Heartbeat - Chapter 35
Sorry for posting late, but trust me you're going to love this chapter.
Natasha’s POV
"I used to come to the old people's house next door with Maureen." He stopped and looked up at the old building next door to the orphanage. "I used to come over here and play with some of the kids here, this is where I met Mo. "My dad would leave for work, or…" He trailed off. I wonder what was going on in that head of his, sometimes he felt like a different person. "Anyway, you should be eating." He said and opened up the basket.
"So, yeah, most of my childhood was spent in either this garden or the one next door." He said finishing his sandwich. "To be honest, I liked coming here, it was a break from the loneliness at home. My dad started working late and this was my only escape." He chuckled, "And maybe the only thing keeping my sane." He wiped his hands on the paper towel. His behavior reminding me of the day we went to the pizza place. I took the paper towel out of his hands and put it away, only to hold his hands, they were cold. I looked up at him. He grinned back at me. Damn those dimples.
My eyelids started to get heavy, and I yawned. "You're tired, here lie down." He said and lay beside me. "You know, I haven’t kissed you for a long time." He said and winked at me. "You did, this morning." I said. Did he forget? "Yea, but that was a long time ago, and you promised me 5 a day, you know how we need our 5 a day to keep healthy." He joked. He kissed the tip of my nose before moving onto my lips. This kiss was different; it had a hint of desperation in it. It was a bit rough and fast. He moved his tongue along my bottom lip, I wanted to so badly, but I ended up giggling and he moved away. He sighed, chuckled and looked to the sky. "Why?" He asked looking up at the sky. "I’m sorry, it tickles." I said biting my lip. "Tickles?" He asked, I nodded my head. "Okay, well let’s see how much this tickles you." He said and started tickling my stomach by hovering over me. "Stop, Zain please." I said in between my laughter fit. "Really, no, I’m having fun." He said sarcastically and laughed. He stopped and looked down at me laughing in hysterics. "You’re so beautiful." He said tracing my lips softly.
Zain’s POV
I could tickle her all day if it meant I could hear her laugh all the time. I smiled to myself, looking down at her. We stared at each other I didn’t realize for how long until she started closing her eyes. I couldn’t make her walk to the car, since she was so tired. So I lay beside her and fell asleep.
"Wake up man." I heard Mo, whisper to me. "Dude, how many times have I asked you not to come up to my room when I’m sleeping." I mumbled. "See that’s the thing, you’re not in your room, now get up before someone sees you," he whispered. "What the..." I trailed off as I sat up and realized we were still in the garden of the orphanage. "Good job I got her before anyone else, dude, Stella has an appointment with the dentist and her career hasn’t showed I have to take her, seriously why does she even need the dentists, she saint to no teeth." He shouted. "Shh, you’re gonna wake Tash." I pushed him away. "Dude, you need to get her home, or her sister might just eat you alive." He joked. "Her dad more like." I mumbled.
I turned around to see Tash still asleep, it was a Saturday morning, seriously was the dentist even open at this time. I bent down, I didn’t want to wake her but I had to. "Tash, wake up." I said in a whisper and blew at her nose. She moved a little and slowly opened her eyes. "Mmm what time is it?" She asked, her voice so sexy, it made me wanna bend down and kiss her breathless. "Time to go." I said moving back. "Go? Oh my God! I slept here, with you." She said looking around. "Yea, you slept with me." I said winking at her. "I have to get home, Amber is going to kill me, dad’s probably gone work, but Amber oh my go…" I kissed her in between her sentence. "Ahem" Shit I forgot Mo was still standing her. "Go to the dentist dude." I said looking at him. "Hey Tasha," he said grinning at her. "Hi," she said blushing back at him. I know she was blushing because she spent the night with me, but I felt kinda jealous that Mo made her blush, "Dude go now." My voice harsh and quick. "Okay, Okay, see ya Tasha." He said and turned to leave.
