Inches Away - Chapter Seven

“All right lets get it on!” Matty laughed.
“This is going to be good,” Bliss smirked.

Cathryn started leaning towards Matty’s face. Yes Matty’s, rules are rules. The two girl’s faces grew closer and closer until the doorbell rung.
“Huh? Who could that be?” Blake asked.
“Pizza’s here!” Matty opened her eyes and got up quickly.
“We didn’t order any though,” Cathryn spoke surprised.
“Duh I ordered some when I was getting a bottle,” Matty stuck out her tongue with a wink as she held some bills in her hands and answered the door.
“Man…and it was just starting to get good,” Bliss joked.
“You wish,” Cathryn, laughed.
“Well you guys will kiss when Matty gets back with the food,” Blake pointed out.
“Crap. Well that’s not now, and wont be till we finish off eating,” Cathryn spoke.

“I got the pizzas!” Matty’s voice yelled, followed by a loud slam from the door.
“What kinds did you get?” Bliss asked.
“Combo and cheese,” Matty dropped the pizzas onto the floor and reconnected the circle after getting some napkins and plates.

Blake and Bliss each grabbed two slices at once. Cathryn seriously couldn’t understand why guys couldn’t just take their time? There were plenty of slices to go around…and around.

As they were eating, Cathryn could feel someone’s stare bore into her as she munched into her combo pizza. Who could be staring at her? Would it be Blake because of their kiss? Cathryn looked up to see striking blue eyes that were slightly covered in black hair before it averted and cast its glance downward. Bliss? Why would Bliss be staring at her? She moved her eyes around the room, and passed a red head that belonged to Matty’s as her green eyes continued on. She stopped at a head that had smooth black hair, but underneath it contained a pair of emerald green eyes. Cathryn was surprised as she noticed that Blake was already staring back at her. Her eyes quickly glanced down at her plastic cup filled with Coke.

After about half an hour of talking about nonsense and random topics, Blake mentioned that they should get back to the game.
“Oh come on Blake, let’s stop,” Cathryn said.
“No way, if we are going to stop, it’d be after you and Matty kiss, and after the other two take their turns,” Blake clapped his hands and rubbed them together with a grin glued to his face.
“Oh all right, all right…” Cathryn turned and looked at Matty.

Matty’s face got closer to Cathryn’s. Slowly their eyes closed and soon their lips made contact. Cathryn could hear the guys cheering and clapping their hands. To be honest, kissing a girl who just so happens to be your best friend felt very weird. When time was up Cathryn departed from Matty, and looked at the boys. The boys were grinning like wild.
“All right, Matty hurry up and spin that bottle!” Cathryn said as Matty leaned forward and spun it.

The Coca-cola bottle made some ‘whoosh’ sounds as the pace quickened. Then it started to slow down. Around and around it went for the third time that night. The bottle finally stopped and landed on Blake.

“Well, well, well…tonight is your lucky night Matty,” Blake smirked and leaned forward.
“You wish,” Matty said before they started kissing.

Cathryn felt a small hint of jealousy inside of her. She didn’t know why she did. Was she starting to like Blake because of their kiss? Because of their little spark they shared?
Cathryn felt a slight poke on her side and she giggled.
“So uh Cathryn…what’s up?” Bliss smiled as Cathryn laughed a little.
“Oh nothing much…just watching these weird people making out. That’s all, you?” Cathryn replied.
“Oh same here,” Bliss said before their faces departed.

“All right since Bliss is the only one left, he spins,” Matty said.
“Okay…here I go,” Bliss spun the bottle for the last time for tonight.

To tell you the truth, Bliss has been waiting for it to be his turn ever since the game started. Bliss wants the bottle to land on Cathryn…but hey what are the odds? He only had 1 out of 3 chances for the bottle to land on her. He’ll just have to hope for the best.
The bottle slowed down and slowly past Blake…past Matty…and it landed back on the spinner himself.
“What? I can’t kiss myself…” Bliss muttered.
“Spin it again, it doesn’t count,” Cathryn said.

Okay so the first time for Bliss wasn’t so good. At least it didn’t land on Blake. But secretly, Cathryn’s heart was beating very quickly. Why was she getting all nervous…or excited about? It was just Bliss, her best guy friend. That’s it. Right? What was with her heart beating wildly when it came to Bliss and Blake? Why?
The bottle soon stopped, and this time it was pointing towards the one and only, Cathryn Johnson. When Bliss realized that he had to kiss Cathryn now, he instantly became even more excited…and nervous. As for Blake, he wasn’t worried about the kiss that was about to take place. He assumed that Bliss would no longer be able to have any chances now that he and Cathryn had a “spark,” a connection to one another. The competition for Cathryn was over.

“Come on, hurry it up will ya?” Blake asked as Bliss shot him a death glare.
“All right all right, keep your pants on,” Cathryn said as she leaned towards her left where Bliss was sitting.

Their two faces got closer until they were just barely touching. Cathryn’s eyes were closed, and Bliss’ was hardly opened as they kept on staring at her beautiful lips. Then he finally closed his as their lips finally touched. Bliss felt like one of the happiest guys alive now that he finally got the chance to kiss the girl that he has liked, maybe even loved, ever since the day they had met. He swore he saw a light flash while his eyes were closed and a surge of what felt like electricity shoot throughout his body, causing some goose bumps to appear on his arms and neck.

Bliss departed from Cathryn as much as he didn’t want to, and opened his eyes. He saw Cathryn with a shocked expression. Was that what people call a spark? A connection? Bliss wasn’t quite sure.

“Um Cathryn can I talk to you in the hallway for a second?” Bliss asked as he pointed to a random hallway nearby.
“Huh? Oh yeah uh sure,” Cathryn slowly got up with a dazed look and followed Bliss.

Blake narrowed his eyes as he watched them leave the room. Something was going on. Something happened in those ten seconds of their kiss. Blake wondered and suddenly realized it. They might have had a connection as well. The competition just started to get real interesting.