Stranger Danger

19

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19 Published 03.12.2020

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JAMES

Theo walks in front of me as my phone rings.

Taking out my phone, I check the caller.

"Princess," I whisper as I see her caller ID. Accepting the call I wait for her to speak.

"I think I know what I'm going to call you." I hear her soft voice say.

"What?" I ask, genuinely curious of what name she has prepared for me.

"The love of my life." She finally answers.

"Oh god," I mumble stopping slightly as she cracks up.

I shake my head and smile at the sound of her laugh.

It's beautiful just like her voice.

"What? Don't you like it?" She asks once she sobers up.

"You're crazy." I tell her.

"I'm crazy for you."

My heart stops for a second before speeding up.

"Bloody hell." I whisper.

"Love! Stop!" I yell into the phone and she starts laughing again.

"I am the guy here. That is my job. I should be telling you all this."

"Excuse me, mister. Stop being so stereotypical. I should knock some sense into you."

"I'm not!" I defend myself. "I just prefer being the guy who says things like that. I like to be the one making the girl shy. But with you, it's the other way around. Just know that if I suffer from a heart attack, I'm going to blame you." Looking down I stare at Theo as he starts pulling the leash, I take it as a sign that he wants to continue walking.

"Mhm, sure." She says as I start moving again.

"I'm serious, babe." I retort. "So, I'm the love of your life?" I smirk.

"Yeah, that's what I'm going to call you."

"Oh, so you're saying I'm not the love of your life?"

"You are! You're the only boy I love, well besides my dad and my brother."

"Hmm, what about guy friends? Do you not love them?"

"I don't have any guy friends," She trails off.

"You don't?" I asked surprised that she doesn't have any guy friends. She seems like the fun girl that guys would hang around. I know the lads and I would enjoy being around her presence.

"Yeah, my brother's friends are the only guys that I know, but I wouldn't consider my friends because I don't really talk to them much. Besides them, no other guys have tried to befriend me. That's okay, I don't blame them." At this, I frown whilst I'm moving the phone to my other ear.

"What do you mean by that?"

"Nothing, I'm just not fun nor am I interesting. So I see why no guys would like to hang around me. The only guy friends I actually had were from elementary school, but things are different when you grow up."

"I beg to differ." I start. "Princess, don't put yourself down like that. You're fun to talk to. My own mates would enjoy your friendship."

"It's okay, stranger. It's not a big deal." She sighs.