"Come on let’s get you home." I said and took her hand leading her to the car. The events of last night replaying in my mind over and over like a movie at the theater, every memory so vivid and sharp. "Why do you always fall asleep on me?" I asked her and grinned. "I don’t know." She said looking at the window. I could tell she was distressed. I hated to get her into trouble. "Don’t worry, I’ll explain to Amber that we were working." I said.
"Wait." I said to her just as she was about to get out the car. "I need to ask you something, but I’m kinda nervous." I said scratching the back of my head. Shit, I was nervous around her all the time. "Really? Wow never thought Zain the bad boy would get nervous talking to a girl." She said and rested her head on the seat looking at me. See, this makes me even nervous I thought to myself. "So, erm, valentines prom is coming up and I thought, well it’s just a thought, but it’s completely up to you. Like I said, I was just thinking about the Valentines committee remember you said you were on it, so it kinda got me thinking, about the valentines prom, it’s not like you have to, I wanted to…" "Yes, I’ll go to the Valentines Ball with you, if that’s what you’re asking?" She said cutting me off. "Yes." I said and looked at her. "I mean yea, that’s that I was going to ask you and erm, yea, basically that’s all, so yea." I blabbed. "Shit Zain you Muppet." I cursed myself under my breath. She laughed, great she heard.
I walked her towards the door, where Amber was standing. "Where have you been Tasha, you could have called, God what is wrong with you?" Amber shouted. I get that she is her sister but she doesn’t have to treat her like a kid, hated the fact that she was shouting at my Tash. She was safe with me damn it Amber, I thought to myself. "Amber I…" I cut her off. "We had to study and she fell asleep in the library, so I went home, picked her up this morning." I said quickly, not looking at Tash. "You what! Amber shouted. "You left her, all alone in the library." She looked at me as if I’d done a crime. "Yea, look, I would have carried her to my house, but firstly she’s too heavy for me to lift and secondly I had company if you get my drift." I winked at Amber. Shit Zain you asshole, I cursed myself. I looked at Tash, she looked at me with a horrified look. "No offense Tasha." I said defensively. "You’re a jerk." She said was about to walk away but turned to face me. "Tasha you know Zain’s just messing, be nice." Amber said, "Nice, to him, no way, he’s just a jerky werky, once a jerk always a jerk right." She looked at me and walked inside. Shit! Zain, you douche, why did you have to say that. "Well looks like you have soon sucking up to do, make sure you apologize." Amber said looking sternly at me walking inside.
I walked towards my car but stopped and ran back towards Tash’s house. I climbed up the tree and pushed myself into Tash’s room. I had to explain to her. I couldn’t go without explaining. But why did I have to be such an idiot, I could have come up with something else. "That’s because I’m stupid." I said to myself.
"What are you doing here?" Tasha said coming out the bathroom. "Tash look I need to ex…" She cut me off. "Explain?" She finished my sentence off for me. "I’m sick of your explanations Zain. One minute you're so nice to me and the next you turn into somebody completely different, are you bipolar or something." She asked me. I’m pretty sure she’s asked me that a couple of times before. "Look Tash." I said taking a step forward. "Just leave Zain." She said without looking at me. I can’t Tash, I thought to myself. I took a step forward and pulled her towards me by tugging on her waist.
"Zain, don’t touch me" She said and pushed at me chest. "I need to explain." I begged walking towards her. "I don’t want to talk about it right now." She mumbled. "I do." I quickly said taking another step towards her. "Why?" She asked quickly taking a step back. "Tash, stop moving away from me, don’t tell me not to touch you, because I have to." I blabbed, Zain calm down I thought to myself, but in this moment of time, I wasn’t myself. "Why?" She asked again. "Because I can’t bear you being so close yet so far away from me, I can’t stand not being able to talk to you, I can’t grasp you're ignoring me, I just can’t." I said looking towards her. "Why?" She asked again. "What, Tasha, what do you mean why, is that all you’re going to ask me, why? Why? Why? You want me to tell you why, because I love you, that’s why." I blurted out. I looked at her. She was looking at me. Shit did I just tell her that I loved her, Shit, double shit.
