LITTLE SECRET

CHAPTER 9

I woke up to a set of muscular arms around me, and the sweet but minty smell that Mr. Castelo carries around with him. Not to mention the smell of his comforting cologne all around me.

The images of last night flashed back to me and I flinched back into the comforts of Mr. Castelo's warm and safe embrace. I looked down only to see he had no shirt on and had a very well defined eight back. Not six, eight! Oh my God, this is like Heaven! When I looked back at him his exotic blue eyes were staring back at me with amusement, and there were small flecks of gray within the iris.

I sent him a nervous smile, "Sorry," I croaked. My voice was quite sore from crying so much tonight, but that's not what I wanted to be thinking about right now, actually I didn't want to think about it ever. I wanted to forget about it completely.

"Sorry about what?" he whispered while stroking my hair back. I closed my eyes, enjoying the comforting feeling he brought to me.

"For everything; for making you have to beat that guy up, which was really hot by the way, for me intruding on staying the night here, and for making you sleep with my last night," I blurted out. My face was probably as red as fresh blood, but I had to come out and say it, I couldn't go without apologizing for the problems I had caused him.

He laughed that sexy laugh of his and shook his head. "I would do anything for you Kota," he whispered, looking at me with so much emotion I wanted to start crying. "What were you even doing in an alley at night?" he scolded.I just buried my face into his chest, which made my face burn up more and I pulled away from, only to be pulled back into him. "I was trying to get home faster and I didn't want to walk around the whole block so I cut through the alley. But I should be asking you the same question. How did you even find me?"

He raised an eyebrow, "My apartment is like two buildings down from that alley. I was going for a run and I heard someone screaming." I flinched at the thought, and let an involuntary shiver take over my body. "It's okay Kota, I'm here. No one's going to hurt you. But I really think we should have called the police, there's a chance that we can hurt other people..."

"Thank you Mr. C, I really owe you one, but I really don't want to have to talk about it right now, it's really traumatizing."

"Okay," he whispered, "Hey! I said to call me Landon; we're out of school right now, so you don't have to worry.

I smiled at him saying to call him by his first name, but then a thought hit me, making me panic. "Why aren't we at school?"

"Calm down," he chuckled softly, oh God damn that's sexy. "I called your mom last night when you passed out. I got your cell phone from your pants pocket yesterday, and told her who I was and something had happened but she didn't need to worry about it right now, and I would bring you home later. I told her to call in for you, and I called in sick for myself this morning while you were still sleeping. Oh and nice picture on your cell phone by the way," he said with a knowing smirk.I thought I was embarrassed earlier, but nothing compared to what I was feeling right now. I wonder how shocked he was when he opened my phone to see the picture of him sitting on his desk, with him looking like a model. I know it sounds creepy, but it was a really hot picture of him!

"I-I don't know what you're talking about," I lied through my teeth. Why the Hell did I even put his picture as the background it's not like we were dating or anything.

He laughed loudly, "Oh sure, and my name is Liam Hemsworth!"

"Don't lie; you could never compete with Liam. You're just simply not hot enough," I joked with a slight laugh. That was a complete lie, I thought Landon was the hottest guy on this Earth; nothing compared to him.

He mocked horror, "But my mom always told me I was so handsome, not to mention all of the girls who hit on me!"

I laughed through my nose, "They're only going after you because they can't get Liam."

"That's it!" he yelled playfully and brought me closer to him. He leaned in as if he were going to kiss me, but at the last second he moved to my ear and yelled, "Tickle time!"

I tried my hardest to get out of his grasp so I could survive tickle time, but I just wasn't fast enough for this sexy beast of a man. He grabbed onto my hips and brought me the distance that I had managed to get away from him, with was probably only an inch or two away and started tickling my sides.I of course erupted with giggles and tears were forming in my eyes from laughing so hard. I was amazed that he could make me feel this way, even though that man was attempting to r**e me last night. Landon made me feel so safe and loved, even if he didn't love me in the romantic type of way.

"P-Please, s-stop," I yelled, laughing endlessly. There was no way to get out of his grasp; I was way too weak when it came to tickling. "P-Please, I'm going to pee in your bed," I threatened. Well, attempted to threaten. It probably came out as some gibberish because you couldn't understand me. But Landon seemed to understand it.

