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I slowly slide my hand across the bed, I open my eyes and lift my head. She's not here, I slowly sit up and yawn before I stretch. I haven't slept this well in a while, I didn't even get a chance to thank her. I slowly stand up and look out the window, more fucking snow. I sometimes forget how high up we are, the people look so small.
I open the door and walk into the living room, I see Tessa sitting on the couch, she has her hair up and she's wearing my shirt. She's eating a bowl of lucky charms while she watches Adventure Time, I guess that's what happens when you fall for someone who is a literal child.
I walk up behind her and kiss her head before I walk around the couch and sit next to her, she smiles at me before she brings a spoon full of lucky charms up to my lips and shoves it on my mouth. Too much sugar. I quickly chew and swallow.
"I don't know how you can eat that, it's so sweet."
She giggles.
"The sugar is the best part."
"Yeah but it's not healthy, now you're gonna be bouncing off the walls."
She smirks.
"Not off the walls but I will be bouncing on something else."
Christ it's early.
"Theresa Lynn Young are you trying to seduce me?"
She smiles before she eats another spoon full.
I drape my arm around her shoulders and slide closer to her.
"Does your back feel better?"
I look at her and wipe milk off her chin.
"Yes, thank you baby."
She leans in and pecks my lips before she looks back at the tv.
"I'm happy you feel better." She says.
"I would feel even better if I woke up with you in my arms."
She looks at me.
"Sorry, I just wasn't tired as I didn't wanna wake up."
"It's alright darling."
She puts her bowl of cereal down before she climbs into my lap and cuddles up with me, I wrap my arms around her and kiss the top of her head.
...
"What do you feel like doing today darling?"
She looks up at me.
"Well we don't have school or work........I'm in desperate need of a haircut."
"I think your hair looks fine."
She scolds me.
"You just have to say that cus you're my boyfriend, it looks like a mop on my head."
"No it doesn't."
"It's too long and my bangs are grown out, I'm thinking about going purple. Like my whole head."
"No."
She laughs.
"Come on, I could totally pull that off."
I take her hair tie out and her hair falls to her sides, I take a few strands in between my fingers and play with them.
"I like you hair the way it is, don't color it. Please."
"I was only kidding, but I do need to get it cut because it's too long."
I look up at her and watch as her over grown bangs fall in front of her face.
"Ok, but not too much."
"You're so bossy, I don't like it when it's this long. It's only gonna be a few inches."
I know I can't tell her what to do but I love her hair so much.
I run my fingers through it.
"I know, but I just love you hair."
"Don't worry, it will still be the same boring blond." She pecks my lips before she stand up and grabs her bowl.
She walks over to the kitchen and I follow her.
"It's not boring."
She puts it back up in a bun before she starts watching her dirty dish.
"It kinda is, I've seen millions of other blonds. The only difference is that I was born with this and they had to bleach theirs."
She giggles.
I walk behind her and kiss her neck before I walk over to the coffee pot and pour myself a mug.
"Your hair is not boring Theresa, it happens to be one of my favorite things about you."
She turns and shakes her head.
"Yeah yeah yeah, whatever you say."
"You know you're annoying when you're stubborn." I say.
She dries her hands and turns to face me completely.
"You love when I'm stubborn, you like the challenge."
I open my arms for her and she walks up to me and wraps her arms around my waist, she rests her chin on my chest and looks up at me.
"You know I love you no matter what, but I draw the line at purple hair."
She smiles.
"How about black, it is your favorite color after all. Or maybe red?" She teases.
"No color Theresa."
"You're so bossy."
"You like when I'm bossy."
Her cheeks flame up and she hides her face in my chest.
"Don't get all shy now."
"I'm not shy, I'm flustered." She corrects.
She scrunches her nose and smiles, I stick my fingers in her dimples and she laughs.
She pulls away and walks over to the fridge and grabs the milk.
"Can you get me the Frosted Flakes, I can't reach them."
"You're tiny Theresa." I tease.
"Shut up."
I grab the box and hand it to her.
"I thought you already ate."
"I did, this is for you. Now sit and eat, I'm gonna go get dressed."
"Thank you darling."
I pull her in for a kiss before she leaves the kitchen, I sit and eat the bowl she poured for me. I missed having her around, I hate being alone. Once you get used to being around someone you love it's hard to have to be alone, I never wanna be away from her.
