Danger in the shadows

To kiss or not to kiss

Hello Jessica, pleasant seeing you here today” Demetrius said with a full on smile on his face.  “H…hi” I managed to stutter out. My mom turned around and looked right at Demetrius beaming.  “ hi I am Jessica’s mom Michelle” she said holding out her hand. He took it and shook it.  “Hello, my name is Demetrius” I swear his voice sound like silk. I looked over at my mom who just had the biggest smile on her face. I looked up at Demetrius and his green eyes turned to me. The guy handed my mom the pretzels and she turned and asked “ Demetrius honey do you want one” “ no ma’am I am okay thank you. We just had dinner not to long ago” he replied ever so sweetly. My mom smiled and nodded and then her phone started working. She quickly looked at me with apologetic eyes and reached into her purse and step to the side. Leaving me completely alone with Demetrius. I nibbled at my pretzel trying to give my mind something to do to prevent me from embarrassing myself.  “ here let me take these for you” he said reaching for my bags. Before I could react or pull away he had taken them out of hands and held them at his side. I went to open my mouth to say something when my mom came rushing over.  “ honey that was the DA we have to go, I have to get back to the office. You’ll have to drop me off and then you can go home. I can have Rebecca take me back.”  “ oh miss Michelle I can take Jessica home it’s not a problem. I was actually heading home here soon” Demetrius piped in. My mom turned to look at him with intent eyes and then looked at me. “ what about your friends?” I asked. They were still over there in the corner taking random peaks at us.  “ oh they are on their way out actually. I drove myself here. They are off to a party and I’m not in a party mood” he said looking at me. My mom instantly smiled at this. Oh great. He charmed the pants off my mother to.  “ well I’m okay with it if Jessica is” she said winking at me. At this point I was just staring at my mom in disbelief. I can’t believe she would put me on the spot like that. But of course she would, a boy is paying attention to me. A walking model to be exact. She is probably ecstatic on the inside. I noticed my mom and Demetrius looking down at me waiting to make a decision. I should say no. I need to say no, nothing good could come out of this friendship or whatever it is. But I would like to get to know him more, I would like to see why this man of all men caught my attention. “Yeah I guess that is okay with me” I said finally after a few minutes. My mom practically jumped up and down with joy. She leaned over and kissed my cheek. “ I’ll be late so let me know when you get home. I’ll see you soon” she waved at me and Demetrius as she rushed out the door.  I felt like the air got thicker. I stared into the direction that my mom disappeared in and my mind was racing. Trying to think of anything to say to him. God I’m such an i***t. I should of just of said no and drove myself home. This is so embarrassing. I don’t even know how to talk to a guy. I don’t know how to act. Hell I can’t even think with him in my presence.  “ shall we?” Was all he said. I felt the hand on the small of my back as he nudged me further. Finally I felt like my brain was working and my feet were finally moving. I followed Demetrius out to his car. Noticing how he never removed his hand from the small of back, most of all, I didn’t fail to notice the warmth and the tingles that were running through my  skin where his touch was. And then I noticed how close he was. My arm kept brushing his ribs, and each brush shot a tingling sensation through my body. I took a small step to the side and I guess Demetrius noticed because he dropped his hand and cleared his throat.  “ well here we are” he said as we approached his car. I stopped dead in my tracks because I couldn’t believe my eyes. In front of me was a blue and I mean dark blue Corvette. And not just any corvette. It was the RWD. A $95,000 dollar car.   I looked at Demetrius who was standing by the passenger door.  “ this is your car?” I thought to myself. I never seen this at school before. I mean I would notice. This is one of my favorite cars. My dad and I would always go to car shows. Funny since I am a bookworm. But that is one thing I enjoyed with my dad. He went towards more classic styles and I of course went towards modern style cars. I always said that a corvette would be my retirement car.  Demetrius just nodded and opened the door “are you going to get in or just stand there all night” he told me. I cleared my head and went to the passenger side of the car and climbed in. He closed my door and walked around to the other side. I took the time to admire the inside of this car. It has a charcoal color   Interior with leather seats. And it smelled amazing. Demetrius climbed in and just looked at me. “ there is no way this is your car! How do you have this car! Like who are you” the questions just spurted out with no control. I met his eyes and I felt blush creep up on my face. He was just staring at me  intently. With his green eyes, and just like any other time I was stuck, I was stuck in  his gaze, his deep mysterious, staring into my soul gaze. And just like yesterday at the library it seemed like he was leaning closer to me. But this time there wasn’t much space between us and we were more at the same level so it was easier to notice that he was in fact leaning towards me. I didn’t move, I just watch him as he slowly inched closer to me. His eyes stayed on mine like I was a book that he was reading. At this point Demetrius is about 6 inches from my face and my mind was racing. He was definitely going to kiss me, and I honestly had no problem letting him. Even though I knew I should stop him. I never kissed a guy before and i bet he’s kissed countless girls. He’s going to notice that I am inexperienced. No I can’t let this happen. I don’t even know this guy. There is no way I am going to let him kiss me. I opened my mouth to say something and just then he reached behind me and pulled my seatbelt in front of me. “Buckle up” was all he said as he snapped my seatbelt and started the car. I let out the breathe that I had been holding. I felt the heat rush to my face. I am delirious, I had really convinced myself he was going to kiss me again.