Are we meant to be ?

Chapter eight

I open the door and he was leaning by the door frame looking at me. "Come out from there." He said, giving me a gentle smile. I walked out from the bathroom and he open his arms for me to walk in. I was in his warm embraces. He smooth my hair and kiss the top of my head. "You don't have to be embarrassed about anything."

I looked up to him and gave him an awkward smile. "You don't think I'm weird?" He frowned at me. "What? Why would I think that?" He pulled me to the couch and sat me down. He walked to the kitchen and got me a glass of water. He hand me the water and he sat down next to me.

"There's nothing to be ashamed of." He brushes my cheek with his fingers and it brings shivers down to my back. "I think that is pretty amazing that you waited." Somehow I think I'm happy that I waited because what happened just now was beautiful. "How did your first kiss happened?" I asked and he was looking at me from the side.

"Uh... it didn't happened the way I wanted." I was interested to know how a teacher's first kiss happen. "How? Tell me." I turn and sit facing him. Excited to hear his story. "No... I'm not telling." He was teasing me and I pout at him. "Come on. Tell me. Tell me." I grabbed his arm. He turns to me again laughing loud.

"Okay. Fine. Promise you won't laugh." I nodded my head. "When I was 16. I lost a dare and I had to kiss a girl that was older than me. So me and this girl when into a room and she started to undress." I was holding back my laugh. "I asked her why is she taking off her clothes and she said she likes to be touched when she's making out." I couldn't hold back anymore so I laugh out loud. "Hey. You promised." I was wiping the tears off the corner of my eye. "I'm sorry. I just think that the girl was interesting."

"As I was saying. I told her I'm just going to peck her on the lips and she just shrug her shoulder. I walked towards her and I came face to face with her. I was closing my eyes and I didn't know where my lips where heading." He closed he eyes for a moment and took a deep breath. Feels like he was getting ready to tell me the best part of the story. "She suddenly grabs my face and started to kiss me like a hungry lion. There were a lot of tongue."

This time I laughed like a crazy person and start to hit my own leg. My stomach was in pain and I couldn't stop. "And she took my hand and put it on her boobs. I didn't know what to do so I just push her away and ran home. I was a laughing stock for the next few weeks." I was still laughing and I couldn't believe that he had such experiences. Soon I forgot what I was embarrassed about. He wanted to make me feel better and I found it very sweet.

I took the courage and climb onto his lap. "Thank you." I lean my forehead to his. "I hope my story can make you feel better. Because I never talked about it after it happened. My mother doesn't even know..." He was talking but this sudden feeling in my stomach stop me from getting close to him. His mother... I didn't think twice and I got away from him. I was feeling guilty.

"Hey, are you okay? Why you..." I cut him off "We shouldn't be doing this." He looked at me eyes wide open. There were silence. "What are you talking about? I thought we... I cut him off again. "We didn't think this through. This will only bring us nothing but trouble. I shouldn't ..." He hold up his hand and stood in front of me. "Stop. Just stop." He was about to hug me but I put my hands between us. "No. Don't."

He stood there looking at me with those innocent and confused eyes. "We need to stop this before..." He continues my sentence "Before I lose my job and you get expelled." He said and I nod. "Just tell me one thing." I didn't dare to look at him. "Look at me Scarlett! I'm talking to you." He's voice startled me and I slowly looked up to him. "Tell me you didn't regret what we had just now."

Of course not. I love every minute of it. That is what I wanted to say but I know there's no turning back if I did. "It... shouldn't...happen." I uttered those words and I felt nothing but a sharp pain in my heart. It was so hard for me to say it but I have to. "So..." He runs his hand through his hair, combing them back. He started to walk away from me. "You know what... maybe you're right. This was a mistake." He just storm out from my apartment leaving me with those heartbreaking words.

Caleb's POV

I was in rage. Walking out from her apartment not looking back. How could she think that ? After all that we been through. Did she regret it? Why can't she just think about us for just a second and not about god damn consequences! I was walking back to my car and I drove home straight away.

Taking off my jacket and throwing them on the sofa. I went into the kitchen and got myself a beer. I glugged down the whole bottle in seconds and went into the living room. Plopping down on the sofa arm covering my face. I'm thinking about her again.

What I said back there... did I hurt her... I didn't turn back to look at her. But what she said hurt me as much as I hurt her. Why can't she just let us flow and see where the wind takes us? Why can't we give this a try not thinking about what will happen next? There were so many questions going around my head which I don't have the answers to.

It was Sunday. I haven't done anything beside laying around the house and watch boring tv shows. Waking up on the sofa next morning, sore all over my back. I got up and prepared myself for work. I drove to the coffee shop near by the office and got myself a triple shot espresso and a creme cheese bagel. I reach the firm and I walked into my office. A pile of paperwork on my table only made my head hurt. I sat down and look through the files, rearrange them from the most urgent to the less.

