Chapter 9

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*Leo's POV*

I wasn't sure how to react. I had never been kissed before, at least not by anyone outside of my family, and of course they never kissed my lips. I just sat there, my eyes wide open from shock while his stayed close as he leaned in closer to me. I could feel myself shaking. This wasn't how I envisioned my first kiss being, yet here it was happening right in front of me, hell happening to me!

I wanted it to end. I mean, it's not like I didn't care for Axel. He seems like a good guy and all, I just didn't think I was ready for something like this. It's my first kiss after all, and I am never going to get this back. By some grace of god, he finally gave me an excuse to end the kiss. I felt his hand sliding over one of my bruised areas and jumped back in pain, nearly falling off the piano bench and taking Axel with me. He on the other hand, did fall, ending the kiss and giving me a moment to breathe.

I had always pictured my first kiss from a movie scene. The typical yelling in the rain that led up to that fateful moment their lips were pressed against mine, nothing like how it actually just went. I actually felt kind of nauseous. My stomach turned over and over, leaving me unsure if it was the kiss, or the nervousness that caused it.

Picking himself up off the floor and looking over at me with an overly confused look on his face, he asked what the problem was and it took me a few moments before I could speak. Each time the words tried to leave my mouth my stomach would just tenfold, threatening to release all of its contents onto the floor.

"Hey, Leo? Are you okay?" He asked, concern pretty heavy in his voice.

Again, I struggled to get the words out. I made a small hand motion to my side where his hand had brushed one of my bruises, hoping he would catch on, but he just stared at me as if I had lost my mind, and at this point, I wasn't sure I hadn't.

"Yeah...I'm okay." I struggled to get out.

"You just hit one of my bruises is all"

"Oh, shit. I'm sorry babe."

I didn't like the way he casually said that. Calling me his 'Babe' like it was the most casual thing in the world. I just stood there, returning his stare, unsure of what to do next. They never really cover what comes after the first kiss in the movies I've watched, nor the books I've read. I decided to take a chance and walk over to my bed and sat on the edge where he joined me shortly afterwards, taking a seat right next me and putting his arm around my shoulder.

"Are you okay, Leo? You seem nervous."

Nervous didn't even begin to cover it. I was terrified. I had just barely moved here, just started making friends, and now had my first kiss, all in the same week. It all seemed to move so fast that I felt myself getting dizzy.

"Was I your first kiss or something?" He asked, looking my direction.

I dropped my head down, unsure of how to answer. I mean, he was my first kiss, but is that something you just tell people? That you're a kiss virgin? Is that even a word? He seemed to have picked up on my nonexistent answer and began to chuckle.

"Dude, it's no big deal. It's not like I'd make fun of you for it."

"Well, it's just...I've never really had the chance to kiss anyone."

I felt him wrap his other arm around me, pulling my body into a tight embrace with his. I could tell he was trying to comfort me, help me relax, but if anything it only made me feel worse. You know that feeling when all you want is to be alone, but somehow end up being surrounded by tons of people? That's what I felt like. At least, that's what my mind told me.

"So, have you not done anything with a guy?" He asked, lying back on my bed.

"No, I haven't done anything with anyone."

"Ah, then you don't even know if you're gay or bi, huh?"

He asked the question so casually that it threw off my entire sense of thought. Was this an everyday kind of conversation with him, or was it simply something people talked about on a regular basis? I'm still getting used to the idea of having friends, but I didn't want to throw off and dodge the question, just in case it might offend him. If this was how people talked then I had better start learning to do so.

"No, I actually don't. I mean, I know I like guys, but have never really thought about being with a girl, is that weird?"

"No, not at all. I was in the same situation for quite a while too. You've at least beaten off though, right?"

"Uh...yeah." I stated sheepishly, turning my head in another direction.

"Awe, you're getting nervous."

Of course I was getting nervous, this isn't something people talk about on a regular basis, was it? Shrugging his arm off my shoulder and standing up, I figured the best cause of action was to either tell him to leave, or wait until my mom got home with Chloe. I mean, you should feel comfortable in your own home, and right now that was the last thing I was feeling.

By some miracle of the world, his phone started going off and shortly after answering it he said that he needed to go. Jumping up off my bed and walking towards me, he pushed his lips against mine then walked out of my room. I heard the door shut a few moments after then went downstairs to make sure he had actually left. I could finally relax.

"At least that's over." I said to myself, grabbing a water bottle from the fridge and taking a drink.

"What's over?"

The surprise from the sudden voice made me jump, spilling my water all over me, and the floor beneath. Turning around in place, I watched as my mom and little sister came walking through the back door, both with a huge smile on their faces. Chloe rushed over to me and I did my best to pick her up without hurting myself, though, it didn't work quite like I had planned. I needed to get used to it, though. Otherwise my workouts were going to be hell.

"Go upstairs, shower and get changed because we're going somewhere fancy." My mother said, walking towards me.

I waited there for a moment to see if she was going to say anything else but started walking when she took the little one to her room. I decided to relax in the shower for a moment, letting the warm water wash away everything that happened earlier. I still couldn't believe that's how my first kiss went. I mean, Axel was a pretty cool guy from what I knew about him, and I'm sure he meant no harm, but that's just not how I wanted things to happen.

By the time I had finally gotten out of the shower I stopped in front of the mirror to look at my body. It was still pretty refined despite not working out for a while, so I figured I still had a few more weeks before I really needed to do it, which was good since I still needed time to heal. Walking to my room with only a towel on, I grabbed a pair of dress pants from the closet, as well as a shirt and black tie then proceeded to get dressed.

After I was finished I stood in front of the mirror and decided to take a picture for my mom, since she loved it when I get dressed up. She said it made me look like a man with a mission, something that always made me chuckle. Heading downstairs and walking into the living room, Chloe came out in the dress I bought her for her birthday and asked me to put the ribbon in her hair.

Taking a step back and looking at her, I could honestly believe she was the cutest little girl in the world. The bright Pink dressed jumped as I asked her to twirl around for me, causing us both to giggle when she fell on her butt.

"How do I look?" My mom asked, walking out of her room.

The dress she wore was amazing. Long and black with a cut up the side, showing off her tight leg muscles, she walked towards us and gave her best spin without falling in her heels. She had her long hair tied up in a braided bun, with light makeup covering her face.

"So, you going to tell us where we're going?" I asked, picking Chloe up off the ground.

"No sir, it's a surprise. Although, I will tell you one thing, we're celebrating something."

The smile on her face got bigger and bigger with the questions I kept asking. I knew she wanted to tell me, but was forcing herself to stay quiet. Smiling and taking her keys out of her purse, we all started walking towards the car.

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