There I Go Again

Chapter 21

One week later

"Kassie..who's that guy?" Clarissa asked while she and Kassie drove to pick up some items for later in the evening.

"Which one? There's a lot these days..." Kassie answered flirtaciously.

"The one from last weekend...the one in the hat. He was all over you and you just blew him off. He was cute...short....but cute." Clarissa clarified.

Kassie rolled her eyes at Clarissa's description of Bruno. "He's just a friend..." Kassie said out loud still contemplating what she was thinking about the encounter. They had texted each other since that evening. She had seen, through those texts, that through his cocky exterior that he was still the same sweet Bruno that she remembered.

"Oh..just friends..no strings attached..whatever, dude."

"I wouldn't be lying if I didn't say I'm almost over Andrew. He is just, school, writing, research, school, school, writing, writing, writing..research..he's not fun anymore. And I haven't gotten laid since graduation..." she counted on her fingers. "Three months..." Kassie said.

"Oh, honey. You need to get with this guy just to at least see what he's got..." Clarissa told her.

"Oh...he's got nothing...for real..." Kassie said thinking back to their less than stellar past. She laughed after contemplating the thought.

"You'll regret it, Kass..." Clarissa told her flipping to her phone.

**

Kassie stared at her phone deciding what to tell Andrew.

We're going out tonight.

Oh. Have fun.

We will, baby. But I miss you!

Miss u .

"Fuck it..where's Bruno?" Kassie asked Lindsay sighing heavily at her boyfriend's final text message. He only texted that way when he was bored with her.

"Umm..I think I crossed them off a few minutes ago..." she said flipping to the page where his name was.

Kassie glanced up to where he was last week. She saw him in the corner standing near Phil's girlfriend that she had recently met. She gathered all of the courage she needed to go up the stairs toward him. As she made her way within 5 feet of him she thought about turning around. I'll fall if I turn around in these heals...why did I wear these if I even thought I would do this? What am I doing? She turned her feet around slowly to go back downstairs. I can't do this.

"Was that Kassie?" Phil asked pointing toward her.

"Umm...I think it is..." Bruno said looking at her walking downstairs with her head down disappointed. "I'll be right back..." Bruno said to his friends. David gave him a thumbs up knowing what he was going to do. Bruno ran up to her stopping before he ran into her. He touched her hair making her jump. "Kassandra..." Bruno said her name so softly, so seductively that she wasn't sure what to do with herself.

"Bruno...I can't d...." he kissed her before she could finish her sentence. Holy shit. That's not how I remember it. She thought to herself as he ran his fingers through her hair with one hand and pressing her against him with the other.

"Do you just like shocking me like that, Brunz?" she asked out of breath as he pulled away from her.

"Kassie...I've needed to do that for a really long time." he smiled at her. "I'm sorry I was such an asshole."

"Just shut up and kiss me again." she said pulling his shirt dragging him toward her blocking the stairs they were standing on.