9 Nine

I'm sitting at the couch beside Thea. She prepared a snacks for me, so I couldn't leave. It's like were going to do this courting seriously, but honestly, I'm not confident to make her fall for me. The way she look at James, I know she really loves him.

She put the tea and cookies in the table in front of us. She's the one who baked it apparently. I took a piece with a hesitant look on my face. She saw my face and slap my hand.

"Why!?" I exclaimed.

She get a cookie and force it in my mouth. I feel like my face are already green, because of the taste.

It's salty.

"Is it good?"

"Yes." I said it.

Since she did not bake that much, I took all the cookies and eat it without hesitation. I drink tea while eating those cookies. She smile at me and it seems that she is happy because I ate all of it.

She took out a piece of cookie on her pocket, I got nervous so I stand immediately and plan to snatch the cookie, and of course she resist and it results to me and her protecting and snatching the cookie. I will not let her know what the real taste of her cookie is.

I grab her two hands and lean her to the sofa. Her father is not here so no one will misunderstand what I am doing. But that's not the case for her. Her face is flushed and her eye brow are narrowing, she seems to be really mad at what I'm doing. I feel her heat and breath, and her scent are lingering on my nose.

She is not totally mad at me, but it is more likely that she is feeling shy and her attraction for me might increased. I stare at her eyes for a while, down to her lips, and neck, until I realized that if I don't look away, I might get carried away.

My hands loose slightly so she escaped on my grab easily. She eat the cookie and her reaction is what I expected. I can see in her face that she is mad, ashame, and her face is red. Shit, she is really cute, her eyes are teared.

She wipe the little tears in her eyes,

"It's not good. It's salty." She said.

She cross her arms while looking at me with her eyebrows narrowed. I think she is more upset because I didn't tell the truth, that it is not good.

I sit down and face her. She gave me a sign to wait. She stand up and I just stare at her back. She is just wearing a shorts and camisole. I avoid staring too much and gulp while I'm feeling warm in my face. She's attracting me.

Don't wanna stare.

A minutes later, she came back with a recipe book. She handed it to me.

"Help me to make cookies." She said.

I shake my head immediately, but she hold me in clothes.

"Will you help me or not?"

I gulp, not because I am scared on her. I am sweating, not because I'm scared.

I just nod while looking away. Just because she's flat, it doesn't mean that it will not affect me. My heart beats loudly because of what I saw.

I need to erase that images on my mind.

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We mixed the recipe then place it inside the oven. I know how to cook dishes, but it is my first time to bake something. I will not expect great things on our creation, but I know how to blend the taste and recipe. I know it will not be that bad.

We sit at the sofa and look at each other. She's sweating. I get my handkerchief from my pocket and give it to her.

I give it to her to wipe her sweats, but she just look at it. I look at her in the eyes and gave her a "Want me to wipe it for you?" look.

She nod at me. I gave her a "Seriously!?" look.

I wipe her face till to her neck. I gulp while wiping her. It's too much.

"You know Dale. I love your shyness. Who would have guessed that the badboy Dale in the past, will be a shy person in the future?" She's teasing me.

I shorten our distance and let my face go near her. I put down my handkerchief. I stare at her lips and then stare at her eyes. She didn't budge. I stare at her black eyes to her lips. My heart beat faster, my face is too close to hers. On the hand, she is not showing any expression. I touch her lips with my finger, I did not intend to touch it at first. I'm temp to kiss her, but I immediately pull my face out on her comfort zone while I'm still on controll on my emotion.

She just look at me as if I did nothing. I avert my gaze from her. Shit. Fuck. She just look like Sheena for a moment, that eyes, and those lips, it looks like I'm looking Sheena. It's so seductive.

*Ting*

The oven just finished its job. I stand up and took out the cookies out from the oven. I place it on the plate and give it to Thea. It's not pretty good looking cookies. Thea narrow her eyebrows and might not feel great about our finished product. She get one then look at me.

"I will taste it. I don't wanna hear a lie again from you." She said.

I look around and smile slightly when I look at the containers of sugar and salt. It has the same color green and the logo are not readable. I think she mistook the salt for a sugar earlier. It's good that I taste the contains of the two containers before using it.

I look at her expression. I can't read it. I couldn't know if its good or not. I wanna strangle this campus queen.

Then she smile.

"Wow. It is good, our cookie is tasty." She said it happily.

Hm? Is it good? We are both beginner in baking. How the hell it gets good? I close the distance between us and get one and taste it. I couldn't believe it! It is really good, the looks is different though.