Flashback Continued
If it was anyone in my situation currently, I was sure they were going to use the word, "Shock" to describe this sudden assaulting kiss. But since I am not an ordinary man, but a simply complicated and an extreme downright confusing person, I will say I am "Clean Bowled" with this stranger girl's audacity to kiss a mere stranger whom she has met just few hours back.
Never for once in my entire day, err scratch that it should be the entire life I thought that someone will just leave me speechless with this frustrating as well as seductive kiss.
It wasn't actually seductive but a very warm kiss, which was being given to me by this spoilt brat who was completely dissolved in my lips or that's what I felt when I felt her licking my lips with her tongue.
I still stood deep rooted on my spot while Serena's hands now went behind my head pulling my hair a little. I didn't know why I was so caught up in the moment that my brain refuse to function so did my body.
Thus, when she pulled away, I kept on staring at her with a stupid look etched on my face. It might not be entirely stupid given the looks I have but I was sure as hell that I looked like an idiot for not responding back.
But what can I do? This all intimacy brings back memories of my past and the reason for my this devastating conscience which can never rest in peace.
Her kiss lasted for about thirty to forty seconds but still I don't know how I felt about it? It was so confusing yet heartwarming. My heart wanted to respond but my brain refused to understand the dilemma I was fighting.
Still lost in my world, I was standing there for a few seconds when she broke the deadly silence between us, "You are sure about your sexuality, right?"
A look of horror crossed over my face and before I can check my own voice, I ended up shouting loudly, "Whatttttttttt?"
"Now you became deaf too!! Amazing! I have met a master piece definitely tonight. Great going Serena!" She commented with pure mock in her tone boiling my blood.
This girl! This ever so overconfident of a spoilt brat didn't just questioned me about my sexuality, but she literally declared me as deaf. This wasn't happening with me. She can't get away with this.
"So you have doubts over my sexuality, Ms. Waldorf? So I will certainly not be offended in removing your false assumptions, right this moment!" I stated taking a step closer to her. She has a very amused look plastered over her face while I expected her to move back from my proximity.
But who was I kidding? This female seems to have run from a mental asylum and much to my dismay, she directly bumped into me to make me realize that this world was not yet free of brainless chicks.
"Ohh really?? You and removing my assumptions! Then please tell me how are you going to do that? I am sure the world wants to know what Daniel Price is capable of!" She retorted back. Her index finger pointing towards me while attitude was lurking on her face.
And that was enough for me to loose my head as she was continuously stabbing a knife on my manly pride and which man can bare that humiliation, certainly not me?
Before she can get the chance to analyze my intentions witnessing my wicked grin, I jerked her small body towards mine by wrapping my one arm around her daunt waist.
And before she can open her smart mouth, I crashed my lips on her taking her by surprise. But if thought that she wasn't gonna kiss me, then sure as hell I was wrong. Absolutely wrong!
I felt her moving her luscious lips against mine within seconds. My control was going down the drain and I was sure that it was the outcome of the celibacy I had adapted since that night.
Our lips were moving in perfect sync tasting the saliva of the other while the only sound that I heard was the beating of our heart which was lost in the moment. If it was not lost then I was sure that I wasn't ever going to kiss her. If on one side it was my big fat ego then on the other it was this crazy organ which wanted to taste this woman's nectar. It wasn't lust but it was beyond any normal attraction if I had to explain.
I didn't realized when I had pinned her to the nearby wall but now she was pulling me through my hairs while our lips kept on moving against the other.
"Ammmm," I heard her moaning sound and a victorious smirk came on my lips even when I was kissing her fervently. I don't know how exactly to describe this feeling, but whatever it was; it was different. One hundred percent different from what I have felt before with other girls.
I was busy placing feather light pecks on her lips while my eyes were closed but then all of a sudden I heard a sound of clicking making me pull back from Serena.
It was like the spell that she casted on me was broken and now that I faced her, I felt the most stupid man alive. Surely, I wasn't regretting the kiss but I the thing that I saw made my blood boil with anger.
"What the hell woman?" I inquired angrily seeing Serena grinning with her mobile phone in her hands. That spoilt brat just took our picture while kissing and now she has the gall to smile at me.
Bloody hell!!
"Sorry man, though you are an excellent kisser but you see I only wanted one proove of our this unexpected kiss. It was a dare buddy so chillax!" She explained with a grin making me grit my teeth in anger and frustration at her attitude.
