Shades

the hell

Kate tilted her head in confusion. Why did she sound excited?

"Is there a hot guy there with you?"

She choked on saliva, "W-what?"

"You're red, Kate!" Alec squealed. "Oh my gosh, there is a hot guy with you? Did I call at the wrong time? Were you guys making out?"

Kate's eyes widened in shock. What the hell? Her phone was on speaker so it wasn't helping as Alec kept blabbing out. She saw a smirk creep up on Damien's face.

"And you're in a library— the hottest making out spot. You bad girl, Kate. My sister is so cool!" Alec yelled out.

"What did Kate do!?" Tyler's voice asked.

Alec brought her phone closer to her face and whispered. "Is it Parker?"

Kate bit her lip to stop her laughter as Damien's proud look fell. He looked... well, not so proud

"Noelle told me he's super hot"

"Alec, bed!" Tyler shouted.

"Fine, my phone's about to die anyway" she yelled back before turning to Kate. "Have fun with your hot boy." She winked. "Gosh, I've never seen you blush so hard before. By--"

The call suddenly got disconnected. Kate sighed in relief. Alec's phone probably died. She looked up and was surprised that Damien was already standing in front of her. His nerdy glasses were off and his blue orbs were piercing into hers.

"You didn't tell me you have a sister"

"Why would I?" She moved away from him to sit on the table. That seemed to be a bad idea because Damien placed his hands on the table, next to her sides, trapping her.

"You want to know why I'm not at the party, Katherine?"

She wondered that. Everyone was there so why wasn't he?

"I thought you'd be there"

She blinked.

"I didn't want to see you." He explained.

Ouch.

"Because I can't stop thinking about how you kissed me" he continued.

"You kissed me" she shot at him.

"And you let me"

She gulped.

"I- I- was drunk"

"Hm," Damien nodded.

Hm!?

She felt like slapping him and pushing him away but she couldn't move and he wasn't even holding her.

"So you didn't like the kiss?" He asked, not looking away from her eyes.

She bit her lips. Well...

"No" she answered.

"At all?"

"No"

"So you don't want me to kiss you right now?" His gaze shifted down.

She shivered when his hand pulled at her bottom lip, releasing them from the clutches of her teeth.

"You shouldn't be doing that to yourself, doll"

I should, she expected him to say but he only leaned into her.

Wait! Was he going to kiss her? She still hadn't gotten over the last kiss and now he was going to kiss her again? Right in the library—the one place Rye didn't like people making out. She was going to do something very insulting to the books around and she didn't seem to want to try and stop it.

Damien's lips hovered over hers and Kate found herself leaning in. His minty breath clouded her senses. Wasn't he smoking just a while ago? How was his breath still so fresh?

Their lips grazed one another and he smiled. Too soon, he pulled away. She opened her eyes—she didn't realize she was closing—and gazed into his dark orbs.

"I know you want me, Katherine" he twirled his finger around a lock of her hair before distancing himself completely.

Grabbing his bag, he began to walk away.

"Goodnight, doll"

***

Kate looked lost as she drove back to the apartment in Noelle's car. He did it again. He dared to do that thing again, where he would leave her breathless and just walk away. Only this time, he didn't even kiss her.

Maybe this was what Parker meant when he told her to be careful. Did that mean that all the time he was sweet and charming was a facade? And the Damien she met yesterday was the real Damien Carter? The biggest player the whole school talked about and she had only gotten to know about two months ago.

It was 5 a.m. and still dark so Kate tried to keep her attention on the road. But how could she when that guy had just... She groaned loudly.

Now she hated herself. She had just let him do with her as he pleased. That wasn't who she was. She wasn't going to let any guy toy with her ever again. It had happened more than once in the past but she wouldn't let it happen again.

No, never again.

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My insides are literally turning into jelly with how hot Damien is, arghhh!!!!!
I want to know your thoughts on this... Kate falling for Damien? Yay, or Nay?... I go with nay (:

Your Shady writer.