James Pierce
I walk down the stairs afters the voices fade. And then quickly leap into the kitchen and act like i just walked up from my room.
"Morning ladies" i say.
And Thalia and Collette turn. "Morning brother" Thalia says, and Collette says,"hey" and smiles like we didn't spend the whole night cuddling.
We eat pancakes for breakfast and they taste amazing today, is it because Collette made them? Wow that thought made me cringe too.
"Guys, i have plans for lunch today, with a friend so.. i hope you guys wont tear the house down" Thalia says.
"Don't worry baby sister, I'll just ignore coco the whole day and we'll be fine" i say.
Collette blushes when she hears me call her coco, I haven't called her that for the longest time, ever since i started hating her.
"Mm hmm, i won't even acknowledge his existence" Collette says.
"Wonderful" Thalia says.
She goes up to get ready to leave and Collette is in the kitchen doing dishes. I walk toward her and hug her from behind. She leans back into my chest and continues to do the dishes. I lean in, and whisper into her ear, "So you're not going to acknowledge my existence, huh?" I ask.
"Why would I when you're going to ignore me the whole day?" She says and we laugh, "now get off of me, Lia's gonna see us".
"Okay but in 10 minutes" I say and grab her tighter.
Out of nowhere, Thalia pops up, "Collette can i borrow your-"
Collette pushes me off and screams, "James! You're an asshole, why do you have to-" Collette yells.
"Woah, woah woah what happened now? You guys are fighting already?" Thalia cuts her off.
I'm so confused at what's happening but then Collette gestures me to go along with it.
"Don't get me started Lia, I'm so done with your brother", Collette says.
"I'm more done with you, you're stupid and you suck" i say.
And she tries not to laugh because my acting kind of sucked."Guys!" Thalia says, "How am i supposed to leave when you guys keep fighting like this?"
"No, no leave, we'll be fine, you should leave" i blurt out, because i want to be with Collette, alone, just me and her.
"I think he means that, you shouldn't have to cancel your plans because of us, so you should go" Collette corrects.
"Yeah that's what I meant" I say.
"Are you sure?" Thalia says.
"Yes!" Collette and I say in unison.
"Well ok then, oh right, I came here to tell you, I'm wearing your earrings" Thalia says.
"Of course, they're all yours" Collette says.
"Thank you!, I'm off then, I'm late already, byeee" Thalia says and when i hear the door close, i hug Collette.
"I m sorry i screamed at you" Collette says.
"That's ok, it was fake anyway" I say.
"Yeah, but, seriously, is 'youre stupid and you suck' the only thing you could come up with" she says laughing.
"Well you caught me off guard, I would have done better if you'd given me some notice"
"Lia just came out of nowhere, and for someone who's hated me since forever, you could have easily come up with mean things to say about me" she says."They were hard to come up with when I hated you as it is, now 'stupid' feels mean too" I say and she smiles in the most beautiful way ever. But then she stops and pushes me off of her.
"Wait a second, you can't hug me, you haven't earned my trust yet, don't you think I forgot about that and that you're forgiven, cuz you're not." She says.
"You're right, no touching until you forgive me and trust me" I say and she seems to be sulking more from my admission than I am.
"Mm hmm" she says and goes back to the dishes.
Ok this feels so annoying, it's just the two of us at home and I can't touch her and it's killing me, maybe we should just make today an exception but no I can't keep postponing earning her trust. Cuz this is real, and it needs to start with her forgiving me, even though I think she already did, but is just not admitting it because she thinks I'll think that she's easy which she is, but I can't take advantage of that, I have to make up to her. And the only way I can do that is by proving my sincerity, I'm going to woo her until she says yes.
"Collette, um no i mean coco, will you go out on a date with me?" I ask.
"No thank you" she says and smiles.
"No thank you? Alright then, how about we hang out? As friends? Maybe just get to know each other?" I say.
"We know each other, pretty damn well, what's the point?"
"You know, I can't earn your trust if you don't give me a way to" I say angrily.
"You need earn my trust, despite me giving you no way to, if you're gonna give up already, then I guess I was right"
"I'm not giving up, and what do you mean you were right?" I protest, "you actually don't trust me? Like really? You've known me your whole life and don't trust me?"
"I don't." She says, "I know you're a good guy, hell you're a great guy, but you've been nice to me only for the past two days and every time, you've done that before, it is followed by either you yelling, or ignoring me and breaking my heart. So ya, I don't trust you, because I can't predict you, what if you start hating me again, what if you decide that whatever you think I did, was wrong, no matter what reason I had, and then you go back to being your cold, cruel self again? What am I supposed to do then? Forget everything that's happened? Forget every nice thing you told me?" Her voice cracks and tears fill up her eyes. She tries to run back to her room, but I grab her wrist and pull her back.