Was she insane? Or was she high on drugs? A dare! Like seriously! Since when did people started kissing in dares in America now? But when the hell did she took out her cell? We were so lost in the kiss, forget about remembering to take the picture.
As if reading my thoughts, she answered, "Well when you pinned me on the wall and I ended up putting my hands in your hairs, that was when you were completely drowned in me so I removed my right hand and took out my cell and click! Now am I not excellent in my tricks?"
I swear if she wasn't a woman I would have throttled her neck by now but I was simply gazing at her swollen lips now. I licked my own lips absent mindedly as I felt the need to taste her again for some reason but not liking my own reaction towards her, I turned around giving my back to her.
Running my hands through my hair, I took a deep breath, as I heard her giggles. Typical teenager!!
"Ohh come on dude. You are a modern man. It's not like I snatched your dignity from you and before you think about me as a whore then let me clarify you why I did this!" She explained in her ever so sweet yet ignorant and arrogant tone.
Like I care! For all I know she might publish in media and make a fuss of my image.
Turning around with a stern look on my face, I passed her a glare and sat down on the bench, not at all getting the deal of her stupid dare.
"You see I am regular customer at your restaurant along with my friends. So today morning like usual we visited your restaurant for our breakfast so while awaiting our order we began playing truth or dare. And I was given a dare to kiss the owner of the Price Inns and if I wouldn't do that then I have to become slave of my buddies for the entire week. Can you imagine it? Serena becoming their slave; doing their homework, carrying their bags and what not!"
Her explaination though for once was good because being someone's slave for a week was too much to handle. But at the same time I felt anger rising inside me at the thought of her considering me as a mere dare. But why do I care?
"So you do make it a habit of kissing around? Impressive really! But what if someday they ask you to kiss a old man so are you gonna do the same?" I taunted her trying to hurt her with my words for making me one piece of dare.
"Ohh excuse me. Control your words. Just because I am quiet, doesn't mean that you will say anything. Just so you know I don't go around kissing and secondly, we knew that you were young but since you are not a media fan so I never saw your any pictures. Thirdly, if you were in your office in morning I would have done this there only but since you were not in so I let go off the deal. But when you told me who.you were few minutes back, I got excited and since my friends would have made me a slave anyway tomorrow so I thought to grab the opportunity. So don't give yourself so much credit, Mr. Wolf Face!" She retorted angrily.
Crossing her arms over her chest, she sat beside me giving me murderous looks throughout. What I didn't get is that how can someone be so courageous to kiss a mere stranger?
"And you know what, you should be thankful to me for saving you from public embarrassment!"
I turned my face towards my left to see her having a serious look on her face but her eyes gave away the thought that she was anything but serious. Those sexy eyes were dancing in mischief as if she was enjoying at my expense.
Giving her annoyed look, I rested my head back on the wall, closing my eyes. A tired sigh escaped my lips. I don't know for how long I sat in that position but after sometime, I felt a slight weight shifting over my shoulder.
Opening my eyes slowly, I found Serena's head on my shoulder as she clinged on my arm trying to find a suitable position to sleep.
She looked so fragile yet innocent in that moment that I wanted to hold her close to my chest but pushing away my thoughts, I tugged her strands of hair behind her ears because they were disturbing my view of her beautiful face.
It was the first time I found something changing within me but I wasn't able to point out. But it was good but it gave me shivers down my spine too, because I was afraid to go back to that way from which I have come out after years. But what I didn't understood was the fact that it wasn't any lusty feeling nor any thing bad, but this feeling was absolutely pure and sacred.
And the thought of that one word making it's appearance in my life again was enough to drive me at the edge but as I took a glance of this beautiful doll in my arms, I found myself relaxing at her touch.
A small smile managed to form on my lips and before I can control myself, I bent my head down planting a small kiss on the side of her head which made my heart skip a beat. Something that I wasn't used too.
And as the night progressed, I kept on staring at her trying to read her heart and soul.
