chpt 9

Leaning lazily on the car while waiting for Lucas to get out from the market – I glanced around at the new surrounding. It almost seemed peaceful. From the corner of my eye, I caught sight of a very familiar face. I turned and focused my sight on him. Drake!, I cried out in surprise. I was about to open my mouth to call his name when I saw a blonde girl walking up behind him and snuggling up against him. He didn’t do anything to protest but instead had draped his hand around the girl. He lifted her head and planted a kiss on her lips.
As my eyes started to blur up with tears, the situation became clearer and clearer. Wasn't he supposed to be visiting his aunt? I swallowed back my tears and started walking towards them. Drake looked up and saw me heading towards him and he froze in the middle of his track. He summoned a smile onto my face and plastered it there.
“Hi, fancy seeing you here Drake. Is this your aunt?" I smiled to her as confusion started to appear on her face. She did a great job of hiding her confusion as she shook my extended hands. As our grips loosened, the situation returned to its actual staleness. I stared at Drake, daring him to look up into my eyes. He wouldn't even dare lift his head up, let alone stare at me.
"Please Sam, don't do this." He said as he grabbed my arm and pulled me away. I looked back and threw the girl one last glance before following him silently.
"Don’t do what?" I flung his hands off my arms as soon as we were out of the girl's earshot. I spun around and stared into his eyes. Tears began to form despite my efforts to push them back down (don’t really get the feel). I never cried in front of anyone, I wasn’t going to start now. Despite my blurry vision, I could see Lucas walking out of the market searching for me. I walked further down into the motel, hoping that Drake would follow me.
“Sam, let me explain please.” My back was facing him. I could feel his arm slowly going around my waist, pulling me towards him. I stood erect and still. I wanted to just turn around and walk away from this mess. A minute ago, I wanted to beat him up into a pulp. I pulled myself free from him.
“Explain what? Fine, you want to explain? Explain!” I plopped down onto the worn out sofa in the hallway as I released myself from his embrace. Arms crossed in front of my chest, I tried to turn my focus onto something else. I couldn’t stare into his eyes. Those eyes that once made me drown in them were now suffocating me. Those lips that had once showered me with all the fake promises… I did not want to listen to the words that were spilling out of his mouth. I could only see his lips moving but my mind had blocked his voice out.
“Sam, what’s going on?” Lucas was standing right in front of the motel door. He frowned as he saw the expression on my face. He took a few steps forward but was stopped in the midst by Drake. Drake pushed Lucas aside with a growl. Lucas flung Drake’s hand off him and came beside me, kneeling down so that we were at eye level.
“Nothing, let’s just go okay?” I started to get up from the couch with Lucas supporting me, I slowly made my way past Drake, avoiding any chance that our body my come in contact. Drake’s hand shot out in front of me and stopped me. His eyes with so much regret that I actually wanted to just forgive him at that very moment. Then, I thought of the kiss, the embrace, the web of lies he had made up. A shot of adrenaline coursed through my body. I smirked. Lucas stared at me with curiosity as I turned to face him. Grabbing him by the back of his head, I gaze into his eyes and pulled his face closer till our lips met. I had let myself go and forgotten about Drake who was standing right beside us with his eyes wide open with disbelief.
“Forgive me?” I spun around and asked Drake. I heard him muttered something that sounded like bitch but I couldn’t care less. I dragged Lucas behind me and ran out of the motel towards the car. Lucas was still speechless after that my spontaneous action (it’s pretty tense, so I’d say the shorter the sentence the better). Still breathless, I went to the back of the car and took my change of clothes from the car and went into the nearest toilet available. Gazing into the mirror, my cheeks flushed with excitement. I gently placed my fingers on my lips. Had he felt it too? I wondered. I quickly splashed the cold tap water onto my face. We are just friends, whatever happened in the motel just now was just purely revenged, I reminded myself.