14- The almost kiss

Bella's POV

After the stunt Ashton pulled at the restaurant I went home as red as a Chinese tomato, everyone must have thought we were dating and he wanted to ask me to be his fiancée. I wonder what got into him, he normally acts like he hates me, and all of a sudden he's being goofy around me.

I was jolted out of my thoughts when someone nudged my shoulder, I looked beside me only to find Ashton smiling playfully at me while resting on the counter.

He looked sinfully gorgeous, his hair was styled sloppily on his head and his lips were curved into a smile, his deep brown eyes we're staring intently at me and his head was resting on his wrist. He looked hot.

I smiled and raised an eyebrow questioningly at him.

"You've been deep in thoughts all day, are you ok?" He asked, staring at me with a worried expression.

"Yeah, I'm fine" I smiled widely, facing him.

"If you're mad at me for telling Stella I've told you, I'm sorry" He said.

"I'm not mad at you, I haven't really thought about it"

"Good, how have you been coping with your break up, still crying?" He asked casually.

"No, I think I'm already moving on," I said. To be honest I haven't quite thought about Adrian since the stunt Ashton pulled up at the restaurant, normally I'll cry every night but last night he didn't even come to my mind. I'm happy I'm getting over him, little by little.

"That's good, I wouldn't like to see you cry over that jerk," He said affectionately.

"Thanks" I smiled at him.

"Enough about your ex-boyfriend, tell me about yourself" He said, still staring at me.

"What do you want to know?" I asked, there isn't really much about me people would like to know.

"Start with the basics"

"My name is Bella Stonefield, I'm eighteen, I was born November twelve, I'm 5'3ft and I love chocolate" I said.

"Umm... Not bad" He said.

"Tell me about yourself"

"I'm Ashton Kutcher, nineteen, October fifth, I'm 5'7ft" He said briefly.

"Are you an only child?" I asked.

"Y-Yes" He said hesitantly.

"I have a brother, his name is Mason and he's so annoying. One time he spread a rumor about me that I wet the bed at fifteen, no one believed me when I denied it. He's the worst brother ever!" I groaned remembering the scandalous thing my brother did to ruin my reputation at school.

"Did you really wet the bed?" He asked with a playful smirk.

"It was only one time and it's because I drank a lot of water at our family get-together!" I whined, while he laughed at me.

"But still you wet the bed"

"I know, the shame" I said covering my face with my hands.

"What about you? Aren't you gonna tell me about yourself" I said to him, his smile suddenly faded.

"Well, I'm an only child like I said and I'm not really close to my parents so there isn't any fun thing going on in my life" He shrugged.

"You remember the day I was at your house for the night?" I asked,he nodded. "I saw a picture of a man and a woman with two children who looked like twins in your bedroom" I said and something flashed in his eyes, it looked like hurt, regret and shame.

"Yeah they're just my aunt and their kids" He said, I noticed he was starting to feel uneasy so I let the topic slip.

"What do you think about the new nutella donuts everyone's talking about? I haven't tried it but I'm hoping to today" I said awkwardly changing the topic, he smiled at me.

"I can buy one for you after work if you want" He suggested.

"Oh my gosh! Yes I want one, thank you so much!" I exclaimed, hugging him.

...

"Umm... It tastes good you should try it" I said after taking a bite of the nutella donut. I know I said I'm becoming a vegetarian, but it's hard, maybe I'll start tomorrow.

"No I bought it for you" He smiled pinching my cheek, it made me giggle.

"Did you know I used to go to the same high school as you?" I asked, he looked shocked.

"No, I didn't"

"I actually thought you lived in San Bernardino, I wonder why you moved to Glendale" I said, taking another bite of my nutella donut.

"I had a fight with my parents and my dad kicked me out" He said with a small laugh, I could tell he was hurting.

"Why did you fight with them?" I asked curiously.

"Curiosity kills the cat, you know?" He said, smiling at me, as we walked down the pavement.

"Satisfaction saves the soul" I said.

