Star Crossed Mates

Chapter 3

Aster pulled me into his chest, to hide my face from anyone who might see us.

“You need to slow down man. No girl is going to look twice at you if you keep throwing up”

“Whatever. They won’t come by because of your ugly mug”

“Who was that one girl who came with Celeste?”

“I’m not a hundred percent but I think it was Nova”

“No way. Nova never looked that fine”

“Well she sure did tonight. Probably because it’s the last party of the school year”

“She is fine as hell. Too bad she was with that one guy from Barco High. She was all up on him”

Aster began moving his fingers again more roughly then before. Was he jealous? I bit down on my hand, burying my face into his chest to keep myself from moaning.

“She wasn’t with him. Didn’t you see the way Barlow grabbed her? I knew there was something between them. He always chased after her”

“That’s right. He used to snap when he caught wind of any guys who were interested in her. That’s why Zeke thought he had a chance. Swoop down and take her while her guard dog was gone”

My insides heated up and squeezed around his finger at the thought of Aster truly liking me. His thumb circled my clit and just when I released my hand to moan he quickly covered my mouth with his to drown out any sound I would’ve made. I spasmed as my juices spilled out all around his hand.

We could hear the two guys' voices fade into the distance. Aster slowly pulled his fingers out from me, but never broke our kiss. We stayed there for a few minutes until we both needed air.

“We should probably get back,” I tried to stand up, but my legs felt like jelly.

“You might want to take it easy for a few minutes. There’s no rush,” he let out a throaty chuckle.

I had finally regained the strength in my legs but was not very comfortable walking around with my underwear being soaked.

“Could you hang on for a second?” I asked Aster.

I walked behind the tree, quickly pulling my shorts and discarding my soaked underwear. Pulling my shorts back in just in time when Aster came around.

“What are you doing?”

“Just trying to freshen myself”

He slipped his hand around my back, kissing my temple.

When we got closer to the crowd I spotted Celeste who started screaming my name as she bounced towards me.

“Where have you been?”

She was definitely not sober anymore. You could light a fire with her breath.

“I went exploring in the woods”

“And when did you get here?” She poked Aster in the chest.

“A while ago. I just met up with Nova”

She looked at both of us suspiciously.

“Anyways, come with me. I have some people I want you to meet,” she pulled at my wrist.

I looked back and saw a streak of disappointment on his face. It chipped away at my heart to see him like that.

“Nova, this is Tyran and Gideon”

I already knew Tyran. He was the boy who asked me to dance when I got here. A little embarrassed, I smiled and waved my hand.

“Nice to meet you”

“Wow, she is definitely gorgeous,” Gideon said.

“Right!” Celeste giggled, placing her arm around him.

“My drink is empty,” she puffed her lip out and pouted it at Gideon.

“Let’s fix that then. You don’t mind keeping Nova company do you?” He asked Tyran, clapping him on the shoulder.

“Not at all,” Tyran placed his arm around my waist and smiled down at me.

“Celeste!” I shouted, but she was already carried away in the sea of people.

“Sorry about that. Gideon has been crazy about Celeste and has been waiting for a chance to talk to her”

“How do you know Celeste?”

“We see her at parties from time to time”

I made an ‘o’ shape with my mouth. I looked over my shoulder and saw a very pissed Aster, scowling at me. A few girls had come up fawning over him. Touching his biceps and chest. He smiled at them, allowing them to pull him away.

My mood soured instantly. All I wanted to do now was go home.

“You want a drink?” He handed me his cup.

“No thanks. I’ve had my fill already”

“You must hold it pretty well. Unlike your friend”

“One of us has to drive”

“Good point. Maybe you can drive me home too,” he gave me a charming smile.

“I don’t think so”

“Come on, you wouldn’t want us drinking and driving,” he started getting too close for comfort.

I slowly backed up to try and get some space between us without being rude.

“Why not just call a cab?”

“To come out to the middle of nowhere?” He smirked.

He had a point.

“Well maybe you should sober up”

“You could help me with that,” he ran his hand up my cheek, stepping closer till I was backed up against a tree.

“You know you’re right. I shouldn't let you drink and drive,” I held out my hand, “let me see your keys”

He smiled victoriously at me. And placed his keys in my palm.

I put my hand in his chest and got as close as I could to him and whispered, “Good luck”, just before tossing his keys over into the crowd.

The look of vexation on his face was evident.

“You b***h!” He snarled at me, gripping my throat.

I clawed at his hand in hopes he’d let go.

“Looks like someone doesn’t want me to be gentle”

Pure terror flowed through me when he gripped my breast tightly. There was no pleasure in this as he roughly kissed me. I went to bite his lip when he pulled away quickly.

“Don’t think about trying to escape. I’m gonna take you right here and now,” he pressed on my throat hard.

I tried to scream, but was hardly able to gulp for air. So many people around and not a single one was aware of the situation I was in.

His hand ripped at my shorts, tearing them open. His hand slid down and I had completely forgotten what I did earlier.

“No panties huh? And look how wet you are? Were you waiting for someone to touch you or did you get that wet because I’m the one doing it”

I spat in his face.

He lifted his hand that was about to penetrate me. I closed my eyes waiting for the stinging pain across my cheek when I was thrown violently to the ground.

Taking a deep breath and coughing I looked around and saw Aster on top of Tyran, throwing blow after blow as Tyran struggled to fight back. Eventually his arms fell lifelessly to his side.

“Nova!” Celeste stumbled towards me, “what the hell is going-“ but before she could finish her question she turned very pale and vomited right beside me.

I watched as Aster slowly raised himself off of Tyran. The scowl on his face from earlier was gone and replaced with one of unease as his hand reached for my neck. I flinched harder than I should have, regretting my action the moment I saw the hurt I caused him. He retracted his hand, punching the ground with so much force I was worried he might have broken his bones.

“Let’s go home”

He grabbed Celeste’s arm and pulled her to her feet. I tried getting up but it felt like my legs were cemented to the ground. The fear that filled my mind and body kept me rooted to the spot.

My heart was pounding so hard that I couldn’t even hear all the murmuring around me. I cupped my ears trying to make it stop when I felt a rough hand in my cheek. The smell of that wooden amber cologne, so warming and comforting. I opened my eyes and saw my favorite sapphire orbs looking into mine.

I placed my hand over his. My heart settled down and I nodded in understanding at him. Finally getting to my feet I followed Aster as he led Celeste to the car. His hand reached out behind him and couldn’t help but smile as I placed mine in his. This wasn’t the way I saw our night going, but at least something good came out of it. How naive I really was to think my life would end up like a fairytale.