Breathless

“So,” I said, sitting down in Brian’s spinning chair in his classroom after he had dismissed the class and everyone had left the room.

“So,” he echoed, erasing things off of the board.

“Johnny called you this morning right?” I asked him. He looked over at me and smiled.

“Yes, he did.” He said, setting down the eraser and walking over to the door. He closed it before he walked over to me, sitting on the side of his desk. “You are staying at my house tonight and tomorrow afternoon Johnny will come pick you up when he and Matt get back.”

I smiled, bouncing up and down while clapping my hands.

Johnny and Matt went to Los Angeles because a record producer heard one of their songs and was thinking about signing them. Matt got the call last night and called Johnny right away. When he told Johnny, he flipped out. He dropped the phone, ran over to me and wrapped me in a giant hug. He picked me up, spun in a few circles, set me down and started dancing with me.

He was thrilled.

He drove me to school this morning after he called Brian to tell him his plan. I couldn’t wait for them to get back tomorrow to tell us what went on.

But I also couldn’t wait for tonight. Brian and I had been dating for three weeks and I was finally getting to stay the night at his house. We have been doing a really good job at keeping us a secret… From everyone besides Mel. She found out about a week ago when we went apartment shopping.

I agreed to let her tell Lance as long as they didn’t say anything to anyone. Even Brian. I wasn’t sure how he would react if he knew someone knew about us. We had a very serious talk the other day. He wanted no one to find out about us until after graduation.

So Mel was keeping her mouth shut about all of this and so was Lance.

“Do you mind if we run into town before we go to my house?” Brain asked. “There are a few things I need to take care of.”

“Sure!” I agreed. I jumped up out of his chair, standing in front of him. I slid between his legs, taking his hands in mine. “I’m really glad we get to spend some time together.”

“Finally,” he added with a smiled. He kissed my forehead, and then made a trail of kisses down to the corner of my mouth. I giggled and pecked his lips once before pulling away from him all together.

He frowned, jumping off the desk. I backed up only to hit the wall, cornering me between him and the wall.

“That wasn’t very nice young lady.” He whispered huskily. I shivered at the sound of his voice. Sometimes he turned into this, sexy bad boy and there was no way I could resist him. He ran his fingers down my arm to my wrist. He pulled it up to wrap around his neck, his other hand doing the same.

Once both my arms were around his neck, he let his hands fall gently to my hips. He leaned his head down and let his lips hover over mine for a few seconds before he smirked.

“Race you to the car,” he whispered, slapping my ass. He quickly pulled away from me before grabbing is guitar and bolting out of the classroom. I stood there in a daze for a good 10 seconds before I snapped out of it. I grabbed my bag and ran out of the room. I knew by now, he was probably outside. But he always took the front entrance for some reason. The back doors were right next to his classroom.

Teachers’ parking was out back. Idiot.

I smirked and shoved the back door open, running outside. I quickly spotted his car… and Brian running straight to it.

I ran as fast as my legs would let me, moving between all the cars. But right before I was about to touch the car, Brain swooped me up into his arms.

“Put me down!” I screamed. He chuckled loudly as he touched the car with his finger.

“I win,” he said, setting me back on the ground. I dropped my bag to the ground and fixed my shirt.

“You are such an asshole sometimes,” I grumbled.

“Only when you tease me baby,” he whispered in his sexy voice, winking at me. And he had to add that damn smirk of his just to top it all off. I shivered, picking up my back pack from the ground. I flipped my hair over my shoulder and walked to the passenger side.

“Unlock the door,” I said flatly. He just chuckled again, unlocking the doors. I jumped in, throwing my backpack in the back seat. As I was buckling myself in, Brain stopped me. “Oh what now?” I asked, looking up at him.

He smashed his lips against mine in a passionate kiss. I let go of the seat belt, letting it fling back into its place. I wrapped my arms around his neck, moving myself to be closer to him. He groaned as he placed his hands on my hips, pulling me even closer.

It felt so nice to kiss him and not worry who was in the other room or who could knock on the door at any second.

Of course, making out in his car in the school parking lot was not a good idea at all. So I pulled away, letting my brain win over my body.

“What?” he asked breathless.

“Maybe we should go,” I said, looking out the windows. I didn’t see anyone around but I was afraid someone could come out and see us at any moment.

Brian nodded. He was probably thinking the same thing I was at the moment.

He kissed my forehead once before removing his hands from my waist and falling back into his seat. I fell back into mine as well and put my seat belt on. Within minutes, we were on the road heading into town. Brian reached over and took my hand in his, resting it on the center console that was between us.

I smiled down at our hands before looking out the window.

“Oh!” Brian said suddenly, making me jump. He chuckled, “Sorry. But I just noticed you didn’t bring a bag with clothes for tonight.”

“Oh, well I woke up late so I didn’t have enough time to get any clothes packed.” I explained. I don’t even understand how I slept late with Johnny running all over the house this morning packing and going on about how amazing this is. I only woke up when he ran into my room and jumped on the bed so much it caused me to fall onto the floor. He sure knows how to wake a girl up.

“Okay.” He nodded. “We’ll stop there before we go to my place.”

I just nodded, resting my head on the back of the seat. We drove before we stopped in front of a flower shop. I looked over at him confused.

“Wait here,” he said with a smiled. He jumped out of the car, and walked into the small shop. I sighed, leaning back in the seat. I turned up the air conditioning as it started to get hotter in the car. I was so thankful he left it running. It was so hot outside today I thought everything was going to melt.

I stared out the window as I waited for Brian to come back. My eyes landed on a mother that looked very young and a daughter that looked around two or three.

I remember when I had been obsessed with the fact that one day, I was going to have children. A small combination of me and a boy I fell in love with running around and growing up every day. I smiled to myself as I watched who looked to be the dad or the father figure come out of the store and swoop the little girl up into his arms.

He spun her in a circle a few times, making her giggle before he placed her on his hip. He turned to the girl, who now had a shit eating grin on her face, and kissed her passionately.

It was obvious how much the girl and the boy loved each other and the little girl. They were so young too; still in high school no doubt. I remembered when I wasn’t so afraid of being in love.

I remember not wanting to run away and hide when the words came out of someone’s mouth. I remember loving being loved by someone else, even if only for a while. It just felt nice. But going through so many relationships and being betrayed buy hormonal teenage boys ruined everything.

But Brian… he was different. He was a man. He didn’t use girls. At least not anymore. We had been together for almost a month and he has been nothing but nice to me. Of course we still bicker every now and then, but that is defiantly healthy in a relationship. At least in my opinion and I’m sure Brian thinks the same.

So I had decided, right here and now; staring at this loving couple in the front seat of Brian’s car that I was no longer afraid of falling in love. Brian had completely broken down the wall I had built up to protect myself from falling in love again and getting hurt.

Because he wasn’t going to hurt me; that just wasn’t the kind of guy he was. And i was falling in love with him more as every day passed.

And for once, I wasn’t scared.