Seventeen

~IVY~

I have been avoiding everybody like a plague ever since the party, I avoided eye contacts with him, I sat far away from him and Jayden, I didn't talk to Layla or even Tessa but she understood.

I went fully into my antisocial mode until the study day which was really difficult.

He also acted like I was no longer existing, like we didn't kiss and it was just a kiss, it doesn't matter.

He was pretty good at the ignoring game which was quite painful.

It only made me want him more.

My group decided to study at his place and his presence made me so uncomfortable because he kept throwing glances at me, very dark.

It was like he was pissed about something and my presence was irritating him or maybe it was one of the girls who kept throwing freaky shades at him.

It ended and everybody was already leaving, I decided to tag along too before he stops me.

If he stops me.

"Look, the coward is about to run away again." His words halted my foot steps.

"Who are you calling a coward?!." I turned around to ask him with a dangerous glare.

"You know you are the one because cowards always run away from their fears." He pointed out.

"I'm not a coward, okay!, Don't ever call me that" I warned and corrected him.

"So why have you been avoiding everybody?." He challenged me.

"Because I am not in the mood to socialize."

"That's just a front."

"I don't have time for this right now." I rolled my eyes and turned to walk away but I got pulled back.

"We aren't done with this conversation so you can't leave." He glared at me.

"So you thought the best way to act is by avoiding me after we freaking kissed!."

"Why are you so pained?!, It's just a kiss, things like that don't matter to you." I tried to be put up on tough front.

"You really think so low of me, I don't treat all girls the same , Ivy."

"What do you mean?."

"Haven't you noticed that I treat you differently."

"Yeah, right, by constantly arguing with me then kissing me then trying to make us confused and make everything awkward." I fired.

"Stop acting like we didn't have a moment."

"We didn't okay?!, Stop sounding as if we like each other, you and I know we don't." My eyes were welling up with tears.

I don't like him.

I can't like him.

I can't fall for him.

"I fucking saw love in your eyes." He vented out in frustration.

"Love?, Did you just say the word, I don't even like you, why would you think I would love you."

I should really stop saying things.

"I can't stand this, just leave, you are obviously pretending, you are trying so hard to fight it, I'm ready to be friends with you but you don't want it because you think I'm no good, so people who in a mess don't deserve even a small chance of happiness huh?!."

"Why do you think I'm the one who will make you happy?!, Riley, stop sounding as if you like me, it's really scary." I begged.

"You know what, I don't like you, this attitude of yours is same reason I hated you from the beginning, get out!." He yelled at me.

I flinched, for a moment I wanted to come out of my body and punch myself because I just had a chance to patch things up with the guy I liked but nope.

"I said leave!, You fucking irritate me." He ran upstairs and slammed the door.

I wanted to go upstairs to meet him but I thought against it.

* * *

A whole five days passed without seeing him, he stopped attending lectures and everybody has been forcing me to see him.

I knew I wasn't going to do that, not when he already hates me.

"He's your study partner, you have to find out why he's been absent." Layla urged me.

"You are only saying that as a cover up."

"No, I'm not, you guys aren't friends or a couple, you are just coursemates and study partners, right?." She smirked.

"Yes, just that."

"You still haven't told me what happened at the party."

"I don't want to."

"Ivy."

"Fine, he saw my boobs and we kissed in the pool." I finally confessed.

If anything was higher than the word shock, that will be the thing to describe Layla's facial expression.

"Hot."

"No, it's not."

"How did it happen?."

"I forgot to lock the door because I felt nobody would come upstairs especially to that room, I took off my clothes to wear my swimsuit, that's when he walked in."

"Did he....?."

"No, he didn't, I won't even let him do that."

"You are no fun." She whined.

"What about the pool kiss?."

"He just got in and in the heat of the moment, we locked eyes and I got lost, he got lust and we kissed."

"Did you like the feeling?." She grinned at me as she urged me to be honest.

"I don't know...."

"I liked it but I hate the fact that I like it." I groaned.

"Stop fighting your feelings, you obviously like him."

"Just because I kissed a guy and I liked it doesn't mean I like him." I defended.

"So it didn't mean anything to you, did he even confront you afterwards?."

"Yes, he did but we got into an argument and I don't think he wants to see me."

"Why do you keep fighting with him?."

"Because she likes him." Tessa walked in with box of pizza.

"Pizza finally." I tried to divert the topic.

"I don't like him."

"Well, I don't know about you but I think he likes you." Layla stated.

