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 My Wattpad Love

Chapter 20

We all have awkward moments in our lives. It's like we're destined to have them. Sometimes I wonder if it's normal to have so many because I was certainly going to break a record or something. Well, I was about to have what I'd like to define the most awkward moment of my life. As Laura, Jordan and Shane walked towards me and Evan, I had no idea of what to say or how to say it. My brain didn't seem to process the situation. Maybe, the cough medicine syrup did have an effect on me. Whatever the reason for my frozen state was, it didn't matter at the moment. Laura was the first one to get to us. She was smiling knowingly.

"Hey," she greeted. Evan stood up and I did the same. Jordan reached Lau from behind and wrapped his arms around her waist. He rested his chin on her shoulder.

"Hey, sick puppy," Jordan said grinning at me but then his grin vanished when he looked at Evan. 

Shane was the last to come closer. His hands were full of bags. His face was unreadable. It was like a mask of coldness was covering his face. I mean, Shane always had that arrogant playful attitude since the very first day we started talking but right now, his face was just blank. No trace of playfulness not even arrogance were on it. I scowled at him but he simply stopped walking once he was next to Jordan and Lau. That was how the awkward silence began. What wasn't I saying something? Everyone was waiting for me to introduce Evan and I was standing there like an idiot. Laura made me a gesture to speak. 

"Jules?" She called my name and that seemed to snap me out of my trance. 

"Ugh, guys, this is… hum…" I trailed off nervously. Everyone was staring at me expectantly.

Awkward moment when your real friends meet your online friend…

Laura raised an eyebrow waiting for me to continue.

"I'm Evan." Evan spoke for me. He shook Jordan's hand.

“Jordan,”

“Shane,”

“I’m Laura, nice to meet you, Evan.” Laura said his name slowly flashing amused smiles at me.

“What are you doing outside?” Shane asked coldly. I opened my mouth to speak but he continued “You’re sick. You shouldn’t be out in the cold.” I knew he was right.

“Let’s get inside.”  Laura agreed.

“I should probably go now,” Evan whispered to me. I knew he wasn’t comfortable.

“No, don’t go.” Laure intervened grinning like a cat “We’re going to watch a movie. You should stay. There are enough snacks for everyone.” Her excitement was contagious.

“Yeah,” Jordan agreed as he started walking towards the door holding Lau’s hand. When he passed Evan, I heard him whisper “don’t eat the Ruffles though, she’ll kill you.” He pointed me mocking fear.

“Very funny, Jordan,” I rolled my eyes.

After getting our frozen butts inside the house, Jordan and Lau sat on the big couch. Evan sat on the other couch shyly. Shane took the bags to the kitchen. I hesitated, not knowing where I should sit. Evan was rubbing his hands over his lap, he was probably feeling out of place. I was about to sit next to him when a hand was wrapped around my arm.

“I need your help in the kitchen,” Shane muttered and dragged me out of the living room, almost literally. It was getting hard to follow his pace. As soon as we entered the kitchen, he pushed me inside roughly. His hazel eyes were blazing with anger. His jaw tensed. I’d never seen Shane angry before, it kind of scared me. 

“Hey!” I whined rubbing my arm “What’s your problem?”

“You. You are my problem,” he said stalking towards me. I backed away until my back met the fridge.

“What are you talking about?” I frowned confused. Shane passed his hand over my shoulder and pressed it against the fridge.

“Who the hell is that freak?” I knew he referred to Evan.

“His name is Evan and he’s not a freak.” I stated offended. Shane laughed bitterly.

“That’s the guy from wattpad, isn’t he?”

“How do you know-“

“You’re truly reckless, Jones. You let a stranger visit you while you’re alone in your house.”

“He’s not a stranger. He’s my friend.” I didn’t like the tone Shane was using.

“He is a stranger,” he repeated slowly “are you out of your mind?” Shane definitely knew how to push my buttons “He’s the reason you were crying the other day, isn’t he?” I kept my mouth shut but my silence said everything “Wow,” Shane shook his head taking a step backwards “you like him.” It was not a question.