The morning rays touched my face alerting me of the another day. I straightened my body for a while gawking at the ceiling but then as realization dawned on me that this was the first morning In these two years when I was alone on my bed. As I felt that loneliness caging me, small hands wrapped themselves around me. Nathaniel!! My mind reminded me of my companion now and as I turned to look down at his petite frame hugging me on my side, I felt my heart clenching in pain. My hands raised on their own to caress the little boy's head as a feeling of belongingness surrounded me. A connection that was gone was resurfacing. I don't know why I felt so much connected to him but I was glad that he was here near me, in my time of agony otherwise I was sure last evening, that alcohol will only become my friend now but now that I have someone to take care of, I think I can last a little while without it. "Hey little bud. Good morning". I greeted him as he lazily opened his eyes, rubbing them.
The amount of anger that was radiating from my body, I was sure it was enough to terrorize anyone but Serena! She just stood there unaffected smiling at my Nathan as if she had known him all her life.She knew I was burning holes in her face, but the audacity of this woman always left me in state of shock. If I will have to rate my own yelling, I will definitely rate it as the world scariest yelling, but Serena just remained unfazed by me. Like I didn't affect her now in any way!Can this really be possible in one night? Was my love so weak that she had managed to throw me out of her life in every way possible to not even flinch at my angry tone?My body was becoming stiff with every second, not because I felt any love for at the moment but because of the fear. Fear that she might just take my Nathan away from me! And I was sure if she decides to become a hurdle in my way now, she will face the worst that she could have ever imagined.She left me hanging, and I bared that but I will n
"I hate the time I spent with you," I whispered. Morose, I sounded to my ears, though this time I didn't allowed the glumness to take a hold over me. It invigorated a sense of self-loathing of what the treacherous word, 'love' did to me. Despite my denial I gave into that sadistic feeling and the outcome was right infront of me. Serena Waldorf eyed me with menace but now, I was done being a fool. I was done trying to figure her out or expecting an understanding. My broken self had begged her, but the hostile look she gave me made me change my mind. Instead of trying to deal with her with in a calm way, I gripped her shoulders tight and yelled taking control of my life back from her, "You are wrong Ms. Serena Waldorf. It's you who broke up with me not the other way round. And why are you so disgusted with me? What have I even done to you that you have the gall to say that you regret us. Didn't you ever loved me? Didn't you ever felt anything for me even once? How can you even think of
Few years back!!Mornings!! Always made me crunch my nose in annoyance because if after High School classes I hated anything then it was waking up early in the morning.I never got the theory of these stupid early risers, who shout their lungs out about fitness due to early wake Up's. Like seriously!! Now just imagine, how would it keep you fit if you sleep at Three in night, and wake up at Six in the morning?Irritating! Right! And just think from a teenager's perspective, who was locked in those sexy arms of his girlfriend for most of the night. Then certainly, can you even blame that guy for not waking up early after such a hot night at his girlfriend's place, err now ex girlfriend's place.But yet as this blasting music pierced in my ears, I so felt the need to beat the shit out of the person who dared to disturb my slumber. And who else it can be other than my annoying, frustrating yet adorable younger brother, Josh Price.He certainly was four years younger to me, but his behavi
There was a pin drop silence in the room as I thought of million reasons to explain my sisters, the unhealthy and obsessive vibes I got from Carolina. I chased girls too, but what I did was more of a play fun while what she intended looked like a conspiracy lurching around me. Even from miles away I felt a hostage to her vile presence. I should be the one dominating her, turned out, I am intimidated from Carolina and her voice which felt nothing but a gunshot in my ears. "You both were saying," my sisters urged in unison and I scratched my nape, hesitating in elaborating the discomfort I experienced from their closeness with the girl whose the weirdest creature to have walked on this planet. Thankfully, Josh beat me to it and gave a sensible argument, "Well, she hasn't done but with the way she looks at Daniel at times, I find her way too creepy and not to forget wherever Daniel goes, she is present there. Like she is always on the run, following him. Doesn't it indicate stalking to
The ride of thirty minutes to Midwood High School was the most awkward ride ever of my life. Carolina kept on stealing glances at me from her peripheral vision and I tightened my hold around the steering wheel. I feared one of these days I might brutually hurt her which is the last thing I want to do in my waking life. She tried to open her mouth to blabber gibberish but I showed my hand pausing her midway and all I heard was a distressed heavy breathing sound. The mouth freshener I began to chew after scolding Carolina suddenly felt the most poisonous thing I ever tasted and I spit it out from the window, shocking myself for I'd never done that. The things this girl made me feel were not only horrendous but worth causing a lifetime of bafflement. Sighing, I finally halted the car outside the campus to greet the sight of various students fooling outside on the long open greenish corridor of the campus waiting for the bell to ring while a few sat on the stairs, reading, chatting and an
