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We spent the rest of the holiday secretly making out, with lots and lots of kissing. I think Derek knew something was up, but he didn't say anything to anyone. Mine and Dask's parents were oblivious.

Once we arrived back home in Cheshire, Dask and my family parted ways, heading back to our own homes. I missed him.

Before we left the island, we had a conversation about what we were going to do once we got home. We had both agreed to stop fooling around once we were home.

I'd decided to break up with Kelly. I wasn't interested in her anymore, probably hadn't been for some time. Dask & I had fooled around more in the past two weeks, than she and I did in our whole two year relationship, and that's saying something. I'd been a terrible boyfriend anyway, if I wasn't cheating on her, I'd been thinking about cheating on her, no matter my efforts to be a better boyfriend. I realised if she didn't hold my interest more than my best friend did, she mustn't be the one for me.

I avoided her when we started back at school. I didn't want to hurt her, but inside I knew we'd run our course. I'd seen Zack Harvey checking her out at school. He was popular like her, a jock and a lot of girls thought he was hot.

She wasn't especially sad about the break up, at least, she didn't act like she was to me. She said she'd been thinking we had been growing apart too and we parted ways with a hug, promising to remain friends. We told everyone at school that we'd both decided to be friends and we had no hard feelings against each other. Two weeks later, she and Zack became boyfriend and girlfriend. I was pleased she'd moved on.

Back home, I wondered what Dask was doing. I texted him at all hours. I thought about him so often I knew it couldn't be considered normal anymore. I found myself inviting him over to sleep during the week as well as on the weekends more and more.

I didn't make any moves on him once. We'd made a deal, but that didn't stop me from wanting to, or hugging him of a night when he slept over.

He knew when I had a boner and I didn't bother denying it. Hell, he would get one too. I took care of mine in the shower. I assumed he did too.

One day after school, a couple weeks after we'd gotten back home from the island, Dask and I went back to his house and played video games.

"It's nice to be back home," he said.

"We've been home for two weeks, Dask."

"Yeah." Dask laughed a little, then looked at me, his face unsure. "So...what happened on the island stays on the island?"

"That's what we decided," I said.

Dask nodded.

We continued playing & I killed him five times in a row. I sighed. "Are you even trying? Usually, you're harder to beat."

Dask looked distracted as he bit his lip and looked away from me. After a moment, he put his controller down. "Sorry, just thinking about something. Are you hungry?"

I frowned, wondering what was up with him. I decided to let it rest for the moment. "I can always eat, Dask."

He laughed. "Let's go."

We walked out to the kitchen & made some snacks, then headed back to his room. Once we'd finished eating, I reached for the controller.

"Jo?"

"Hmm?"

"I just...what if we kiss, one more time, and then never again?"

I stared at him. "Are you sure?"

He nodded.

"Okay," I said.

"Okay."

"Okay," I said again, not moving towards him, just looking at him. I felt nervous all of a sudden.

"Okay." Dask smiled.

I felt my cheeks heat up. He knew I'd been stalling. "Okay," I said, one last time, before leaning in towards him.

Then, we kissed, and I thought to myself 'Yeah, we're going to do that again.'

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Thank you for reading.

Sorry for the short chapter. I'm working on something more for the next one, which I think you might find interesting.

This story has only a few more chapters left. I'm figuring out how to end it. I'd love it if you would let me know of any ideas you might have for the ending.

Lots of ♡

- dreamydaze

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