He let out a light chuckle and exhaled, "you're really one inquisitive fellow"

We walked side by side enjoying the comfortable silence, I smiled looking at him. He looks so cute with his smile, I feel so comfortable around him. I'm happy he's not giving me the cold shoulder anymore. Though I have a feeling this will end soon, I hope it doesn't, I hope he's not gonna go back to making me feel stupid or making me feel like I'm useless. I hope his new attitude towards me will last for long.

I honestly enjoy his company and I don't want it to end, though it feels wrong to be around him I still don't want it to end.

"What are you thinking about?" He asked standing in front me, making me come to a halt.

"Nothing" I muttered, I wanted to tell him I was thinking about him, but that's going to sound weird.

"Are you sure?" He asked once again, I nodded in return.

"Where are we?" I asked, realizing we had wandered away from the city.

"I don't know, but wherever we are it looks pretty," He said, looking at the beautiful garden standing in front of us.

I walked further into the garden while Ashton followed behind me, the garden had a broken waterfall in the middle and a lot of flowers like: orchids, daisies, lilies, sunflowers, some of the flowers were dying others already dead. There was a broken picnic table at the corner, from the looks of it this place looks really old, but it still looks beautiful.

"It's a little broken but it's beautiful," I added.

I admired the slightly broken garden, "I wonder how we got here" Ashton muttered.

I turned to look at him when I saw he was already looking at me. He walked closer to me and stopped when we were only an inch apart, my heart's pace quickened as he moved even closer, staring deeply into my blue eyes, while I stared at his chocolate brown eyes. I felt his nose brush mine and with that I shut my eyes, his hand traced my hand to the nape of my neck, sending shivers down my back.

My breath hitched, as I felt a splash of rain on my head and it was followed by several other splashes, immediately Ashton's hand was seized from it's place on my neck, I felt his presence far from me. My eyes shot open meeting his dark ones.

"Let's find a way to get home, I bet there's no signal here" He said, walking away with me trailing just behind hi

We walked into the forest pathway, the rain splashing on our bodies, we were both soaked since we were wearing the same thing the only difference was that I was wearing a pink hoodie around waist, another dad rule-I have to wear a hoodie around my waist if I wear shorts, all in the name of 'covering up'.

I looked at Ashton, who looked like he was freezing.

"You can have my jacket, I'm not cold" I said, holding the jacket towards him.

"No, I'm sure you'll need it soon" He said walking on the muddy path, due to the rain.

"No it's totally fine, you can have it" I said wrapping it around his broad shoulders, the hoodie was a really big and baggy one which belonged to my cousin-Neville.

He slipped into the hoodie and his shivers were starting to reduce and we were starting to approach the highway.

"I'm gonna call Brent to pick us up," He said, taking his phone out of his pants pocket.

After his phone call with Brent, we sat awkwardly beside each other on the bench at the roadside. The heavy rain had already slowed to a faint drizzle. This is truly most awkward moment of my life, we almost kissed each other and thanks to the stupid rain it didn't happen.

I wonder what Ashton is thinking about, is he thinking about our almost kiss?

Of course not, you're just a fool for thinking he'd be thinking of it, who knows he might have kissed a million girls you'll just be another one added to his list. My subconscious said to me.

And I couldn't defend, it's probably right, he might have kissed millions of girls.

"Let's go Brent is here" Ashton said standing from the bench and walking straight to the Ford Fiesta.

I sat in the backseat while Ashton was in the front seat with Brent in the driver's seat.

I rested my head on the window, trying to fall asleep. Today has been eventful.

I woke up on a soft fluffy bed, I scratched my eyes prying them open, I looked around the familiar interior design of my room, last time I remember I was in the car with Brent and Ashton, now I'm in my room.

I took a quick shower and changed from my soaked clothes to my pyjamas, I checked the time on the clock beside my bed, the time was 8:19pm-that's usually when my dad gets back home.

I ran down the stairs for dinner, I came to halt at the scene in front of me.

My dad and mom were questioning Ashton and Brent like detectives trying to investigate a case, from the looks of it most of the questions looked like they were directed towards Ashton.

Oh My God

A/N

I hope you enjoyed this chapter, happy reading!

Please don't forget to vote, share and voice out your opinion In the comments!

Bye loves!