"What are you screaming at me for," I said as the elevator stopped
"I don't know. Maybe because there's a potentially poisonous gas in my lab and IT'S YOUR FAULT!" he yelled as we walked out
"COME ON IT WAS AN ACCIDENT. WHY THE HELL ARE YOU BEHAVING LIKE THIS?" I yelled back now complete irritated as we walked back to the house
"DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO TAKE ME TO GET RID OF THAT SMOKE?!" He yelled
"CAN'T YOU JUST SUCK UP THE GAS?!" I yelled back
"AND PUT IT WHERE?" He yelled
"YOU'RE UNDERGROUND JUST PUT IT THERE" I yelled back
"Whatever Vanderbilt," he said realizing I had a point as he began walking away
"What's your problem, Taylor. I've been trying to be nice to you all day but all you've been doing is behaving like a jerk" I said
"What's my problem? What's your problem. First of all, we haven't even said hi to each other in god knows how long, and now you just want to come back and pretend that everything is fine" he ranted angrily
"Look I know we've been out of touch for a while but all I'm trying to do is be a good friend and we're lab partners we have to talk to each other," I said
"Maybe you should stop. Maybe I don't want your friendship. Just because we're lab partners doesn't mean we're friends" he said turning away from me
"Wow Taylor I thought your ego would have shrunk along with your head but I guess not," I said
"Why does every time we argue you have to result to insults?" he said
"Maybe because-" I said before both our stomachs growled.
We stood there silently and embarrassed before breaking out into laughter
"Okay okay. Let's call a truce" he said
"Fine do you have anything to eat around here?" I asked as he went into the kitchen with me following and opened the fridge
"Nothing but last night dinner," he said
"Which was?" I asked
"Blackberry pie," he said
"I'm allergic to blackberry, remember," I said
"Oh yeah, I forgot. So what? We order food?" he asked
"Isn't there anything to cook in there?" I asked
"Um nope," he said closing the fridge awkwardly fast
"You sure," I said skeptically
"Yep," he said moving away
"And if I said you were lying," I said walking towards the fridge
"Why would I lie?" he asked sweating as he jumped in front of the fridge door
"Maybe because the young genius can't cook," I said
"Are you kidding, of course, I can cook" he lied
"Then you wouldn't mind moving out of the way," I said
"Um...no," he said nervously
"Then why aren't you moving?" I asked with a cheeky smile
"Because I don't want you to release all the cold air," he said grabbing tightly
"I didn't want to do this but you leave me no choice," I said as I smiled rising my hands up
"You wouldn't," he said before I started tickling him
"No.....fair...Sophie" he said in between his burst of laughter
"Just give up Taylor. You know you're weak to tickles" I said as I continued and soon enough he moved from the fridge door and I opened it to see everything needed to make spaghetti and meatballs
"How did that get there. I think I need to get my eyes checked. I think I might need glasses" he said
"Mm-hmm," I said disbelievingly before he sighs
"Fine Sophie, you win I can't cook," he said in defeat
"Don't worry that's why I'm here" I said as I walked past him and turned on the stove
"Anything I can do to help," he asked
"How about retrieving the project that's due tomorrow," I said playfully
"Looks like I'm about to clean up your mistake again," he said playfully before he walked out.
After around forty-five minutes he came back
"Wow something smells great," Taylor said as he walked into the dining room to see me setting the table
"You're back," I said
"Yeah," he said smiling
"Sit down I'll get the food," I said
"Sure," he said taking a seat before I walked over to the pot and took it up bringing it to the dining room
We ate rather quickly and began having a conversation
"Wow Sophie I forgot how much of an amazing cook you are?" he said smiling
"Thanks. So what about the smoke?" I asked
"I took your advice," he said
"And?" I asked
"Some bugs might be dead but everything else is fine. The vents might also need to breeze out before I go back down there again" he said
"That's good to hear" I smiled at him before looking down on the table
"Something wrong?" he asked
"Taylor, can you tell me when we lost touch?" I asked
"September 1 at exactly 7 hours, 45 minutes, and 12 seconds into the day. I had just returned from summer camp and was planning on apologizing for the way we ended things in middle school but I saw you kissing Nick" he explained
"I'm so sorry you had to find out like that. I was planning on calling to tell you but-" I apologized
"It's fine. I mean why would you tell me, I was just your ex. Anyways after that, you started coming by less" he said
"I stayed away from you," I said coming to the realization
"More like your boyfriend made you stay away from me," he said
"There's no way. Nick wouldn't do something like that," I said
"Really Vanderbilt? Even Carlos notices how he reacts when our names are even in the same sentence" he said as I think back to all the times he pulled me the other way when Taylor was coming down the road or he drove off when Carlos asked me to wait on Taylor or the fact that he would get angry if I'm even near him
"I'm sorry James. Nick really is a nice guy but sometimes he just gets jealous too easily" I said as I went over to the end of the table he was sitting at and took up his empty plate
"What's there to be jealous about? There's nothing but Chemistry between us" he said as our eyes met making me stop and stare at him
"Right nothing but Chemistry," I said not noticing the distance between our faces closing
"Nothing but chemistry," he said as our lips met in a passionate kiss which our tongues soon got involved in.
We kissed for five minutes before breaking for air.
I stood beside him watching him as he sat in the chair watching me.
We stared at each other for another five minutes before Taylor's mom walked in
"Sophie, what are you doing here at this hour?" she asked as I quickly stood up straight
"Um, I was...I was just..." I said completely flustered
"Don't worry mom we just had a project that's due tomorrow" Taylor said
"Oh that's okay but you should really go home it's rather late"
"May I ask what time is it?" I asked
"Um it's midnight," she said
"Oh crap I lost track of time" I freaked as I looked for my bag
"You didn't carry a bag Sophie" Taylor informed me
"That means I left my key in my house" I sighed
"What about your mom? Can't she let you in?" she asked
"My mom's out of town," I said
"Oh yeah, the management meeting. So how will you get in?" she asked
"Don't worry I just remembered Liberty's there" I said
"Okay see you tomorrow," Taylor said
"Sure and goodbye Mrs. Taylor"
"Good night Sophie," she said I walked out their door and straight to mine, and with one push it opened and closed the door and went into the kitchen to see Liberty sleeping on the counter. Not wanting to go through the trouble of waking her I sat down beside her and laid my head and started thinking about all that happened when a blush suddenly came on my face.
'Can't believe I kissed James Taylor" I thought closing my eyes.