"I used to come to the old people's house next door with Maureen." He stopped and looked up at the old building next door to the orphanage. "I used to come over here and play with some of the kids here, this is where I met Mo. "My dad would leave for work, or…" He trailed off. I wonder what was going on in that head of his, sometimes he felt like a different person. "Anyway, you should be eating." He said and opened up the basket.
"So, yeah, most of my childhood was spent in either this garden or the one next door." He said finishing his sandwich. "To be honest, I liked coming here, it was a break from the loneliness at home. My dad started working late and this was my only escape." He chuckled, "And maybe the only thing keeping my sane." He wiped his hands on the paper towel. His behavior reminding me of the day we went to the pizza place. I took the paper towel out of his hands and put it away, only to hold his hands, they were cold. I looked up at him. He grinned back at me. Damn those dimples.
My eyelids started to get heavy, and I yawned. "You're tired, here lie down." He said and lay beside me. "You know, I haven’t kissed you for a long time." He said and winked at me. "You did, this morning." I said. Did he forget? "Yea, but that was a long time ago, and you promised me 5 a day, you know how we need our 5 a day to keep healthy." He joked. He kissed the tip of my nose before moving onto my lips. This kiss was different; it had a hint of desperation in it. It was a bit rough and fast. He moved his tongue along my bottom lip, I wanted to so badly, but I ended up giggling and he moved away. He sighed, chuckled and looked to the sky. "Why?" He asked looking up at the sky. "I’m sorry, it tickles." I said biting my lip. "Tickles?" He asked, I nodded my head. "Okay, well let’s see how much this tickles you." He said and started tickling my stomach by hovering over me. "Stop, Zain please." I said in between my laughter fit. "Really, no, I’m having fun." He said sarcastically and laughed. He stopped and looked down at me laughing in hysterics. "You’re so beautiful." He said tracing my lips softly.
Zain’s POV
I could tickle her all day if it meant I could hear her laugh all the time. I smiled to myself, looking down at her. We stared at each other I didn’t realize for how long until she started closing her eyes. I couldn’t make her walk to the car, since she was so tired. So I lay beside her and fell asleep.
"Wake up man." I heard Mo, whisper to me. "Dude, how many times have I asked you not to come up to my room when I’m sleeping." I mumbled. "See that’s the thing, you’re not in your room, now get up before someone sees you," he whispered. "What the..." I trailed off as I sat up and realized we were still in the garden of the orphanage. "Good job I got her before anyone else, dude, Stella has an appointment with the dentist and her career hasn’t showed I have to take her, seriously why does she even need the dentists, she saint to no teeth." He shouted. "Shh, you’re gonna wake Tash." I pushed him away. "Dude, you need to get her home, or her sister might just eat you alive." He joked. "Her dad more like." I mumbled.
I turned around to see Tash still asleep, it was a Saturday morning, seriously was the dentist even open at this time. I bent down, I didn’t want to wake her but I had to. "Tash, wake up." I said in a whisper and blew at her nose. She moved a little and slowly opened her eyes. "Mmm what time is it?" She asked, her voice so sexy, it made me wanna bend down and kiss her breathless. "Time to go." I said moving back. "Go? Oh my God! I slept here, with you." She said looking around. "Yea, you slept with me." I said winking at her. "I have to get home, Amber is going to kill me, dad’s probably gone work, but Amber oh my go…" I kissed her in between her sentence. "Ahem" Shit I forgot Mo was still standing her. "Go to the dentist dude." I said looking at him. "Hey Tasha," he said grinning at her. "Hi," she said blushing back at him. I know she was blushing because she spent the night with me, but I felt kinda jealous that Mo made her blush, "Dude go now." My voice harsh and quick. "Okay, Okay, see ya Tasha." He said and turned to leave.
