A Ride Home: Kye Tag Ezra

[Kye Whittemore]

Kye nodded and listened as Ezra complained about camp and then talked about Raven being due soon and how it was going to be hard to keep Ezra away from the baby. Kye had never really been around babies or little kids before so when he randomly was, he was awkward at best, although he supposed he was always awkward at best.

Kye blushed when she wiped the sauce off of his chin. He was half embarrassed he'd been sitting there unknowingly with sauce on his face and it was half of course the physical contact with someone he considered to be very pretty, even if it was just a minor thing. "It's okay, there are way better things to spend $10 on than food," he said. "Like maybe video games or a movie or something," he suggested. "I don't really have any plans for this evening," he admitted. "I was probably going to walk around or something to avoid going home and then eventually give in and go home and I don't know watch TV or something," he said with a shrug. "But we could maybe hit up a movie instead or check out the arcade on the pier or there's one in Venice too," he said, knowing that the Santa Monica pier tended to be a more popular spot for his peers because they had all of the rides and such, but Venice, where he lived also had arcades and shops, and street performers and even lots of artists and such. They didn't have any rides though.

"What do you think?" he asked, "Or if you have a completely different, better idea, really I'm down for whatever," he said before taking another sip of his soda and finishing it off. "I don't want to go home and you don't want to go home so we can avoid our homes together. Heck, we could even camp out in the bus if you wanted," he said more as a joke, "Landon and I never did take that mattress out from there," he said with another laugh. He of course was not serious about that last bit. Kye had never shared a bed with any girl that wasn't his sister and that was different because she was, well his sister. He couldn't imagine how weird it would be to share a bed with a girl that he wasn't related to...although he supposed sleeping was sleeping. Maybe it wasn't as big of a deal as he made it out to be in his head. Maybe he just made it a big deal because he wanted to have sex and more often then not he was thinking about having sex. But perhaps just sleeping next to a girl didn't necessarily mean sex, perhaps it would be no different than sleeping next to his sister. But either way, Kye had been kidding and he doubted someone like Ezra would even think of him in that sense anyway. Kye was safe...he was harmless, that's why girls liked him. They didn't have to worry about him making a move because even though he thought about it all the time, he never had the spine to actually do it.

[Ezra Kingsley]

Scrunching her nose up in a cutesy manner, Ezra grinned at Kye for being such a gentleman. As she listened to his plans for the evening, it occurred to her that as much as she was starved for company, so was Kye. She had always thought it was kind of weird why Kye wouldn't just make friends already but at the same time, she was kind of glad he always had time for her.

It was selfish for certain but now without anyone else around for her to hang out with, she was getting more and more appreciative of that. And camp had deprived her of so damn much. It was made much clearer what they could do when Kye although jokingly suggested they could get into the bus. She propped her chin up on her palm and looked at him with a smile.

No doubt Kye was the type to take initiative and Ezra was exactly the type to push things so it was fitting that she should be the one to openly suggest it, right? It was sex. It was actually something she was good at and it was a fun thing to do and what better way to do it than with a friend? Ezra was unaware that Kye was a virgin obviously so she didn't know how serious he would take it but for her, it was something to do.

"Kye, are you propositioning me?" Ezra's eyes twinkled mischievously and without waiting for his answer, she finished her soda and took the last bite of her pizza. Getting up, she was quite glad she didn't order anything with garlic or onion. In any case, she always brought mints or at least candy that could stifle any other tastes in her mouth.

She grabbed Kye's hand and pulled him out of the booth. "I thought you'd never ask." She bumped her hip against his lightly and pulled him out of the pizza joint. "We could drive out to the beach someplace so it wouldn't be weird seeing a VW bus in the middle of nowhere."

[Kye Whittemore]

When Ezra asked if he was propositioning her Kye blushed. No, it was not a soft pink on his cheeks like when she'd wiped the sauce of his chin. No, not even close. His entire face turned beat read. "No...I didn't mean it that way," he attempted to explain, of course jumping to the conclusion that she was accusing him. "I wouldn't do that to you..." he went on, knowing very well that Ezra had a bit of a reputation for sleeping around. Whether it was true or not, Kye honestly didn't know, but the last thing he wanted her thinking was that he was in this just to get laid. He actually liked Ezra. They were friends...they had a good time together....

But Ezra hardly paid attention, pulling him and his red face out of the booth and dragging him outside to the parking lot. The poor boy looked absolutely terrified. Yes, Kye wanted very badly to lose his virginity but was this really it? Sure, he knew he had no chance losing it to Jude like he fantasized about...but was it really just that easy. No it wasn't. This was a joke...a cruel joke.

Maybe Ezra wasn't as nice as she seemed. Maybe she was mad at him for propositioning him and was going to lead him on only to embarrass him and throw it in his face that he'd never had a chance with someone that looked like her. What had he gotten himself into. Always assuming the worst about things, especially things that concerned himself. The poor boy had no self esteem.

"Ezra, I'm sorry!" he blurted, talking loudly once they reached his vehicle. "I didn't mean to make you feel that way...you know I don't believe those rumors about you sleeping around...I wasn't trying anything...I didn't mean it that way at all," he said, lowering his eyes, "you don't have to act like you'd actually sleep with me because we both know you never would. It's fine...really," he said looking back up as her and forcing a smile. "Let's just...go to the arcade or something," he said a little lamely and feeling down about himself. See, she didn't have to pretend she was going to sleep with him and then turn him down to make him feel bad...he was capable of that all on his own.

