One kiss
Dua Lipa

Cameron Asher
Chapter 23

The sweetness of cherries was still hanging onto my swollen red lips.

I couldn't forget about the small shocks that erupted through my entire body from his touch or how his delicate lips moved against mine as if we were two puzzle pieces that fitted perfectly together.

Or how close we stood close to one another; you could feel every inch of our emotions from the heating passion until the soft affection.

The boy was making me long for his warmth all over again. I was cold and empty without him.

And the most amazing thing was the fact that he made me feel like no other. I thought I had and felt it all, but instead he showed me that there was existed magical feeling to it.

It drove me insane, he became my drug and I got addicted to him.

I wanted more, more and so much more.

Damn it, stop it Cam! Snap out of your weird phase, cause you aren't gay or whatever. You can't and will never like any sort of boy in a romantic way.

Not even Skylar.

I have been as straight as an arrow for my entire life. I already had everything; I was popular, got the money, everyone listened to me and I was a real womanizer. Girls swooned over me, that was more than enough.

I wouldn't just throw all of that away for some stupid boy.

Selma was my girlfriend, I liked her and only her.

Butterflies fluttered in my stomach once I walked into Dick's class, knowing all too well that I would see the beautiful platinum blonde boy with those gorgeous blue eyes.

The blue consisted of greens, light and dark blues. It was as if your feet stood inside the cold ocean, along with the bright sun shining on your face and you could feel the satisfaction of sand between your toes.

In the moment that my dark eyes met his, my heart skipped a beat.

Ignore.

My legs felt like spaghetti and the oxygen was sucked out of my lungs, making me breathless.

Ignore.

Once I managed to snap out of my daze, I went to sit down next to him even though I didn't want to. The assignment was important so all I had to do was to hold on until the end of it, then I can leave this idiotic phase behind me.

A clear tension was placed between us that I desperately wanted to get rid of, but the truth was that I was honestly nothing but confused; not knowing what to do. And just when I was about to talk to Skylar,

My thoughts were interrupted by Dick..

"Good morning class! I received all the evidence of your last task through the mail, looked very creative. The assignment seems to work, since I heard that most of you know more about each other than before" He smiled happily as if he just created some world wonder.

"So for the next task, you have to buy each other a present. The present needs to be based on the things that you currently know about the other. You decide yourself how much it costs" He grinned cheekily, making everyone talk out loud about god knows what.

Such a weird man.

"Hey, tonight there's a party again! At Sam his house, you coming?" I heard my best friend Jake ask from behind me which made me turn around at him.

The nagging feeling in my stomach got worse, because I was so preoccupied with Skylar and the whole assignment, that I forgot about Jake.

Tonight should be a chance to make up to that and go further with my popular life. That was all I needed.

I didn't need a stupid boy.

"Oh hell yeah, we'll go together!" I smirked at him, missing my friends and especially my old life.

-

Here I was.

Around the dancing crazy teenagers who had their colorful cups filled with strong alcohol. The music pounded, you could smell the sweat and the annoying heat was almost unbearable. This was what I liked the least about those parties, yet I went to them to keep up with my reputation.

"Ready?" Jake grinned cheeky, clearly very excited for the girls.

"Yeah.." I muttered, lying.

"How is the assignment with Skylar by the way?" He suddenly asked me.

But Jake was random and weird in his own way so I didn't really think that there was something behind it. He thankfully understood that I was too preoccupied, now we had the time to party and maybe we could hang out soon enough again.

"He's cool.." I said as flashbacks of our kiss came back.

"Lucky you, my partner sucks! Can't wait to find some girls here, I need the stress relief" He sighed, also having some sort of trouble with Dick's assignment.

I made my way to the living room, but I already lost Jake to some unknown girl so I looked around, but then I saw him.

A soft gasp left my mouth without realizing it. He styled his blonde hair back and wore a dark blue shirt that made his light blue eyes shine throughout the room, along with a leather jacket and a dark jeans.

