Twisted

Chapter 6

Days have seem to go so fast lately, but today was Friday and I was riding with Derrick again. Today we were going to his house, he said we would watch some movies and just hang out. I heard a song that I really liked, Shower by Becky G., and turned it up a couple notches. "You like this song?" He asked and I nodded quickly. He turned it up all the way screaming the lyrics terribly which made me die laughing. "YOU'RE THE REASON WHY I'M DANCING IN THE MIRROR, SINGING IN THE SHOWER!" He had his windows down and we both looked over to see some old lady staring at him like he was crazy... because he was. I couldn't stop laughing, I was laughing so hard to the point where I started crying. He did this all the way to the house but only singing the parts he knew. The song ended as soon as we got there. I went to grab my book bag but he grabbed it for me and smiled. He locked his truck and unlocked his door for the house. "Wow, you've got a nice house." I complimented it and looked around while we made our way to his big living room. "Where are your parents?" I asked. Why wasn't anybody here? "Gone... it's a long story that I'd rather not talk about." He explained to me and all I could do was nod because I knew what he meant. "Did you do your science for Mr. Meyers?" I asked him reaching in my bag for my science folder. "Yeah, do you want some help with it?" I got out my pencil and gave him a small nod. We sat on his couch with our legs touching... his thigh was against mine, and his arm was also against mine. He was warm and I could feel his muscles... if that was him without flexing then damn. "Okay, so the question is 'how does electricity occur?' I don't know where to find that." I was completely clueless. I've been stuck on this question for forever. "Okay well the answer is in the reading he had us do," he pulled out his science book and flipped to the page, "it says right here that it's an object attracted or repelled to the other." I caught myself staring at him and couldn't look away. He saw that I wasn't writing anything down so he looked at me slowly. "The next questions asks how it works." either he had the question memorized or he was flirting with me because he got closer. "Well... how?" I got closer just like he did. This would be the second time he tried to kiss me, but this time I would kiss him back if it came to that point. "Well... it's when two things attracted right?" He asked quietly, his hot breath just above my upper lip. "Correct." I gave him a simple answer, curious to know what he was to say next. "Well... we can put two things together and see what kind of reaction they have." He was hot when he flirted like this especially with his soft, low voice so close to me. I looked up as his blue eyes that were already staring back at me. "Two things?" I questioned softly, I'm glad I chewed some gum before I came here. "Maybe like... two specific people." He bit his lip while his voice got lower than usual giving my tummy a weird feeling inside. "Maybe like... us? Just to see if electricity actually works." I started to flirt back with him and to be honest it felt kind of nice. "Mhm," he hummed a yes and slowly raised his hand up to my face cupping my cheek. He leaned closer and within seconds his soft, pink lips were pressed against mine. Something about this felt so right but at the same time it felt so wrong and I liked it. Electricity; Two things that attract to each other. It seemed pretty legit to me and this kiss had sparks. I regret not kissing him the first time he tried to kiss me, that was my mistake for sure. After a few seconds we pulled away and I fluttered my eyes open smiling like crazy because I could help it. He opened his eyes and looked at me, "I never thought I would like electricity so much." He said with a cheeky smile. I couldn't help but giggle, "me either." I replied kissing his cheek softly and finally writing down my answers for the questions. "Done," I smiled and put my papers back in my bag. "Thanks for your help," I couldn't help but have a smirk come across my face. "Oh, that's no problem," he sent a smirk back. I giggled and sat back next to him. "So what are we going to do?" I was actually very curious to know. "Well we can watch a movie," he suggested and I nodded quickly because I'm always up for a good movie. We had an argument for about five minutes deciding on what kind of genre we wanted. He refused to watch a chick flick and I refused to watch a scary movie. In the end we ended up choosing a scary movie, I've never seen a scary movie before. We grabbed some blankets and made two bags of popcorn. "I'm not looking forward to this movie," I confessed to him while I carried our drinks to his living room and sat down. "It'll be okay, they're not real. It's just people trying to get money because they have nothing better to do with their lives," he reassured me and I laughed. "Don't laugh, it's true!" he laughed at himself as well. He turned off the lights and sat back next to me. He covered us both with one big, warm blanket. He pressed play. The beginning of the movie was showing a flashback about how her life was so good and then things started getting weird, I'm already creeped out.

