Free KISS by Jalissa Pastorius Page A

was school
today?”
    “ It was good. I’m worried
about my friend Iris. I think something happened with her and
Axel.”
    “ Why would you think that
sweetie?”
    “ I don’t know they seemed
weird.”
    “ Well darling you know I
can’t talking to you about Axel. Confidentiality, HIPAA laws
prevents me from doing so and mom wants to keep her
job.”
    “ I know but.”
    “ No buts. Now are you still
crushing on little Axel after all the years?”
    “ Bye mom!” Natasha squealed
before making a beeline towards the door. Her mother chuckled at
her antics, how was her little girl going to get home if she had
the keys.
     
     
    ***
     
     
    Iris sighed when she got home. School
was going fine but she felt like everyone was keeping something
from her, and Axel was just well a mystery. She launched herself
into Chester’s arms, smiling into his beautiful violet eyes. He
always made her heart race. She wondered if he remembered he stole
her fist kiss, it was something she’d never forgot; without her
knowledge her eyes locked onto his lips. They were so smooth and he
had the most beautiful smile she’d ever seen. She licked her lips
reflexively.
    “ Iris?” she glanced at him
surprised. She was a nice bun warming in the oven and the
temperature had risen to four hundred degrees. Shoving Chester away
from her she fled to her room. Once she reached the safety of her
room she closed the door and buried her face into the pillow. Why
did she have to like boys?!
     
    Oh no! He saw me staring
at his lips like they were James Dean’s leather jacket! He knows!
I’ve ruined everything.
     
    Thump! Thump!
     
    Her heart beat painfully in her chest
and she held her breath as Chester entered the room. She was a
complete mess. She was the sun having a solar flare. She was
ablaze, the high energy radiated from her skin eluding to the chaos
that took place inside of her. Was it possible for a person to
erupt?
     
     
     
    “ Iri?” She heard the
question in his tone, but she kept her face buried in the pillow.
After all the years he was going to find out she’d been crushing on
him, not only was she confused by Axel’s presence, a certain
someone else plagued her thoughts. She grunted as Chester covered
her body with his own and ignored the feeling burning in the pit of
her stomach. His hands wrapped around her wrists. She buried her
face further into the pillow, as his lips grazed her
ear.
    “ Iri. It’s okay. No more
running.” What was he talking about? She wasn’t running. She was
regrouping preparing for the battle that laid ahead. “Cheese what
are you doing?” she gasped out as he flipped her over and stared
into her eyes.
    “ Stop running from me
Iris,” he panted out heavily. This was the moment he’d been waiting
for. He wanted to profess his feelings for her but wasn’t sure how
she’d respond until today.
    “ I wasn’t running. I was…”
her sentence was cut off by a kiss. Iris gasped into his mouth and
was blown away by the fireworks that rocketed into the realms. The
brilliance of colors dazed her, and left her speechless by their
intensity. She’d been blinded, and left at a loss for words staring
into the brightest pair of violet eyes she’d ever seen. They were
so unique.
    “ Wow,” she whispered
touching her lips. His snickers filled the silent room bringing
heat to her face once again.
    “ I’ve been wanting to do
that for a while now.” He gave her a chaste kiss before releasing
her. She sat up and looked at Chester with wide eyes; her face was
bound to liquefy at this point.
    “ How did you know?” she
stuttered out. Iris felt as if she were in a labyrinth its complex
structure of passages muddled her already addled brains. She sought
to find the key and free herself. She was so close to obtaining her
goal when the door to her room opened.
    “ Hey kids, dinner will be
ready soon. Iris there’s an event this weekend and I want you to
attend. Tootles.” Iris groaned as her mother