Someone like me can love you forever

9.

Elizabeth opened the doors and let me in. We hugged. Caroline and Diego were already there, but others weren't. Darren still didn't come.
"El, can I talk to you?" - I was looking at the floor and Elizabeth noticed something wasn't okay. We went to her kitchen.
"Is everything okay?" - she was concerned.
"No... I mean, maybe I'm overreacting but... It's a stupid thing, actually. But I'm a bit scared. The other day I had drawn a small heart on my mirror after showering because bathroom was steamy. I am almost sure that it was one single heart. Today I came out of shower and there were two hearts. I can't remember drawing another one. Maybe I drew it, but I don't think I did. Could someone come into my room?" - I asked with a fear in my eyes.
"No one can come into your room, you live on the last floor and no one else has the keys to your apartment. You probably drew two of them, you just don't remember. It can be like that sometimes, something like Mandela effect. You are sure that you did one thing, but you did something else without realizing it at that moment. I'm pretty sure that is what happened. Don't stress over it." - Elizabeth calmly said. She smiled to me with gentle look in her eyes.
"Oh... That's probably it. It just scared me, I thought that someone was in my apartment or... You know. But thanks, it was probably nothing." - I relaxed.
She is probably right. It bothered me a bit, but I removed it from my mind.
While standing in the kitchen and talking to Elizabeth, someone knocked the doors. It was him, I thought. In a few seconds, I'm going to see his face again.
Elizabeth opened the door while I sat on the couch. Then, in the room came a boy, dark haired and pale same as Darren. He was tall as him, and he looked familiar to me. They hugged.
After him, Darren stepped into the room. First person he looked at was me. We held eye contact for a few seconds, them he greeted Elizabeth and other people and walked towards me.
"I'm William." - dark haired boy showed next to me and gave my his hand. "You must be Rose."
"Yup, that's me." - I smiled.
"Hey." - Darren sat next to me. Caroline was on the sofa and Diego and Elizabeth sat on the other couch. He hugged her neck and they looked happy and comfortable.
Elizabeth's phone rang and she had 30 seconds conversation with a friend. "Guys, she can't come." - she said after the talk and look at me. "That girl who had to come, she unfortunately can't."

We talked and got to know each other a bit better. We drank some cocktails and ordered a pizza. Darren was sitting besides me the whole time and we looked at each other from time to time.

"Does anyone have a charger?" - Darren suddenly asked.
"I have one, wait a second." - Caroline stood up and took her bag. "Here you go." - she handed him a charger.
He looked at it. "No, that one doesn't fit my phone. Does anyone have a charger for this one?" - Darren lifted his mobile so we can see it. It was same type as mine, only his was black and mine was white.
"I have it." - I quickly said. "But not here. It's in my room. I can go get it for you." - I shrugged and he looked at me while I was talking.
"Yes, if it's not a problem." - his deep voice and that special accent made it sound so good when he talked.
I stood up and headed to the doors.
"Go with her, Darren." - Elizabeth looked at me, then at him. I could see her grin which she was trying to hide. She wanted us to be alone. Elizabeth was smart, and all she wanted was for others to be happy.
I looked at Darren to see if he's going with me. He looked at me and I raised my brows signalizing question. He stood up, a move I didn't expect that much. He did want to go with me, he wanted to be alone with me. It was all about that.
"Let's go. We'll be back in a few minutes." - Darren turned while leaving with me and closed the doors.

We climbed upstairs to the last floor. Darren followed me. I unlocked my room and let him in.
"After you." - he laughed because I was waiting for him to go in.
I smiled and entered. He closed the doors after he stepped into my room and looked around. I started looking for a charger.
"I swear I left it somewhere here..." - I lifted my blanket and looked for a charger which wasn't plugged anywhere.
Behind me, I heard steps. As steps were closer, next thing I heard was breathing. Deep breathing which I felt on my neck for a few seconds. I stood straight up and looked at the wall in front of me. Darren was standing right behind me. I got chills while feeling his cold breath on my neck. He was standing so close I felt his cologne again, same one he had that night in the club.
A second after I felt cold hand touching my hand. I took a big breath and started breathing deeply. His other hand slowly landed on my waist.
I turned around and saw his face in front of mine. His hands were now on my waist as he was pulling me closer to himself. His eyes were on my lips, and after I saw that I looked at his lips. They were red, full and waiting for mine to kiss them.
He looked me in my eyes and then back down at my lips. We got closer and I put my hands around his neck while standing on my toes because he was way higher than me.

I closed my eyes and he did the same. Our lips connected. His lips were cold, same as his hands around my waist. Feeling I had was different, I've never felt like that before. It felt so good, it was pleasurable, but it felt a bit weird. Kind of wrong, but it didn't matter because I was enjoying it so much. He softly kissed me, then moved away and looked at my eyes, trying to see if I wanted it to happened, he was trying to see if it bothered me. I didn't want it to stop so I lightly pushed his neck and pressed our lips back together. We stood there and started kissing, slowly and passionately. A minute later we moved away and I looked at his eyes.

"Was I allowed to do that?" - he asked and smiled.
"Indeed. Still need that charger?" - I looked at the floor and smiled. I could feel a smile on his lips as he answered.
"Of course." - he let me go and I started searching for my charger again.
"Oh, here it is." - I bent over and took my charger which was laying on my floor. "It must've fallen of my bed." - he took a charger and our hands touched. I blushed while handing it to him.

We returned to Elizabeth's apartment acting like nothing happened. Rest of the night was nice, we had a lot of fun.
"We should go, it's a bit late." - William looked at Darren.
"Yeah, you're right." - Darren said and turned to me. "I had a lot of fun, guys. We should do this more often." - he spoke to everyone and then smiled to me. I felt my cheeks getting a bit red.
"I should also go." - I said. "Thank you for tonight, El." - I stood up and hugged her.
"Thank you for coming, see you soon." - she hugged me, and then whispered to my ear. "Diego is sleeping over. I hope you won't hear anything to the top floor." - she winked to me while I astonished.
"Have a good night, everyone!" - Darren, William and me exited her room and greeted everyone.

"William, go and turn a car on. I'll be there for a minute." - Darren said and I looked up. He wanted us to be alone.
William nodded and exited the building, while Darren and me stayed in the hallway.
"I hope I didn't do anything wrong tonight." he said. He was clearly talking about the kiss.
"No, there was nothing wrong. I liked it." - I answered and approached him.
"Can I have your number?" - he asked.
"Sure. Here you go." - I gave him my number and he gave me his.
"Good night, Rose." - Darren gave me a kiss on a cheek and left.
"Night." - I went in my apartment. I was overwhelmed at the moment. That was a first time I felt so much happiness after I left.

While laying in my bed before sleep, I was thinking about my family. What are they doing now, are they thinking about me? I missed my sister and two brothers. I missed my parents.
I don't know what were they hiding from me. It could be a big thing, they didn't want me to stay with them. It was a good thing I left. I distanced myself from them, from that uneventful and boring life. Everyone is safe now because I distanced myself from the danger they were talking about. Everything will be okay now.

Little did I know that I did not distance myself from a danger that they were talking about. In fact, I got way closer to it and it had me. If I only knew that it kissed me today.