Love Letters

Chapter 20 - Spill

Sorry I didn't update. I had a few technical issues but hey! I'm here now!

Quick recap: Saffron got a new job at the Tennessee Tiny Dancers Studio, where Ronnie dances. After the lesson, Hunter comes to pick up Ronnie and they end up practicing their duet. Since there's a kiss at the end, Hunter was debating whether to kiss her or not and ended up doing it.

Becoming best friends with Hunter again just got a whole lot harder. He kissed me and I kissed him back. Every morning we'd have to rehearse at the auditorium with Coach and Ms Valencia, and she still expected us to become friends again.

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"Sooooo? What have you been doing this week?" It was Friday evening after school, and Chloe and I were at an ice cream shop, chatting and enjoying each other's company.

"Nothing. Why?" I asked.

"Oh come on!" She groaned. "I saw you kissing Hunter in the studio!" My spoon of vanilla ice cream stopped halfway to my mouth and dropped back into the cup. I cleared my throat.

"Ok. First of all, He kissed me. Not I kissed him-"
"Ha! So you admit it!" She smirked victoriously and I blushed.

"Whatever, let's just go." I muttered and we left the shop, Chloe grinning from ear to ear.

When we got home, it was late and Chloe went to shower while I set up a few sleeping bags in the studio/basement. When I went upstairs to shower in my room, Hunter was there. On the bed. Shirtless. "Like what you see, princesa?" I snapped out of my trance and started fiddling with my t-shirt. When I looked up again, he was walking towards me with his signature smirk on his face. I stepped back and he took another step forward. I turned and tried to run out of the room, but instead, I ran into the wall.

"Owww." I whined and turned around so my back was facing the wall. I was looking at the ground and I saw a pair of feet just a few centimeters away from mine. My head shot up and I faced Hunter Sanchez. He took another small step forward and I backed up against the wall. He moved my hand from my forehead, where I hit it on the wall, and my breathing hitched. He caressed his thumb over it gently and my heart skipped a thousand beats; his apple, cinnamon scent filling my nose and making me knees go weak.

He gazed into my hazel eyes, a million emotions flying through his own. He leaned in and pressed his lips against the forming bruise and left the room. I just stood there and tried to process what just happened. Then, Will's voice echoed in the hallways and I showered, changed and headed to the studio, still in a daze.

"Woah, what happened to you?" Chloe asked me. I was gripping my jersey so hard my knuckles turned white and my eyes held a far away look.

"Huh?" I asked, turning to face her.

"Umm, you have a bruise on your forehead and you seem to be in a daze. Not exactly the Saffron Rhodes I know." She stated, crossing her arms and raising an eyebrow.

"Girls! Dinner!" My mom called us to dinner.

"Saved by the bell." I muttered.

"Don't think this conversation is over.." Chloe said and I just laughed.

"Come on!"

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"Spill." After dinner, Chloe had been pestering me about my bruise and how I got it but I refused to say a word. We brought sodas to the basement, hung up tons of twinkle lights and just stared at the ceiling and talked.

I turned onto my stomach and rested my chin on my hands. "Nothing happened! I went up, showered and came back down. That's all."

"The bruise?" Chloe didn't believe me.

"I, um, ran into the wall." I mean, it wasn't a lie..

"And the daze?" She was still extremely skeptical and I couldn't keep the truth much longer. Yes. I'm like that.

"OK! I give up! I went up to shower and Hunter was on the bed shirtless. And then he walked towards me and I freaked, so I ran into the wall and I got the bruise. Then he pushed me onto the wall, and he kissed me on my forehead; where the bruise was and then he left the room." I rambled and took a sip of my coke to calm my nerves.

"Now that is a lot of words." Chloe exhaled dramatically and I chucked a pillow at her face with perfect aim. "But seriously," She said. "He kissed you on the forehead?" I nodded and took another sip of my coke. Suddenly, Chloe shot up and started jumping up and down. "EEEEEE!!!!" She screamed. "SAFFRON AND HUNTER SITTIN IN A TREE! K-I-S-S-"

"Shut up!" I hissed and pulled her back down, covering her mouth with my hand as my face heated up and she laughed her butt off. "Come on. Let's go to bed; we're gonna have to wake up at 4 anyway." I told Chloe and we both tried to fall asleep, Chloe making it impossible with all her giggling.