Daniel...I want you. I need you...You're mine...If I can't have you I won't let anyone else have you either. Want me like I want you; ache for me like I ache for you or else...Carolinaaaa...Voices echoed. Gunshot fired...I sat up straight on the bed as the images of my teen life revolved infront of my eyes. My vision was blurred but my head throbbed in pain. It took me a while to gain my composure before I looked around to scan my surroundings and found myself wired in a hospital bed. Machines whirred next to me displaying my heartbeat and impulses. Everything else was clinically steel and white. The abnormality of the place caused me to flicker my eyelids in annoyance prior I glared straight at the empty wall. But how did I came here?Who brought me here?Serena!! Nathan!!Ohh no!! Where was Nathan??As soon as I remembered him, I recalled my vulnerable self the last time I lashed at him. I hope he doesn't hate me. I can't handle one more person hating me.I held my head in my
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"What the fuck!" The intensity of our curse matched. We gawked at the other, and reluctantly brought an inch or two distance between our bodies. Confronting the man behind us, I recognized the intruder as the inspector who arrested us on that frick of a night. He flashed his badge and glared. Serena scooted closer to me, eyeing me from her peripheral vision in embarrassment. "The universe does love you, Darling. It's conspiring to fulfill your outrageous wish. How do you think I should proceed now?" I taunted in her ear. "You two again!" The inspector exclaimed. "That too on your wedding day?" It was more of a reprimanding query than a statement for he pointed at us in disbelief and shook his head. His military eyes switched off my manliness and my confidence to explain the compromising circumstance tunneled down. I dare not open my silky mouth to squash some chocolaty words to this machoman who can outwit me in strength corporeally. So silky chocolate. Suits my personality. '
Our reception controversy was unavoidable. Guess, I am willing to shake hands even with the reporters to curb down the juiciest details of the encounter with the prisoner and reposition the focus on the cake which got everyone to piss in their hearts. They smiled devilishly at me, driving a wedge of discomfort in my demeanor. Perambulating upto the team leader of the Zee Cafe, I pitched, "Hey Rita, mind having a private word?" "The great Daniel Price is giving us his precious minute of the hour. It's my lucky day, indeed." She clapped her hands in joy. "How can I help the dapper groom?" She flirted, moving in my space but far enough to not cross a line. "Stick to the report on the cake, decor, and Serena's skills. Avoid the orange buzz, will you?" Straight to the point, I ordered in an authoritative way. "I got the bite from your side for the first freaking time and you're robbing me of that chance to publish it to my readers who are crazy about this place and owner." "I will giv
A miraculous waterfall emerged from the guests attending the ceremony. Sallowed than the boiled egg-yolk, Serena weeped her lungs out, dismaying me for I'd expected her to glow bronze. "You're not gonna puke, are you?" I asked, checking her temperature. "It's too much emotion for me for one day and everyday with you is a challenge," she bit her lip, apologetic to feel the way she did."Amm…you wanna go ahead, right?" "Yeah…damn yeah. Fuck yeah…I am crazy for you. Thank you," she whispered, flicking her hands infront of her face. She was flustered with compassion and gratitude. Tonight, on the bed I can finally show her my entire being and the certainty of her loving it, crowded my rock sized brain. Since I literally left my official wife in making speechless, she demanded the pastor to allow her to present her commitment from the book of vows. The intent counted and she sealed the promise in her sincere and affectionate voice. No sooner we exchanged the rings, and said our "I do'
Bringing the topic of wedding two months back wasn't an appropriate choice. A bed of hassles awaited resolution such as sorting out the differences with Mrs. Cavelli; bidding final farewell to Mrs. Rodriguez and exiting the loop of insomnia and its effects on my mental body. All that went for a toss when Serena agreed to marry me and the next day itself, I placed the ring on her, taking the stage for five minutes during the grand reception and closing out the deal for life. The reception couple and their audience were ecstatic and gleaming with passion after receiving our finest hospitality and once again, the Price Inns became the manor of hot discussion on the tabloids and news channels. The bride's blogger friends were more than forthcoming to leave the five star reviews on the website; spread the buzz wherever they could and they booked us in advance for their upcoming respective weddings. Overnight, I became a sensational figure of Times Square from a depressed lonely man who wall