A Beginning of a New Beginning (5)

Three weeks passed, I would go eat with Max every night. Kyle and I haven’t spoken after the fight. I was starting to miss him. I wasn’t going to go eat with Max tonight, since he and his parents had to go to this party, so I have to eat with Tim and Kyle. I was kind of glad; I’ve missed eating dinner with them.

I walked to the kitchen to see if there was any help needed. Kyle was there cooking something that smelled delicious. "You need help?" I asked walking next to him. "No" He said, not looking at me. "Ok…whatcha making?" I whisper. "Food" was all he said. I sighed. "What kind?" I tried to sound the same. "Chicken noodle soup". It was quiet again.

I groan. "Kyle, please stop it! I’ve been with Max for three weeks now and I’m perfectly fine! Why don’t you just admit you were wrong?" Kyle turned to look at me. "Because I’m not. Something is going to happen and I know it. Why don’t you listen?" I shook my head. "Because he’s nice, he’s never mean to me and never says bad words, he always opens the doors for me. I don’t see him the same way as you do." Kyle’s face turned hurt. "You’re going to get hurt." I shook my head. "The only person that’s hurting me right now is you. Can you please stop this nonsense?" He sighed then nodded.

We stood there, just staring at each other for minutes. I never realized how cute he was. How caring. With no warning he crushed his lips on mine. My eyes widened, then slowly closed and I kissed back. I put my arms around his neck and played with his hair. When I realized what I was doing, I backed away in shock. "I can’t" I whisper then run to my room.

What just happened? Kyle kissed me, and I kissed him back? It doesn’t make any sense. I can’t like Kyle, he’s like a brother to me. But that doesn’t explain me kissing him back. I can’t star falling for him, no way.

We ate dinner in silence. You can tell Tim was confused but he didn’t say anything. A knock on the door ruined our silence. "I’ll get it" Kyle and I said together.

We stared at each other until there was another knock. Kyle left to open it. I stared at my plate. "Veronica, it’s for you." Kyle said walking in with mad eyes.

Max appeared behind him a second later. "Tim? I thought you were going to a party." I said standing up to give him a hug. "We were but we decided not to. Anyway, I was wondering if you would like to come over and watch this new movie I got, since you already ate." I turned to look at Tim. He nodded. "Go on" He said. "Thanks, I won’t be back to late." I said walking outside with Max.

We drove to his house on his jeep. It was only like a three minute drive.

We walked inside his house. I looked around and his parents weren’t in sight. "Where are your parents?" I asked. "They went to the party." He said while he put the movie on.

I looked at him confused. "They said I could stay. I didn’t want to say they weren’t here in front of Tim though because he would’ve probably said no." I just stared at him. "Well you would have better off told the truth." I said folding my arms. He sighed. "Ok I’m sorry. I promise I won’t ever do it again, and I’ll tell Tim the truth when we get back." I smiled. "Good" I said and sat on the couch. Max sat down next to me and put his arm around me.

"You look nice tonight" he said. I smiled. "Thanks" I said. I was wearing a skirt with blue short sleeved shirt, and some blue sandals. It was pretty hot today.

Max brought his face closer to mine until his lips were on mine. He tasted like beer. Did he drink?He leans me back until my back was on the seat of the couch. I took in a deep breath before kissing back. He wraps his arms around my waist and I wrap my arms around his neck. He slowly lowers his hands down to my thighs and opens my legs. I gasp and back away. "What are you doing?" I said out of breath.

"Come on, let’s have some fun tonight." He whispers then crushes his lips on mine again. I kiss him back, hoping he wouldn’t do anything more foolish. After a few seconds, I felt his hand go under my shirt. Again, I back away. "Stop it" I whisper. He ignores me and kisses my neck, and then I hear him unzipping his zipper on his pants. I push him off and stand up. "Cut it out! I’m not doing this with you. Now take me home!" I scream.

He glared at me. He took me by the wrist, opened the front door, and threw me out. "And don’t come back!" he screamed before slamming the door.

I hug myself, it was freezing and I had no jacket. I didn’t even know how I was supposed to go back. It was too dark for me to tell the way.

I hear someone step on a stick and gasp. I start running for my life. Not sure what way, but I just kept on running. "Veronica!" I heard my name being screamed. I stopped and turned around. "Kyle?" Kyle was standing right behind me. I smiled and gave him a big hug. "Oh thank God!" I whispered. "Why didn’t you just listen to me." He said with his teeth gritted together. "You saw?" He nodded. "I’m sorry, you were right ok." I said looking at the ground. He sighed. "Let’s just go home." I nodded in agreement.

We walked back to the house and I fell down on the bed exhausted. Thankfully Tim was asleep, or he would’ve asked questions. "Are you ok?" Kyle asked. I sighed. "Yeah, I’m fine, thanks to you." I whisper, half asleep. "Goodnight Veronica" He said then closes my door. I fell asleep right away.

I opened my eyes and didn’t see a thing. Everything was black. All of a sudden, I was running through trees. The night was dark, with only the moon glowing. I stopped running and was confused. I look around. It was too dark to see anything. Out of no where some hand covers my mouth and holds me by the waist. In front of me was a man with a black mask covering his whole face. He had an ax in his hand and lifted it up. I try to scream but I couldn’t. The guy lowered the ax to my neck, and that moment, I knew I was doomed.

I sit up all sweaty. Kyle was sitting next to me worried. "Are you ok?" He asked. I took in a deep breath and sighed in relief. "It’s ok, it was just a dream." Kyle whispered. I nodded. "Just a dream" I repeated. "What time is it?" Kyle turns to look at the clock on my desk. "It’s five in the morning. You should go back to sleep." Kyle says standing up. "No!" I whisper. "Don’t go, please." I beg. He smiled. He sat on the bed. "Just close your eyes" he whispered. "Oh no, you’re not doing that to me again. Stay with me, please?"

Kyle chuckles and I feel him go under the covers next to me. While Kyle got in the bed, his arm brushed on mine, making me feel something amazing. Kyle stared at me, showing me he felt it too. "You’re cold" He whispers. He wraps his warm arms around me, making me feel warm, and also making me feel that amazing shock feeling. I took in a deep breath and closed my eyes. "Goodnight" I mumble, sleepy. "Goodnight" He replies. And before I knew it, I was sound asleep.