Love Shy

Chapter Three

"It was last year Shy, I'm not the same," he said, walking closer still. I heard the door downstairs shut, indicating his grandma had left for work. I looked down at my phone: 5.20pm. He looked at the phone then up at me. Sighing heavily, he brushed his waves down with his good hand and walked back over to his bed sitting on the edge. He looked down at his red cast. "I know I don't deserve your trust after hearing that, but I want you Shy. No games, no other girls, just you. I know you wanna run and I'mma let you leave if that's what you wanna do, but I promise you I'm not that guy anymore. And if you give me the chance, I will do whatever it takes to show you you're the only one I got time for." He spoke quietly, and I knew he was being sincere but I couldn't get the image of him and those girls out of my head.

"I gotta go," I whispered, and he nodded without even looking up. Instead he slumped back on the bed, leaving he legs dangling off the side and covering his eyes with his bandaged forearm.

"Goodbye Shy," he murmmed. It sounded so final and my heart sank. Did I really wanna not talk to him, ever? I walked over to his bed and leant down over him to kiss him on the cheek.

"Goodbye Rio." I pulled away but was stopped by his vice-like grip on my wrist. He uncovered his eyes and looked into mine. I was inches from his face and all the unspoken words his eyes were saying melted me in an instant.

"I can't lose you Shy," he whispered practically on my lips. I knew what was going to happen and I was powerless to stop him. In reality I had been waiting for his kiss since yesterday on Kayla's bed. "Let me give you something to think about whilst you're gone," he murmmed before gently pushing his lips onto mine. Oh. His kiss was so sweet, he really was too delicious. He moved away, hesitant to see my reaction, but I remained where I was, locking my eyes with his. He took it as confirmation and crushed his lips to mine again; this time coaxing my bottom lip down with his tongue before sliding it into my mouth. I followed his lead and found my self thoroughly enjoying what his mouth was doing. His hands found my waist and as I bent over him between his legs, my forearms resting on either side of his head, I knew there was no way I wasn't going to be with Rio. I looked into his beautiful face and his smile was contagious. "You're so beautiful Shy," he said softly, running his good hand up and down my side. I smiled embarrased and pushed myself up. I sighed when I was standing over him. His body was amazing and that kiss was just a bit too much, I didn't know what to do with myself. I had to get out before I did something we would regret. I said goodbye again and jogged down the stairs to put my shoes on. Rio was behind me leaning against the front door and when I turned to him, I could tell he had been staring at my bum. I flushed red and he pulled me into a hug. "Don't Shy, I want us to be ok. Text me when you're home ok?" I nodded and he kissed my forehead before opening the front door for me. I walked to the bus stop in a daze. How did that end in a kiss? The boy just practically told me how much of a pig he was, I really didnt get it. I pulled out my phone and dialled Kayla's number but hung up when I realised she would still be at Chris'. Who else would know what to do? Just then my phone vibrated: a text from Carina. It read,

Kayla said you're going shopping saturday for Chris' bday party hope ur ok wit me taggin along. Carina x

I quickly rang her and confirmed she could defo come, she could hear my voice was not 100% and asked what was wrong. I then went on to explain the whole situation and to say she was gobsmacked was an understatement. After promising not to breathe a word, she then suggested that if his past bothered me that much I wouldn't have kissed him and maybe it was because I thought that I was meant to hate him not that I was trying to develop bad feelings towards him. We talked all the way to my house and when I got to my door I said my goodbye's, but not before she encouraged me to just take things slow and give him a chance cos he could have lied about his past, but he was truthful which should count for something. I guess she was right, but I was still not fully confident that giving him a chance was the right thing to do, but ignoring him wouldn't help anything either. After hanging up I noticed I had three texts but I chose to ignore them till I got to my room. I knew who they were from and I weren't sure I wanted to get into it yet. I plastered a small smile on my face and walked in the frontroom to find dad, Kieran and Sean watching Family Guy.