you decided to stay for the holidays."

"More like I was forced to," I mumbled, remembering my mother's words.

"Oh," he said, his eyebrows raised in realization. "Well, then I assume Nathaniel here was also forced to go?"

"Yep," I said, popping the 'p'.

"I'm sorry about that Nathaniel," my father said. "My wife can be a bit difficult sometimes."

"Please call me Nate, Sir," Nate said.

"Nate it is then," he said. "Anyway, I'm also here to tell you that lunch is about to be served and I want you guys downstairs."

"Oh," I said. "We'll be right down."

"Alright. Five minutes," he said as he closed the door.

My heart beat fast as I thought about the kiss from earlier so I sat down on the bed as I nibbled my lip nervously. I looked up and met Nate's eyes for a millisecond before looking at the window. I could hear him walking towards me and I swear that I could hear my own heart beating fast and a blush was creeping up my cheeks.

The bed dipped as he sat beside me and I held my breath.

"Uh...," he trailed off. "Look, about earlier... I'm sorry, I got a bit carried away I guess."

"Uhm, that's fine," I said, without even thinking on what he just said.

"But you see, the thing is I--," he said but was interrupted by Lewis and Harry.

"Are you guys decent?" Lewis asked as he peeked through my door.

I glared at him and rolled my eyes.

"What do you want?" I asked.

"Are they decent?" Harry asked from behind Lewis.

"Yeah. No clothes removed," Lewis said and my eyes just popped wide.

"Guys what the--," I started but was cut off by my brother.

"So earlier, I asked dad if we could go to the shops today and he said yes so do you... uhm... do you want to maybe take us? I mean, you know how to drive right?" Lewis said.