I slowly eat my cereal, she hates Frosted Flakes. She says their "bitter", she's just a sugar monster.
...
She walks into the kitchen.
"Does this match? I have another sweater that's green, but I think this one matches more?"
She looks up at me, I look her up and down.
"Love, I think you look amazing in anything."
She sighs, she crosses her arms.
"You're no help Hardin." She whines.
I look her up and down once more.
"Do a spin." I say.
She turns around and I check her ass.
"Well your ass looks great in those pants."
She quickly turns around.
"Hardin." She whines.
I laugh.
"I think you look beautiful baby, but your converse will match better than the trainers you're wearing."
She looks down at her feet.
"You're right, thanks babe."
She kisses my cheek before she runs to the room to change, I shake my head before I finish my cereal and wash my bowl. She runs back in with her hair clipped back, she's wearing a grey oversized sweater with black baggy jeans. How she manages to always look flawless is beyond me, she just always does. I love her style, it's so different than most of the wanna be models in this city. I love how she wears lots of rings and how she likes her nails short rather than long, I don't know how Kim does anything with those long fake nails. Tessa is just naturally gorgeous, she doesn't even have to try.
She looks at me.
"What's wrong?" She asks.
"Nothing, why?"
"You're staring at me funny."
I quickly look back at the the bowl I'm washing.
"Nothing, I'm just thinking."
She wraps her arm around my waist and kisses my back.
"I love you Hardin."
I smile.
"I love you Theresa."
She grunts before she unwraps her arms.
"I thought we were done with this Theresa thing." She whines.
"Never, I know you love it."
"Ha ha ha, yeah I love it so much." She says sarcastically.
"It's our thing." I say.
"Our thing?" She questions.
"Yeah, you know. Some couples have things that only they understand, like inside jokes or nicknames. Our thing is me annoying you."
She laughs.
"Well you do "our thing" very well."
She grabs a banana from the fruit basket and jumps up on the counter and sits before she starts to peel it, she takes a small bite off the tip.
"What are your plans for the day? I really wanna get my hair cut today since we are still on holiday, and I might call Kim to see if she can drive me to the salon because I'm really tired of taking cabs. There was this driver last week and he.......never mind, it's not important. Anyway like I was saying, I would take your car but I don't know if you have plans and I....." She says with a mouthful.
She takes another bite.
"And I was thinking to take off just a few inches cus...."
She keeps rambling on but I can't pay attention to a word she's saying while she's eating that banana like that.
"Hardin?"
She takes another bite.
"HARDIN?"
I quickly look back up at her eyes.
"Yes?"
"Why are you looking at me like that?" She says with a mouthful.
"I'm not, I was just...........what did you say?"
She looks down at the banana before she rolls her eyes.
"You're such a pervert, it's a banana."
I start to laugh.
She jumps down from the counter and throws the peel away before she washes her hands, she turns around and begins to pick at her fingers.
"What happen with the cab driver?" I ask.
"I thought you weren't paying attention?" She says sarcastically.
"I'm always paying attention, I can multitask."
"It doesn't matter." She says.
"It does to me, what happened? Did he do something?"
"No, he was just rude. And he definitely over charged me, I just hate taking cabs. Not to mention that after my week..............our time apart, I've spend so much money I'm pretty sure I'm gonna be homeless." She nervously giggles.
"I'm just happy we are starting work soon." She adds.
She checks the time on the stove before she walks over to me and gets on her tippy toes to give me a kiss.
"I gotta go, have a good day."
She walks into the living room and grabs her purse, I follow her.
"Where are you going?"
"Hair salon."
"Alone?" I ask.
She pulls her bottom lip between her teeth.
"Well......yeah. I texted Kim but her and Gavin are at some charity work party, and I thought you were busy. I was just gonna take a cab or maybe walk."
I walk up to her and pull her close by her jean loops.
"Walking in 30 degree weather is dangerous, you could get sick. And no more cabs for you from now on, I don't have any plans for the day so I'll be more than happy to accompany you to the hair salon."
"Really? I didn't think you would want to come."
"I don't mind."
"It's gonna be like 2 hours, you're fine with sitting for that long?" She asks.
"Yes."
"Ok." She says excitedly.