"Yeah, if he didn't, he would fucked you since, trust me when a player wants you with your pants off, he's gonna get you but he hasn't done that, he cares about you, how dumb can you be?!, He's not Asher." Tessa added.

"I know he's not Asher."

"Who's that?." Layla questioned.

"Her ex that she doesn't want to get over and he looks like Riley or should I say Riley looks like him." Tessa replied her.

"So that's why she doesn't want to be with Riley."

"I have gotten over him and you can't compare Riley to Asher, he's better than that douchebag." I gritted my teeth.

"Who's better?."

"Riley." Tessa answered.

"So you finally admit that he's a better option for you, huh?."

"Just go and see him."

"Try to patch things up."

"Are you guys saying this because you want me to leave so you can scissor?." I smirked.

My statement made Layla adjust herself and Tessa bit her lips.

"You have a boyfriend." I told Layla.

"We aren't dating yet, we are in a confuship." She said as if that's a word.

"Is that even a word in the dictionary?."

"Ugh!!, Just go." Tessa vented out in frustration.

"You guys are so horny,geez." I commented before grabbing my purse to leave.

* * *

I rang the doorbell and the door opened with Trisha in display.

She was wearing tank top and shorts, her casual wear made me wonder if Riley has had sex with her because I know he must have a prey to pounce on anytime he gets sexually frustrated.

"Hi." She greeted with a forced smile.

"Hey, is he home?." I asked politely.

"Yes, upstairs but I think he's sleeping, I'm not sure he wants anybody to disturb him."

I decided to ignore the tone she used.

Yeah, he has definitely fucked her.

"I can handle it." I faked a smile and got into the house.

I wondered why all these girls will be having issues with me when I don't have any with them.

I slowly climbed the stairs as I thought against it but then I remembered that it was Riley.

The worst thing he could do was to yell at me and I'm already used to it.

I didn't bother to knock because if do, he won't let me in.

I opened the door to see him seated on his bed, his back rested on the bed head,loud music filled his room as he typed away on his laptop as usual.

His room had red LED lights on which kind of made me want him more.

His hazel eyes kind of sparked when he saw me.

He turned off the music and changed the room light to just white.

That's when I noticed he has been sleep deprived.

"What are you doing here?, It's not nice to show up at someone's house uninvited." He replied in a cold tone.

"When was the last time you had your sleep?." I ignored his question.

"Why do you care?."

I hesitated before replying.

"Because I do."

I expected something like a smile or soothing words but I got the opposite instead.

"I'm busy, please use the door." He replied coldly.

"I'm not leaving."

"Look, Ivy or whatever your name is, the last time I checked, you said you didn't want us to be friends, then you kissed me and you avoided me for days then you finally declared that you didn't like me."

"Now, you are here telling me you care about me, you are just confused, just leave, I can't do this with you, let's just go back to hating each other."

"I'm not some toy you can just play with, get out or I will kick you out myself." He warned me.

There's no way I'm leaving without patching things up but I decided to leave him alone in his room and go downstairs to stay in the living room till he's calm.

As soon as Trisha saw me, she stood up and left.

We aren't dating yet and girls are already hating on me.

I grabbed popcorn so I could watch Netflix, I brought extra clothes because I planned to sleepover.

I didn't know what was wrong with me but I knew I wanted him and if he still proved stubborn.

I will have no choice than to pin him with what he likes best.

After 2 hours of watching my favorite series, Charmed.

I switched to Tiktok but I fell asleep on the coach.

* * *

I slowly opened my eyes to see myself in his room, the red LED lights was back on with music still playing.

I sat up to see him gaming, he was shirtless, I could see tattoos which made too hot to handle.

He was sweet enough to carry from the living room all the way to his room, it brought a smile to my face.

I got down from the bed and took off my clothes, leaving me in my black bralette and panties.

I noticed my breast was getting bigger thanks to nobody but myself, I didn't really have a problem, I just didn't want guys to be all up in my face because of my tits.

He shot a glance at me then looked back at his game then he paused and decided to access me with his eyes.

He licked his lips while his eyes stayed still on my breast, not wanting to look away.

I wanted his hands on my body.

He dropped the pad and kept staring at my body, I walked slowly to meet him and sat next to him.

"Ivy...what are you doing?."

I leaned close to him and didn't bother to reply him.

I stared at his lips and bit mine.

He grabbed my waist to pull me closer to his body, he slowly rubbed his thumb against my lips.

"Kiss me." I begged.

He obeyed and kissed me, butterflies and fireworks shot in my tummy.

I sucked his lower lips then I stopped.

We locked eyes again before devouring each other.