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(HARRY'S POV)

Me and Louis are buried in what seems like a sea of junk food.

It's perfect.

Everything is perfect as we laugh and watch those late night telly shows.

"How come robot-chicken isn't on during the day?" He asks and I smile, reaching for my third twinkie.

"Louis, it's 2 a.m." I remind him with a giggle and he makes a noise of realization.

I can't help but stare, because he looks so amazing in the glow of the telly. Pictures dancing across his glasses lenses because he needs them to see.

I've never felt this in my entire life.

I've never seen someone so effortlessly flawless, surrounded by potato chips and Hershey's kisses.

"Are you tired?" I ask, because I'm not.

And I'm hoping he isn't.

He shakes his head and looks at me with a smile that's chewing on a twizzler. "No, you?" He asks, and I shake my head back at him, getting a nerds rope and chewing on the end of it.

Remember how I said I wished someone would watch telly with me and eat huge amounts of junk food at the same time?

Well, I never actually thought it'd happen.

Maybe Louis is my best friend, and also the person I want but wont ever have.

He's the person I can eat junk food with, but also the person I can't admit to who I like.

Which kind of sucks.

"You know what we should do?" He asks with a mischievous smirk. "Skinny dipping."

My eyes widen, then I think he's joking so I start to laugh and eat more.

I look over at him and...

Oh my god...

He's serious.

"Wait, you're joking right?" I ask, looking at him like he's insane. Because he might as well be, if he thinks I'm going to get naked in freezing water.

"There's a lake a block away," He states with devious look and I feel my tummy drop.

Maybe this could be fun.

I'd be lying if I said I wasn't kind of interested.

When we finally go I almost decide to change my mind as we sneak out of his house and run out onto the streets sidewalk.

But I don't.

Because I feel free again.

Why is it that every time I'm with this boy I feel free? Unrestrained?

Why do I feel like I can just let go, and not hold back?

I don't know why. But I love it.

"Come on, it's right over here!" Louis yells, giggling all the way as we trot to the lakes edge.

He immediately starts stripping until he's in his boxers and I'm shell shocked, just staring at him, wide eyed in the moonlight.

"You can leave your boxers on. If you feel more comfortable..." He says quietly, and I can tell he's regretting this for making me tag along.

I want to reassure him immediately, because I want to do this.

Being in a body of water with Louis, at three in the morning?

It seems crazy, but maybe I'm not that uncomfortable with it anymore.

"No," I say and bravely, I have no idea whats gotten into me, but I strip all the way down.

Like, everything is showing.

Let that sink in.

The minute I pull my boxers off I giggle freely and jump into the lake with an open heart.

For once the throbbing is the last thing I'm thinking about as I shoot up from the ice cold water surrounding me.

I shake my hair out and shiver, "Holy fuck." I say in a wavering voice and smile, splashing some water on Louis who's still standing there.

"Bambi got balls!" Louis yells as he takes off his boxers and I throw my head back and laugh so hard that I swear I can't feel my stomach anymore.

The waves from his jump splash me and he comes up gasping for air and laughing at the same time.

He looks so beautiful. All the time.

That kills me.

"How do you feel?" He asks, his teeth chattering slightly, swaying in the water freely, like an otter.

I shiver, "Cold. Very cold."

He smiles at that, and I freeze even more when he pulls me into him a little.

His body heat is still so strong and I shake a bit from the iciness of the lake, looking at him as water trickles off his chin and hair, shining from the moon's pale light.

I never want this sleepover to end.

He looks at me and lose my breath, unable to speak, or move. Or anything.

I'm just caught in the moment.

We both are.

Even the whole world is stuck in this moment, it feels like.

Suddenly, the long silence breaks when he speaks in a whisper, "What would you do if I kissed you right now?" He asks softly, and his fingers come up to graze my shoulder, leaving the water to make soft, calming dripping noises as he does so.

All the hairs on my neck stand up with his words and I swallow thickly before I can get the courage to speak.

"I'd kiss you back," I whisper, the air between my words causing a little gray puff come out of my mouth from the chilly night atmosphere.

The moment our heads leaned in, and our lips touched, I felt like I never was diagnosed with something that could hold me back.

Our lips graze each others, soft and slow, wet and warm. Louis tastes like the cinnamon gum he always chews, and it makes me smile against his mouth for a moment.

No words need to be said, they're all shared through kisses and soft touches to the back of the neck or the collarbones.

I pull away gently from our silent, but physical discussion and rest my forehead onto Louis's which is still soaked from the water.

Only, the water is a little warmer than it was a couple minutes ago, and no...

It's not pee.

It's the fact that me and Louis just kissed each other while skinny dipping in the middle of a field in a lake, directly under the moon.

If that doesn't warm things up, then I don't know what would.

"Boyfriend Bambi?" He asks with benevolent eyes, and I look at him with a soft dimpled grin. I nod in response.

Because who am I to turn down something like that?

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Kisses!!!

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Much love,

Amber:)

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