Chapter 9

My date with Luke was wonderful, he took me to a nice restaurant, that was a bit expensive but he paid for it, then he took me on a stroll through a botanical garden that was nearby.

It was really good but the best surprise was that when we got to the centre of the garden, there was a band playing Ed Sheeran's "Thinking Out Loud" and we danced all night.

"So here we are," He said as he parked in front of my house.

"Yeah," I replied still a bit dazed from the date.

We got out of the car and walked up to my front door.

I glanced at him, my mouth forming a sweet smile, "Thank you very much for this date Luke, I really enjoyed it," I told him causing him to blush a bit and rub his neck.

"I'm glad that you liked it, Kris, I'm actually hoping if you'd like to do it again, I mean allow me to take you out another time," He said nervously.

I giggled at this side of Luke, I've always seen him calm and put together, confident, it was nice to see that he had a nervous side to him.

"I would love to go on a second date with you," I told him, he smiled widely before coming closer to me, leaning down a bit.

My eyes widened at his action, he wanted to kiss me. I followed his movements, tilting my head up as he leaned in a bit more.

"I really like you, Kris," He said his breath fanning my lips.

I gazed into his blue eyes, "I really like you too," I told him before removing the distance between us.

His lips were soft as I kissed them, he placed one hand on my cheek while the other went around my waist. I raised my arms and wrapped it around his neck. 

He took control of the kiss, his lips moving a bit faster and harder on mines. His tongue swept across my bottom lip causing me to gasp and giving him access to my mouth. I think I moaned a bit as he deepened the kiss.

I have no idea how long we kissed for but I needed to breathe so I pulled away. His forehead rested against mines as we both pant for air.

"Oh please don't stop on my account," I froze at that voice.

"No seriously continue sucking the life out of each other, it was really entertaining," Raiden said before walking away from the door.

"I'm so sorry about that, he's not usually like this," I told Luke, totally embarrassed by what just happened.

"It's okay he just protective of you, most guy friends are," He told me.

Gosh, he's so understanding. I kissed him quickly on the lips before stepping inside my house.

"Thanks for everything Luke, I'll see you tomorrow," I told him before closing the door.

I watched through the window making sure that he got to his car when he did I made my way upstairs to Raiden's room.

"Are you out of your freakin mind Raiden? Why did you answer the bloody door and," I stopped as I saw that he had company.

She was sitting on his lap, her brown locks flowing down her back covering the fact that she's half naked and on top of a half naked Raiden. Her olive skin looked flawless, I was shocked by the fact that he had someone in the house let alone his room.

"Who the bloody hell is this?" I asked my voice loud that even China could hear me. Luckily no one was home except for me, Raiden and this chick.

She got off of him turning to face me with a smirk, I never wanted to hurt someone so badly in my life before. 

"What the hell are you doing here Dana?" I asked fully mad maybe close borderline murder.

She chuckled at my question, moving back to Raiden who was standing up now. I narrowed my eyes at her.

"You better speak now s**t or so help me God my gonna kick you out of my house," I told her while closing the distance between us.

She cowered at this, I did my best to suppress a smug smile.

"I invited her," My attention snapped to Raiden.

"You did what?" I asked him, clearly he's a bit off the rocker.

"She's my girlfriend, so I invited her to come," he told me.

Girlfriend? Did I hear him right?

"This s**t is your girlfriend, wow Raiden, I always knew that you had bad taste when it comes to women, never knew that you would be scraping the barrel," I told him causing Dana to gasp and cry a bit.

"Kristina outside now!" He told me before walking out of the room, I followed him.

"What the hell is wrong with you?" He asked me as we walked into my room.

"What's wrong with me? There's nothing wrong, I'm not the one dating a s**t," I told him, kicking off my heels because they were hurting my feet.

"Stop calling her that she is not a s**t," He told me closing some distance between us, his voice seemed angry but it felt fake.

"Nope, I'll call her whatever I want to, I'm entitled to my own opinion aren't I and your so called girlfriend is a s**t, tramp, w***e, hoe, can't keep her legs shut, can't see a guy without thinking if he's good in bed, an easy lay," I kept repeating over and over, sure I wasn't being nice but I hated her, she was the reason why Nuca and I broke up, though I'm glad that we broke up, how it went about was a bullet to my heart.

I always knew that she wanted him but he had me instead so I flaunt it in her face, sure it wasn't the right thing to do but I helped me keep my hold on Nuca or so I thought it did. 

The truth is that Dana was three years older than us, she was a senior and she wanted all freshmen under her spell, and Nuca was on her list but he was with me when we started high school and she didn't like that one bit. 

So she flirted, sent personal pictures, even tried to get him drunk but nothing worked or it did but she wanted to rub it in my face when I least expected it.

"Just stop it, Kristina, stop calling her that, she's changed," He told me.