"Just let me get dressed."
I kiss her nose, I walk to the room and quickly get dressed in my usual outfit. I brush my teeth and lace my converse before I walk into the living room, I see her sitting on the couch.
"Have you see my leather jacket anywhere Tess?"
She stands up and spins around, she's wearing it.
"You mean this leather jacket." She giggles.
"Yes crazy pants."
She smiles.
"I've grown to like it, do you want it back? I've kinda wanna wear it." She asks.
She looks so good.
"No, you can keep it baby."
"Really?"
"Yeah."
She smiles.
I walk over to the closet and grab my denim jacket and slip it on, I grab her scarf before I close the door. I walk up to her and loosely wrap it around her neck, she takes this opportunity to lean in and kiss my lips. When she pulls away I shoot my head forward and kiss her again.
"We are gonna be late............." She says between kisses.
I pull away.
"I know, let's go."
She takes my hand and pulls me out the door.
...
While on the drive shes on her phone, I don't wanna be one of those crazy obsessive boyfriends but whoever she's texting sure does know how to make her smile. I thought about reaching over and taking her phone but I knew that wasn't the right approach, I just wanna know who's shes talking to.
"Tess?"
She ignores me.
"Tessa?"
She giggles.
"Theresa?"
"Huh? Sorry what did you say?" She says while she keeps staring at her phone.
"Nothing." I say under my breath.
"Sorry, it's..............*she giggles* it's my friend from my art class."
"Friend?" I repeat.
"Yeah."
"What kind of friend?"
She turns and scolds me.
"What do you mean what kind of friend?"
"Is it a guy friend?"
She laughs.
"Yes Hardin I have a secret boyfriend that you don't know about." She jokes.
"That's not funny."
She turns her phone off and reaches over for my hand, I hesitate before I place my hand in hers. She places my hand on her thigh before she reaches her hand up and runs her fingers through my hair.
"Her name in Mia, she's a brunette with brown eyes and she has a million freckles. She's 5'3 approximately 124 pounds and loves sunflowers. Should I go on?"
I roll my eyes.
"Hardin I'm just teasing, I don't know why you get so worked up about this kinda stuff."
"I'm not worked up, I was just curious."
Lie.
"Hardin I know you better than anyone, I just wish you would have a little more faith in me." She says sadly.
I stop the car at a red light and look over at her.
"I do have faith in you Tess."
"Well I would appreciate a little more trust." She says.
"I do trust you baby."
She leans in closer to my face and looks up at me.
"I would never hurt you." She whispers.
"I know."
She pecks my lips before she turns her phone back on and goes back to texting, she shows me the phone and I read the conversation.
"Why are you guys talking about dicks?"
She scrunches her nose.
"No we aren't." She says.
The light turns green and I start driving.
"Yes you are darling."
She looks back at her phone before she gasps.
"NO! That was a typo, it's was supposed to say person not penis!"
I start laughing and she smacks my arm.
"It's not funny! This is so embarrassing." She whines.
"It's a little funny, your little fingers pressing the wrong buttons."
I can't stop laughing.
I look over and see her pouting.
"It's not that bad babe."
"Yes it is, now she's writing penis in every text she sends just to make fun of me."
She covers her face with her hands and I can't stop laughing at her.
"Well I guess sex must be on your mind Theresa, we can pull over and hop in the back if you want?" I tease.
She smacks my arm again.
"Just for that comment we aren't having sex today.........or tomorrow.......the whole week."
She crosses her arms and pouts.
"Mhmm, sure." I say to annoy her.
"I'm serious, no sex. Not even a touch."
"You know you can't resist me Theresa, you'll cave in seconds."
"No I won't."
"Ok, if you're so confident we should see who's right."
She turns and looks at me.
"I'm very competitive Hardin, and to be honest I don't think you could last a day."
She turns to hide her smile.
"Oh really, you just wait and see."
She starts to giggle.
"I'm so gonna win." She whispers.
...
Once we make it to the salon I park the car and pay the meter before I take her hand and walk inside, I'm instantly hit with the chemical smell. She walks in and immediately some woman walks up to her and wraps her arm around her, she tried to let go of my hand but I hold onto her tight. The woman looks at me before she looks over at Tessa and mouths the word damn, Tessa turns a light shade of pink.
