Part 17
So, it is Sunday night in July. It’s rainy and cold like most nights tend to be and the moon tends to brighten the night. Mum had gone out with friends and dad went to the hospital to see a friend.
Zoe had the house to herself since Luke went to the grocery store but soon enough he was back. Zoe is up in her room where the sweet strawberry pie scent keeps coming through her window from the neighbor’s apartment.
Her homework was scattered all over her desk. She decided to stroll down to take water from the fridge when she noticed that Luke was back and was refilling the fridge with the items he had bought. ”You are back?” she asked.
”Yes, I just wanted to put this in the fridge before coming up to your room.” Luke said, coming forward to k**s her lips. ”Can you help me with my assignment?” she asked Luke.
”Yeah,” He said, following her to her room. She and Luke didn’t even go half of the assignment as they commenced making out on my bed. She had nothing to worry about since her parents were going to be late. She had to take her time with Luke since they had no good time together.
You can’t blame them, can you? This was just the only opportunity they had. Luke was completely on top of her, not that Zoe’s minded. Her hands are securely inside his hair working magic! She had a thing for guys’ hair. his hands are well, everywhere in her body.
Zoe had a feeling that their lips are both going to be quite puffy by morning. Great, she bit the bottom of his lips gently making him g***n slightly.
They both had been making out like this for a while. Zoe knew what he was about to do next but surprisingly she wanted that too.
But soon enough, she starts to think, or rather overthink to be more exact. He pulls away from her lips to k**s the side of her neck giving Zoe the chance to catch her breath. ”Luke,” she mumbled, feeling embarrassed.
”Mmmh?” He only mumbled against her chest. “Luke, I think we should stop,” she said more clearer this time,
”Why?” He asked, staring at her.
”Uhm. birth control, pregnancy, condom, disease, unstable emotions, take your pick.” Zoe said. ”You are not ready?” He asked like he was guessing. ”It’s not about me not being ready, I’m more ready than since last month we started dating.” she said.
Luke stared at her without saying anything. ”I’m just worried about those things.” Zoe explained. He looked at her face before smiling a little. ”Why do boys have such an adorable smile?” she asked skeptically.
”Yeah, I’m a fella but that kind of thing doesn’t come to my mind.” Luke said laughing. She scowled at him before putting her hand on his cheeks, ”I’m sorry Luke! I’m not ready yet and I know how bad you want it.” she said, staring at him.
”Don’t worry Zoe, I’m actually surviving.” Luke said with a chuckle. He came forward as their lips met again! They continued kissing but their mood wasn’t the same as before, it was with less speed now.
It starts to rain harder outside, Luke rolls over next to her side as they watch the rain through her window catching their breath.
”I need to take a shower,” Luke said standing up. ”Can’t you just do that later?” she asked, kissing his neck. ”Zoe, if I stay here I might be too tempted not to resist you,” Luke said leaving her room.
She turned off her room light as she led the way to sleep. The next morning! Luke and Zoe left for school in his car since it was still raining. Luckily, they got to school before the first bell rang.
He stared at her a couple of times while caressing her hand which made her blush so hard. She hoped the rain wouldn’t go ruining her day but it was definitely taking a toll. Every class dragged on, Mrs. Morgan gave her a D in a class test.
Luke got an A in the test. She couldn’t blame her failure on the rain. Mrs. Morgan was always a big witch and to top everything up, Lisa was now trying to steal her boyfriend Luke.
Whenever they had different classes. She would notice Lisa staring and smiling at him in a seductive way, sometimes she flutters her eyelashes like a nincompoop.
Lisa was always good at picking on her but Zoe wouldn’t mind showing her entire true existence if she messed with her.
Her uniform clothes always exposed her boobs, Zoe wondered why she wore a shirt anyway. She was always self-conscious about what she put on, perhaps because her body wasn’t going to fit in such cloth.
It was lunch period and Luke was seated with some of his friends from the basketball crew. Dora was talking to Parker, while Bella kept talking about Alex as she always does.
so Zoe wasn’t contributing much! Parker stood up. Zoe guessed he was going to use the restroom as Dora joined Bella in the conversation about Alex. She still didn’t say anything. they must have sensed she wasn’t in the mood for their gossip, girl’s initiation, you know?
Since they were talking about Alex, Zoe had started thinking about him. She had asked him the other day If he planned on taking Bella out( only because Bella begged her to ask) Surprisingly, a shrug was his answer.
With nothing to go on. She made an excuse saying he was so shy of Bella which Zoe knew wasn’t true at all. “A shy person wouldn’t agree to play seven minutes in heaven with a girl he doesn’t know about if he was shy.” came Alex’s answer.
Alex wouldn’t still answer the most questions she threw at him, the most she got out of him was that his favorite color was black. Not like she couldn’t tell that one of the colors he ever wears was black.Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.
She stared around the cafeteria, people eating, talking, laughing, some looking bummed from the rain. Then a platinum brown hair caught her eyes! Alex was a good distance away from their table with his friends.
Luke soon joined them at their table.
But to her surprise, Alex was sitting just like her. One arm on the table and the other keeping his head propped up looking bored. She stared at him until he happened to look her way.
He smiled at her and gave a little wave which she smiled back. On a day like this. Alex reminded her of the sun, making everything bright again.
She was busy staring at Alex to notice Lisa was standing in front of their table with her tray of food. Everyone happens to stare at her in silence. Her coming to their table wasn’t something that always happened.
”Can I sit down?” she asked while smiling at Luke with a big lipstick rubbed in her mouth. He just looked back at her in shock. ”Well, Can..l?” She asked, still smiling.
Our silence didn’t bother her as she still stood there staring at her boyfriend. ”Uhh.” Luke mumbled, staring at Zoe for help. Zoe tried not to grind her teeth together since she was going to the dentist to remove her braces soon but Lisa was tasting her patience.