Touch Me While I Taste You

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Arabella Rivera

“This is so stupid.” Gwen groaned her blonde hair whips behind her shoulders. Her long nails tapped on

her bedazzled steering wheel as she focuses her eyes on the road ahead.

“What is?” I asked half-interested, half not. My mind was too occupied with thoughts of, him. Why was I

jealous of Sasha? I barely know the girl.

My mood had drained and turned into crap from the moment Sasha and I’s conversation ended. I was

never the go lucky, preppy girl like Gwen. I was more o n the salty, tense and mind your damn business

side. But still, my mood had never dropped this low.

“Like why waste your time making up a rumor if it’s not true? Here all the girls he dumped thought he

finally got what he deserved only to be handed a platter of lies and disappointment. She made the entire

female population ashamed.” Gwen hissed, fingers turning a shade of ash as she gripped the wheel a

little

tighter than necessary.

I rolled my eyes. She had been talking about this from the moment we left the school’s ground. Don’t get

me wrong I was happy that Sasha had succeeded in killing off the blazing fire of lies about Haiden, but I

wasn’t exactly in the mood t o hear about a guy I can’t keep out of your head.

“That’s exactly why they call it a rumor Gwen, it’s lies made for morons to believe. In other words, you’re

stupid to even believe what others say.” I let out without thinking. Admittedly, I haven’t been thinking

straight for a couple of days now. 1

Whatever left my mouth nowadays were just fragments of the ticking time bomb o n the tip of my tongue.

Gwen gives me a side-eye, face scrunching up with the look of startlement and confusion. “What or who

got your panties in a knot today? You have been awfully more hostile and moody.”

“My panties are un-knotted thank you very much.” I mumble.

I looked out the window, latching my eyes on the buildings and little shops on the side of the road as we

raced past them. This part of town was always my favorite. It’s where I would get a glimpse of, them.

The little happy family that owned a pet shop. They always looked so chirpy and happy as they talked to

their customers. But it wasn’t exactly that, that drew my intrigue.

It was the raw look of love passing between parents and son. Something so rare that I now looked

forward to catching a glimpse of that rare emotion every day.

When the pet shop came into view my heart skipped a beat. It always does. I never really figured out

why. But somewhere deep, deep down inside, I knew that it was because I lacked what they had. Love

was never an expression I expressed

It was intriguing to see others express its

o naturally

“Bye Charlie!” The woman shouts, waving at a little boy who skipped with a little ginger-colored kitten

cuddled in his arm. His mother laughed as she hurried t o catch up with him.

As we neared the tiny shop I could see through the clear glass window how the man playfully pecked his

wife’s nose, seeming to be happy that one of their animals just got adopted.

Their son wiggled his way between his parents, wanting all the attention on him. They laughed caging

him into a warm hug.

I cracked a smile, my very first one today that finally reached my eyes.

“Are you PMSing?” The question left Gwen’s mouth to snap me out of my haze of gazing at the happy

family. Happy was always much better than acting to be perfect.

I turn to Gwen, furrowing my eyebrows a REOMSI stared at the questioning blonde.”

“Are you having a period meltdown? You know PMSing?” She added.

I let out a laugh. “This isn’t what pmsing mean Gwen. It’s Premenstrual

She groans.” Whatever, it means the same thing. Potato, tomato.”

I squint my eye, feigning to be thinking.” The saying is actually potato

“Okay my genius best friend, I’m wrong. You win.” She huffs turning the corner to my street.

When my house came into view I couldn’t help but feel the weight of dread overcome my entire body.

The house looked so bland among all the colorful ones that showed the owner’s personality.

I guess our house said a lot about us, we were nothing but a blank canvas that had been painted over to

outweigh and hide the imperfections that were still hidden under the white paint.

Gwen stops beside the curb and turns to No face me, still leaving the ignition g. “See you tomorrow?”

Tunnmg. see you tomorrow.

I nodded while opening the car and swang the bag strap over my shoulder.” Yeah.” I slaimed the car

door.

“Wait.” She called out.

I turned around, waiting for her to continue. “Do you think my boobs look bigger with cup bras or lace? Or

should I just wear push-ups instead? I’m going on a date tonight and the guy is kinda older, s o I want my

girls to be on display.”

I hummed. “Definitely go with cup bras. The push-ups make your boobs look like they’re suffocating.”

Then I cross my arms under my chest and narrowed my eyes at the chirpy blonde. “And why am I now

hearing about you going on a date?”

“Well if you weren’t so moody today I would’ve had the chance to. But seeing that I couldn’t get a proper

conversation out of you, I just thought you wouldn’t care or listen.” She shrugged.

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She then flips her hand. “Anyway who

cares, you’re not so moody anymore. So AI QUAwhat color lingerie should I wear? And

before you say brown, I rather die, or get

ore you say brown, I rather die, or get fucked by Hitler then die.”

My lips tipped into a smile. “I wouldn’t dare.”

“Go with any shade of blue. It brings out your eyes.”

Her smile is contagious as it blooms and breaks the little awkward moment that had passed between us

in the confines of the car.” This is exactly why I love you baby. You know everything about me that I think

we’ll end up marrying each other one day.” She laughs and I join her knowing she wasn’t actually

serious.

Or was she? With Gwen, no one ever

knew.

“I’ll see you tomorrow my love. I need to go shave my coochie for tonight! I’ll let you know how everything

goes when I get back.” She yells and blows me a kiss a s she drives away

I shook my head, cringing and turned around. I didn’t even take a step forward

when the sound of a truck zooms behind REDMI NOTE. I froze and without thinking much CÓ AI QUAD

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about it, I turned back around with a

but it, I turned back around with a hand gripping my bag strap as I watched Haiden park his truck in the

driveway of his house.

I didn’t quite know why I just stood there and watched him get out of the truck. My body numbs when the

brown of his eyes falls into mine, penetrating it so deeply that it would be considered an invasion of

privacy.

I held my breath when he shocks and confuses me by walking towards me. When he was just but an

inch away, he digs into his front pocket and pulls out something

“Here.” The corner of his mouth twitches when my confused eyes fall to his hand. I grow even more

confused when my eyes fall on the chocolate bar in his grasp.

Not even thinking much about it, I take it and lift my eyes to peer up at him. “What i s that for?” I voiced

out my confusion.

Did it have some kind of poison or some other weird shit?

REDMI NHaiden only smiles, which was already so Al Quadrate to begin with. “Heard it helps with.”

e to begin with. “Heard it helps with.” He nudges his head to my stomach and realization hits me.

I began to feel my face heat up with mortification as I got confirmation that h e had definitely heard

mother last night. He turns around without waiting for my answer. Well the lack of.

“See you around neighbor! Oh and I think we’re even now.” He yells and turns around just to wink before

heading towards his porch while whistling.