"So, what are we doing today? Your hair got so long."
The hairdresser takes a few strands of Tessas hair in her hands, I don't know why but I get extremely protective and jealous.
"I was thinking we cut it all off and dye it black." Tessa says.
I look at her and see her giggle, I roll my eyes.
"Just kidding, I just want a few inches off and maybe some layers."
"Ok, you want some highlights? Ooooo or maybe some under dye, we can add some color or maybe some black strands underneath." The hair dresser recommends.
I squeeze Tessas hand and she looks at me, I shake my head and she rolls her eyes.
"No color for me, maybe next time." She says.
I release the breath I didn't know I was holding.
"Ok, well if you can let go of your man candy you can go back to the sinks so I can wash you out. I'm gonna go remove foils from about another one of my clients and I'll meet you there."
"Ok."
The hairdresser walks away, Tessa turns to face me and I take her other hand in mine. She gets on her tippy toes and leans in to kiss me, I pull away.
"Nope." I say.
She grunts.
"I said no sex, kissing doesn't count." She whispers.
I smile before I lean in and kiss her, she smiles before she slips away.
"Sit tight, this is gonna take a while." She teases before she walks to the back of the salon, she's a few feet away and she's sitting across from me across the room. I sit down in the waiting area, second later my phone buzzes in my pocket.
*I miss you.*
I look up at her and see that she's smiling at me.
*Im only a few feet away love.*
*I don't care, I still miss you*
I look up at her and mouth the words I love you, she mouths them back before she blows me a kiss. I smile like an idiot before I reach for one of the magazines on the table.
...
Occasionally I'll look up at her and see her smiling at her phone, Mia must be really funny. I don't know why I get like this, I guess I just like to be the one to make her happy and laugh. I didn't know I was the jealous type.
Seconds later I get a message from her.
*My mom says hi, she said she misses us.*
Thank god it's Mary.
*Tell her she should come visit us.*
I send this before I even think about it, I look up and she looks at me with a shocked expression.
*Wait, really?*
*Yeah.*
*You have my entire heart Mr. Scott.*
*Its hard not to love such perfection Theresa.*
She sends me a rolling eyes emoji.
I laugh.
*She's gonna start, don't look. I want it to be a surprise.*
*Fine, but I'm not making any promises.*
She sends me a heart.
I continue reading this stupid fucking magazine about "how to be a better person", this shit is so stupid.
...
Hour later.
...
*In order to be a better person you must be able to listen and pay attention to other's emotions instead of overreacting.*
Stupid magazine, I can't believe I read this whole article. I close the magazine and throw it back on the counter, I look back up to check on Tessa but the chair is empty. I look around for her before I see her walking towards me, holy shit.
She looks gorgeous.
I stand up and meet her in the middle of the salon, she looks up at me through her freshly cut bangs.
"So? What do you think?"
I tuck her bangs behind her ear before I place my hands on the sides of her face and pull her in for a kiss.
"What was that for?" She asks shyly.
"I just love the feeling of your lips, you look absolutely breathtaking Tess."
She blushes.
"Thanks, I tried to keep it "natural". I only cut a few inches and added layers."
"I see you kept your bangs." I tease.
"Yup, what else would you tuck behind my ears?" She says playfully.
I smile before I wrap my arm around her shoulders and we walk over to the register, the hair dresser meets us there.
"Thank you so much, I love it." Tessa says softly.
"Of course, you look beautiful."
Tessa opens her purse to grab her wallet, I quickly hand the lady my card and she immediately swipes it. Tessa hands her card.
"Too late."
"Hardin, I hate when you do that." She scolds.
"I don't like when you pay."
She frowns before she puts her card away and hands the hairdresser a 20 dollar bill.
"Thank you so much Debby."
She hugs her before I take her hand and leave, we start walking back to the car.
"You really didn't need to pay."
"It's not a big deal Tess, my treat."
She smiles.
"Thank you."
"So, how about we go to lunch? I know a good place near here." I suggest.
"Yeah, but I'm paying." She says.
"Nope, I asked you out to eat."
"I know but I feel bad, just let me pay for something."
"Let me think............nope."
She sighs before she burst into giggles.
"Why are you giggling?"
"I just love you."
I kiss her cheek.
"Well I love you more Theresa."