The next day, I was awakened by a phone call. "Hello?" I answer. "Were you still sleeping?" the other person asks. "Yes." I answer. "Oh, well, call me back when you wake up." the other person says hanging up. I looked at the caller id and it was Seirra who called me. I turned over and snuggled into the pillow. I opened my eyes and looked around.What the hell? Where am I?I say to myself. It takes me a few minutes but I recognize where I am.
I am sleeping in James' bed after helping him clean last night. I remember watching a movie and then falling asleep. I lifted off the bed and looked around. James was not in the room. I looked at the time and it was 2 pm. I slept in! I got up and used the bathroom. When I finished, I headed to the lving room upstairs to look for James. He wasn't there. I headed downstairs and looked for him in the kitchen and the other living room. I still couldn't find him. In another attempt, I went to the gameroom downstairs.
I looked around and found James at the pool. I opened the door and walked into the pool area. The smell of chlorine hit me, causing me to cringe at the strong scent. James was doing laps in the pool. I leaned against the door and watched him. When he reached the edge of the pool and stood up, he noticed me. "Morning Sleppyhead." he says, getting out of the pool.
"Morning." I say back. "Do you always swim in the mornings?" I ask him. "Sometimes." he says walking up to me. "Oh. Did you finish cleaning? The house looks normal again." I ask him. "Yeah. I woke at 10 and kept on cleaning. I even vacummed. You were out cold." he informs me. "I was tired." I simply reply. "I could tell." he says, walking past me to his towel.
"What would you do if I threw you into the pool?" he asks, his eyes gleaming. "I'd be upset." I tell him. He thought over my response and began to walk towards me. "James! I swear to go if you throw me into the pool." I threaten. I tried to open the door but James quickly slammed it shut. I let go of the handle and started backing up. "James!" I shout, trying to get away from him
He had an evil grin on. Before I knew it, he was chasing me around the pool. I tried so hard to run from him but I was still disorientated from sleeping too much. James grabbed me and pulled me into a big bear hug. "James! If you throw me into the pool, theres going to be....." I didn't even get to finish my sentence before James threw me in.
"James!" I shouted when I returned to the surface of the water. I scowled at him and he began to laugh. He jumped in and did a cannonball, spraying me in my face. He resurfaced and looked at me. "James, you are in big trouble." I say to him. He smirked at me and then proceeded to do a back float. I swam to him and pushed him underwater.
That was a bad idea. James grabbed my leg underwater and pulled me down. We wrestled underwater and then finally resurfaced. I swam to the pool edge and glared at James. He was smirking. He swam towards me and put his arms on the wall behind me. I stood up and looked down on him. He stood up, causing me to look up at him, and looked me straight in the eyes.
"Are you mad?' he says, not smiling anymore.How could I be mad at him? "No." I sighed. "What are your plans for today?" he asks me. "Nothing. I was going to hang with the girls today." I tell him. He hasn't moved so I continue looking up at him. "Spend the day with me." he says. "O-Okay." I stutter. Having him so close to me has this affect on me. "Do you have clothes in your car?" he asks me. "Yeah." I answer. "I'll go get them." he says, still not moving.
We stand like that for a while before James finally moved away. I watched him as he swam away and followed him out. I looked down and realized that my shirt was white. You could see my lime green bra through my shirt. James turned to give me a towel and glanced at my chest. "Sorry. I forgot that your shirt was white." he say, blushing a bit.
I take the towel from him and wrap myself. "Where are your keys?" he asks me, drying himself off with his towel. "There upstairs in your room." I tell him. He sighs. "All the way up there? I'll go get them." he says, sighing. He opened the door for me and ushered me upstairs. I waited for him by the doors while he got my keys. He got my keys and came back downstairs. "My bag is in the trunk." I tell him as he heads to my car.
He got my bag and returned to the house. We both went upstairs and James lead me into the guest room. "You can shower and do what you got to do in here." he says. I nod and shove him out of the room. "Feeling some type of way Lena?" he joked. "Take a shower James." I say, closing my door.
I went into the bathroom and quickly stripped down and took a shower. I finished my shower, dried off, and put on my clothes. I had packed a pair of skinny jeans with a white ACDC shirt. I put on my clothes and decided to let my hair down and let it curl up by itself. I put on a bit of eyeliner and mascara and stepped out of the bathroom. I put on a pair of socks and headed downstairs. I had a pair of black converses in my bag so I put them on.
