27 - Butterflies

We stripped out of the parts of the costumes that survived the night and got in our pyjamas.

Taylor and I took longer than the boys because we also decided to wash our faces of the heavy makeup we had on. Taylor finished first and ran downstairs to join the boys while I brushed out my hair, throwing it into a messy ponytail.

I blinked at myself in the mirror.

Would I kiss Eli tonight? Tonight had seemed so perfect before, but as the night grew on, I was wondering if it would ever happen for us. All of these seemingly perfect moments tended to pass us by continuously.

I walked downstairs, putting on a happy face.

I could tell that Kyle had gotten into some candy again. Either that or he was drunker than the rest of us. He was jumping on the couch, screaming at Jones, who was shaking his head vigorously. Brodie caught my eye, and I widened mine. What in the world did I miss?

He smirked and pointed towards the large TV, where Eli was setting up the newest paranormal horror movie that was going to scare us and terrify Jones into never sleeping again. Giggling, I saw down at the other end of the couch, leaving some room for Eli to sit on the very end.

"So, Troy Bolton, it looked like you and your girl were having fun."

Brodie gave me a dreamy look as he recounted their romantic kiss in the garden, "just like Troy and Gabriella." I smiled along to his story, but I was stuck between wanting to say that they don't kiss on the roof garden in the first movie and that I was jealous that he got that kind of moment with Kelsey, and I still had not even had one kiss with Eli.

Brodie continued, but I stopped paying attention when I caught the eye of Eli, who was staring at us with a slight smile on his face.

The lights dimmed in the room, and Jones screeched at the end of the couch, which abruptly shut up Brodie and made us all turn towards him.

"No, no, no, no," he was saying.

Kyle and Taylor were holding him in place.

"Come on, Jones, be a man," said Kyle between laughs.

"I don't care if I am not a man, that movie looks terrifying," Jones looked terrified too. I felt a bit bad for him; maybe we should watch something else.

"Come on, Jones, I'll keep you safe," said Taylor, smiling at him.

He stopped trying to get away. I smirked, Taylor had him eating out of her hand. Jones sighed and pouted, "fine," he grumbled, pulling Taylor onto his lap and hiding his head into her long thick hair.

Eli sat down next to me, chuckling and started the movie, pulling me to his side. I squeaked but happily laid my head on Eli's shoulder as the film began.

I didn't stay that way for long, though, because the movie was scarier than I thought it was going to be.

I don't think Jones watched a minute of it; however, he still screamed every time any of us did. This caused a lot of laughing from Taylor and Owen, who were the only two not at all afraid of the movie.

Kyle screamed a bit too, but he did spend most of the time making fun of the rest of us with Owen. I don't know if Brodie was bored, tired or scared, but he ended up going upstairs to bed about halfway through the movie.

Even though I liked horror movies, this one was scarier than most, and I ended up digging my face into Eli's chest during the worst parts. He found this all kinds of amusing as he stroked my back anytime I clung to him and let out a deep chuckle.

The movie concluded, and Kyle got up to turn on the lights. I thought about getting up, but I was very comfy snuggled into Eli's chest. It was almost 4 AM, and I was not up for moving at this point. However, I think Jones had a different idea because he got up shaking.

"I am never sleeping alone again."

We all laughed at him. He didn't even watch the movie. "Oh, I am sure you will be fine; you're a big boy," Taylor teased.

He grinned at her, "nuh-uh, you're sleeping with me tonight. I am not sleeping alone."

I know that Owen had accepted any relationship the two of them had started, but both Taylor and I knew he wasn't going to accept this.

"No, she isn't," said Owen. His voice flat.

Taylor glared at Owen, ready to be defiant. She looked at Jones, "I think that works for me."

Jones grabbed her hand, and the two of them took off running to the guest bedroom downstairs, Owen hot on their tails.

Kyle laughed and shook his head, "well, that was fun. I am going to go to bed now too." He looked over at us and smirked.

"Uhhh, you two have fun."

I blushed and watched as Kyle wandered up the stairs, leaving Eli and me on our own.

I was still on top of Eli, but my face was starting to get heated at that realization, so I attempted to get off of him, but his arms were still tight around me.

I peered up at him, and his bright blue eyes were staring at me.

"So that movie scared you, huh?" he asked, smirking, his eyes not leaving mine.

I giggled, "I guess you could tell."

