Dirty Little Secret

chapter fifty

The smell of food woke me up the following morning. I slowly sat up and saw the bed was empty. I close my eyes and lay back down, still tired. I need to have mum make an appointment. I'm been so out of it lately.

The smell of food got closer until I felt Owen's lips on my forehead. "Morning, sleeping beauty," he said quietly, putting the tray on my desk.

"Morning." I whisper, not opening my eyes.

"Did you sleep okay?" He asked softly, trailing his fingers down my neck.

"Yeah, I'm still really tired though."

"I'll let you go back to sleep then," he said. I felt the bed dip were he was getting up.

"Please stay."

He halted in moving then sat back down. "I don't want to keep you awake," he told me quietly.

"You won't Owen. I just want you to stay until I fall asleep." I felt him nod and pull me against him, soon making me fall asleep.

I wake up sometime later and Owen isn't with me but there's a note.

‘Lani-bear, went to school, your mum made you an appointment and she's taking You sometime after you wake up.

Love you, Owen’

I smiled to myself and sat up. I couldn't help but wonder whether my mum made him go or he went on his own.

He's been weird since last night before we went to bed. My phone beeped from my bedside table. I shifted over and picked it up, looking at the text flashing on my screen. Its Owen. I felt a smile tug at the corner of my lips as I replied to his message. Not too long after, he rings me. "Hey," I murmured, running a hand through my hair.

"Hey, you alright?" He asks.

"Yeah, I'm fine. What time did you leave?" I asked, pulling myself up from the bed.

"Its lunch now so about nine."

I nodded then realized he couldn't see me. "Okay, cool. How's your day been so far?" I felt a smile spread across my face as I looked down at my hand.

"Pretty boring. Taken notes, taken a test. Really haven't done much."

"Sounds no fun without me there," I teased, walking over to my wardrobe and looking for something to wear.

"It isn’t fun. I miss you and Jake and Elliott have been asking about you.”

"I miss you, too," I said softly. "Did you tell them?"

"Yeah, I did."

"And?"

I heard him pause and someone talk to him in the background. "I'll be round later, Lani-bear," he said. "Jake is talking my ear off."

"Bye," I murmured before he put the phone down. He doesn't say bye or anything. I laid back down on my bed and stared at the ceiling. I was just being silly, nothing was wrong. We're perfectly fine. We just got engaged last night. I sighed and rubbed my eyes. I would just talk to him when he got here tonight. If he actually comes over. I mean he was going to leave me this morning if I didn't say anything. I covered my face with my pillow and screamed. He would come back, right? He said he missed me.

My phone beeped on the side, I picked it up and felt a smile tug at my lips as Owen's name flashed on the screen. I opened the text. ‘I love You Lani-bear<3’

I breathed out a sigh of relief and text back, 'I love you too.' I chewed my bottom lip as I sent it and sat up.

‘I'll be over sometime later.’ He texts back.