I finished before James so I went into the living room and called Seirra. "Yeah man." she answered. "Hey. You called earlier?" I asked her. "Yeah. We wanted to see how you were but I guess ya'll had so much fun last night that you were exhausted." she said, refering to a different kind of fun. "We stayed up pretty late cleaning for your information." I tell her. "Whatever. What time are you coming?" she asks me. "Actually, i'm going to spend the day with James." I tell her. "Oh. Fine, we don't want you either." she says, jokingly. "I'll call you later." I say to her. "Alright. Have fun you two love birds." she says to me. "Shut up!" I say hanging up on her.
James was still not finished so I began surfing the web on my phone. "You hungry?" James says, startling me. "Damn it James! You scared me." I say to him. He grinned. "So are you hungry or not?" he asks me again. "I'm starving." I answer him. I get up and follow him into the kitchen. "Are you about to cook?" I ask him. "Yup." he answers. I pulled up a stool and took a seat near the island. "Are hamburgers good?" he asks me, pulling out his materials. "Yeah." I answer him.
We make small talk while James cooks us hamburgers. He finished cooking and gave me a hamburger and fries on a plate. I tasted the hamburger. "Wow. This is good. Where'd you learn to cook like that?" I ask him, astounded that the hanmburger tasted so good. "My brother taught me. He always said that a boy that can cook will make a girl happy." he tells me, sitting on a stool next to mine. I ate a few bites and asked him the question that was burning my mind. "Have you ever cooked for Carly?" "No. I've never cooked for a girl before." he tells me. "Oh. I feel special then." I say, smiling. "You should. I also don't usually let girls sleep in my room." he says.
"Wait, so you've never brought a girl home?" I ask. "No, I bring girls here but i've never had a girl spend the night. I always make her leave early." he tells me. "Oh, so you just have sex at there house?" I ask without thinking.Did I really just ask that?? I thought to myself. James looked at me. "Sorry, that was a personal question," I say, "you don't need to answer that." He pauses and then opens his mouth, "I have never had sex with anyone." he tells me. I stop chewing and look at him. "Never?" I ask. "Never." he answers. "You're a virgin?" I ask, sounding shocked. "Why do you sound so shocked? I want to wait for the right time." he tells me.
"I'm sorry. I just assumed that you'd sleep around." I say to him. "Weren't you the one who said don't 'assume'?" he asks me. I nod and smile sheepishly. "Are you a virgin?" he asks me. "Yeah." I say. He nods and continues eating. "Are you waiting for the right time too?" he asks. "Yeah." I answer. "High five to virgins." he says, raising his hand. I high five him. We continue makignsmall talk and finish eating. When we finished eating, I tried to grab our plates to wash them but James stopped me. "No. You cooked so now I clean." I tell him. He reluctantly agreed.
I washed our dishes and put them away. I turned around and leaned back onto the counter. I looked at James. "What now?" I ask. He gets up from his seat and walks to the door that leads to the back yard. "Come. Lets go to my music room." he says, holding his hand out to me. "Am I also the first girl you've taken there?" I ask him. He nods, smiling. I felt so special. I grab his hand and we step outside.
The backyard was huge, just like the house. In the backyard, there were 2 shacks. One of the shacks was probably a storage room because it wasn't very large. The other shack however, looked like a little cottage home. We walked to the cottage home. We stepped inside and it was a home. There was a living room area with a small flat screen TV, a small kitchen, and a hallway that lead to 2 doors. One of them was probably a bedroom. We walked into the other room.
This was a nice music room. There was a piano, a violin, an acoustic guitar, an electric guitar, and a little recording studio along with all the technical supplies needed. "Wow. Do you play all these instruments?" I ask him, looking around the room. "No. I only play the acoustic guitar and the paino. The other instruments were my brothers." he tells me. "Oh." I say.
He walked over to the acoustic guitar, picked it up, and sat on the paino bench. I walked over and took a seat next to him. I turned and faced him. "I also haven't played since he died." he tells me, with a somber look. "When did he die?" I ask him softly. "About 2 years ago." he answers. "You don't have to play if you don't want to." I tell him. He shakes his head no. "I want to. I miss playing. I'm just hope I didn't forget how to play." he tells me, looking at me. I smile and encourage him to play.
"Don't laugh if I mess up." he tells me, smiling. "I promise." I say. He narrows his eyes at me, still smiling. "Your promises are worthless. You said you'd dance and you didn't." he says, reminding me of the previous weekend. "I saw you dancing with Luke last night." he says, the smile leaving his face.Was that jealousy I heard in his voice?I thought. "Oh, we were just having fun." I tell him, feeling like I have to explain myself. He just nodded, the smile didn't return to his face.
