The witch

Chapter Seventeen

Autumn

Fats and I kiss passionately & it feels like fire works are exploding inside of me.

Fats places his hand on the back of my head, lightly gripping my hair as he deepens the kiss..

After a few more seconds he pulls away.

"We shouldn't be kissing" He licks his bottom lip, trailing his right thumb underneath it.

"It felt like someone pushed me into your lips" I fiddle with my necklace.

Fats chuckles.

"Does that sound crazy?" I question, feeling embarrassed.

He shakes his head "Not at all"

"but I think it's best that we forget it happened. It was an accident"

Forget it happened ?

How am I suppose to do that?

"Okay" I nod in agreement.

There's a moment of silence as we look into each other's eyes..

"I'm going to take my stuff up to my room" I awkwardly walk away.

I grab my bags from the island, carrying them up the stairs into my room..

Sitting on my bed, I allow the bags in my hand to fall on to the soft, plush carpet.

I can't believe we just kissed..

I've never kissed anyone a day in my life.

My phone begins to ring bringing me out of my thoughts.

I grab my phone from my pillow seeing a FaceTime call from Demetria.

"Hey" I answer the FaceTime.

"Hey boo" Demetria waves.

"Where you going?" I question noticing she's at a bus stop.

"To my nigga house" She covers her mouth while smiling.

I laugh "You a mess"

"Girl guess what" I exclaim.

"What?" Demetria raises both of her eyebrows.

"I kissed Fats" I tell her.

I needed to tell somebody..

"The man you living with?!" She gasps.

I nod.

A big smile forms on her face, showing her gap.

"I knew he was your man" She smirks.

"He's really not" I correct her.

"But you like him" She states.

"I mean.. a little" I reply.

"You ain't wrong, that man fine" She shakes her head, smiling "& clearly he likes you too if y'all kissed"

"It was an accident" I pick up my bags from the hoodoo lady, walking over to my big dresser.

"An accident?" Demetria chuckles.

"I swear, it felt like someone pushed me into his lips" I tell her.

"Wow but either way y'all kissed. Was it good?"

I nod "Real good"

"Ahhh, you lucky bitch" She squeals.

I laugh, putting my hoodoo items on to my dresser.

"Who you going to see?" I ask, changing the subject.

"I told you, my man" She smiles.

"What's his name?" I ask out of curiosity.

"Quincy" She answers.

"Quincy?" I stutter..

"Yeah, you know him?" She raises an eyebrow.

"No, I don't think so" I lie, hoping it's not the same Quincy I'm thinking of.

"Send me a picture" I tell her.

"Okay" She replies.

My phone dings with the photo.

I look at the picture and sure enough it's the same Quincy that took Lashays virginity...

"He fine ain't he?" Demetria smiles, flipping her braids.

"He okay" I shrug.

"Okay?" She scoffs "Girl please"

I laugh "How long you been talking to him?"

"A few weeks now"

Lashay been talking to him for longer than that..

I nod

"The bus coming" Demetria stands up "I'll call you later boo"

"Okay girl" I wave.

She ends the call.

Fats

That kiss with Autumn made me want so much more of her..

Damn.

I stand up from my couch walking up the stairs and into my room.

Getting into my room I grab a white teeshirt, a pair of nike shorts and some Calvin Klein boxers before walking into my bathroom.

I turn my shower on to hot, getting undressed so I can get in.

Autumn

"He grabbed your hair while y'all were kissing and you didn't have sex with him?" Lashay asks in shock.

She called me right after I hung up with Demetria to tell me that my mom was released from jail but has an upcoming court date.

I gasp "You and Demetria are bad influences. I need new friends"

"Demetria?" Lashay questions "The girl you met at the foster home?"

I nod

"You and her sure got real close real fast hunny" Lashay presses her lips together.

I chuckle "You sound jealous"

Demetria and I have been texting none stop since I left the foster home.

"I'm just not friendly" Lashay rolls her eyes.

"You? Not friendly?" My eyes widen in disbelief.

She starts to laugh "Girl whatever"

"Anyways back to you and Fats" She smirks..

Fats

I'm laying in bed with my room pitch black.

There's a knock at my room door and I immediately sit up.

"Come in" I semi yell, turning on the lamp by my bed.

The door opens and Autumn is standing there in a purple silk pajama set..

"Do you want to um- watch a movie?" Autumn stutters with a big bowl of popcorn and m&ms in her hand.

I nod "What movie you want to watch?"

"You can pick" She walks over to my bed, climbing on top.

"Don't drop the popcorn" I help her.

Once we're comfortable, I turn the TV on and begin flipping through movies on Netflix.

Autumn opens the bag of m&ms pouring them into the popcorn.

"How you know I like m&ms in my popcorn?" I joke.

"I'm sorry. I'll make you another bowl" Autumn starts to get up

"I was just playing, I don't mind" I chuckle.

She chuckles "Oh okay"

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