"Don't pee in my bed!" he yelled, automatically stopping tickling me.

I jolted away from the bed so he couldn't get a hold on my anymore, and laughed in an 'I just tricked you' kind of way, and yelled "I was kidding, but sucks to be you!" I ran out of the room and could hear his footsteps following closely behind. What the Hell, does he have sonic speed?

I looked behind me and he was right on my trail, ah s**t! Please no more tickle time! I'll do anything not to be tickled again, even though having his hands on me felt amazing and sent tingles of pleasure throughout my whole body. I ran into what I guessed would be the kitchen, and was correct. I ran around to the other side of the kitchen table, panting hard and seen Landon stop short in the doorway with an evil smirk on his face.

I looked down, only to notice now that he was only in boxers. His eight packs stood out the most on his ripped body. His muscular arms crossed over his toned chest, making the muscles flex, and oh boy let me tell you, it was definitely drool worthy. Oh how I would love to run my hands up his well defined chest, and-

My thoughts were cut short by two hands wrapping around my waist. What the Hell Landon was just in front of- He was gone. How did he do that? I was just ogling him, and he was standing with his arms crossed and a sexy smirk on his face.

"Didn't your mom ever teach you not to stare?" he whispered in my ear. A shiver ran up my spine, and I could feel his breath right by my ear. His arms were wrapped around my waist from behind, and I could feel the tingly sensation from every time our skin came in contact with one another's.

I shook my head slightly, not able to catch my breath from the sudden closeness between the two of us. I wanted so badly to call him mine, but it seemed as if he has different plans for us. It seemed like he wanted us to just maintain a student teacher relationship, no romance. I know I told him previously to forget I had any types of feeling for him but who was I kidding? There was no way I could forget about something that was probably my soul mate. Did he already lose the feelings he claimed to have for me just a few days ago? The thought made my heart ache at never being able to call him mine.

"What are you thinking about?" he whispered softly into my ear.

"You," I blurted, then immediately regretted it. I didn't want to explain that I wanted him for myself. I didn't want to explain these feelings I get every time I touched him. This was all too embarrassing for me!

"Me?" he questioned, his arms tightening around me. "What about me?" he cooed.

"N-Nothing, I was just kidding?" I stated even though it sounded like a question.

"Tell me, or I'll make you say it."

Oh really? Is that a challenge I hear? "Oh yeah, and how do you plan on doing that?" I questioned, feeling quite smug. I was quite confident that there was no way that he could get it out of me, but I was completely wrong, as usual when it comes to him.

"This," he whispered and placed his lips on my neck softly. I let out an involuntary moan, and my body shivered with pleasure with the sudden contact of his lips on me. "Tell me." He pressed his lips on my neck only again but sucked on it a little bit causing me to moan again.

"I-I s-s-still l-like you," I stuttered, my eyes closed from the sudden pleasure that was being provided to me. As soon as the sentence was out, all contact was lost and we were no longer touching.

"Oh," he said softly. Just hearing this broke my heart, and I didn't know how long I could take it until the tears started pouring out.

"I'm going to take a shower," I muttered and turned and walked out of the room. I can't believe I actually told him that, and now he's just going to make fun of me. I could I have been so stupid and actually thought and hoped that he would have some sort of feelings like that? Of course he was just kidding when he told me he liked me a few days ago, it was all just some game to him. I felt the first tear slip down my face and I bolted for the bathroom when I heard footsteps come after me.

I knew I was being rude when I just stated that I was going to take a shower without asking, but I felt really dirty from last night, and I wanted to wash off the sudden disappointment from this morning.

"Dakota," Landon called after me, but I didn't turn around. I didn't want him to know I was crying or that I was hurt, even though he probably knew and he felt somewhat sympathetic for me.

I just made it into the bathroom and locked it when his hand jiggled the doorknob. I didn't want to hear his words, so I just started up the shower so I didn't have to. After turning on the fan and stripping Landon's clothes and my undergarments from my body, I stepped into shower where no one knew I would be crying.