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CHAPTER - 10

TURNING TABLES

One word - Awkward

To say that the situation could be described by this one word would be the understatement of the century.

I watched Kim as she understood the situation, finally and completely avoided making eye contact with me. Her eyes were lowered and she was biting her bottom lip. Her cheeks were tainted red in embarrassment and she was tightly holding on to the blue fabric of the couch on which she was seated.

On the other hand, I was biting my lips too, not in embarrassment, but to keep myself from laughing at the absurdity of the situation that we were both in. Kim's expressions were not helping either. They were so damn funny for me.

The sound of the doorbell broke the awkwardly funny silence and Kim jumped from the couch and shouted, "I'll get it." Her voice was urgent, way too urgent to get away from here.

A chuckle escaped my lips as I watched her run hastily towards the door and I turned towards the cupboard that had Adam and mine stock of DVDs. I safely put the new DVD in its case.

"Who is it?" I asked Kim over my shoulder.

"Pizzas," she answered.

I turned back to look at her and found her holding the door half open with her right hand, while her left hand was rested on her waist as she looked at me.

"Money is on the counter." I pointed towards the kitchen counter and she nodded. I again turned back towards the cupboard and placed the DVD safely in a corner.

'So what if I can't watch Cookie's trip to fame while Kim is here? I'm so going to watch it later, in complete detail.' I grinned and sighed dreamily as thoughts of what all was going to happen after Cookie had so seductively said, "Anything" haunted my mind.

"Do you have soda?" Kim's voice broke the train of my erotic thoughts and I mentally groaned. How I wished that Kim was not here right now?

"Fridge," I replied as bluntly as I could. My tone was bored and I dragged myself towards the counter and plopped down on the seat to eat pizza. There was nothing better to do now. Nada! Nothing at all!

"Oh my God! You've blueberry cheesecake." Kim's excited squeal made me look at her over-excited face.

"I do?" I asked, frowning a bit.

She rolled her eyes and took out something from the fridge. She showed me the cheesecake slice that was placed in a medium sized plate. Yes, it was that cheesecake. I was sure it was Adam's as he had a fetish for that thing, while I could never understand what the fuss about this cake was all about.

"Yeah, eat all you want," I told her nonchalantly.

She snorted in response. "As if I need your permission to eat this."

Deciding to ignore her remark, I poured soda for both of us and started eating the only good thing that was left in the world for me - pepperoni pizza. I was depressed as I had just faced a huge loss of not watching porn. This led my thoughts to wander towards everything that had happened in the last twenty four hours.

I freaking canceled my important family visit, had an almost fight with my best buddy, danced at a gay club, humiliated myself to the core and worst of all, I couldn't watch Cookie's Trip to Fame. And all this happened just because of one person, Kim or was it because of me and my malfunctioning tongue. Whatever it was, I was pissed, pissed at myself for letting all this happen.

"What's wrong with you?" I looked up at her and frowned in confusion at her words. "Why are you being so moody? Are you PMSing?"

Once again, I decided to ignore her remark by rolling my eyes. I grabbed another slice and bit a huge chunk of it. She eyed me for a moment and shrugged her shoulders, letting the matter go.

"Oh, put your loving hands out baby, I'm beggin."

My head snapped in her direction and she grinned sheepishly as she dug out her phone from her jeans pocket. I looked at her with my eyes turned to slits and she quickly answered the call, avoiding my accusing glare.

She didn't even say a greeting and her expressions changed from that of joy to frowning in disbelief. "Are you serious?" she asked the other person. After hearing what the other person had to say, she sighed and rubbed her forehead a bit. "It's okay, Lau. I understand. None of it is your fault. You just enjoy," she said, smiling a bit. Slowly, her smile grew bigger and she ended the call before saying, "Yup girl. I know I'm the best." She sighed as she kept her phone back inside her pocket and bit her bottom lip thoughtfully.

"What's the matter?" I asked.

"Laura is spending the rest of the week with Kyle," she said shrugging her shoulders as if it was nothing.

"But you came here for her." I tried to reason.