"I won't laugh. Actually, if you sing and play for me, I might sing for you." I tell him. That put a smile on his face. "Pinky promise?" he says, pointing his pinky out. "Pinky promise." I say. He smiled and looked down at his guitar. He tuned the guitar and strummed a few times, then he began to play. I didn't realize what he was playing until he begun to sing.
Easy come, easy go
That's just how you live, oh
Take, take, take it all
But you never give
Should've known you was trouble
From the first kiss
Had your eyes wide open
Why were they open?
Gave you all I had
And you tossed it in the trash
You tossed it in the trash, you did
To give me all your love
Is all I ever asked
Cause what you don't understand
Is
I'd catch a grenade for you
Throw my hand on a blade for you
I'd jump in front of a train for you
You know I'd do anything for you
I would go through all this pain
Take a bullet straight through my brain
Yes, I would die for you, baby
But you won't do the same
No, no, no, no
He continued playing but stopped singing. "What did you think?" he asked me. "That was really good James. You should keep singing." I tell him. He voice messed up here and there but all in all he was a good singer. He blushed and smiled. "Sing the next verse with me." he says. I shake my head no. "You pinky promised." he says, raising his eyebrows. I roll my eyes and sigh. "Fine." I say. He started singing the next verse and I sang with him.
Black, black, black and blue
Beat me 'til I'm numb
Tell the devil I said "Hey" when you get back to where you're from
Mad woman, bad woman
That's just what you are
Yeah, you smile in my face then rip the brakes out my car
"Lets skip the next chrous." he says, before singing the bridge.
If my body was on fire
You would watch me burn down in flames
You said you loved me, you're a liar
Cause you never ever ever did, baby
But, darling, I'd still catch a grenade for you
Throw my hand on the blade for you
I'd jump in front of a train for you
You know I'd do anything for you
I would go through all this pain
Take a bullet straight through my brain
Yes I would die for you baby
But you won't do the same
No, you won't do the same
You wouldn't do the same
Ooh, you'd never do the same
Oh, no no no
"You sound good Lena." he tells me when we finish singing. "Eh." I shrug. "Well, it's your turn to sing." he says, grinning. I sigh and pull out my phone. I find Lego House by Ed Sheeran and press play. "Could you play the guitar along with the music?" I ask him. He nods. "Let me listen to it a bit." he says. We listen to the first minute and then James began playing. I started the song over and turned it down a bit. I pulled up the lyrics and began singing. I turned the phone towards James, hoping he'll start singing with me.
I'm gonna pick up the pieces,
And build a Lego house
If things go wrong we can knock it down
My three words have two meanings,
There's one thing on my mind
It's all for you
And it's dark in a cold December, but I've got you to keep me warm
If you're broken I will mend you and I'll keep you sheltered from the storm that's raging on now
I'm out of touch, I'm out of love
I'll pick you up when you're getting down
And out of all these things I've done I think I love you better now
I'm out of sight, I'm out of mind
I'll do it all for you in time
And out of all these things I've done I think I love you better now
I'm gonna paint you by numbers
And color you in
If things go right we can frame it and put you on a wall
And it's so hard to say it but I've been here before
Now I'll surrender up my heart
And swap it for yours
I'm out of touch, I'm out of love
I'll pick you up when you're getting down
And out of all these things I've done I think I love you better now
I'm out of sight, I'm out of mind
I'll do it all for you in time
And out of all these things I've done I think I love you better now
Don't hold me down
I think my braces are breaking, and it's more than I can take
And it's dark in a cold December, but I've got you to keep me warm
If you're broken I will mend you and I'll keep you sheltered from the storm that's raging on now
I'm out of touch, I'm out of love
I'll pick you up when you're getting down
And out of all these things I've done I think I love you better now
I'm out of sight, I'm out of mind
I'll do it all for you in time
And out of all these things I've done I think I love you better now
I'm out of touch, I'm out of love
I'll pick you up when you're getting down
And out of all these things I've done I think I love you better now
I'm out of sight, I'm out of mind
I'll do it all for you in time
And out of all these things I've done I think I love you better now
I'm out of touch, I'm out of love
I'll pick you up when you're getting down
And out of all these things I've done I will love you better now
Halfway through the song, James sang along with me. We finished singing and I pressed pause on my phone. "We sound pretty good." James say to me. "Can you play the paino now?" I ask him, turning towards the paino. He put his guitar on the floor and turned towards the paino. "Do you know how to play?" he asks me, placing his hands on the paino. "I took lessons for 3 years but I can't play for crap. The only thing I can play is hot cross buns, and I even mess up on that." I tell him. He chuckled. "Do you want me to teach you?" he asks me. I shake my head no. "I'd rather learn how to play the guitar." I tell him.