"Collette, I'm really sorry" I say while wiping off her tears and rubbing her back while she sobs silently on my chest, "I'm not going to stop being nice to you, not this time okay?" I lift her chin up so that she looks at my face, "Look at me, I really don't deserve you, I made you cry so many times, didn't I? Ugh I hate myself. I don't deserve to be forgiven after breaking your heart, I can't believe I ever hated you, I'm so sorry, for everything" I pull her close and hug her tight. "You don't have to believe me, I'll be nice to you, but you don't have to trust me, I'm going to treat you right from now on, like the beautiful princess, you are, and I won't hate you again, because I can't, but you're right, I've been an asshole to you, so I understand why you don't want to trust me, but when you do, let me know, ok?" I say.
"What if I don't, ever?" She asks with her face still buried in my chest.
"Then I guess I'm gonna spend my whole life, wooing you" I say.
She wraps her hands around my neck and just stays still in my arms, and we just stand there, holding each other, neither of us tries to pull away but then, she does, making my hands feel empty.
"No more touching" she says, "we are going to be normal, like how we were before, before all the hating, and um", she leans in and kisses me, totally catching me off guard and then when I am going to put my hands on her waist, she stops and pulls back, "no more kissing either"
"Uh, umm, you can't just, umm, w-what, I- um, uh, I wasn't- prepared for that, let's do that again" I finally form a sentence.
She smiles seeing me all flustered, "nope, no more kissing" she says and pushes me back.
"So you're saying that, you wanna go back to how we were when we were kids?" She nods, "today?" I ask and she nods again.
"But we're alone, completely alone, just the two us" I say.
"If you wanna back out, tell me right now" she says.
"No no, no backing, I'll do whatever you say ma'am"
"Good boy" she says and messes with my hair"I thought you said no touching" I smirk.
"Right, no touching" she says annoyed at my correction.
"Going back is pretty easy, I liked you even then"
"No you didn't, you used to bully me"
"Oh please I did not, even if I did it was probably because I liked you, I was obsessed with you."
"You know, I can't skate because of you!"
"What?" I laugh.
"You used to make fun of me for not being able to skate, and so I just stopped it"
Yes I used to totally do that, because she used to fall all the time and I was so scared she was going to get hurt, but she's a grown up now, and I guess its never too late to skate.
"Aww, I did?" I say, " Ok I'm going to right my wrongs, come on, we are going to go skating"
"No way in hell"
"Yes way, you're coming"
"But I'm scared"
"That's what I'm for, babe" she blushes when I call her babe but then keeps a straight face and says, "don't call me that, I'm going to kill you if I fall and break my bones."
"Deal" I say.
We go to the skating rink, and I put on Collette's skates for her, then put mine, and slowly get her to stand using a pole for support.
"Now I guess we're gonna have to put our no touching rule aside for while, cuz if I don't touch you, you're going to fall" I say.
"This is exactly what you wanted, isn't it? I should have thought this through" she says glaring at me.
"I have no idea what you're talking about, I'm just here to help you face your trauma" I say hiding my smile.
"Ya right", she says.
We start by slowly walking and even though I can do that by just holding her hands, I hold her waist and it's probably harder this way cuz she keeps falling back but I get to catch her so I have no regrets.
"Maybe you should hold my hand" she says.
"Why this is great" I blurt out.
"I'm sorry? What's great?"
"Umm, just you know, your skating is great"
"It's so not, I keep falling cuz you're so close"
"Ya but if I was far, I wouldn't be able to catch you"
"James- just- shut up, you just want to touch me, but I'm not letting that happen, now go back and hold my hands"
And here I thought, she's easy, but she's harder than calculus.
I obey her command and hold her hand and she doesn't fall, so I guess she was right.
"Oh my god, I haven't fallen for the ten minutes right?" She asks excitedly.
"Mm hm" but then she jinxes it by falling, that is almost, but I pull her hands and grab her waist.
"Spoke too soon"Her cheeks flush red, "umm, I jinxed it" she says her lips are really close to my mine and I just want to kiss her again but I can't and it's killing me. I let her go, and grab her hands again and she seems just as sad as me. "Let's try 20 minutes this time" I say.
"Yes sir!" She exclaims, I think she really likes it, except for the falling, she looks like she's really enjoying skating, and I'm glad I brought a smile to her face. I'm gonna keep making her smile and never let a tear show up on that pretty little face of hers.
