Chapter 6 "Pakjira, what a surprise." Jiranan was not as surprised as her words. She had wanted this confrontation. And the result was perfect because the woman was staring at her as if she had stepped into a minefield. "You! What the hell are you wearing?" Pakjira exclaimed pointing a finger at her. "The same thing you are wearing." Jiranan stepped down from the platform of the mirror and came up to Pakjira. "Tell me...Andrew," she said, without even looking at him. "Do you think the dress looks better on me or this woman?" Unable to stand her impertinence, Pakjira screamed and stomped. "How dare you! Andrew is my boyfriend. You have no right to ask him. Only I have the right! Andrew, tell me, who looks better in this dress, me or this geek?" Gulping hard, Andrew was lost between the women. To his rescue, a sales clerk came up and asked the women to settle down and to try something new. "No!" Pakjira exclaimed. "I will not back down to this girl. I will not! I will buy this and see what you can do about it. Are you going to buy after me, geek?" Jiranan only shrugged and walked to her dressing room before turning to Andrew and winked at him. Pakjira caught this and screamed even louder even as a sales clerk tried to calm her down. By the time Pakjira left, Jiranan came out, leaving the black dress behind. She won't be anyone's shadow or second. She will remain first. When she walked out of the store, she was stopped by Andrew. "I'm sorry about my friend." He gave an apologetic face. "I hope you don't mind." A smile came so deviously, so slowly that Andrew was almost afraid to believe that this woman looked like his Yui. Yet, he couldn't stop himself from being intrigued by her. Jiranan walked up to him and stood only inches away, her perfume filtering through his sense. "You don't have to apologize for your girlfriend. I know her as much as you perhaps. And you can convey this message to her, I will not back down to anyone. She will have what's coming to her in due times, Andrew...." "Gregson." "Gregson," she repeated lowly, leaning closer to him until her lips came only an inch away. "We will meet again, handsome." A sudden flash of desire stroke through him and before he could stop himself, he closed the distance between them and tasted the red tartness of her lips. The brief touch shocked him, causing him to jerk away from her. Electricity tingled in his lips and smoldered his eyes to smoke. However, none of the effects seemed to last in Jiranan. She just smiled and pulled away, touching her lips. "You are a good kisser, Andrew Gregson. But don't expect that I will allow a second time to happen." She was angry. So angry that when she whirled around to stomp away, the ends of her hair smacked him in his face. The effects were there, Andrew noted, smiling to himself, rubbing his chin as if she had slapped him. That would be a scene. If ever she hit him, he would be sure to double the pain with a harder kiss than this innocent one. She may act like a tough, modern woman, but he saw that she was just like his innocent Yui. There will be a second time, Miss Jiranan. ~ ( * ) ~ A prickle of heat ran from her lips so suddenly that Yui found herself awoken in the middle of her sleep. Her fingers touched her lips and wondered if she dreamt that someone had kissed her. But no, this is a dream. Her reality was out somewhere, flaunting herself and taking control of a life that she couldn't. Unless.... Yui rushed to look for a mirror. Any mirror. And there was a small glass shard on the ground. Grabbing it in her hand, she stared into it. Jiranan! Jiranan, where are you! A small reflection of herself appeared. Yui, what a surprise to see you looking in a mirror. Look at yourself, aren't you pretty after all the work I did? Jiranan, what happened today? What did you do? Just shopping...and a little revenge on your part. That Pakjira really thinks she's something when she is no different from any other woman. I don't care about her. Did you let someone touch my body? You know that I don't like that! I didn't allow him, Yui. He kissed your lips before I could stop it. But if he kissed again, I'll be sure to slap him. Again? There will be a second time? Jiranan, I'm warning you now that there will not be a second time. What's wrong with a little male touch, Yui? It wasn't so bad. He was a good kisser. I'm sure you felt it too. Yui blushed and looked away. I have to go to dinner now. You know, your parents are starting to like this new you. With the last words, the apparition in the mirror faded and no reflection returned to her. The new Jiranan was more liked by her family than the old, Yui realized. A part of her grew sad though another part was glad that her parents got the daughter they always wanted. Her mind did not go far from the parting touch that had started this conversation with herself. Whoever he was, Yui admitted that even if the kiss barely lasted a second, it held promises of a much more wonderful kiss. She shivered at just the thought. Shadow Main       Home        << Back 5       Next 7 >>

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