Run, Run, Run! (REWRITTEN)

Run, Run, Run! (Day Thirty-Two)

 The Polaroid photos show the times he caught me off guard at out lunches and town endeavors. One with my hair flopping in the wind as I sung in my truck. The others with me staring off into the distance with my teeth biting on my bottom lips to stop smiling. I followed the arrows throughout the entire library, finding ore photos of us together. The arrows led me back to the student parking lot where my truck was yet again pimped out with black balloons. "Pop me first" The balloon closest to me said in white writing, a needle taped onto the string.

I followed instructions and flinched away from the noise. Ten things I like about Artemis Davis. One: She's Hella Rad. The note fluttered out with another picture of us both actually on guard. This was the day when the girls decked me out with dark clothing and heeled boots and I stood next to Ricky with a fake smirk, holding up my fist.

I went down the line of balloons and almost cried at each one. Two: Hurricane of grouchy eyebrows, sunrise smiles, and breathtaking moments. Three: Life saving hero that knows how to make shitty tables and parkours. Four: She knows how to make me crazy at the best moments. Five: Eyes that melt the coldest of people. Six: Have you seen her? She's as majestic as a unicorn. Seven: She is full of moments I don't want to forget. Eight: I might be in love with her. Nine: She's the warmth before a storm. Ten: She's almost mine.

A loud cough made my neck snap up to see all my friends with bright smile on their faces. They all were in a single file line, holding rather large signs to their bodies.

"Artemis Davis I have something to ask" Ricky smiled from the end of the line.

"Will" Pete yelled first, holding up his sign. Will was painted onto the large piece of poster board with elegant writing.

"You" Anna was next.

"Go" I let my hand cover my mouth after Adam barked.

"Steady" Rain was next.

"With" Ryan yelped.

"Me" Ricky said lastly, his eyes wide and hoping. I dropped my stuff and ran to him, the force of me knocking into him barely noticed.

"Yes"

I kissed him then. It was more than I imagined when his soft lips touched mine. I let the cheers of my friends and snap of the camera fall to the back of my mind as he held and kissed me. His lips were the things that kept rainy days so bright and my mind in a frenzy.  I could have sworn I tasted every single lovely word at the tip of his tongue. At these moments I knew I loved this man. The crushing feeling in my stomach felt more prominent, the pounding of my heart still going hard but I could get used to it. I was drowning but damn did it feel good. 

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"Trick or treat" My friends and I screamed at my brother before bustling in. 

"Hey kiddies, back so soon" The mischievous glint in his eyes seemed deathly similar to my own when I sent him that knowing smile. My back stuck with sweat, dirt, and fake blood. 

"Yup no matter what Apollo, will you say I stayed home?"

"Of course little sister and friends. We had a nice night in watching corny science fiction movies and passed out candy to the nice kids" He smirked then and spun towards the bored looking Anna, her mask sitting on top of her head.

"Hello Annabelle, have you been  thinking about my proposition?"

"Not really but my answer will still be no, I have no attraction towards you" she carelessly said shuffling closer to her brother.

"Why?" it was adorable how he pouted.

"For one, you are the opposite of my type. I like my men bad not in a fraternity. Two I can't help but see you solely in a platonic form because you're my best friend's older brother. Three I am already dating someone"

"You are?" a chorus of us sang with wide eyes.

"Yes I am, his name is Dominic and he's going to be here in three, two, one" a solid knock on the door made everyone jump. Apollo grumbled once more before yanking the door open, the largest man I've seen in long time standing in my threshold. Anna squealed in yanked him into the house.

"Dominic this is Artemis and Ricky" she started pointed towards us. Ricky sent him a nod while I beamed in shook his baseball glove of a hand.

"Rain and Joseph" 

"Ryan, Pete and my twin Adam" he grunted at all of us back and for some reason I felt completely on edge.

Ricky was no longer relaxed but as stiff as a pole. I watched as Ryan tried to put a calming hand on Adam's forearm but was viciously shaken off. The fire in his eyes made me want to punch the person who made oh so calm Adam in their face. 

"I'm going to give you a chance to leave Colton"

"1"

"Oh fuck"

"2" 

"Someone grab him"

"3"

"Shit" 

Like that the hulking man was football tackled out my house. I stepped forward to follow the guys outside but Anna kept me back with a wicked smile. 

"What's up with them?" I glanced back outside to see my boyfriend getting a elbow thrown in his face. I bit my knuckles.

"Dominic has been hassling me for a few weeks and he doesn't understand the concept of no. I finally asked him to meet me up here because my brother has hated that boy since we were born. Long story short I wanted to see the slime ball get the snot beat out of him. Which is going perfectly" Adam just punched him in the jaw, knocking him out with the blow. He kept him up with two more punches until finally he let his body drop. 

The disgruntled Adam swept back into the house with everybody following. It looked like the twins were coming into a full mental conversation and the fire was finally distinguished. "Nerd"

"Ogre"

Like that it seemed like there wasn't 200 pound guy passed out in my lawn, we didn't just commit some crimes, my boyfriend wasn't leaking blood onto the living room carpet and my brother didn't just get crushed by one of my best friends. Life was good.