Unexpected Love

Chapter 7

As I'm leaving the building determined to tell Mitchie off, I realize that I owe Mr. Polk a fifteen minute detention.

I rush over to his class and sat at a desk. There were ten other kids that were given detention for being late as well. I grab my phone from my pocket to send a quick text to Mitchie.

Me: hey I have a 15 minute detention

As soon as I sent that I receive a reply seconds later.

Mitchie: don't worry. I'll still be waiting right here for you ;)

I feel my heart flutter while reading the text. Why must Mitchie confuse me so much. She seems so sweet yet so evil at the same time. I don't know which side to believe anymore.

Once the 15 minutes are up of this pointless sit-in detention, Mr. Polk dismisses us.

I walk down the plain, white and dimly lit hallway that leads to the back door. Why must high schools look so depressing? No wonder why kids hate school. Where's all the colors and spirit like in movies?

Looking ahead towards the parking lot, I notice how empty it is. I know it's a beautiful, warm day but it usually never empties out this quick. Towards the back of the parking lot I see Mitchie leaning against her car and staring at her phone screen. I notice that I'm biting my lip the closer I get. She just looks so damn beautiful and sexy. Ugh, what's wrong with me? I'm mad at her.

'Alex you can do this,' I tell myself, 'be assertive and tell her your done taking her crap.'

As soon as I'm near, Mitchie smiles and then grabs me and pins me against her car.

I feel her lips crash hard against mine. I can taste her minty Chapstick as I close my eyes. I fall into the kiss at first. Mitchie's hand feels under my left thigh as she lifts it up against her hip. I throw my arms around her neck to deepen the kiss. I feel my heart flutter again as she uses her other hand to caress my cheek.

Wait. What am I doing?

Turning my head to the side, I hear Mitchie let out a sigh of annoyance. I remove my arms from her neck. "Look we need to talk Mitchie. You treated me like crap earlier in front of your friends. Look, I don't what you want. You're confusing me and honestly I don't need this." I feel tears forming in my eyes. I feel so weak. "You know now how I get treated at home. I don't need the abuse from you either. Your sending me two different signals and I don't know which one to believe. I want you to leave me alone." I turn to walk away until I feel Mitchie grab my arm.

"First off, you need to watch it Russo," Mitchie says in her demanding voice.

I look at Mitchie in disbelief. What's wrong with this girl? "Mitchie what do you want from me? You need to leave me alone. Honestly, I want nothing to do with you. You're unstable." With that, I try to yank my arm again but I'm unable to budge.

"Alex. Please. I'm sorry. It's just I like you so much. But I also have this image. My friends would find it suspicious if I just ignored you. They'll start mocking me and I don't want that to happen." Mitchie looks at me sincerely but I drop my head to look at the cement.

"If your image is your number one priority then let's just end this now. Okay?" I yank my arm from her grip and this time I'm freed. I turn around to walk away.

I hear Mitchie run up behind me so I stop. But I don't turn around to look at her. She approaches the side of me and I feel her take my hand. There goes my heart fluttering again. This is not good.

"Alex, I promise that I'll leave you alone in school. But I still won't be able to talk to you. We need to keep this whole thing a secret. Okay?" Mitchie sounds desperate in her voice.

I roll my eyes but manage a half smile. "I guess that's a start," I say in almost a whisper.

Mitchie grabs me and hugs me tight. I put my arms around her unsure if I'm making the right decision going into this.

"Can I take you home now?" Mitchie smiles at me. I nod and she takes my hand as we walk back to her car.