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Authors: Riley Shasteen
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it has come to that yet.”
“But it upset you so much-.”
“Luke, promise me you won’t tell anyone. You can’t even tell Lance you know. You can’t be mad at him or anything. You have to act normal.”
He looks at me for a long time angrily. But finally, his expression softens and he nods, “Okay. I promise.”
“Thank you.”
“Let’s watch a movie to cheer you up, though,” he says getting out of the car.
I laugh and do the same. We watch the movie “Bridesmaids” and I laughed a lot. But I also couldn’t stop crying throughout the whole thing. So some points I would laugh and cry at the same time. A strange thing to do. I was so tired that I couldn’t keep my head up, so I rest it on Luke’s shoulder. I don’t care if he thinks it is weird or doesn’t like it. I do it anyway and at least he doesn’t stop me. I fall asleep three-quarters through the movie.
Chapter 13: A Day with Hayden
Luke’s alarm clock goes off and I open my eyes to see that I was lying on his chest and I could feel his muscular arm around me. I’m dreaming about this again?! I groan angrily.
“I’m sorry!” Luke jumps up. “I forgot to turn off my alarm last night,” he explains turning it off.
Wait a minute.
The alarm clock was playing “Smile”. In my dream it just buzzed. In real life it played “Smile”. Am I not dreaming? Were we really sleeping like that?
“I’m sorry,” Luke says again lying back down on his back.
“It’s okay,” I laugh.
“Let’s just go back to sleep the way we were, and pretend that never happened.”
“How we were?” I ask. “Like my head on your chest?”
He shrugged, “If you want to,” and I could see a hint of a smirk on his face.
So I lie back down in the same position I woke up in. I feel his arm wrap around me and his hand touches my back sending shivers throughout my body. “How did we end up like this last night?”
I feel his chest rise as he inhales, “Well, we must have just moved to this in the middle of the night. I’m kind of a cuddler. It sounds weird but it is true,” he laughs. “Sorry.”
“I’m a cuddler too,” I say and he laughs. I wonder if he can feel my heart pounding in my chest. “And it’s okay, it is actually pretty comfortable.”
I feel his chest fall as he laughs. There is a silence and then he says, “ Can I ask you something?”
I wonder if I have bad morning breath. “Mhm.”
“Well I know I’m graduating this year and everything, but I was wondering if-,” his phone rings interrupting him. He sighs a sorry and reaches over to answer his phone. It was Hayden.
“Hey, man,” I hear Hayden say. “What time am I picking my date up?”
I look up at Luke surprised and he rolls his eyes. “It’s not a date. And it’s like 6:30 in the morning, why are you awake?”
“I couldn’t sleep, was too excited.”
I hear a little audience in my head go “awwwe” and told them to shut up. It was just Hayden.
“Yeah okay well , you can pick her up around 12,” Luke says.
“I can’t wait that long! I don’t want to be alone!” Hayden complains.
“Sorry, ma n. You are going to have to deal with it,” Luke says and quickly hangs up.
I giggle, “ Hayden’s eager, isn’t he?” Luke nods and there is silence before I ask, “What was it you were saying before he called?” I feel my heart start to pound again. How does he not feel that?
There is more silence before he mumbles, “I forgot.”
I feel my face fall from hopeful to disappointed. “You sure?”
“Yeah. It’s still really early so I’m just going to go back to sleep.”
I nod, “Yeah, same.” But I stay there until 9:30, mind racing wondering about what he was going to say and listening to his heart beat, until he wakes up.
The rest of the morning I just mope around, getting dressed and eating, until Hayden shows up. He comes at exactly 12:01. I say bye to Luke and he reminds me as I leave, “Be nice to him. This needs to
“But it upset you so much-.”
“Luke, promise me you won’t tell anyone. You can’t even tell Lance you know. You can’t be mad at him or anything. You have to act normal.”
He looks at me for a long time angrily. But finally, his expression softens and he nods, “Okay. I promise.”
“Thank you.”
“Let’s watch a movie to cheer you up, though,” he says getting out of the car.
I laugh and do the same. We watch the movie “Bridesmaids” and I laughed a lot. But I also couldn’t stop crying throughout the whole thing. So some points I would laugh and cry at the same time. A strange thing to do. I was so tired that I couldn’t keep my head up, so I rest it on Luke’s shoulder. I don’t care if he thinks it is weird or doesn’t like it. I do it anyway and at least he doesn’t stop me. I fall asleep three-quarters through the movie.
Chapter 13: A Day with Hayden
Luke’s alarm clock goes off and I open my eyes to see that I was lying on his chest and I could feel his muscular arm around me. I’m dreaming about this again?! I groan angrily.
“I’m sorry!” Luke jumps up. “I forgot to turn off my alarm last night,” he explains turning it off.
Wait a minute.
The alarm clock was playing “Smile”. In my dream it just buzzed. In real life it played “Smile”. Am I not dreaming? Were we really sleeping like that?
“I’m sorry,” Luke says again lying back down on his back.
“It’s okay,” I laugh.
“Let’s just go back to sleep the way we were, and pretend that never happened.”
“How we were?” I ask. “Like my head on your chest?”
He shrugged, “If you want to,” and I could see a hint of a smirk on his face.
So I lie back down in the same position I woke up in. I feel his arm wrap around me and his hand touches my back sending shivers throughout my body. “How did we end up like this last night?”
I feel his chest rise as he inhales, “Well, we must have just moved to this in the middle of the night. I’m kind of a cuddler. It sounds weird but it is true,” he laughs. “Sorry.”
“I’m a cuddler too,” I say and he laughs. I wonder if he can feel my heart pounding in my chest. “And it’s okay, it is actually pretty comfortable.”
I feel his chest fall as he laughs. There is a silence and then he says, “ Can I ask you something?”
I wonder if I have bad morning breath. “Mhm.”
“Well I know I’m graduating this year and everything, but I was wondering if-,” his phone rings interrupting him. He sighs a sorry and reaches over to answer his phone. It was Hayden.
“Hey, man,” I hear Hayden say. “What time am I picking my date up?”
I look up at Luke surprised and he rolls his eyes. “It’s not a date. And it’s like 6:30 in the morning, why are you awake?”
“I couldn’t sleep, was too excited.”
I hear a little audience in my head go “awwwe” and told them to shut up. It was just Hayden.
“Yeah okay well , you can pick her up around 12,” Luke says.
“I can’t wait that long! I don’t want to be alone!” Hayden complains.
“Sorry, ma n. You are going to have to deal with it,” Luke says and quickly hangs up.
I giggle, “ Hayden’s eager, isn’t he?” Luke nods and there is silence before I ask, “What was it you were saying before he called?” I feel my heart start to pound again. How does he not feel that?
There is more silence before he mumbles, “I forgot.”
I feel my face fall from hopeful to disappointed. “You sure?”
“Yeah. It’s still really early so I’m just going to go back to sleep.”
I nod, “Yeah, same.” But I stay there until 9:30, mind racing wondering about what he was going to say and listening to his heart beat, until he wakes up.
The rest of the morning I just mope around, getting dressed and eating, until Hayden shows up. He comes at exactly 12:01. I say bye to Luke and he reminds me as I leave, “Be nice to him. This needs to
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