"No," she replied instantly. "I mean, I did tag along with her, but it was on my own will. I wanted to come," she told me very seriously, like there was a hidden meaning behind all of it.

I just nodded my head and decided not to pry. "Seriously? That ringtone?" I asked with disbelief, completely changing the topic.

She laughed and covered her mouth with the back of her hand. "It reminds me of the awesome night," she replied and instantly, all the events of last night played in my head.

'I have to delete every proof of the dreadful night,' I reminded myself.

I racked my brain for every possible idea which included tickling the life out of her and making her give me her phone to snatching her phone from her hand and what not, but nothing appealed to me as much as the last idea that ticked my mind. An evil grin made its way to my lips as I thought about it. It was a win-win situation for me.

"Kim?"

She looked up from her the slice of pizza that she was so inhumanly eating and asked with her mouthful of pepperoni and pizza base, "Hmm?"

Oh, so attractive. Not!

"Give me your phone," I told her.

Her eyebrows scrunched up together and asked with her mouth still full, "Why?"

Oh, such a turn-on. Note the sarcasm dripping down from my every word.

I took a deep breath and told her directly. There was no point beating around the bush. "Delete the video you made of me last night."

By now, she had swallowed her bite, thankfully and she snickered. "Yeah, right." Rolling her eyes at me, she took another slice and munched it.

"I'm serious, Kim. Delete it," I told her, well, more like ordered.

She let out a light chuckle and she swallowed the bite in her mouth. "Keep dreaming, Keith. I'm not deleting it at any cost." With that, she took another bite, completely ignoring the look I was giving her.

I sighed dramatically and shrugged my shoulders. "Okay then, let's watch Cookie's Trip to Fame."

The moment I placed my only term and condition in front of her, she choked on her food and started coughing very badly. I stopped myself from laughing at the expected reaction and lightly dragged the glass of soda towards her, which she quickly sipped.

Once she calmed down, she looked at me with wide eyes and asked "You're kidding, right?"

I shook my head and pressed my lips together in a thin line. Her eyes got much wider, if that was even possible and she bit her lower lip as she diverted her eyes from me to look at the pizza between us. I smirked mentally at the obviousness of the situation. There was no way that she would want to watch porn and she'd delete the video.

She again looked at me, but this time with a sweet smile and said, "Keith." Sugar was dripping from her voice and I couldn't help but snort. I watched as she lightly clenched her jaw, but managed to smile again and continued her sweet act. "You won't make me watch that, right? I mean, you are way too nice to do that." She fluttered her eyelashes as she finished her sentence and this time, I couldn't stop the laughter that erupted from my mouth. I watched between my laughter as her smile changed to scowl and she narrowed her eyes in my direction.

"You suck at flirting," I told her between my laughter.

She sighed in defeat and scratched the side of her head. "So I've been told," she said in a low voice making me laugh again and she smiled a bit. "You were kidding, right?" she asked with expectant eyes and hope in her voice.

Teasing her was something I was enjoying way too much and I was not planning to stop it any time soon. Without replying to her question, I picked up another pizza slice and started eating it. I took slow bites and acted like devouring in the taste of the pizza was the best thing I could do at the moment. All the while, I could feel her stare at the side of my head, which I so innocently ignored as I asked, "This pizza is too good. Isn't it?"

"I've lost my appetite," she answered, frowning a bit and asked again, "You were kidding, right?" Worry and tension were etched on every feature of her face.

I decided to play the fool and said, "No, I really mean it. This pizza is really good." I bit my lip as she clenched her jaw. She was losing her patience and I was trying not to laugh. She lightly pushed the pizza box away from her and towards my direction.

Once I was done with eating pizza, I stood up and brushed my hands on my jeans. "It's time to watch Cookie," I told her grinning.

"No!" she exclaimed, and stood up in haste.

A smirk made its way to my lips and I said, "Then delete the video."

She closed her fists tightly and clenched her jaw. "No," she told me.

Shrugging my shoulders, I went towards the living area and said over my shoulder, "As you wish." Slowly, I went towards the cupboard to take the DVD out. She was so going to give in and delete the video, within the next five seconds.

