Another Life by JenniferNewman (100 best novels of all time .txt) 📕

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Chapter Four: Friday 11:32pm
We had just finished tiding the large day room and I was still looking at Parker like he was the most idiotic selfish person in the freaking world! I mean if it had been him that had made all theses weird things happen I swear I would kill him!
I looked up then with the most annoyed look I could muster to see Parker staring straight back at me with a look of a boy who knew very well that he had been court doing something he shouldn’t be by someone who was about to punish him.
He was right of course. I was this close to walking over to him now and slapping him senseless! Only seconds after thinking this Sophie walked right up to him and did just that!
I realized that my face had gone into a look of total surprise. Had my little defenseless friend really just gone and slapped a boy she really didn’t know in the slightest.
“Wow good on ya Soph” I called from the other side of the room from where Parker still stood stock still from being slapped by a 5ft 2in girl.
Parker recovered himself quickly and looked down away from my gaze and continued to sweep up the all ready gone glass. Well at least he was trying to help by cleaning up. Although this did nothing to soften my feelings for him.

Minutes later we were done having the broken window and the chilly breeze that was now blowing freely in to remind us of what had happened. I shivered with the newly renewed cold. I hadn’t felt it so much since I had been moving around cleaning up the mess with the others but now it seemed impossible to ignore.
“Here take this you look freezing” I looked up to see Parker offering me his jacket. I shook my head not wanting to accept anything from him.
“Please?” He asked with pleading puppy dog eyes. Oh god now I understand why no girl could resist the puppy dog eyes they were adorable!
I took the jacket saying thanks quickly and trying as hard as I could to not look into his eyes again in case I was court up enough to forget what he had just done and forgive him too quickly.
Stupidly I looked at my friends still huddled round the window pane only to see Kat looking at me with knowing eyes
What was that meant to mean? I shook my head in her direction mean that whatever it was that she was thinking was not going to happen but court sight of the other faces in part of the unbroken window. They were giving me the same expression of knowing.
Oh why did I bother! I looked away from then trying to appear undisturbed by their gaze and looked straight back at Parker who was still giving me the puppy dog eye. Oh god no!
I looked into his eyes and felt myself forgiving him. Typical can’t I even be mad at this boy for more than five freaking minutes?!?!
I heard Megan cough loudly and looked away from Parker quickly. Even looking down at the ground I could feel Parker’s eyes boring into me. The strange thing was they didn’t make me feel awkward at all. Help me!
Sophie motioned for us to leave the room and I followed quickly behind the others until we came to the door and Sophie looked at me in a way that said ‘no way, you are staying here’ I gave her my pleading eyes hoping that she wouldn’t really make me stay here and sort out Parker.
“Please” I mouthed at her but she shook her head and motioned for the others to leave. Oh she was so going to pay for this!
I turned around and came face to face with Parker who was standing close behind me. I looked up at him and he quickly moved his head down to mine. Planting his lips right on mine. All thought of mine rushed out of my head in an instant and my arms went round his neck in an attempt to keep his lips on mine. His lips started off softly but then became urgent and his hand were on the back of my head holding me to him where as his other hand was on my back that I now realized was pressed against the wall next to the door my friends had just abandoned me throw. This was only thought that were going on in the back of my mind since the only main this I could think was how good I felt to be kissing Parker.
I had kissed others before of course but it had never felt like this. I didn’t even want to question it.
Slowly I felt Parker pull back softly without letting go of me. I still had my eyes closed when I felt his lips come back down on mine with a lot more force than before. I struggled to stay on my feet as Parker’s lips came down even more forcefully than before and pressed my back even harder against the wall with his hand moving onto my waist to keep from crushing his hand, whereas his other hand was still knotted tightly into my hair keeping my face to his.
Mean while his tongue was making little circles in my mouth explore every inch of my own mouth. I could hear my heart doing little flips as he tightened his embrace.
Suddenly the moment was broken with a loud cough. I quickly pulled my lips away from Parker but Parker was not having any of that and pulled me back to him with a harsh fuck off in the direction of Kat who I presume was still standing at the now wide open door.
