Deal with the devil

Chapter 18 - sorry

Kiara POV:

I slammed the door hard and looked straight at the road.

Without asking, Raffe drove.

His eyes were on the road but he sometimes glanced my way.

Maybe he wanted to see if I was ok?

"I need to make a stop quickly, I'll be back" he pulled the car over and left.

I looked down at my phone at my last text to Celeste.

Should I say sorry?

I mean she forgot the biggest day.
The one day I can't do alone.

The one day I need her.

I clicked my phone off and waited for Raffe.

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He came in with two bags. But I couldn't see what he got.

The rest of the drive was silent and we eventually got home.

I noticed the car Lorenzo had was already there.

Great.

Raffe opened the door and let me in first.

Out of nowhere Lorenzo and Celeste both stuck their heads out from the side and stood in front of me.

I jumped mid air. Startled.

"Fuck me" I say steadying myself.

"If you say so" Raffe muttered and sniggered to himself.

Celeste held out a pink circle of cake in front of me and Lorenzo held a tray of baked goods.

What are they doing?

"Kiara I'm so fucking sorry, I messed up, I should of never forgotten what day it was. I'm so sorry" she looked at me hoping for forgiveness.

I stared at her blankly.

She lifted the cake higher in the air.

"Red velvet your favourite" her voice got higher as she tried shoving the cake even closer.

I stood in silence and stared.

"Come on Kiara, I can't be more sorry than I am right now, I'm a shit friend and I-" she began ranting until I cut her off.

I took a chunk out of the cake and smeared it on her face.

She gasped.

I smiled.

"I forgive you" I almost begin laughing.

"Your lucky I'm not pissed at you right now" she hugged me tightly getting a bit of whipped cream on my shoulder.

"Oh and also," she took a part of the cake.

She launched the slice right at me, hitting my face.

"This was expensive" she begins to laugh.

We smile at each other until Lorenzo speaks.

"Your not even the one you bought it" he scoffed and turned to his heels.

Both me and Celeste grinned widely.

We each took some cake and threw it at him.

His back had two white splotches on it.

He turned around slowly with a frown.

"That was my favourite suit" he stormed to us and stared us down.

He picked up the rest of the cake and smashed cream all over us.

We were drenched with icing and cake.

It was a mess.

"God, you sure caused Maria a hard time" Raffe scoffed as he tiptoed pass trying not to get dirty.

The three of us grinned at each other, showing our teeth.

"GO" I screamed as we all threw bits of cake at Raffe.

"You will fucking regret that" he began throwing back.

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We were all covered in sugar.

I went by the pool to try and clean off a little bit.

A few moments later, Raffe came with the same set of bags he had before.

He slumped next to me and gave me a towel.

"Thanks" I said but didn't receive a reply.

We sat in silence for a few moments taking in the cold air before he finally spoke.

"I'm sorry about today, I should've known but-"

I moved closer to him.

"It's fine. You couldn't of known anyways" I say to him not realising that I was in fact wrong.

"That's not true because I coul-" he stopped himself then began speaking again.

"What I'm trying to say is, here" he took two things out of the bags.

He placed a brown teddy bear in my palms.

"I noticed you are kinda... angry a lot" he shrugged and carried on talking.

"So, I present to you, buddy the rage... bear" he clapped his hands in the air.

I held buddy and examined him.

It was a cute brown bear with button eyes and blue boots.

I smiled to myself.

" thank you... He's very cute just like," I was starting to compare him to something cute until Raffe butted in.

"Like me" he leaned his head down so I could see his eyes arch and his smile crease.

"Don't push it loverboy" I nudged his arm playfully.

I turned to my side placing buddy beside me, as I turned back, Raffe was up close holding a bouquet of roses.

They were beautiful.

"Wow" I gawked.

"They are beautiful"

I held the bouquet up in the air and smiled hard.

Why was he doing this?

"Like me" he raised his brows and focused on the flowers.

"Like you." He glanced my way and I caught his eye.

His eyes locked to mine. Like a wave they hooked me in, I couldn't stop the gaze.

I leaned close and so did he.

We moved into a position where he would be able to bend down and kiss me.

We were close.

So close.

I felt his breath on mine.

I wanted more.

I craved more.

He leaned in closer almost closing the gap.

"Temptation. Don't give in" I smiled and left him in his place.

I moved away from his presence and grinned widely.

He jaw opened slightly and he was speechless.

I took the bear and bouquet and left to go back inside.