"Mmm-hmm," he said as his eyes moved down to my lips. I gulped, and my eyes flickered down to his. My breath caught, and I looked back towards his eyes, which were staring at me so intensely I swear he could see part of my soul.

There was so much build-up that we almost needed each other's permission to go for it. I hoped Eli would leap because I was too frightened, even if all of the signs pointed to yes.

I nodded my head, just slightly, hoping he would take the hint.

And thank god he did.

His lips captured mine before I could blink. I never thought this would be my first kiss - At 4 AM, after watching a horror movie with no makeup on and the taste of candy on both of our lips, but it was like it was meant to be.

My heart was going a hundred miles a minute, and I took a second to catch up with him, moving my lips against his. He smiled into my lips, and his tongue ran over my bottom lip, making a million tiny sparks light up. I gasped at the feeling, which granted him entrance to the rest of my mouth.

The mix of sweet and sour candies enveloped me as our tongues collided. I had always imagined what my first kiss would be like, but I never believed it would make me feel so alive, or be so... wet. In the same place that my kiss should have been, all those weeks ago, if I hadn't have been so afraid.

Kissing him now, I was no longer afraid.

He pulled me closer to him, and I turned fully in his lap so that I was straddling him on the edge of the couch. He grunted as I moved closer, and I pulled away, thinking I had hurt him, but he groaned at the loss of content and grabbed the back of my head, pulling me to him again.

I melted into his touch as his hands ran up and down my bare arms. Every touch lit a million sparks over my body.

Eventually, when I was sure my lips would be swollen, we pulled away. Eli's smile was like he had won the lottery. I, of course, blushed at the way he was looking at me and dug my head into his neck, hiding in my embarrassment.

My first kiss, with the guy I like, who I trust, but what if I was bad?

"I know what you are thinking Betty, that was the hottest and best kiss I have ever had." He whispered in my ear.

I grinned, "I've had better," I whispered back.

"Oh, I am sure," he laughed back. I slowly leaned back, so I was looking him in the eyes again.

Would his eyes always give me butterflies?

"Let's go to bed," he suggested. I nodded, feeling the night take over. I was exhausted.

I stepped off of him, pawed around for my stuff that I had in the basement, and then followed Eli upstairs towards his bedroom.

I had left my bag in his room earlier. When Taylor and I had planned to stay with our respective guys, I had felt so confident. I was so giddy when the two of us had been giggling about it, but now I was apprehensive when the door closed behind me.

I looked at the bed, feeling a worse type of nervousness enter my stomach, and I thought I needed to get something out in the air fast before anything else happened. I liked Eli, a lot, but I had just had my first kiss only minutes ago.

"Umm Eli, I'm not quite ready for it... You know." I said, looking down, hoping he understood so I wouldn't have to spell it out for him. That would be even more embarrassing than admitting what I did.

I am sure Eli had plenty of girls willing to do what I wasn't and although I trusted him enough to know he would never take it further than I was comfortable with, a deep part of me was jealous of the girls who could give him more.

Eli pulled my chin up to look at him. I didn't want to look at him, but he was smiling happily down at me when I finally got the courage to look up.

"You never have to be nervous with me, Betty. I know you aren't. I was just hoping you would stay here with me tonight. Of course, you don't have to; I won't touch you or do anything, I promise."

I would be lying to myself if I said I didn't want to stay in this room with him. Have him hold me as I fell asleep. I had never felt that before, and I wanted it badly. I hesitated, but the icing on the cake was when a part of the movie we had watched tonight flashed into my mind, and I cemented my reason to stay with Eli for the night. That and I wanted to kiss him again.

I still didn't know where we stood, but I wanted this for tonight.

So I nodded, "okay, but you can kiss me again. If you want."

Eli grinned and stalked towards me like I was his prey. I backed up towards the bed, and he snaked his arm around my body, tossing me back, so I was spread out near the center of the bed. I sat up on my elbows and watched Eli as he turned off the lights to his room and locked the door. My heart jumped at the click.

He turned back towards me, and I just saw the outline of his body as he crept towards the bed. The bed dipped as it took his weight. I laid my head down when I felt his hand on my stomach and his head near mine. I gasped when he leaned towards me and planted a soft kiss on the small of my neck. He smiled into my neck before turning my body and catching my lips in his.

It was probably 5 AM before we ended up going to sleep.

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1962

"You make me feel like a teenager in love

And you make me feel like I'll be forever young

And I don't want no, nobody else" - Madison Beer

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