"Come on let’s get you home." I said and took her hand leading her to the car. The events of last night replaying in my mind over and over like a movie at the theater, every memory so vivid and sharp. "Why do you always fall asleep on me?" I asked her and grinned. "I don’t know." She said looking at the window. I could tell she was distressed. I hated to get her into trouble. "Don’t worry, I’ll explain to Amber that we were working." I said.
"Wait." I said to her just as she was about to get out the car. "I need to ask you something, but I’m kinda nervous." I said scratching the back of my head. Shit, I was nervous around her all the time. "Really? Wow never thought Zain the bad boy would get nervous talking to a girl." She said and rested her head on the seat looking at me. See, this makes me even nervous I thought to myself. "So, erm, valentines prom is coming up and I thought, well it’s just a thought, but it’s completely up to you. Like I said, I was just thinking about the Valentines committee remember you said you were on it, so it kinda got me thinking, about the valentines prom, it’s not like you have to, I wanted to…" "Yes, I’ll go to the Valentines Ball with you, if that’s what you’re asking?" She said cutting me off. "Yes." I said and looked at her. "I mean yea, that’s that I was going to ask you and erm, yea, basically that’s all, so yea." I blabbed. "Shit Zain you Muppet." I cursed myself under my breath. She laughed, great she heard.
I walked her towards the door, where Amber was standing. "Where have you been Tasha, you could have called, God what is wrong with you?" Amber shouted. I get that she is her sister but she doesn’t have to treat her like a kid, hated the fact that she was shouting at my Tash. She was safe with me damn it Amber, I thought to myself. "Amber I…" I cut her off. "We had to study and she fell asleep in the library, so I went home, picked her up this morning." I said quickly, not looking at Tash. "You what! Amber shouted. "You left her, all alone in the library." She looked at me as if I’d done a crime. "Yea, look, I would have carried her to my house, but firstly she’s too heavy for me to lift and secondly I had company if you get my drift." I winked at Amber. Shit Zain you asshole, I cursed myself. I looked at Tash, she looked at me with a horrified look. "No offense Tasha." I said defensively. "You’re a jerk." She said was about to walk away but turned to face me. "Tasha you know Zain’s just messing, be nice." Amber said, "Nice, to him, no way, he’s just a jerky werky, once a jerk always a jerk right." She looked at me and walked inside. Shit! Zain, you douche, why did you have to say that. "Well looks like you have soon sucking up to do, make sure you apologize." Amber said looking sternly at me walking inside.
I walked towards my car but stopped and ran back towards Tash’s house. I climbed up the tree and pushed myself into Tash’s room. I had to explain to her. I couldn’t go without explaining. But why did I have to be such an idiot, I could have come up with something else. "That’s because I’m stupid." I said to myself.
"What are you doing here?" Tasha said coming out the bathroom. "Tash look I need to ex…" She cut me off. "Explain?" She finished my sentence off for me. "I’m sick of your explanations Zain. One minute you're so nice to me and the next you turn into somebody completely different, are you bipolar or something." She asked me. I’m pretty sure she’s asked me that a couple of times before. "Look Tash." I said taking a step forward. "Just leave Zain." She said without looking at me. I can’t Tash, I thought to myself. I took a step forward and pulled her towards me by tugging on her waist.
"Zain, don’t touch me" She said and pushed at me chest. "I need to explain." I begged walking towards her. "I don’t want to talk about it right now." She mumbled. "I do." I quickly said taking another step towards her. "Why?" She asked quickly taking a step back. "Tash, stop moving away from me, don’t tell me not to touch you, because I have to." I blabbed, Zain calm down I thought to myself, but in this moment of time, I wasn’t myself. "Why?" She asked again. "Because I can’t bear you being so close yet so far away from me, I can’t stand not being able to talk to you, I can’t grasp you're ignoring me, I just can’t." I said looking towards her. "Why?" She asked again. "What, Tasha, what do you mean why, is that all you’re going to ask me, why? Why? Why? You want me to tell you why, because I love you, that’s why." I blurted out. I looked at her. She was looking at me. Shit did I just tell her that I loved her, Shit, double shit.
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