CHAPTER SIXTEEN
point of view | yasmine alaoui
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i took the last sip of my dr. pepper, my eyes wide as soon as the door bell rang. i tossed the now empty can in the trash and walked over to the front door. i squinted through the glass noticing a tall figure. i unlocked it and slowly opened it to see a zayne bopping his head to whatever song he was listening to in his ear buds.
"do you want anything to drink?" i asked him and he pressed the side of his phone several times before looking at me, wanting me to repeat myself and i did, "do you want something to drink? i have sprite, coke, and dr. pepper."
his brows furrowed before saying, "no. im good."
"oh okay," i shrugged stepping outside, "have you eaten today?"
"i had lunch at school." he answered me as i shut and locked the door behind me.
i turned to look and him and opened my arms out for a hug. it threw him off but he slowly hunched over to my height. i gently wrapped my arms around his neck. feeling his broad and muscular chest. his hands gently touched my back, but didnt fully hug me back.
"PROGRESS! " i thought excitedly. i reached for his hand smiling at him.
"well then im buying you lunch today." i told him as he slowly held my hand back.
"what?" he questioned as he and i walked down the porch steps, "no. no you're not. you wont spend anything on me."
"come onnn," i said as we began towards his car, "please. i wanna buy you something."
"its fine," he said quietly, "really dont have to buy me anything. ever."
"but i want to." i argued. he dropped my hand and reached for my passenger side door. i sent him a smile as he opened the door for me.
"but i dont want you to." he answered shutting the door once i was seated in the car.
he walked across the hood of the car and opened it and slowly sat into his seat. he glanced at me as i put my seat belt on.
"come onnnnn," i begged again as he stared the car, putting his seat belt on, "why not?"
"im not hungry. and if anything i should be the one buying you lunch," he said calmly. he placed his hand on my seat looking over his shoulder towards the back of the car as he backed up, "i asked you to hangout today."
"but i have the money," i told him admiring how attractive he looked backing up his car, "fine. im not eating then."
he started driving down the road and sighed, "you have to eat. you dont eat lunch at school."
"im not eating if you're not letting me buy you lunch." i said firmly.
i was watching his brows furrow as he focused on the road in front of him. his vieny hands clutched steering wheel and he used his palm to turn it.
"okay, okay. only because i want you to eat," he huffed, glancing at me then back at the road, "but ill paypal you once my card starts working again," he paused looking at his blind spot and turning lanes, "its uh ...fucked right now."
"it was oddly attractive seeing him drive," i thought to myself, "or i guess he was simply attractive and everything he does is attractive."
"ay can you put you playlist," his voice asked snapping me from my thoughts, "please. i need music when i drive."
"okay," i said grabbing the aux cord and hooking it up to my phone, "which playlist should i play?"
"the vibin one," he answered i looked up from my phone to see a small smile on his lips, "i like that one."
i shuffled the playlist, perkys calling by future began playing. i watched his chest rise and fall after he took two large breaths. he bit the inside of his cheek before his lips began mouthing the words to the song.
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"that is the ugliest shirt ive ever seen in my life," zayne mumbled quietly from behind me. i gasped looking over my shoulder. his face went a light shade of red and he put his hands up in defense saying, "you heard that?"
i giggled nodding my head yes, "aye i need this typa honesty."
"i mean y-you would look good in it," he said quickly, "its jus i dont really ..." he trailed off after noticing how hard i was smiling at him.
"which one should i get?" i asked him and he shrugged. "come on," i urged, tugging on his arm, "help me look."
"what color are you looking for?" he asked from behind me.
"any," i called back over my shoulder, "look for crew necks too. its gonna be cold soon."
i flipped and scooted hangers on the rack searching for a shirt or crew neck. after 5 minutes of searching i felt a tap on my shoulder and i looked over my shoulder. my eyes met a chest. i blinked twice before tilting my head up to meet zanyes eyes. he handed me a dark green crew neck with an orange smiley face.
"AH!" i said excitedly, "yes! i really like it. yesuh. so trueee."
"so true?" he repeated chuckling as i took the crew from his hand, "your playlist name?"
"yes. i love this," i whispered looking at the smiley face, "where did you find it?"
"down there," he said pointed two feet to our left, "theres a bambi one too, but i wasnt sure if you would want it."
"bambi!" i exclaimed excitedly, "yes! show me please."
he gave me a weird look and started walking to our left, i reached for his hand to hold it. his fingers found their way to intertwine with mine while my other hand held the dark green crew neck.
"this one," he said quietly taking it off the rack, "i didnt know if you would like it."
it was light brown with bambi and the movies logo as well. i was very pleased and smiled widely at him.
"i have to take you shopping with me every time." i told him causing his lipped smile to flash for a long moment.
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authors note: cuuuuute. AHH SMILING HARD. SO TRUE.