Ben my partner knocked on my door. "Morning." I looked up from the pile of paper and gave him a slight nod. "You look like s**t. What happened?" Ben sat down on one of the chairs in front of me. "Headache." Rubbing on my temples and leaning my head back to my chair. "Woman?" He chuckles. He know me so well.

Ben was my college best friend, we met on our first day and we became very good friends. After college we work for the same firm. When I decided to move back to New York and open my own firm, I asked him to join me and he did. Now sitting in front of me, mocking me. He is one of those friends that you can count on when you need them and I appreciate what he done for me.

"I don't know." I was laughing at myself. "Who its?" He asked. I was debating whether I should tell him. "Someone you don't know." He raised an eyebrow at me and smirk. "Uh huh. So this someone I don't know is bothering you in what way?" He said.

I decided not to tell him yet. I didn't want the matter to get worst. "Its nothing. Don't worry about it." He rolled his eyes at him and stood up. "Fine. I have a meeting to go to anyway. Bye." I gave him another nod and he walked out my office.

My day went by like usual but quicker because I haven't stop working. I want to keep myself busy so I won't think about other stuff. By the time I finished I can see the building lights have light up and the streets are dark. I switch off my table lamp and locked all the doors. I was walking to my car and there I was thinking about her again.

I was waiting for the traffic light to go green. Straight road ahead is the way to go home, but the road on the right is the way to Peter's cafe. Is she working today? Will I be able to see her if I visit the cafe? Should I even go to see her?

The light turns green and my first instinct is to go straight but I didn't. My heart betrayed me and turn right. Driving on the way to the cafe, I think about what would I say or how will I act if I see her. I pulled up across the stress and parked my car. I walked into the cafe and there she was.

She was too busy to notice me so I just found a seat and I sat down. I was looking around my surroundings and I felt someone tapping on my shoulder. "Hey. What are you doing here?" I turned around and I saw Lauren. I gave her a weak smile. "Just hanging out. You?" I asked and she sat down in front of me. "That guy over there is hitting on me and I'm not interested but he won't go away." I was looking at her back and I saw the guy looking at me with a fierce expression. "Could you help me get rid of him?" I raised a questioning look.

"Just follow my lead." She said and I just nodded. She stood up and pulled me up with her. She lead me to the direction where the fierce man was and we stood face to face with each other. "This is my boyfriend. Now you believe me?" Lauren said. I was dumbfounded when I heard what she said. "I don't believe you. This man has no relations with you." The fierce man said.

We were starting to attract peoples attentions. I turned my head and I saw Scarlett looking at me with Lauren holding my arm. The only thing I wanted to do right now is to get out from here. When I turn my focus back to Lauren, her lips were instantly on mine.

My eyes were wide open looking as shock as ever. My head can only picture what would Scarlett think of me. I try to push Lauren away but she was deepening the kiss. The fierce man bang his beer bottle on the table and walked out from the cafe. Lauren broke the kiss and turn to see if the man was still there. I was confused and I was quite angry. "What was that for?" I asked.

"Don't be mad. I'm just trying to get that guy off my back." I was feeling used and I wanted to yelled at her. But I can't think of anything besides what would Scarlett think after she saw that. I turned back to look for her but she wasn't there anymore.

Searching for her, I ran outside and went upstairs. I knocked on her door and hope that she would be there. But she was not. I stood there for more than 15 minutes but she wasn't there. I gave up and went back to my car to find her standing there waiting for me.

"I'm sorry about all that. I wasn't thinking." Lauren was waiting by my car. I notice she was shivering so I took out my sports jacket from the back of my car and put it over her shoulders. "Thank you." She said. "Get in. I'll drive you home." I offered to take her home and told her to forget about the whole thing back there.

Scarlett's POV

Walking to class, I saw my friend sitting at the back waving at me. "Scarlett, how was your weekend?" Grace said greeting me with excitement. "Why do you look so hyper?" Nathan, Kyle and a few others are gathered around my seats. "I have an announcement to make." Grace looked like she was going to announce her engagement. "What? Are you getting married?" Everyone was laughing at my joke. Grace rolled her eyes. "Ha-ha. NO! I'm having a party this weekend at my parents beach house and you all are invited!"

"Everyone get back to your seats please." An unfamiliar voice came from the lecture podium. A man in his early 60s was standing in the front laying out stack of papers. "We'll start our class with a pop quiz." I looked over to Grace and she seems to understand my confusion. "That is Professor Maverick. Mr.Wallace substituted for him."

Prof. Maverick hand out the papers and we start to answer the quiz. After the class, we all went to the campus cafe and discuss about Grace's party. Everyone was suggesting different themes and whom to invite. I was sitting there pretending I'm listening but I was actually thinking about Caleb. Last week was a total blur. I can't believe we left things like that and the thing that happened in the cafe was bothering me. I need to find him and talk to him.