I didn't miss out on the unforgettable smile and cute freckles on his face that I never noticed about him before.

What is he even doing here?!

"Hey babe" Selma shook me out of my thoughts and kissed me lips so I would look at her.

"Hey.." I muttered, not in the mood for her.

"Let's try out some stuff.." She giggled drunk and touched my chest playfully, making me cringe internally.

Selma didn't let me speak any further and attacked my lips, kissing me long and deeply. Her lips were sticky and cold against mine which me didn't enjoy the feeling at all.

She didn't have the ability that Skylar had.

Right after that, I pushed her off of me.

"Stop it, not now okay?" I told her stern.

"But why? I know that you want it" she smirked and pushed her weird boobs against my chest.

"Are you that stupid?! No is no!" I yelled angry, which made some people in the room look at us.

"Fine!" She screamed angrily back at me and walked past me.

-

After a couple hours of dancing, searching for Jake or Skylar and being completely bored, I sat down on the couch in the corner.

I couldn't help but wonder as to why Skylar was here, for who? Was it for someone else? Did he had a date? A girlfriend?

Shit..

My eyes caught something in that moment that made the blood inside of me boil.

Selma was kissing another boy, cheating on me.

Before I could even try to contain myself, I walked up to them and pushed the boy away from her. He fell to the ground and glared up at me, but I didn't give him my time. If I would, I would've beat him up and I didn't need all the attention on us.

Too late, cause everyone was already looking at us for the sensation.

"Cam! I-it's not what it looks like!" She yelled shocked, not expecting to see me.

"Oh don't give me that bullcrap! I'm not stupid! Did you really have to do it here? Seriously in the same room as where I am!" I gritted my teeth as I saw red, trying to hold myself together before all hell broke loose.

The thing was that it barely touched me as much as it should have. She didn't mean a lot to me. But I didn't know why.

All I felt was that rejection. That was the part that did hurt me. Clearly I wasn't enough for her yet she always had her way of clinging on to me, but why would you cheat on me while I'm not even a couple meters away from you?

I know I didn't treat her well. In fact, I was the worst boyfriend. She still could have broken up with me instead of doing what she did.

Everyone rejected me in the end. That's what happened with the rest, but nobody cared to notice.

"Please Cam, I love you! Not him! You know we are the perfect couple together!" She started to beg me.

But I was done with lying to myself and everyone else.

"No Sarah, I don't love you, we're done. Take care" I finally broke up with her and walked away from her.

Time for some drinks and fun..

-

What happened after that; were too many cups of alcohol mixed with my desperate sadness.

"Cam?" I heard a familiar angelic voice.

"Sky?" I gasped drunkenly.

"Hey.. I heard what happened, are you okay?" He asked me concerned, standing close to me.

"Sky! My l-little f-fluffy cloud" I hiccuped and grinned then, patting his cheeks like they were clouds.

"Are you drunk?" He laughed and frowned cute when I did that.

"You a-are s-so beautiful" I smiled wide, looking deep in his blue eyes and wanting to kiss his cheek until he pushed me a bit away.

"Don't Cam.. You're drunk.." He sighed soft.

"B-but-" I poured, wanting a kiss.

"Come on, I'll take you home" He smiled a bit, helping me by wrapping his arms around me.

The warmth made my heart swell, I missed his touch and the electricity that he gifted me with.

He supported me with walking towards my car. After some struggles, he got me in the passenger seat and took my car keys. Once he got in, he drove away.

"W-Why are y-you helping me?" I slurred drunk and confused whilst leaning against the window, closing my heavy eyes.

I've been nothing but rude to him from back to the start and I left him after our kiss even after I promised him not to.

How could he be gentle, patience and nice to me? Everyone else already left me, but he stayed as if he didn't care that I pushed him away like that.

But why? Why would he do all of that? Just for someone like me?

"One day you will realize why.." He whispered to himself before I passed out.