I scoffed, "Please is that some lie she told you just to get into your pants," I paused, my eyes widening at the thought of them together.

"Did you?" I asked him, he looked confused at first but then the light bulb went off.

"No, I didn't," He told me.

I let out a breath that I didn't know I was holding.  Why would I care if he slept with her anyway?

Because you love him you, bloody idiot!

No, I don't!

Stop kidding yourself darling, you know you love him and that you really want to stare at his chest.

I looked down for the first time remembering that he was shirtless, oh gosh.

Okay avert gaze, say something witty.

"Oh good, make sure and get tested before you do, never know what she would be carrying," I told him before walking towards my closet.

He pulled me back, "she's changed, she's not like that anymore, why can't you believe me?" He asked me, he was upset.

"Oh I'll believe you when you believe it yourself, the look in your eyes says that you know what I say is true, so why don't you tell me the truth," I told him.

"You want the truth Kristina, the truth is that you are insulting the woman I love and I can't have you doing that, I thought you were my best friend, why aren't you happy for me," He said and I slapped him.

"Don't you dare raise your voice at me in my home, and the woman you love is not that s**t whose in your room," I told him.

"Really? So where is she? You clearly don't believe that it's you right, you have a boyfriend and if you didn't you're three years younger than me, you're a kid without parents, a selfish brat. I've tried to be nice to you because of your parents' death," I stared at him trying my best not to slap him again.

"But this argument right here is reminding me why we stopped being friends in the first place, you're whiny, inconsiderate, attention seeking, no wonder Nuca cheated on you with Dana, he must have gotten fed up with your whiny arse like I did," he continued to say coming closer and closer.

"Shut up! Shut up!" I yelled at him.

He grinned at me, a devilish twinkle in his eyes, "what you've had enough of the truth?" He asked me.

I looked up at him, my fists clenched at my sides, my eyes burning with anger, "Get out," I spat at him.

"What?" He asked me.

"Get the bloody hell out of my house with your god damn s**t now," I yelled at him.

He looked back at me a smirk on his face, " Thanks, I didn't want to stay here anyway," he said and left.

He packed his things and left with Dana, Nuca came to pick them up. He got out of the car and glanced up to see me looking out my window. He smirked at me before getting into the car.

I shut my blinds before collapsing on the floor. I can't believe that he left, that he chose her over me, that he really loves her.

This is why I wanted to move on, this is why I developed the crush on Luke. I need to get away, I need to leave now. I've tried to be strong but I'm not, I need to go.

Removing my phone from my bag, I dialled the number of the only person I could rely on.

"Hey, it's me. I'm gonna come to the base for a few days, I just need to get away," I said into the phone.

"Thanks, I'll be there soon," I said then hung up.

Ripping the dress off my body then changing into some black distressed jeans, a white crop top with my black leather jacket and combat boots, I picked up my helmet from my closet.

I didn't need any clothes since I have clothes down at the base. Leaving a note in my parents' room and the kitchen, I locked the house and went to the garage.

Revving up the engine, I pulled down my helmet flap and left the town that I spent three years of my life trying to move on but I needed to make a stop first.

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"Hey Luke, thanks for meeting me," I told him as he walked up to me.

I stood up straight, my shoulders sagging as I needed to tell him the truth. I glanced up at him, taking in everything. He really is a good guy, why couldn't I fall for him instead.

"Is something wrong?" He asked me, his hand rubbing the back of his neck, he was nervous.

"I'm really sorry Luke but I need to come clean. The thing is that I really do like you, gosh I really wished that I could fall for you but I can't, you see, I'm in love with someone else, I've been in love with him for a long time," I started.

 "But since I knew that it wouldn't work out so I tried  to move on but I ended up getting hurt in process and now I'm repeating the cycle again and I'm really sorry for leading you on I really thought that you would help me forget him but it just seems that I can't," I rambled to Luke apologizing for being selfish, huh seems like Raiden was actually right about me being selfish.

"It's Raiden isn't it," He stated, his voice suggested that he knew for quite some time, I nodded before looking up at him. His eyes were sad and his lips formed a small smile.

"I'm glad that you told me before we became more or else that would have been nasty, thanks for your honesty Kris, and I hope that we could stay friends," He told me then pulled me into a hug.

I returned his embrace tightly before letting go. "Yeah I would like that," I told him.

"Bye Luke," I said to him with a small smile.

"Bye Kristina," He told me before walking away.

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I cut the engine as the reached the compound, giving my keys to a rookie to park it.

"You better not scratch it or else punk," I told him before walking into the base.

Punching my code into the keypad the door opened before me.

"Welcome back Wick," a voice told me, her tone dripping with amusement.

"Thanks for having me Trouble," 

Author's Note

What do you think of the plot, writing style, characters? Point out grammatical errors or places where I need to show instead of telling, please and thanks. Anything that seems that needs to fix please let me know, I'm open to feedback and criticism.