He nods. "I'll play some songs here and then i'll teach you how to play the guitar." he tells me. I nod. He turned his head back to the paino and began playing. His fingers were gracfully running over the keys. He was playing Skyscraper by Demi Lovato. "I love this song." I say to him. He smiled and began to sing. I happily joined him.
Skies are crying, I am watching
Catching tear drops in my hands
Only silence as it's ending
Like we never had a chance
Do you have to make me feel like
There's nothing left of me?
You can take everything I have
You can break everything I am
Like I'm made of glass
Like I'm made of paper
Go on and try to tear me down
I will be rising from the ground
Like a skyscraper
Like a skyscraper
As the smoke clears, I awaken
And untangle you from me
Would it make you feel better
To watch me while I bleed?
All my windows still are broken
But I'm standing on my feet
You can take everything I have
You can break everything I am
Like I'm made of glass
Like I'm made of paper
Go on and try to tear me down
I will be rising from the ground
Like a skyscraper
Like a skyscraper
Go run, run, run
I'm gonna stay right here,
Watch you disappear
Yeah, oh
Go run, run, run
Yeah, it's a long way down
But I am closer to the clouds up here
You can take everything I have
You can break everything I am
Like I'm made of glass
Like I'm made of paper
Oh Oh
Go on and try to tear me down
I will be rising from the ground
Like a skyscraper
Like a skyscraper
Ofcourse, we didn't sing nearly as good as Demi but we sounded pretty good. The rest of our afternoon was spent playing music, singing, and learning how to play the guitar. Around 8, my phone started ringing. Beth was calling me. "Hey." I answered. "Hey. Where are you? Are you still with James?" she asked me. "Yeah." I tell her. "Oh, well, are you going to come to my place?" she asks me. "Um, I don't know." I answer her. "Oh, well, do you want to stay at his place? I have to know because Clark wants to take me out." she said. I could hear the excitement on her voice. "Oh. Then yeah, i'll stay here again. You go out and have fun." I tell her. "Are you sure?" she asks me. "Yeah. We're having fun here." I tell her. "Ofcourse you are." she says. I could hear the smirk in her voice. I roll my eyes. "Have fun." I tell her, hanging up.
I hung up the phone and decided to send a text to my parents. I haven't talked to them since friday. I sent my mom a quick text letting her know that I was okay and that I was spending the night at Beth's again. I put away my phone and looked at James. Before I could tell him how hungry I was, my stomach started growling. I blushed and he smiled.
"Sounds like someones hungry." he says, jokingly. "Come on, lets go back to the house." he says, holding his hand out to me. I grab his hand and we walk out of the room and out of the cottage. It was chilly outside and I didn't have on a jacket. "Are you cold?" he asks me. I nod. He wraps his arm around my shoulder and brings me closer into him. We walked quickly back to the house and stepped inside. I sat on a stool while James reached for his phone.
"Do you like Chinese?" he asks me. "Yeah." I tell him. "Good. I was thinking we could order some Chinese and eat out on the porch." he tells me. "Sound great." I tell him. He called the Chinese place and placed our order. "They'll be here in like 20 minutes." he informs me. I nod. "Good, cause i'm starving." I tell him. He smiles. "Lets go get some blankets and stuff." he says, walking towards the stairs.
We go upstairs and go into a closet in the 2nd hallway. He hands me 2 winter coats, 2 blankets, 2 hats, 2 pairs of gloves, and 2 scarfs. He grabs some of the stuff from me and we head downstairs. We put our stuff down on the couch and took seats, waiting for the food to arrive. We sat and watched TV. After about 20 minutes, the doorbell rang. The food was finally here. James answered it and paid. He brought in the food and we walked into the kitchen.
"Mmmm, smells good." I say, smelling the food. "I know. Lets get our jackets and stuff on and we'll head outside." he says, walking back to the living room. We put on our coats, scarfs, and hats, grab the blankets, and headed outside to the porch. On ther porch, there was a table and next to the table, there was a wooden bench that had enough room for 3 people. He pulled a table over to the bench and put down our food.
We sat down and layed the blankets over us. James passed me my food and we began to eat in silence. After we finished eating, I started getting cold again. "Come here." James said, when he noticed I was getting cold. I scooted closer to him. He wrapped an arm around my waist and pulled me to him. My head was on his shoulder and my half my back was leaning on him.
