KISS by Jalissa Pastorius Page B

whimpers soon joined
hers. “I know why I’m crying, but why are you?” he asked wiping his
face and stepping away from her.
    “ Because you are a good
person,” she said grabbing him by the ears and delivering a kiss on
his lips. She used her thumps to wipe away the rest of tears that
settled in the crevices of his eyes.
    “ Shh, it’s okay. I’m here
now. We will figure something out.”
    “ I don’t understand. What
can you do?” he asked her. Iris smiled at him.
    “ Let’s just say, I know a
doctor. Take my number. I will be in touch.” She said leaving him
standing there confused.
    It was only when she saw Ryan in the
car her steps faltered. She initiated that kiss between them. Uh
oh. She was dating Cheese, that wasn’t supposed to happen. In fact
it didn’t happen. It was just a figment of her imagination. She had
no feelings for him. She was just comforting him. Her gut twisted
painfully at the thought of Cheese feeling or finding out about her
betrayal. She couldn’t do that. Her heart raced in her chest and
she felt clammy. No it didn’t happen. She would help Axel and then
tell Cheese about it later. It was a foolproof plan. She would
reassure Cheese about her feelings for him. She ignored the sinking
feeling in her gut when an image of Jean-Pierre flashed behind her
eyes. There was just no way. She had enough trouble on her hand as
it is. She didn’t want to go adding to it.
     
    Climbing into the car the tension left
her as she smelt the familiar scent of leather. She closed her eyes
and leant her head against the window recalling the night’s
events.
    “ I don’t like his character
miss. You should stay away from him,” Ryan said making eye contact
through the rearview mirror. She wanted to chuckle at his antics.
Axel err Jay was as harmless as a fly. She ignored the plummeting
feeling in her stomach as she recalled him grabbing her roughly. He
wasn’t himself then. She was confused. She didn’t know who she
preferred, Jay or Axel. In fact, she didn’t understand why she was
separating them as if they were different entities. They were one
and the same. Right? She had some research to do and she needed to
talk to Natasha.
     
     
     
     

16
    Boys are Stupid!

     
     
    Iris laid in the familiar arms of
Chester and of course her mind was racing full of thoughts of Axel/
Jay and a certain person she shouldn’t be thinking about. The guilt
ate at her like a toxin. It settled into her stomach and spread
outwards slowing consuming each limb until nothing but dead weight
remained.
    “ Iri? You okay? You’ve been
quiet lately?” Chester stared into her honey colored eyes. He knew
when she got like this nothing good could come from it. He wanted
to push the issue, and yet refused to. He wanted her to come to him
when she was ready.
    “ It’s nothing…really. I’m
just thinking.”
    “ About?”
    “ The greater things in
life. What makes us so great? Why do people have to suffer? Why do
people get sick?” He watched her solemn face. She’d been so
melancholy lately. He wondered if there was anything he could do.
It was funny. He was a rock star and could have any girl he desired
but he was so afraid of the only one he knew changing or worse
leaving him. He wouldn’t know what to do without her. She was a
blanket, something warm, familiar and safe. She was his
home.
     
     
     
    Iris and Chester arrived to her home
and Chester was surprised at the unexpected guest that sat in the
entertainment area chatting along with Iris parents. It was his
manager and as far as he knew everyone was aware that his personal
life was off limits. If they needed to contact him they could reach
him on his cell.
    Iris took note of the troubled look on
Chester’s face and wondered what the relationship between Cheese
and the man chatting with her parents. He wasn’t a bad looking man.
Dark hair styled messily adorn his head and he had the blackest
pair of eyes she’d ever seen—well not as dark as a