[Ezra Kingsley]

To be honest, Ezra wouldn't mind at all being Kye's first if she knew he was a virgin but either way, she liked Kye. Maybe not in the way people were supposed to like each other to 'be together' but she did like Kye. The rumors about her was not entirely true. She did not sleep with the whole football team but she did change partners often. Not as often as Sloane Taylor was purported to have done but she supposed often enough to make the rumors spread like wildfire. If she thought Kye believed those rumors for a second, she would have been crushed.

When he started to apologise and say the words she wouldn't have thought anyone would say to her, her grasp on Kye's hand faltered and she turned around, the smile no longer on her face. "Kyler Hartley Whittemore..." she sighed before closing the gap between them. She pulled his face up with a hooked finger under his chin so their eyes met. With her other hand, she took off his glasses and slipped them in his pants pocket.

"For someone as shy as you say you are, you do talk too much." She mumbled as she cupped his face before pressing her lips on his. Gently at first, she slowly deepened the kiss. It was sort of weird kissing him, him being an actual friend but a kiss was a kiss and she knew he felt the same tingling sensation all over his body.

She slid her arms around his neck and stood on the tips of her toes. She was rather short and Kye was pretty tall. Well, taller than her anyway. After awhile, she slowly broke the kiss off but hung on him. She was slightly breathless as she smiled. "You really think I'm pretending?" She asked in a slightly raspy voice.

[Kye Whittemore]

Kye snapped out of it upon hearing Ezra call him by his full name. She stepped closer to him and took him by the chin. Kye stood there stock still not moving, letting her control him, almost as if he was her personal puppet. She removed his glasses and his vision blurred. If with her so close she was still a slight blur but it wasn't that bad...wow she was really close.

His thoughts processed slowly through his brain as she told him he talked to much, as she kissed him. They were kissing. Whoa...Ezra, hot blonde was kissing him, Kye awkward guy who tended to wear a beanie even when it was warm out. It didn't make sense. But they were kissing. And it felt great. Maybe it didn't have to make sense. It felt so good kissing someone like this. Truth be told, Kye hadn't done even this before. He'd been kissed before but not like this...not this deep...

When she finally pulled away, Kye wished that she hadn't. "No," he said quietly in response to her question. He pressed his lips together, pink and wet from kissing. He reached into his pocket and put his glasses back on, before reaching out and taking her hand and dragging her back around the VW bus, opening up the door for her. "So you said you wanted to go by the beach somewhere?" he asked, his tone eager and his cheeks flushed.

[Ezra Kingsley]

At his reply, Ezra smiled and followed him when he brought her to the back. "Anywhere you want, Kye." She grinned and crawled into the bus, waiting for Kye to get in. "I can't believe you think so low of me. Pretending. You've got an imagination on you, you know that?"

They drove in comfortable silence with Ezra teasing the ends of Kye's hair that his beanie didn't cover. "Your hair's long." She piped up in the middle of the drive. They arrived at the beach and it wasn't entirely empty but no one would really pay attention to the orange VW bus anyway.

Stepping into the back, Ezra waited until Kye was beside her before resuming what they had started outside of the pizza joint. The moment was tender, something about it made Ezra smile. "You enjoying this?" She had to ask as she kissed him once again.

[Kye Whittemore]

"Trust me, its not you that I think low of," Kye said quietly as he started to drive. His hands shook slightly. He was so nervous.... He drove to a stretch of beach he knew to be somewhat deserted. There were still some people around but it was one of the more quiet areas.

Once he parked Ezra climbed into the back and Kye followed. She started kissing him and he kissed her back, starting to deepen them as he slid his hand up the back of her shirt. Oh wow...he was doing thing....

And then all of a sudden...between kisses, Kye let out a laugh. He immediately slapped his hand over his mouth. "Sorry," he said, laughing again. "I'm really sorry...I just...I'm really nervous," he finally blurted out. "I've never done this before and I know I shouldn't be nervous cause its you and you won't make fun of me if I suck, but..." he laughed again, "it's just all so bazaar and for some reason I can't stop laughing now!"

He continued to laugh. "Sorry, I'm an idiot. I didn't just ruin the moment, did I?" he asked, his heart was pounding and the palms of his hands all sweaty. Oh, what was he doing??

[Ezra Kingsley]

Had she heard him say what he said before he started driving, there was no way Ezra would have kept quiet about it. If anything, she would have given him an earful. She didn't much like a lack of confidence, especially if the person who had it had so much to offer. To her, all Kye needed to do was put himself out there a bit and there should be nothing stopping him from being well liked by anyone.

As it were, when they finally reached their destination and were continuing their make-out session, Ezra had no idea he thought so low of himself and that he was a virgin until he started to laugh. He explained his sudden case of the giggles and it was infectious. Several times Ezra tried to cup his mouth to make him stop laughing but they were doubling in laughter in a matter of seconds, clutching their stomachs at the hilarity of the situation.

They did somehow recover though. Kye's admission to being at fault sobered Ezra up before she shook her head. Cupping his face in her hands, she made him look at her. "Kye for God's sake, just kiss me already." She giggled. Soon enough, their kissing led to something else and before they knew it, it happened.

- - -

A few minutes after they were done, Ezra was wrapped in Kye's arms, still breathing rather heavily with her heart racing against her chest. She laced her fingers with his and pulled it up to her lips, kissing them tenderly. Talking would ruin the moment, she knew it, so she kept quiet and let the moment speak for itself. Of course, she didn't suddenly find herself falling for Kye, it didn't work that way, but there was no way she was going to let him feel awkward around her after this. They were friends first and foremost and that was not going to change. At least not for her.