Love Mechanics

Chapter Ten

Ash

Nate's house had memories, every time I would walk in there, I would remember summer, the basic best summer I had, it was also the summer I hated Max most but loved him too. I hated that I loved him, Nate.

I always hated their fountain, it hurts my eyes, it would splash and the multiple lights that were dispersed would make my eyes feel a bit painful, but I loved looking at it, the way it would sprout, clean, different color and most of all, it would sprout high.

Like love, that again was one of the memory that was stored at this house, I learnt what love was, a lot of times I would be stuck on YouTube and watch a lot of love related s**t, another memory was the slow Wi-Fi in this place, I hated that when I was here, the Wi-Fi was always so slow that I would chat a lot with Nate rather than watch what I wanted.

I walked to the door but instead of walking in, I sat at the small ledge and took out a joint, I searched all my pockets, I guess I forgot my lighter.

"Hey," I tapped this boy who was leaning on the wall next to a girl, he looked back, it was Nate, I looked away

"Never mind," I muttered as I turned and saw a boy smoking while leaning on the window next to the door,

"Hey, can I get a lighter?" I asked him.

"Here," Nate replied from behind me,

"No thanks," I replied to him and looked over at the boy, the lighter was on his hand but he wasn't throwing it over, he nodded and went on smoking,

"HEY!" I shouted and he assumed as he walked inside.

"Just take mine dude," Nate replied.

"Excuse me!" I called the girl behind him, she looked up,

"Can you take your boyfriend please?" I asked her, she gave me the mid finger and walked away. That was weird, '

"That's my cousin," He said while smirking,

"I thought a playboy like you would have already left Angelica for someone else?"

"You care that much?" He climbed next to me.

"I was never in love with you, it was just a summer fling... An Accidental summer fling," Apart from my racing heart and loss of breath when I saw him, I had moved on, I was over him, I never really dated anyone else after him but that never meant that I never moved on from him.

"Really? Are you sure babe?" I hated it when he teased me, raising his right eyebrow and narrowing part of his left eye, I also hated the smirk on his face, I hated it with all my heart, I hated how it made his cheeks fatter, I hated the way it would make his eyes glimmer.

"Yes you i***t!" I said as I extended my hand to take the lighter on his hand, I grabbed it but when he left it, his hand was on my chest and the other holding my back, I tried to break free but he was gripping me tight.

"Then why is your heart racing?" He whispered, his warm breath hitting my neck causing me to get hard, really, I felt a cramp on my thighs.

"Let me go!" I screamed as I pushed him away. I didn't want him touching my body without permission, he stopped touching me and looked at me as I lit my joint,

"Can I touch your boobs?" He put his head on his hand and leaned sideways.

"Call Angelica," I exhaled the smoke all over his face.

"But I want my hands to touch them not Angelica," He said in a sad voice, I literally had no idea how this Nate over here became the heartthrob of the school.

"I meant go touch her boobs i***t," I said as I exhaled on him once more.

"I would but there's one problem," They broke up, I knew it, Nate would never keep a good girl like her.

"Her boobs aren't yours," he said after a moment of silence, I looked at him, the way his eyes were shimmering into the night, voices around me faded away, all I could see was him, everything suddenly became dark all over us, I knew what it was, according to scientists, it's love, no I never loved him, it was dumb.

"i***t," I muttered as I forcefully got myself out of another terrible situation, I looked at the garden that was at the other side, those roses were no longer standing rather than wilted, during summer, I planted theme there, it was more beautiful in the front than where I had first planted them at the back, Nate's mother even made me a thank you cake for them.

"What happened?" I pointed at them,

"Well, angry panda over here stopped coming and nobody watered it after my mum left for England,"

"You have hands"

"Yeah but yours are better at these stuff," Boy did he still have his ego, was he never going to just be kind for once?"

"So, can I touch your..." He looked at my chest, I really felt uncomfortable when he would stare at me and smile.

I stood up and walked inside, I felt someone grab my waist and pushed me lightly, I looked back and he was behind me

"Angelica would see you," After that, I realized that I sounded like a side chick who was jealous, did I really sound like that when I was talking about Angelica's breasts outside? I thought as I headed to the kitchen, at that moment, I looked upstairs and saw Cat walking, there and disappearing into the dark hall,

"Why are the halls dark?" I asked because I felt his breathing down my neck, I took an open bottle of vodka and swallowed it fast, the burn was going inside me slowly, it felt good, I took another one and turned to face Nate.

"People just wanted it that way, it's the kissing booth of this party, but there's a little amount of light from down here going up," He said as he took the bottle from my hand, brushing his thumb with my pinky.

"Who wants to play Spin the Bottle!" Gavin shouted from the living room as soon as the song stopped, people screamed in agreement and Nate suddenly held my wrist,

"We're in," He shouted at Gavin as he pulled me to the living room.