One

I took out the DVD out of the cupboard.

Two

Now, out of the case.

Three

I moved towards the DVD Player.

Four

I pressed the 'Open' button.

Fi-

"Wait!" I smirked in victory as her haste urgent voice reached my ears and slowly, I moved to look at her. She was fiddling with her fingers and biting her lips.

"Yes?" I asked innocently.

"I... um... I..."

"Yes, Kim?" I urged her and couldn't fight the smirk that made its way to my face.

'Now is the time when she'll apologize and delete my humiliating video,' I thought and heard an evil laughter from inside my head.

"Let me get seated first," she said and moved towards the couch whose fabric she was earlier trying to tear off.

I looked at her dumbfounded as she sat on the couch and looked at me expectantly. "What?" I asked in utter disbelief.

She smiled sweetly and said, "I said 'Let me get seated first'. You know, so we can watch Cookie's Trip to Fame."

My eyebrows scrunched up together at the way she said this and I found myself nodding. I turned back towards the DVD Player and realized that this time she was testing me.

'Two can play the game, Kim.'

I inserted the DVD and picked up the remote. With a smirk, I faced her and said, "Let's watch Cookie's cookies." I almost laughed as she shuddered and her face showed complete disgust at my innuendo. I went to sit with her and instantly, she moved to the other corner of the couch, putting way too much space between us.

"Just so you know, I know self defense," she warned me with seriousness.

I chuckled and looked at her. "Why are you telling me this?"

"So... ahem... so you won't try anything funny with me," she said in a low voice, avoiding eye contact with me.

I laughed at her and said, "Trust me, Kim, I won't. Looking at you after looking at Cookie is a huge turn off in itself." Her eyes went wide as she looked at me with her mouth open. She opened and closed her mouth several times but couldn't say a nice comeback. "Cat got your feisty tongue?" I asked, tilting my head to the side.

She huffed and muttered something like, "I'll show you what a turn-off is." Ignoring her remark, I pressed the 'Play' button and the movie went on a roll.

'This is going to be so much fun for me and embarrassing for Kim.' I smiled in satisfaction and watched as the name flashed on the screen in bold red letters. I glanced at Kim and tried not to laugh at her expressions as her lips formed a huge grimace and her nose was scrunched up just like her eyebrows. It was a funny sight. I leaned back in my seat and sighed in contentment.

The scene where Cookie seductively purred, "Anything" came and she started unbuttoning her shirt. This time, unlike the last time, I didn't press the 'Stop' button and decided to enjoy myself to the maximum. I was going to enjoy porn as well as Kim's embarrassment, just like she had enjoyed mine last night. We watched silently as their clothes came off and just looking at Cookie's assets was enough to make my friend down south arouse. I picked up the pillow that was kept leaning on the armrest of the couch and kept it over my lap. I looked at Kim when the guy removed his boxers and his manhood came into view.

Red!

She was all red. I bit my lips to stop the laughter that was threatening to erupt at her expressions. She looked like she was in pain.

"That is so fake," she said, looking at the screen.

I snorted and said, "You'll see mine and you'll say he has a teeny weenie." She looked at me with much more disgust and I looked at her with smugness all over my face. I was just telling her the truth.

Watching Cookie and the producer guy in action, made me much more excited. Within a minute, it got all hard and rough and I completely forgot about the girl sitting on the other end of the couch. Well, that was until she squealed happily. I looked at her in annoyance and she said, "I know who he is."

"What? You know this guy who works in porn movies?" I asked her.

She shook her head instantly and said, "Everyone knows him." I rolled my eyes at her and focused my attention back on Cookie and the guy, whom apparently Kim and everyone knew. "I'm serious, Keith. Look at him."

"What makes you think that I'll look at the guy when I have a perfect view of Cookie?" I asked her in a bored tone. 'Why the hell is she talking? Can't she let me enjoy it in peace?'

"Seriously, look at him. He is impossibly fast and strong. Well, hard as well. I'm sure he is ice-cold and he is getting his body heat from Cookie. I bet he shines like a million diamonds in sunlight. He is Edward Cullen, Keith, Edward Cullen." My head snapped in her direction at her ridiculous comparison and I found her looking at me wide excitedly happy eyes.