“Why are you getting so upset about this?” I asked him folding my arms across my chest. My eyes widened in realization “Are you jealous?” Shane laughed.

“Why would I be jealous?” he asked amused. He walked towards me once again cornering against the fridge.

“I don’t know. You’re acting like a jealous boyfriend right now,” I placed my hands on his chest trying to push him away but he only grabbed my wrists holding them in the air. His eyes looked right into mine.

“I’m not jealous.” He said leaning forwards “If I wanted you, I would’ve had you a long time ago.”

“Yeah right,” I rolled my eyes. 

“It would be so easy to seduce you,” his gaze dropped to my lips “to please that virgin body of yours.”

“How do you know I’m a virgin?” I swallowed.

“It’s written all over your face.” He smirked at me.

“They’re waiting for us. Let me go.”

“I make you nervous,” he said satisfied “That’s a start.” He let me go. I stared at him confused for a moment before running off the kitchen with one of the bags.

When I got back to the living room, Laura was sitting on the floor staring at some movies covers displayed in front of her. Jordan was telling her which one to pick. Evan was in the same position I’d left him. I couldn’t believe he was actually there. I sat next to him, he smiled at me.

“Welcome back,” his smile grew bigger, the cute dimples formed on his cheeks. My heat skipped a beat.

“Miss me?” I teased returning the smile. His dark eyes locked with mine as he replied,

“Always,” the sincerity in his sexy voice made the dragons inside my stomach flutter. My eyes landed on his lips, they looked so full and wet. I bet my Ruffles he was a good kisser. Sadness filled me when I realized I would never find out if he was a good kisser or not. He wanted to be my friend and last time I checked friends don’t kiss each other. I looked away from him, it was enough temptation to have him so close to me.

“So,” I stated getting Lau’s attention “What are we watching?”

“Dawn of the bloody mutilated zombies,” Jordan joked. I chuckled.

“I don’t know. There are so many, I want to watch them all,” Laura whined pouting. Yeah, did I mention my best friend have an obsession with movies? She even wants to be a film director when she finishes high school.

“Did you pick a movie already?” Shane joined us sitting next to Jordan. Lau shook her head frustrated.

“We should probably vote,” Evan chimed in surprising us all. We all stared at him, it was the first time he was actually interacting with my friends “You know, the movie with more votes wins.”

“That’s a good idea, man,” Jordan nodded his head.

“Alright,” I clapped my hands excitedly “Our options?” I asked Laura.

“Well, we have…” she trailed off scanning the movies “Kiss me now,” she showed the first movie,

Oh the irony…

“We also have ‘Dawn of the zombies’ ‘Friends with Benefits’ and ‘Seduce me’”

“Why are there so many romantic movies?” Shane asked annoyed turning to Jordan “I thought you were going to pick the movies at the store,”

“Hum, well, she…” Jordan looked at Laura “it’s hard to say no to her, you know.”

“Arg, man, you’re whipped.” Shane shook his head disapprovingly. We all laughed a little at Jordan.

“Time to vote,” I shouted grinning.

“Dawn of the Zombies,” Shane and Jordan said at the same time.

“So predictable,” Lau rolled her eyes “I vote for ‘Friends with benefits’” she glanced at me and winked. I really didn’t want to watch a zombie movie. To be honest, I didn’t have a strong stomach. Show me too much blood and guts and you’ll probably see me puking.

“Friends with Benefits,” I voted hesitantly. We all snapped our head towards Evan.

“It’s up to you,” Laura waited for him to reply. Each movie had two votes, the choice was up to Evan. Jordan started mouthing ‘Choose the zombie one’ to him.

“Jordan! Stop! He needs to choose by himself,” I said looking at Evan. He seemed unsure of what to say.

Please, say Friends with Benefits, please.

I pleaded mentally. Evan looked at me and smiled.

“Friends with benefits,” he said loudly.

“Yes!” Lau jumped to her feet and started doing some weird happy dance “Take that, zombie sucker!” she stuck her tongue out to Jordan.