We keep skating and after a while, I let go of her hand and make her skate short distances toward me. We do this for 30 minutes and then I proclaim her, ready for a longer distance, which she was a bit nervous for but then agrees. She starts off fine but then starts to lose balance in the middle and is about to fall so I skate towards her and try to stop her from falling but only at my price. I block her fall from my fall, my ass falls down into the ground and she falls on top of me.
"Oh my god, are you okay?" She pushes off the ground and looks at me.
"I'm fine" I say but really my ass hurts, but the impact wasn't too much and she put her hand behind my head before my head slammed into the ground so my head didn't hurt much either.
"Are you ok?" I ask grabbing her hand.
"Ya I'm fine" she says but I know it would have hurt.
I get up and help her up, and get her to the edge of the rink. "I think I've had enough for today" she says, "let's go home, before any more bones break"
I agree cuz I can't feel my ass right now.
We reach home and her hand is red, I knew it would have hurt, I bring her to the couch, "let me bring some ice for you hand"
"No I'm fine" she says and pushes me on the couch," you're the one who fell, you're more hurt, is there anything I can do?"
How could I not use this opportunity?
"Ahh, you're right, I am hurt, my body aches, so much"
"Oh my god really? I'll get you a hot pack, or do you want ice?"
"No neither, I need something else right now, but I don't think you can-"
"What is it? I'll get it, tell me I'll do anything"
"Anything?"
"Yes of course you're hurt, and it was my fault, I'll do anything to make you feel better"
"How about a kiss?" I say innocently.
"Seriously? I was actually worried, you're such a-"
"But I'm hurt, you said you would do anything"
"That's not what I meant" she folds her hands.
"I fell trying to catch you, and you can't even kiss me?" I mutter sadly to myself.
"Ugh, fine, stop being so dramatic, I'll do it, but only cuz you're hurt"
It worked! I smile and open my arms, she straddles me and wraps her hands around my neck, I wrap mine around her waist and she leans in to kiss me but I feel a sudden bout of guilt, I promised her I wouldn't do this to her. I pull back.
"What's wrong ?" She asks.
"I'm sorry, we really shouldn't- I promised you- and now I just feel like I'm forcing you to into-"She cuts me off by slamming into my lips and kissing me, I'm so glad she shut me up, we kiss for a while and then she pulls back to take a breath but I can't let her lips part from mine for even a second so I pull her close and kiss her again, "mmph" she moans as I catch her by surprise, she scrunches my T-shirt, which is one of my favourites but I couldn't care less. I grab her thighs which are on each side of my legs and stand up. She pulls back from the kiss, surprised, but I don't give her a moment to even think about what I'm doing and keep her mind occupied by my kiss. I walk down to my room, kissing her still, holding her thighs and with her hands and legs wrapped around me. I put her down, on my bed, and finally let her breathe, she gasps for air, and says, "what are you doing?"
"What I have been wanting to do, for a really long time" I reply and kiss her neck, she gasps with pleasure. I take off her crop top and just stare at her unbelievably hot body. She starts laughing, "I really thought you might have seen a lot of these"
"Oh baby, nobody was nearly as hot as you" I say and kiss her gently, starting from her lips, then her neck, then her chest, her stomach and then I unbutton her jeans.
"James, I- I haven't ever, done this before" she says and her voice shivers. I realise I'm going too fast and I stop, button up her jeans again and just go back up to kiss her neck, "that's ok, we'll take things slow, I'm going to spend my whole life wooing you anyway" I say and pull her on to my lap and kiss her more. I wrap my hands around her bare waist, she only has a bra on now, which I want to rip off but I control my instincts and just stick to some second base action.
I pull back from the kiss, and she slams into my chest, so that I don't see her half naked body, good thing too, cuz I'm already turned on and her hot body is not helping me calm down at all.
"Umm, can you close your eyes?" She says.
"Are you kidding, babe I just saw you" I laugh, "why are you hiding anyway, you're so hot"
"I'm embarrassed" she says shyly.
I grab her crop top, pull her back from my chest and she covers her chest by crossing her hands. "Oh would you stop it" I say and make her wear her top. "Hands through the sleeves now" I say and she obeys, I fix the top by pulling it over her waist and back and hug her again. "Mm this feels nice" I say.
"Aren't you mad that I didn't let you- you know" she says softly.
"No! Why would I be, I'm in it for the long run sweetheart" She looks up at me and smiles, and immediately her smile dissipates and she get off my lap. She goes towards the door but I grab her hand, " what wrong?"
"Nothing" she says but I know that look, she thinks I'll change and yell at her tomorrow, but that's so not happening.