I started to get really into the movie and it seemed halfway through I guess. A face popped up and I nearly jumped out my seat then squealed, I grabbed onto Derrick's arm and dug my face into his shoulder. I could hear him laughing at me as he held me close with his arms around my waist. "Is it gone?" I whimpered into him. "Yes it's off the screen," he stroked my hair, I liked it, it kept me calm. I looked up and our faces were once again were so close. He smiled big because he knew were were going to kiss... again. He leaned in and kissed me with one hand on my waist and one cupping my cheek. I had lifted up my hands and put one on his shoulder and one on his chest, his heartbeat was fast. Feeling his heartbeat made me get butterflies and goosebumps all over my arms. We pulled away and continued watching the movies. I think he tried to hold my hands a couple of times and it was kind of weird. This isn't betraying Lance, right? I feel like he's watching me sometimes. Please don't be mad at me Lance... I still love you. At this point he had his arm around me rubbing my shoulder with his thumb. I was hugging him from the waist with my head against his chest so I could hear his lovely heartbeat with my eyes closed. The movie was still on and it was even the later, it was 8:30 p.m. "Are you going to stay the night?" he asked me quietly. "I don't know if I can," I mumbled clearly tired. "I would have to ask my mom or dad," I yawned and hugged him tighter, I felt him grab my phone from the side, I lifted up my head and watched him bring the phone up to his ear. "Hello?... yes this is Derrick... yeah she's here just laying down..." he laughed after that and continued talking, "is she allowed to stay?... yes sir." He was talking to my dad!? "Thank you, sir." he smiled and hung up. "You called my dad?" I tried to be mad at him but it was hard, so I laughed with him. "He said yes," he had the biggest, most cheesy smile ever, it was cute.

The movie ended and we sat there cuddling the whole time without saying a word, it was nice. "Are you asleep?" I whispered just in case he was. It was about an hour until the movie ended. "Nope." He smiled, I could feel him smile as he talked. "Are you tired?" he stroked my hair again, he knew I liked when he does this. "Kind of, but I like staying up with you," I bit my lip confessing that to him. "I like staying up with you too," he went silent for a bit, "did you like that kiss...?" he had to pop the question that made me turn bright pink, I'm glad it was dark so he couldn't see it. "I'd be lying if I said no," my lips hurt from biting it so much, my stomach hurts from all these butterflies, I'm burning up because of how hot my cheeks are. "I liked it too," he admitted to me. I think we both know we like each other now, it's kind of obvious because we both loved the kiss. I can't date yet, it's not that I'm not allowed to, it's because I feel like Lance will hate me. I know he's no longer alive, and I know he told me to be happy and move on but it is much harder than it sounds. "You're thinking about something," he interrupted my thoughts, he always does that. Sometimes I hate when someone interrupts my thoughts and sometimes I like it because it helps me not to be so upset. "Yeah, I know, but it's nothing," I didn't want to talk about him right now, now was not the time. At this time Derrick's phone started to ring, great timing. He yawned then reached over and grabbed his phone. He answered it and I sat up so I wasn't in his way. "Hello?" gosh... his voice is so perfect. "Yeah. Is something wrong?" he seemed to get worried and his reaction changed from happy to upset in seconds. He quickly went over and grabbed his jacket from the rack he set it on and started to put it on while still on the phone. I gave him a confused look and he motioned me to hurry up and get ready to leave, it was eleven o'clock at night, why are we leaving? I did as he told me and he rushed and grabbed his keys, "alright I'm on my way right now," he answered the mysterious person on the phone with a shaky voice. "What wrong?" I asked calmly hoping he would calm down. "Get in the truck, I'll explain in a second." he wasn't okay, he wasn't himself but I got in his truck anyways. I sat and truck and seconds later he hopped into the truck and turned it on driving off fast. "Derrick... slow down." I held onto my seatbelt because he was driving way over the speed limit. His hands were shaking on the steering wheel. "Adam got in a car crash." He had no emotion but tears were falling down his face. This can't be good, now I understand why he's so upset. "I-Is he in the hospital?" I know started to get worried because me and Adam became really close, he has become one of my best friends. I leaned over and kissed Derrick's cheek rubbing his arm to keep him calm. We reached the hospital within seconds because of how fast he was speeding.