Parker’s lips came back down on mine again with the same force as before. Only this time I had to pull away. It took all my sanity I had left to lift my hand to his chest and push him away with my pathetic amount of strength because I must admit this was the last thing I wanted to do and Parker knew it. Slowly he took his lips back away from mine and grudgingly untangled himself from me taking a step back. He was wearing a way to smug expression on his feature that normal would have made me mad but it was all I could do to stop myself from smiling at him. What had gotten into me? I didn’t usually act like this.
“Well......Ummm..... You see.........Umm...... I guess I gotta go................See you later.” I muttered grabbing my bag and hurrying out of the freezing cold room into the hall and over to the door. I heard heavy footsteps behind me but didn’t turn round to see who had followed me. I escaped though the door without a backwards glance and into the even colder night. Was it really possible to be this cold? I realized then that I had forgotten my coat back at Sophie’s house. Oh freaking hell! I was now almost half a street away from her house and really to tell the truth I couldn’t go back there yet until I knew I could explain what the hell I had been doing!
I heard the footsteps again I had nearly forgotten that someone had followed me out of the house and I blushed a bright shade of red at the thought of having to explain what had gone on in the house. I didn’t even want to think about having to explain me kissing or was that even the appropriate word for it? Some person I had known for pretty much a week. I blushed a deeper red when I felt the ruff material of my old American cheerleader’s jacket slipping over my arms as Parker came up behind me keeping his arm over my shoulders. He pulled me into his side with his arm and looked down at me in that same way.
“Stop looking at me like that.” I scolded looking down at the floor as he laughed and tilted his head to the side trying to look me in the face. I moved my face away from him so he wouldn’t see my flaming red cheeks.
“Oh come on Rose. Look at me.” He said softly although I could tell he was deeply amused by my silence. What wasn’t he amused about?
“Quit it!” I laughed as he started to try tickling my side with his free hand. I tried to pull away from him but he kept his arm firmly trapped around my shoulders.
“There’s that smile.” He chuckled still trying to look me in the face. He was still not succeeding.
We were half a street from my house when I really started to feel the cold and shivered pulling my coat tighter round me. Parker noticed my violent shivers and pulled me even closer to his side. This time I went without any complaint. He pulled his open jacket around me as well. We continued the walk back to my house in silence only the occasional laugh from Parker whenever he had to stop me from falling over tree trucks that had to typically stick out right in front of where I chose to walk. You would have thought with the amount of money the people who lived in these houses had they could at least spend a little on taming there trees.
Of course Parker would find this amusing and of course he would find yet more ways to embarrass me. He of course came through with both of these things in a short amount of time as I could have presumed possible. Parker still had his arm firmly around my shoulders as we entered my road and came to a stop just in front of my house. I started to feel a sense of déjà vu apart from last time when he had walked me home I had gotten mad at his and stalked off in a hissy fit. As you was normal for a seventeen year old girl. I blushed at this memory and of how Parker had found this particular moment funny.
I shivered again as the cold air rushed past the protection of both mine and Parker’s coats leaving boss bumps all over my arms.
“Well this is good bye again.” Parker said all ready leaning down to put his lips once again on mine. Again I felt the sweet sensation of being in the right place and at only this place would I ever feel like I was home.
This time the kiss was sweet but short and oh too soon Parker was pulling his face away with a triumphant smile on his face. He bent down again but only to kiss my forehead and whisper in my ear,
“Watch out for yourself...... I know how clumsy you are already.” I was not looking at him but I court the change in his expression out of the corner of my eye. He was once again glaring at fin air but I no longer questioned whatever was going on, I had seen enough for one evening and was really not looking forward to reliving what had happened. Slowly I untangled myself from Parker’s protective arm and turned towards my door. I remembered that I should probable give Parker my phone number and save me a lot of time trying to explain to myself what the hell I had been on while at Sophie’s. When I turned back around Parker was standing with his hand on his arm and a look of pain in his eyes.
“Parker? What? What happened?” I