"Sometimes, I like to sit out here and watch the stars." he whispers to me. "Do you know any of the constalations?" I ask him. "Yeah." he said. He began pointing out the constalations and telling me how they got there names. We spent about an hour outside before we finally decided it was time to get back into the house. "Are you spending the night again?" he asks me. "I don't know. I should go back to Beths." I answer him. "Oh, okay." he said, sounding a bit dissappointed. "Well, I guess I could spend the night again." I tell him. He smiled.
"Lets go watch a movie. You feel asleep last night." he says to me. "I know. I was tired." I tell him. James turned off all the lights downstairs and we headed upstairs to his room. He gave me another pair of sweatpants and another shirt. We got changed into our PJs and I got back into his bed. "I'll be right back. I'm going to go call my parents." James says, leaving the room.
I grabbed the remote and turn the TV on. I head back to netflix and turn on the movie Drive. I paused it and waited for James to come back. He came back looking a little annoyed. "What's wrong?" I ask him. "Nothing. It's just Carly. She called me and we got into another argument." he tells me. "Oh" is all I could say. He turned off the lights and got into bed. He pulled me against his chest and I got comfrontable. I pressed play and we watched the movie.
After watching another movie, we both started drifting off to sleep. He turned off the TV and turned off the lights. I made an attempt at moving but James wouldn't let me leave his grasp. I was comfrontable so I just closed my eyes and dozed off.
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The next morning, I woke up and found that James and I were sleeping together. James was pressed up on my back with his hand around my waist. I turned slowly without waking him. I faced him and watched him sleep. He looked so peaceful and young. His hair was tusseled and I had the biggest urge to run my fingers through it. Before I could stop myself, I ran my fingers through his hair.
He twitched a bit and slowly opened his eyes. After his eyes adjusted, he began smiling. "Morning Sleepyhead." he says in his morning voice. Wow! His morning voice is so sexy! "Morning." I say back to him. "How long have you been awake?" he asks me. "I just woke up." I answer. We lay there, looking at each other for several minutes.
"We should get up." I say, making no effort to move. "We should." James says,also not moving. After a few more minutes, I get up and off the bed. "Come on James. Get up." I say to him. He slowly began to raise from the bed. "You hungry?" he asks. "Yeah." I say. "Alright. I'm going to go make us some breakfast." he says. "Alright. I'll be down in a bit." I tell him, heading to the guest bathroom, where I left my clothes last night.
I went into the bathroom and took a quick shower. I debated on putting on my clothes and I ended up putting the sweatpants back on along with my ACDC shirt. I grabbed my stuff and walked out of the bathroom. I had my stuff in my hands, walking downstairs when I heard 2 voices. One was James and the other was a girl. They seemed to be arguing. The girl sounded a lot like Carly. I stood at the bottom of the stairs listening to them argue.
"What the hell James! You didn't call or text at all this weekend!" she yelled at him. "I was busy." "Thats not a good reason!" she yelled at him. She began cursing and yelling at him. I didn't understand half the things she said. It got quiet all of a sudden. I was about to head back upstairs when I heard Carly storming towards the front door. I froze. I didn't know what to do. If I tried going upstairs, I wouldn't make it up in time. Before I could take off up the stairs, Carly stormed by and saw me.
"What the hell? Who the hell are you?" she shouts at me. "You're that Elena girl! What the hell is she doing here?" she yelled at James, ignoring me. I stood there like a deer in headlights. "We were working on our project." he tried to explain. "Project my ass. You were cheating on me with her." she said, glancing at me. If looks could kill, I would be dead. I knew I should have said something, but I knew that she wouldn't care on what I had to say.
"Carly! She's my partner and we were working on our project. If you can't trust me then we need to break up." he says to her, getting angry. "How can I trust you when I see this girl coming downstairs and 11 in the morning!" she shouts back at him. "Because you know I would never cheat on you. We've been together for 8 months now. Why would I throw that all away?" he says, lowering his voice. They began staring at each other. That was my cue to go.
I quietly walked to the front door and unlocked the door. "Umm," I'm about to say bye but I decided against it. I'm about to close the door when I hear Carly speak again. "I don't know. I'm just scared to lose you." she says, walking towards him. I quickly close the door and head to my car. I get in and drive to Beth's house.
I get to Beth's house and I ring the doorbell. She doesn't answer. I ring again. Nothing. I sigh and begin to look for the key that she hides outside her door. I find it in the plant and I open the door. "Hello?" I call out. No one answers. I put my bag down and head upstairs to her room. I open her door and my jaw drops open.