Falter (Sacrifice Of Immortality - Book1)

Chapter 5

Finally, it was lunchtime and Zoe got excited to see what horrible food they were serving. I followed her in the hallway and saw Jeremey talking to another teacher; she was beautiful.

"You want to sit with us?" Kevin tucked me under his arm.

"She will!" Zoe gaped at him.

In the lunchroom, we found our table; I cringed when I saw how busy it was in here.

Kevin went to someone and joined us a few moments later.

I sat across from Zoe and Kevin; we started talking about classes. Donovan showed up with a group of guys.

"Hey!" He smirked at the table and we greeted him back, the guys with him sat down at our table and everyone talked. Zoe and Kevin seemed to enjoy their company.

I tried to not pay any attention to Donovan, but seeing him around his friends made it hard not to. He sat next to me and rested his arm around my shoulders and kept talking to them.

He turned to look at me and winked; I blushed and duck my head down. He played with one of my curls and continued with the conversation. After all the time we spent together, we got comfortable being close to each other. His body was warm against mine, and I thought he might have a fever.

I looked up and the girls at another table were looking at us. I shrugged Donovan's arms off. He looked at me and frowned.

I got up and grabbed my bag, "I'll see everyone later." I gave a forced smiled at the table and walked away.

Just outside of the lunchroom doors, I bumped into someone and she shrieked and then someone bumped into me, causing a domino effect.

Donovan swore and helped me up, "I'm so sorry Genevieve." He picked my bag up.

When I turned to see who I bumped into.

It was Natalie, and she stomped her foot and walked pass me. She gave us an icy stare, and Donovan laughed when the doors closed behind her. He always tempted her to get angrier and make the whole situation worse.

I walked away, but he followed me down the hall.

"Gennybean, wait!" He called, and I kept walking and ignored him.

I hated that the girls were looking at me like that and thought I was one of the many girls Donovan slept with.

"Genevieve!" He yelled at me and I stopped.

"What?" I yelled back as I turned around. He waved my bag, and I felt stupid now.

"Why are you running away?" He asked and stood in front of me.

I bit my lip and took a deep breath. "I don't like the way other girls looked at me at the table like I'm one of your conquests."

"One of my conquests?" He asked, and I nodded, "why would you?" he looked at me. "You heard the rumors?" He frowned, gave a strange laugh, and shook his head when I nodded.

He took my face in both his hands.

"I don't have conquests, Genevieve," he whispered. "Never have and never will. I just dated the wrong girl for a ridiculous amount of time and after we broke up, she made my life a living hell," he explained. "I have just stopped fighting them." He smiled, and it looked exhausted, and I felt sorry for him and what he must hear about himself daily.

"I'm sorry," I said as I stared into his eyes/

He rested his forehead against mine, "don't apologize." he breathed, and I felt his warm breath against my lips.

My breath caught, and I gripped his waist. He groaned, and his one hand slid down to my waist and the other hand went to the nape of my neck.

He lifted his head and looked at me, and his jaw feathered as he stared at me.

I stood up on my toes and softly pressed my lips against his.

He stood there trying to process what I just did and then he kissed me back with equal softness and then he deepens the kiss and tugged me against him.

A moan escaped me, and I felt his smile against my lips.

"We should stop." He mumbled, and I nodded at him.

He took a deep breath and pulled away from me; I felt empty and cold suddenly.

What... What have I just done?

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I went home with Zoe after school; we sat in my room doing our homework. I bet that she hoped to see Jeremey here.

He had his first practice with the team after school, and I did not know when he would be back.

My mind kept wondering about the fact that I kissed Donovan at school, what was I thinking?

"I'm hungry" Zoe slammed her book shut and yawned, I frowned at her and closed my book.

"Let's go to Billy's?" I walked to place my book on the desk.

"Why Billy's?" she frowned, and I raised my brow at her. "Ooh" she gasped, and I just had to laugh at her.

We sat in our normal booth at Billy's and ordered shakes. It wasn't busy until the jocks showed up and Zoe got excited when Jeremey walked in with them.

Some of them sat with us, and others took the tables and booths around us. Billy's got chaotic, and the waiters seemed happy about it.

In the middle of lunch, Donovan showed up with someone and there was something about them I couldn't place. They were both breathtakingly beautiful, but that wasn't that. It was something else.

Donovan saw me and his face brightened up and he said something to the guy next to him. The guy looked at me and gave a devious smile, and I didn't know what to do.

Luckily, Zoe grabbed my arm. "So, are we going?" She smiled, and I nodded.

That made her excited, and I was damn confused and would figure it out, eventually.

Donovan rested his elbows next to my head "What's up guys." He leaned down, "Genevieve."

"Hello," I looked up at him and my cheeks turned red when we were face to face. The entire world disappeared around us for a moment until the new guy cleared his throat.

"Oh, this is Raxton." He tilted his head towards him and Raxton greeted everyone.

I frowned at him, and he frowned back at me.

We all talked and had lunch together, but Raxton kept looking at me and Donovan would clear his throat every time he noticed.

"Well, we ladies have to get going," Zoe said and stood up.

I frowned at her, "why?"

She waved her hand around.

"The party? God Gen, where is your mind?" She laughed, and I remember saying yes to something, and apparently it's a party.

We greeted everyone and Donovan kissed me on the cheek, and everyone looked at us. I blushed and Raxton whistled. I shot him a look and Donovan just chuckled.