"Are you insane?" I asked her incredulously.

"Are you blind?" she asked me back, way too innocently. She ignored my clenched jaw look and turned to look at the screen. "Oh, Edward, why are you betraying Bella for Cookie? There are so many cookies out there in the world, chocolate cookie, butter cookie, nut cookie, coconut cookie and what not; but there is only one Bella. Your Bella. Why, Edward, why?" she asked dramatically, leaning in front of the screen and spreading her arms in the front, from the guy in the screen who was busy f*cking the life out of Cookie.

I, on the other hand, was already so turned off at the disgusting comparison she had made. Seriously, who in their right minds would compare a porn star with a pale-white vampire, that too, from a rubbish girly movie which is a huge turn off in itself? She really showed me what a turn-off was.

I picked up the remote and pressed the 'Stop' button and switched off the television. I looked at Kim with narrowed eyes and she looked at me with the same sweet smile of hers. Angrily, I took out the DVD out of the player and kept it back in the case. 'There is no use of keeping it now, I can never watch porn without thinking about Edward Cullen now.' I shuddered at the thought and let out a frustrated groan.

"Is everything alright, Keith?" Kim's voice reached my ears, making me glare at her. The innocence and sweetness could be easily identified in her voice. Before I could answer, her phone rang and she took it out. I watched as her features turned to frown when she looked at the name of whoever was calling her. "I'll take this in the balcony," she muttered and went towards the adjoining balcony.

When she went out of sight, I stepped towards the counter and my eyes landed on the blueberry cheesecake that she had claimed for herself. I had to take my revenge in some way or the other. I ate the entire slice and actually liked it. A lot. I smiled to myself as I looked at the clean, empty plate in front of me and on cue, Kim came back in the room.

"I'll be back in a minute," I told her and went inside the bathroom that was attached to my room.

When I was in the middle of doing my business, I heard a familiar ringtone and I remembered that my phone was kept on the counter beside the pizza box. "Answer the call," I shouted to Kim.

"Okay," she answered back and suddenly, the ringtone that had sounded familiar just a second back, sounded way too familiar to me. The ringtone stopped and I heard Kim say, "Hello?"

My eyes widened as I realized that it was the ringtone that I had kept for Hailey, my sister. 'I can't let Kim talk to Hailey, or Hailey to Kim. It'll be a disaster! All my lies would come out in the open. I'll be dead.' I told myself and fixed my clothes, washed my hands, wiped them; I did everything at the speed of light. I reached the doorknob and tried to open the door, but I couldn't. I applied all my force on the knob and it came into my hands. I eyed it in disbelief. 'What the hell is happening today? Why are the forces of nature against me?' I threw it at a side and grumbled, looking at the door, "Open up you f*cking piece of wood." With that I pushed the door with all my force and the next thing I knew was that I was on its other side, in my room.

I ran outside towards the living area and came to a halt when I spotted Kim standing near the counter, my phone in her right hand and her left hand on her hip. Her eyes were turned to slits as she looked at me with accusation etched on every feature of her face.

It was obvious that she had talked to Hailey and now, all my lies and the problem my malfunctioning tongue was facing were out for the entire world to know. I racked my brain to say something. Something that could fix everything. Something that could save me from my family's and Kim's wrath.

And I said, the only thing I could think of. "We are going to Hendersonville tomorrow." I spread my arms to my sides and let a huge grin cover my face like I was telling her the most excited news of the year, to support and prove my acting skills, I even jumped a little.

I watched as her accusing glare changed to that of confusion. "O-okay," she said in confusion. "But, why the sudden plan? Do you often get such weird ideas in the toilet?"

This time it was me who looked at her in confusion. "Ph-phone?" I managed to say amidst all the confusion and pointed towards my phone in her hand.

"Oh, yeah. It was some Hailey, but your phone's battery died the moment I answered it." She shrugged as she kept my phone back on the counter.

"But, why were you looking at me with... that look?" I asked her. 'Didn't she just talk with Hailey? Didn't she just come to know about