"You.. you kissed Alora?." Andres asked gently but utterly perplexed.
Daniel nodded in respond.
"Then you ran away?"
Daniel nodded again.
Andres scoffed weakly.
"I..I don't get." He said.
"I don't either." Daniel sighed.
"One minute I had just helped her maintain her balance after she almost slipped and the next...we were...we were kissing." Daniel said dejectedly.
Andres chuckled weakly.
"That sounds like an excuse Daniel." He said. He looked furious that Daniel could clearly see it.
"Why are you even mad?. It's was just a silly mistake, neither of us meant for it to happen." Daniel stated.
Andres jerked up, annoyed.
"What is wrong with you?." He half yelled.
Andres quickly glanced around and it felt like everyone's attention was on him.
He feigned a little smile and sat down back.
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"What was that about?." Alora asked.
David shrugged. "I don't know." He replied, his gaze fixed on Daniel and Andres.
"He told him." David stated quickly.
"Told him what?." Alora inquired, a bit confused.
" About the kiss." David quickly replied, his gaze still fixed on them.
Alora gasped out lightly.
"Oh my God." Alora cried out as she buried her face in her hands.
"What.. what's wrong?." David queried worriedly.
"This is not good. We were friends but but it's all ruined now because of that stupid kiss."
"Nothing is ruined. We can still work it out nicely. All we have to do is talk." David said.
"Why we?." Alora asked
"It won't be long before the rest of their friend's finds out." David replied.
Alora gasped out again.
"Oh my God, Ava!."
David nodded.
"Am sorry but it only gets worse. To ava, Daniel doesn't want to be with her because he isn't over his ex yet, how do you think she will react when she hears that you guys shared a kiss."
Alora sighed loudly.
"David, I don't think I can handle all of this.
Ava...ava doesn't even like me in the first place. She will literally hate me when she finds out about this. I am scared for real."
David chuckled weakly.
"I know I said it's only gets worse but you don't have to be scared of anyone not even Ava. You are an adult, and so is Daniel. What happened with Daniel might have been a mistake but this is about you two. You don't have to care about what we think. This is about you and Daniel. You can both work it out however you want to and stop being awkward with each other.
You can't keep avoiding him forever, Alora." David said.
Alora nodded with a little smile.
"Am going."
David chuckled confusedly.
"Going where?.
"To Daniel, to talk it out." Alora said confidently.
David grinned.
"Go girl." Daniel said as they high five.
"And oh, send Andres over here." David added.
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"Hi guys." Alora called out.
Slowly Daniel and Andres raised their head up to face Alora.
"Lora?." Andres called softly.
Daniel was pleased. It's was all over his face.
"Hi, Alora." He said back.
"So..um.. Andres, am sure you already know what went on last night." Alora stated.
Andres nodded slowly.
"So, do you mind sitting with David. Me and Daniel really need to talk." Alora added.
Daniel smiled gladly.
"Yea..yea. Good luck." He said. He stole a few glances at Daniel before walking over to David.
Alora gently sat down, her hands on her laps, tapping on them nervously.
"Hi." She said first.
Daniel sat up. "Hi." He said back.
"Hi." Another voice said.
Alora flinched slightly as she recognized the voice.
It's was Ava's, she was with Geena.
"Oh no. Not now." Andres said with a frown where he sat with David.
Ava and Geena both sat down before Alora and Daniel could say anything.
Daniel sighed.
"So. What's this about?. And where is Andres." Ava asked with a rude tone and with her arms crossed on her chest.
Alora remained quiet.
This wasn't how she had pictured her conversation with Daniel to go.
"Alora, Do you mind..." Ava was saying.
"Ava?." Daniel chimed in.
"We were..in the middle of a conversation, if you don't mind."
Ava tilted her head sideway, a puzzled look on her face.
Geena slowly cleared her throat.
"And Andres is over there, with David. Please go sit with them." Daniel said.
Ava scoffed.
"Let's just go Ava." Geena said, already up on her feet.
Ava slowly stood up. She stared angrily at Alora.
"What's happening?". David asked.
Andres chuckled weakly. "I think he just sent them away...to here." Andres said as Ava and Geena walked to their table.
"Hi ava." Andres said.
"Don't talk to me." Ava snapped.
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Daniel sighed.
"Hi." He said with a little smile.
Alora chuckled weakly.
"Hi."
Daniel cleared his throat.
"I don't..um... about yesterday. I really don't know what happened. And it..it feels wrong to apologise but I also feel like I have to. Not only for kissing you first but for also running away after, that was really stupid."
Alora laughed.
"You literally left me alone in the dark."
Daniel sighed. "I really did do that,huh." He stated dejectedly.
"So should I also apologize for kissing you back yesterday. I mean I didn't even make an attempt to stop you or anything." Alora said.
Daniel laughed lightly. "I don't think..that one... needs an apology."
Alora nodded with a smile.
"And..I didn't run away because of you. It's was because of the kiss, am..am not saying it's was bad, actually it's was pretty nice..I meant..um..what was I saying again..." Daniel stopped quite flustered.
Alora couldn't help with laugh out loud.
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"Oow..looks like it's going well." Andres grinned. David agreed with a smile and a nod.
"To me she looks like she is throwing herself at him. And what's going well?." Ava quieried.
Andres and David both exchanged looks.
"Um.. that's right. I thought you and Alora were cool after yesterday." Andres stated.
"No." Ava snapped quickly.
"So did it go well?." Geena asked David.
"What?." David asked confused.
"That you are in a relationship with Jeffery, Alora's brother. Alora found out about it yesterday. You don't seem so surprised, you guys already sorted it out then." Geena stated.
David looked at all three of them gazing at him as if waiting for an answer.
"How do you guys know about me and Jeffery?" David asked.
They all turned away, pretending to not have heard him.
David sighed.
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"I kissed you. I felt awkward about it but I don't regret it." Daniel said softly.
Alora smiled.
"I don't regret it too. I literally kissed you back, I still don't know why though." Alora said.
They really said that moments can swipe you off your feet and make you do and say stuffs that you might regret later, or not.
But she was loving it.
This attention.
This conversation.
When did they go from awkward apologies to talking about how nice the kiss was.
Daniel smiled.
'am I being crazy or am I just following my feelings for the first time in a while.
Is this right?.
I don't think it is, but whatever it is, I don't mind trying it out.'
"And Sia..?."
"Maybe am slowly moving on. I did something in my feelings for the first time.i know it's a risk and I might be thinking recklessly but I want to try it with you. Alora, I want to try a relationship with you." Daniel said.
Alora smiled. She felt goosebumps all over her body.
"But what about Ava?." Alora asked.
Daniel sighed. "I will sort it out."
Alora smiled.
Daniel grinned.
He leaned in and placed a kiss on Alora's lips.
She smiled widely.
"What was that?" Ava bawled.