What does love look like ?

AFTER THE KISS

Francesca and Claire are sitting next to each other and leaning their backs against the edge of the bed

Francesca’s POV

When I heard Claire say those words my heart started beating a little faster, I mean of course I wanted to kiss her, I have wanted to kiss her since the day I saw her sitting lost in her thought in class and earlier today when we were at the field while she was looking at the sky.

“Of course I want to kiss you Claire, since it’s my turn now I have to ask, can I kiss you?”

She bit her lips and leaned towards me and I could feel her breath, her eyes were focused on my lips and mine on hers.

“Kiss me then” she whispered

I brushed my hand through her beautiful hair and settled against her jaw, with my other hand around her waist I moved her even closer and kissed her, her lips were so soft, trading slow kisses, first the bottom lip then the top, we both became hungrier and it got intense and sloppy, I grab her thighs and felt her hands in my shirt, she moved them up and down in slow motion, then we heard the door crack open and Claire pulled back quickly putting a careful distance between us and pretended nothing happened, then Beth walked in.

“Hey guys” Beth greeted with a smile

We both said Hey back acknowledging Beth

“Why are you on the floor and why is a bottle of whiskey next to you”

“Oh” Claire clears her throat, “it’s for Fab”

She stood up, picked up the bottle of whiskey and put it back under Fab’s bed in the corner she found it, she turned around and missed a step and I caught her before she fell.

“Are you okay?” Beth asked

Claire moved away from me really quickly and respond to Beth

“I’m okay, just a little tipsy”

I knew it was my cue to leave so we both said our awkward goodbyes and I said bye to Beth too, I walked to my room trying to process everything that had happened today, I couldn’t believe I just ended things with Olivia and within the same day I was kissing Claire, Claire who has a boyfriend, my mind kept circling back to her, why did she act so distant afterwards when she asked to be kissed, it was almost like she regretted it the second it happened.

I reached my room opened the door and Sandy was there.

“Hi, didn’t expect you to be here”

“This is my room too Francesca” she responded but she sounded upset

“Are you okay?”

“That i***t has been cheating me”

Sandy started crying uncontrollably, I sat next to her and tried to console her and she leaned on my shoulder after crying nonstop for 5 minutes.

“If it makes you feel any better Olivia broke up with me today and I ended up falling for someone who has a boyfriend and even kissed her but after the kiss she started acting like nothing happened”

I didn’t get any response so I bent my neck and looked at her and she was already asleep, for some reason that made me feel better, I tried to move out slowly and I placed her head carefully on the pillow and covered her with her blanket, thankfully she was still sound asleep, I walked over to my bed and jumped on it and took a deep breath, today was one unexpected day, I closed my eyes and slept off.

The next morning, I opened my eyes to Sandy”s loud voice

“Francesca wake up it’s a new day and it’s the beginning of an absolutely fabulous week”

“What is the time?”

“It is 8:30am”

“There is no reason for anyone to be up so early on a lecture free day Sandy”

“Francesca everyone is up already”

“What do you mean everyone, who is everyone?”

“Fab your friend was here, with the other girl from class”

I jump up at the thought that it was most likely Claire

“Really, what girl was it?”

“The one with dark hair, what did Fab call her again……

“Claire” I said

“Yes Claire, had to be Claire”

“What did they say” I asked clearly my throat

“Only that they went going for a run because Claire needed to clear her head, she also said I should tell you she was not happy you had a party without her and that you had to have a recap”

Sandy looked at me with a grin on her face

“Francesca did you really have a party and I wasn’t invited?”

“Don’t mind Fab, it wasn’t a party, me and Claire just had some of Fab”s whiskey last night”

“You and Claire and Whiskey, that’s such an unexpected combination”

I stood up and rushed into the bathroom

“Sandy I need to get ready for the day”

“You didn’t want to get up from your bed a minute ago Francesca”

“But you succeeded and now I’m up”

“It’s a partyyyyyyyy” Sandy started screaming and dancing to her own voice.

I showered and thought about what to wear while I was in the shower, I didn’t even know why it was important but I wanted to look good and feel comfortable today. I thought about what I would say if I saw Claire.

Would she start avoiding me ?

Should I just give her some space ?

Do we need to talk about it ?

Or should we just act like it never happened

I was thinking about it so much and it made me feel uneasy, I just wondered why I was in the middle of a triangle when I just broke my relationship up, I should be healing I thought.