Growing feelings

"Number one and four should kiss"

Ethan looked at the card in his hand and sees that he is number four this time, he glance through the room and his eyes rest on Alexandra, he doesn't need any word from her to know that she is the one with the number one card.

Antonio smiles seeing the look on their faces and exchanged looks with Julie then the two laugh out loud

"Come on you guys, don't be a party pooper and just do it" Julie said

The group of friends just turned seventeen except Antonio who is a year older and got admitted into the best school in the country, Heights, and to celebrate that they all gather together at Alexandra's place to have some fun before school begins.

"Was this your idea? I told you it's nothing like that between us" Alexandra clarify to them but they don't seem to care

"Why can't you two kiss? Julie and I are also not dating but we've kissed few times" Antonio insist

"Our relationship is different from yours and besides, it's a rule" Alexandra argued

The two has been best friends since the day their parents gave birth to them at the same hospital where they were almost switched by the nurse and became even closer after Alexandra's parents move into the same neighborhood with Ethan's parents

"Ethan, stop them" she said knowing the two won't give up

"We will take the punishment" Ethan said in his deep sexy voice and stood up from the chair to get the bucket of ice from the fridge.

"Okay…" Antonio agreed knowing he can't argue against his words and stood up from his seat to get the water

"Hey Alexandra, get yourself here"

Alexandra also stood up and the two get ready to be beaten with a bucket of ice each, Ethan pull Alexandra towards him and use his body to cover hers completely as the water pour down on them.

"Oh" Alexandra quickly turned away from his arms and hurried to get two towels and gave them to him

He wipes his wet dark hair with the towel, his fair and perfect body visible for all to see. Alexandra only has her hair to worry about since a larger part of the water ended on Ethan's body.

"I will get you some clothes to change into?" Alexandra said and turned to leave but he stops her

"I know my way around" he told her and went into her room to grab some clothes for himself, since he usually sleep over at her place he left some of his clothes in her room.

Ethan opened her closet and finds it disorganized as usual, he move her things aside and pick a black shirt for himself then search inside to find his green and favorite short.

"Alex! Where is my short?" he called out to her when he couldn't find it

"Used and dirty" she answered him from the door and comes inside

"That's why I offered to bring you clothes myself" Alexandra said and sat down on her Queen-sized bed.

"I told you to stop wearing my clothes" Ethan tells her and finds another trouser he can put on

"You can also wear my clothes and besides, your trousers are so comfy, I just can't help but wear them" she replied nonchalantly

"I need to change my pants" he told her

"Go ahead" Alexandra said and continues to stare at him then realize what he meant

"Nothing I haven't seen before dude" she said laughing but Ethan isn't finding it funny.

Knowing she is not going to listen to him and leave, he made his way into the bathroom to change his clothes then return with a small towel in his hand and walk closer to Alexandra who is busy on her phone.

"You are done…"

Ethan held her shoulders stopping her words and helped her to wipe her hair with the towel in his hand, Alexandra smile and drop her phone, she takes in his scent as he continue to dry her hair and the two remain silent for the next minute.

"What do you say to us kissing to show our friends we don't have any kind of feelings for each other" Alexandra said and Ethan paused then takes a step away from her

She always say things like this without much thinking but to him, her words mean more than what she thinks, every of her words makes him think maybe she feels the same way as him

"Don't you need to change your clothes?" he asked trying to change the topic, if he decide to joke around on the topic she might actually kiss him

"You don't have such feelings for me right?" she throws a question at the unprepared Ethan and the towel in his hand dropped…

When they turned thirteen, their parents tried to get them engaged but Alex hates the idea

Scared that she might keep her distance from him, Ethan made a promise to never fall in love with her and to keep this promise he made a rule that he won't ever kiss her.

For the past four years, they have kept things like that but Ethan knows better about his own feelings. He just couldn't help falling in love with her

"What nonsense are you going on about? Change your clothes" he said and moves farther away from her

"I don't need to, I am fine" she replied him

"But I am not, you might catch a cold" he said and went to fetch her another cloth then hand it over to her

Alexandra throws the dress away on the bed and suddenly hugs him, Ethan is taken aback by the sudden intimate contact and tries to pull away from her but Alexandra held on tighter and rests her head just below his abdomen causing a pleasurable feeling in his heart.

'What are you doing?" he managed to voice out before he lose it

Alexandra raise her head and stare at him with her beautiful green eyes in a cute way, Ethan gets a hold on himself realizing she just want to get something from him and calm down

"Do you want to go with me for a…"

'No I don't" he immediately rejects her knowing she is asking to go to the amusement park and move away from her arms.

"Why are you so rigid?" she complained

"Alexandra" Ethan called

He has been debating on telling her about his feelings for so long, maybe he could use this chance to go to the park with her and confess

"What is it? Why do you look so serious?" Alex questioned

Before Ethan could say something, her phone start to ring and she pick it up seeing it's her dad.

"Hi dad I am at home with Ethan" she said and her countenance changed the next second.

"Okay dad I am on my way" she said again and end the call then stood up from the bed in a hurry

Ethan is curious to know what happened and why her mood is changed all of a sudden but Alexandra doesn't want to explain to him and she just bolt out of the room to get her car keys downstairs.

He followed her into the living room where Antonio and Julie are still having fun; he stops her just before she opens the door to leave

"What happened?' he questioned and feels more anxious seeing the worried look on her face

"Nothing, I am going to meet my dad"

'Should I come with you?" he offered but she declined, her father already told her not to bring him along and to come alone

"I think he wants to discuss something important with me" she said and left

Ethan is very worried but didn't follow after her and went back to the living room, Antonio and Julie comes to him and asked him what happened

"Nothing her dad called" he answered them and went to get a bottle of water for himself then receive a message from his sister but ignores it.

"What have you two been doing inside?" Antonio asked mischievously but Ethan shoo him away.

He sat down and ponder on his growing feelings for Alexandra feeling really bothered by the fact that it might affect their relationship, Alexandra on the other hand clearly has zero feelings for him and if it goes on like this she will soon find out about it