Within Touching Distance: Chapter Three
Hey guys, sorry it took a while. I tried to make this chapter longer because I don't know when I will be able to post next. Hope you enjoy, and please comment xo.
A few weeks after my run in with Alex, I decided that may be it would be better if I stayed away from him. My continuous crying and bad moods were not good for me and my family had started to worry. It wasn't my fault that he didn't love me, but it was something that I would just have to get over. My feelings for him were so immense that I couldn't see a way of getting over him.
'Come on, Jas, we're going out!' Melissa called upstairs to me. I looked in the mirror and thought that I looked adequate. I was wearing a black and blue dress with high black heels. I'd do, we were only going to a local club.
'I'm coming, give me a chance to get ready!' I shouted back, already irritated. I needed a night out, staying in just made me think of Alex, and I knew that wasn't good for me. I slowly walked down the stairs, trying not to hurt myself in the ridiculously high heels.
'You look gorgeous, babe,' Mel smile.
'Thanks, you don't look so bad yourself.' I winked at her.
We walked out of the door smiling and jumped into a taxi to the club. Once we were inside the loud music and brightly colored lights engulfed me. I didn't see anybody that I knew, it was perfect. A night where I could be whoever I wanted to be. Melissa pulled me to the bar and ordered two vodkas and cokes. I slowly sipped my drink whilst scoping out the room. Suddenly, I caught someone staring at me and I almost dropped my drink.
'Mel, Alex is here.' I almost cried.
'Shoot, I told your brother not to bring him here!' Mel looked at me with sympathetic eyes but I knew it wasn't her fault.
Soon enough Josh and Alex were walking over to us and I plastered a fake smile across my face.
'Hey,' they both smiled in unison.
'Hi.' I muttered back. I really wasn't prepared for this. At all.
'Hey, Mel, you wanna dance?' Josh asked Mel.
I had never seen her smile so much in her life. She quickly looked at me and I gave her the nod of approval. I didn't want to ruin her night just because mine had been flushed down the drain.
'Erm, so, do you want to dance Jas?' Alex asked me cautiously.
'No, that's okay. I'm quite tired.' I said walking away and sitting on a sofa that had just become free. Alex slowly followed me, a look of confusion on his face. I knew I was being harsh, but it was my only way to cope with things.
'You look really pretty tonight...' Alex commented. I just looked at him, and then away again, I couldn't let him back in. I stared at the dance floor and at Josh and Mel. I wished I had chemistry with someone like they had with each other.
After about a minute of silence, I felt Alex's hand cupping my face, pulling me gently to face him. He tried to look me in the eyes but I just stared at my hands.
'What's wrong beautiful girl? You seem so distant...' he looked so concerned and it broke my heart to do it to him. But it was the alcohol talking, he was drunk. He didn't really think that I looked nice, or that I was beautiful. Nobody thought that about me, so why would he?
'It's nothing.' I whispered back, trying to keep the tears in.
'You can tell me anything you know, I don't care what it is.' Even though he was drunk, I felt compelled to tell him how I felt. Surely he wouldn't remember?
'I love you,' I barely whispered. He looked at me with wide eyes and I knew that I'd been an idiot. But, then, his expression softened and he smile. He pulled me close and whispered into my ear.
'Well, you see, that's good; because I love you too.' I was so stunned I could hardly move.
Finally when he pulled back and looked at me, I knew he meant it. But I didn't know what it meant for us. Just as I was about to reply, he pulled me close again and kissed me tenderly.
'Come on, Jas, we're going out!' Melissa called upstairs to me. I looked in the mirror and thought that I looked adequate. I was wearing a black and blue dress with high black heels. I'd do, we were only going to a local club.
'I'm coming, give me a chance to get ready!' I shouted back, already irritated. I needed a night out, staying in just made me think of Alex, and I knew that wasn't good for me. I slowly walked down the stairs, trying not to hurt myself in the ridiculously high heels.
'You look gorgeous, babe,' Mel smile.
'Thanks, you don't look so bad yourself.' I winked at her.
We walked out of the door smiling and jumped into a taxi to the club. Once we were inside the loud music and brightly colored lights engulfed me. I didn't see anybody that I knew, it was perfect. A night where I could be whoever I wanted to be. Melissa pulled me to the bar and ordered two vodkas and cokes. I slowly sipped my drink whilst scoping out the room. Suddenly, I caught someone staring at me and I almost dropped my drink.
'Mel, Alex is here.' I almost cried.
'Shoot, I told your brother not to bring him here!' Mel looked at me with sympathetic eyes but I knew it wasn't her fault.
Soon enough Josh and Alex were walking over to us and I plastered a fake smile across my face.
'Hey,' they both smiled in unison.
'Hi.' I muttered back. I really wasn't prepared for this. At all.
'Hey, Mel, you wanna dance?' Josh asked Mel.
I had never seen her smile so much in her life. She quickly looked at me and I gave her the nod of approval. I didn't want to ruin her night just because mine had been flushed down the drain.
'Erm, so, do you want to dance Jas?' Alex asked me cautiously.
'No, that's okay. I'm quite tired.' I said walking away and sitting on a sofa that had just become free. Alex slowly followed me, a look of confusion on his face. I knew I was being harsh, but it was my only way to cope with things.
'You look really pretty tonight...' Alex commented. I just looked at him, and then away again, I couldn't let him back in. I stared at the dance floor and at Josh and Mel. I wished I had chemistry with someone like they had with each other.
After about a minute of silence, I felt Alex's hand cupping my face, pulling me gently to face him. He tried to look me in the eyes but I just stared at my hands.
'What's wrong beautiful girl? You seem so distant...' he looked so concerned and it broke my heart to do it to him. But it was the alcohol talking, he was drunk. He didn't really think that I looked nice, or that I was beautiful. Nobody thought that about me, so why would he?
'It's nothing.' I whispered back, trying to keep the tears in.
'You can tell me anything you know, I don't care what it is.' Even though he was drunk, I felt compelled to tell him how I felt. Surely he wouldn't remember?
'I love you,' I barely whispered. He looked at me with wide eyes and I knew that I'd been an idiot. But, then, his expression softened and he smile. He pulled me close and whispered into my ear.
'Well, you see, that's good; because I love you too.' I was so stunned I could hardly move.
Finally when he pulled back and looked at me, I knew he meant it. But I didn't know what it meant for us. Just as I was about to reply, he pulled me close again and kissed me tenderly.
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