“Dude, what the fuck?” Jordan complained shaking his head at Evan.

“It’s hard to say no to her,” Evan replied pinching my cheek. My heart melt in my chest, I was sure I wasn’t breathing. I couldn’t help blushing fiercely. I cleared my throat.

“So, let’s watch it,” I tried to cover my flushed cheeks but I probably looked like a tomato. I could feel eyes on me; I lifted my gaze to find Shane. He was staring intently at me.

“We need to get the snacks out of the bag,” Shane gestured the bag I was holding “Come on, Jones. We all know you want to kidnap the Ruffles but there’s enough for everyone.” I narrowed my eyes at him.

“I thought they were all for me,” I retorted holding the bag tightly.

“There are live five huge bag of Ruffles there,” Jordan chimed in “come on, share.” I sighed in defeat.

“Fine, one bag for you.” I threw a bag at him. Jordan caught it in mid-air. I heard Evan chuckled next to me. I glanced at him.

“You never told me you have an obsession with Ruffles,” he commented amused.

“I thought we agreed there were many things we haven’t told each other,” I used his own words against him. I stole a glance at his tattoo and he nodded knowingly.

“You got me there.” He admitted rolling his lower lip into his mouth. Didn’t he know he was provoking me by doing that?

“Time for the movie!” Lau shout excitedly. We all got on our seats. Reluctantly, Shane sat next to the lovey-dovey couple. Lau turned the lights off and started the movie. As soon as we were surrounded by darkness, I felt extremely uneasy. Evan was mere inches away from me. I could see him from the corner of my eye.

Calm down, breathe.

I chanted inside my head trying to ease my heart beats. We watched the first minutes of the movie in silence, of course, we would make a few comments once in a while. But then it happened: a sex scene. The main characters started kissing and moving towards the bed. My face flamed up in embarrassment, my ears felt hot. Evan shifted uncomfortable next to me.

“Wow, nice choice, girls.” Shane teased grinning. I looked at Lau, her mouth was hanging opened. Don’t get me wrong, we were virgins and this wasn’t the first time we’d seen a sex scene. The thing was, this was the first time we watched a sex scene with three guys in the same room with us.

Awkward moments: 2 for the night.

I was certainly breaking a record. My heart was hammering inside my chest; my hand was resting next to my thigh. I froze when I felt Evan’s hand holding mine. I looked at him and he seemed focused on the movie. What was he doing? He squeezed my hand gently and I felt like I was going to pass out right there. My hand was getting sweaty, was he noticing that? The scene got even more intense, the girl was moaning loudly. Alright, that was my key to escape.

“I’m going to the bathroom,” I excused myself poorly. Lau snapped her head towards me; she stared at me with pleading eyes. I mouthed ‘Sorry’ to her and escaped the situation. 

I entered the bathroom, closed the door and moved towards the mirror. I rubbed my sweaty hands over my face. How could I lie? Masking my feelings was going to be harder than I thought. But I knew I needed to swallow everything I felt for Evan if I wanted to keep him around. It was kind of masochist if you ask me. It was like having your favorite food in front of you without being able to even taste it. There was so much mystery behind Evan’s eyes. What did I have this urge to conform him? I sighed leaning forwards; I pressed my forehead against the mirror and closed my eyes. Immediately, his face displayed in my mind. He looked so cute when he smiled. There was something in the way he looked at me that made me feel nervous but good at the same time.

“What should I do?” I wondered aloud.

“Kiss him,” I snapped my eyes opened. My best friend smiled at me through the mirror’s reflection. She was behind me.

“I can’t.”

“Why not? God, he’s hot!” Lau exclaimed dreamily.

“He wants us to be friends,” I whispered sadly.

“Then friends with benefits it is!”

“No!”

“Oh come on, the movie is like this huge signal from God. You two need to hook up,” she aimed a finger at me.

“Speaking of hook ups,” I turned to her “How come I’m the last one to know you and Jordan are together now?” I placed my hands on my hips. Laura bit her lower lip, guilty plastered on her face.

