Brianny had done almost all communications with Mr Steven through the phone and he obviously thought it was me, she also changed her profile picture to mine to avoid suspicions.
I was overly shy then. Blushing and almost falling over at the sight of him, stuttering with racing heart at the slightest question.
I had no idea of most of Brianny's chats with him until she had excitedly came to me during lunch and said he proposed to be my boyfriend, I felt my heart skip several beats and a blush creeped to my cheeks.
"R.. really?" I was very unsure
"Oh please would I kid about stuffs like this?" She rolled her eyes "here it is!" She beamed and showed me recent chats on her phone.
"Wow Brianny! You are wild" my jaw dropped at the audacity of her replies to him. Her response was a wink
"Doesn't he call? How do you not blow our cover?" I asked
"Simple, I just don't pick up and after dialing a few times he stopped, it took a while to convince him though because he said you are such a different person online"
"I've told you to stop acting like a chicken when you see him" she crunched up her face at me.
"I can't help it Brianny, I've tried, his presence always overwhel-"
"Hold it to yourself bitch, we've got a little problem" she tapped her jaw lightly.
"And what is the problem?"
"He asked you to come over!"
"What! Why??" This wasn't a good idea
"And you agreed?"
"Yes of course Jena, what did you expect me to do, refuse it?"
"Brianny I can't! What have you done?"
"It's next week, and you're going to go Jena . Don't be a coward"
"I'm not a coward on stage though, at least I am good at something" I coughed awkwardly.
"I'm leaving.. but I won't miss you chicken" she rolled her eyes and left.
Brianny was so bold, I didn't welcome the idea of going to his place even though I was head over heels for him. I wouldn't have even pursued this if not for Brianny but well I decided to go with the flow.
It was our last year and I took a scholarship exam knowing how rich my family was. I was a prominent student with good grades so I had good chances. I was doing well in drama club as well, a big thought had actually crossed my mind then- to try auditioning at small movie production companies, I was ready to take chances and keep my fingers crossed.
I was mostly ghosted by students who had better queen bees to associate them selves with than the fallen princess Jena but I had decided not to crawl into a shell and joined the drama club, stage performance helped me boost my confidence and boldness with time. My hard work and seriousness with it earned me the position of the head and I was finally able to walk around Rivers High like every other normal student.
One thing I made sure of was not to allow myself get bullied, it was hard at first but I made sure to always stand up for myself and not cower in front of any one and with time the insensitive bullies knew better than to cross my path. While I didn't have real friends, I at least started getting hand waves and 'hi Jena' from a few students until Brianny became a friend.
I counted the days until the next week, I wasn't ready for whatever Brianny said this was. I know I have always wanted him to notice me and all that but I wasn't ready to start the 'come over' phase.
I had nothing great to wear so Brianny gave me a floral dress which I amended to fit me properly and dropped me off at the address he sent, leaving her phone with me also.
She told me to have fun and left, but not without giving me a hug. I know Brianny and the definition of her 'fun' a fun I wasn't ready to have just yet so I rolled my eyes at her statement.
I took the stairs to give myself enough time to compose and reassure myself as I was already fidgeting before I arrived at floor of his apartment.
Taking several deep breaths my knuckles tapped his door in slight knocks and the door was opened almost immediately. His face came in view and he smiled at me, a face I was mulling over.
"After you" he said as he made way for me and with measured steps, I walked in feeling really tense.
"Calm down Jena" I didn't even know when he got close to me and placed his hands on my shoulders, giving me a slight massage. I flinched and felt my heart in my stomach
"You really need to loosen up, I don't bite" I force a tight smile at him. I couldn't shake off the uneasiness I was feeling.
He went in and came back carrying a tray of nicely placed food and a drink, placing them in front of me he said "here is your food, I am sure you'll love it"
I stared at the food which looked really tasty but I couldn't find my appetite so I just made for the drink and one sip made my face twist "what's the matter?" I saw concern on his face.
"Is this alcohol?" I asked
"Yes, you specifically told me you like this one" he observed me keenly.
I almost forgot Brianny was the one chatting with him but why would Brianny tell him to get me alcohol? She knows I don't drink it, and even if I do, it's not at a stranger's house.
"Don't you like the food?"
"Um.. I think I'll pass on the food, I'm quite full" I said
"You told me to make it for you" he didn't look convinced now.
Damn Brianny! and she brought me to a restaurant to eat before she dropped me off, why then did she ask him to prepare something for me?
I smiled at him "Yeah.. I forgot.. I mean I'm really hungry" I picked up the spoon and wished I could hit on Brianny's head instead. Now I had to force myself to eat this!
I took the first spoon and chewed on the rice. The taste was.. horrendous! It tasted nothing like it looked! I almost spat it out but I composed myself and swallowed it, picking up the drink, I gulped down a generous amount of it to eradicate the taste of the rice from my buds.
"I'm .. I'm actually really very full and can't afford to eat now, the food tastes delicious though" I managed to say, I might blow my cover now but I didn't care. I wasn't interested in getting food poisoning just so he won't find out about my little secret with Brianny.
"I can just have the drink instead" he looked at me for a while before nodding his head and carried the food back.
I drank the alcohol hoping to get more boldness from it and stopped being tense and it worked. We discussed randomly and I discovered most of what Brianny had told him about me wasn't true which I of course went on with the lie and made a mental note to ask her about it later.
Hours passed and I didn't know how I ended up in his bed with him hovering over me.. or.. maybe I did, he initiated the first move and I didn't hesitate to match his intensity, the audacity I had shocked even me, I won't say I was tipsy as I only had a cup but I was a bit muddle headed.
The strange and exciting sensations that invaded my body as his lips met mine in a slow rhyme, all uneasiness from earlier already in oblivion, it was my first time and I didn't want to pull away already. He halted, noticing the clumsy movements of my lips
"Jena.. is it your-"
"Yes!" I didn't even let him finish his words already knowing what he was going to ask and he looked shocked.
He took a lot of time being shocked and before I could even stop myself, my arms were hooked around his neck as I pulled him in and bit on his lips, that action pulled him out of his frozen state and ignited a desire in his eyes, a fire I know would burn me to nothingness if I don't scramble away.
In frantic movements our clothes were discarded like they were thorns on our skins. I straddle him as he lifted me and carried me to his bedroom.
His touches inflamed me and I felt a knot in my stomach, I writhed and tossed under him as he as he trailed burning kisses along me neck.
We were already heading to the real phase when I suddenly froze.
"Getting cold feet now?" He whispered with an intoxicating and deep voice as his lips grazed my earlobe slightly and I trembled.
"S.. stop" I breathed out and he stopped
"I can't..do this"
"Why.. hmm?" He continued his assault, ignore my plea.
I couldn't find the boldness I had initially, like a bucket of cold water was suddenly poured on me. I felt my eyes sting with unshed tears, the reason? I didn't actually know.
I wiped them off and gently pushed him off me "I'm sorry.. but this can't go on"
He stared at me blankly and I couldn't fathom his thoughts. I snuggled out of his arms and made for my clothes, he was still silent.
I was dressed the next minute and moving towards the door when I heard his voice
"And where do you think you are going?"