Page 28 of The Fire Between High & Lo (Elements 2)

She parted her lips.

I leaned in.

She leaned in.

And my life changed forever.

My hands wrapped tighter around her back as she kissed me. She kissed me harder and harder each passing second, almost as if she was trying to decide if this was real or not.

Was it real?

Maybe my twisted mind was making up fantasies as we stood against one another. Maybe in reality, I was merely dreaming. Maybe Alyssa Walters never even existed; maybe she was just someone I made up in my head to get me through my shitty days.

But if that was true, why did it feel so real?

We pulled our lips away from one another for a split second. Our eyes locked, and we stared, as if we were both wondering if we could keep the dream alive, or if we should quit before we ruined the small, safe haven of our friendship.

Her face inched closer to mine as she ran her shaking hands through my hair. “Please,” she whispered into me. My lips grazed across hers, and her eyes faded shut before our mouths crashed together. Alyssa’s hands pulled me closer to her. She leaned in more and slid her tongue between my lips. I kissed her back harder than she kissed me. We fell against the closest building, and I lifted her up against the chilled stones. I wanted her more than she could’ve ever wanted me. Our kisses deepened, our tongues meeting each other as my mind made fake promises of allowing me to feel Alyssa against me forever.

I wasn’t making this up—her lips, the same lips I’d imagined against mine for so long, the same lips that always made smiles which brightened my days, they were kissing me.

I kissed my best friend, and she kissed me back.

She kissed me like she meant it, and I kissed her like she meant the world.

She is.

She is my world.

When we stopped kissing, both of our breaths were heavy. I lowered her feet back down to the ground.

She stepped backwards.

I did the same. Our bodies both trembled, as we stood unsure what to do next.

I shrugged.

She shrugged.

I laughed.

She laughed.

I parted my lips.

She parted her lips.

I leaned in.

She leaned in.

Then we started all over again.

Chapter Eight

Alyssa

We were quiet.