“Sorry about that; everything happened so fast and you were sick so I-“

“Excuses, excuses,” I interrupted her.

“This isn’t about me.” She retorted “This is about you and mysterious boy out there.”

“There’s nothing to say,” I shrugged my shoulders.

“You’re crazy about him, just kiss him.”

“He doesn’t like me like that,”

“Are you serious?” Lau asked in a puff “Can’t you see the way he looks at you? He totally has the hots for you,”

“You need to stop hanging out with Shane and Jordan. You’re getting their phrases,” I commented seriously “anyway; nothing is going to happen between Evan and me.”

“You wanna bet?” Lau cocked an eyebrow “It’s a matter of time. He can’t hold himself back forever, neither can you. Your self-control will crack, trust me.” I looked down playing with my fingers.

“I just… I don’t want to risk everything for a kiss. What if I kiss him and he rejects me? Being his friend is better than nothing,” Lau wrapped her arms around me pulling me into a hug.

“You’re a great girl, Jules. He’s stupid if he can’t see that.” She kissed my hair.

“You only say that because you’re my best friend,” I stated pulling away from her. Lau smiled at me.

“Probably,” she teased pinching my nose which was a terrible mistake. Remember I’d caught the flu? Her fingers were instantly filled with mucus “Ew!” Lau exclaimed washing her hand in the sink whilst I was laughing my ass off.

We got back to the living room. The boys seemed to be chatting about some band.

“We’re back,” Lau informed sitting on Jordan’s lap. Evan was using his phone. He put back in his pocket when I sat back next to him. As soon as the movie started again, I thanked God the sex scene was over. The movie was about to be over when I felt Evan get closer to me until his breath was brushing my ear. I swallowed.

“I have to go now,” his sexy voice and hot breath fanned my ear sending shivers through my already revolted body.

“Hum, I-I… okay.” I finished embarrassed. I hated stuttering. “Guys, Evan has to go. I’ll walk him to the door.” I informed getting off the couch. Lau mouthed ‘Kiss him!’ to me. I glared at her. They all waved their hands to Evan as we started our way to the door. We stepped out of the house.

“So,” he started looking at me “I had fun.”

“Me too.” I admitted nervously.

“It’s a shame I have to go but it’s late and I have to drive back home.”

“I understand,” my heart was going to jump out of my chest. I realized I was still wearing his hoodie “I should probably get this back to you,” I said starting to take it off. Evan grabbed my hands stopping me. His touch sent a tingling sensation through me.

“Keep it,” he said softly. I looked up at him. He was smiling sweetly at me. I found myself lost in the depth of his eyes.

“Evan, I…”

Tell him! Kiss him! Do something!

“Yes?” he stared at me in silence.

“I…” my throat was dry. One of his hands cupped my cheek. I couldn’t help closing my eyes and pressing my face against his hand. His touch felt so good, so right. I felt him lean forward.

Was he going to kiss me? Oh God! Did my breath smell? Was I going to give him the flu? I stopped breathing. He pressed his warm lips against my cheek and then backed away breaking all contact between us. I opened my eyes disappointed. I forced a smile trying to cover up my disappointment.

“I’m glad you agreed to be my friend,” he said walking backwards.

“Yeah, yay me! ” I truly sucked at pretending to be okay. Evan gave me one last smile before turning on his feet and getting in his car. I watched him leave; my heart was falling inside my chest. God, this was going to be harder than I thought.  I got inside the house and let myself fall on the couch. My phone buzzed in my pocket. I checked the e-mail, it was from Wattpad.

Dark_poet001 sent you a message.

I frowned as I clicked the message opened:

“My hoodie looks good on you. Night, cute Jules.”

X M W L X

A/N: Jules had a busy night, didn’t she? Anyway, I wanted to thank you guys for being the awesome fans you are. I got all your messages wishing for me to get better. It meant a lot to me, especially when I was sneezing and coughing my ass off wishing for a quick death. I’m not completely healed but I’m definitely feeling better. I’m eating strawberries now oh the irony!

Love and pink oranges!

Arix.