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𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐩: 𝐼'𝑚 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑑𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑚𝑦𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑎 𝑑𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑠𝑙𝑒𝑒𝑝, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑚𝑦 𝑑𝑜𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑠.
𝐼 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑐𝑒 𝑚𝑦 𝑒𝑦𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑠 𝐼 𝑏𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑛 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑜𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝐼 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑐𝑒 𝑚𝑦𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒.
"𝐵𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑎, 𝑤𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑘."
𝐄𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐩.
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8:36 𝐏𝐌
I groan slightly as I situate myself up, sitting on my bottom. I rub my eyes a little before looking up at the figure standing at my door.
"Vinnie?"
"Sorry, but I just needed to tell you something." He speaks once more.
I roll my eyes at his odd behavior, he's mad at me one second, and he's apologizing for waking me up the next?
"Talk about what, exactly?" I respond, my voice soft.
He lets out a breath.
"I just- can I just-"
I cut him off.
"Let's take a walk, yeah?" I say, also needing some air.
The awkward tension of not knowing what to say is sickening.
I see his tall figure nod. I begin to step out of bed, unfortunately. I slip on my favorite pair of converse with fluffy socks as quickly as I can.
Which isn't that quick, by the way.
These shoes are so pretty, but they take so damn long to put on for no reason at all.
As soon as I finish I get up and walk towards my door, but he's gone?
Have I been drugged?
Oh my god.
I walk out into the hallway and to the front door of the house.
I open the door and see the curly haired boy sitting on a step. His head turns to meet me.
"Hey." I say quietly, unsure of what to do.
"Hi." He replies.
He begins to stand up, I move to the side to give him space.
We both start walking in sync to an unknown location.
After 10 minutes of silently walking through the campus he begins to speak.
"I'm sorry, Bella. Really." He confesses.
I swallow.
"It's fine, Vinnie. I just don't understand why you had to react a certain way to get me away from you." I begin.
"Seriously, if you didn't want me around or to stop talking to you, you could've just made it clear, politely, at least." I finish.
He shakes his head almost immediately.
"No." He states.
I furrow my brows at him.
What?
"I mean- no. Like- that's not what I want. I don't want you to stop talking to me or to stop being around me, I just-" he continues.
"I'm just... not used to it, is all." He sighs.
I let out a small breath as I come to a halt. We stop at the same time.
I turn my entire body around to him as the wind blows slightly through my hair, giving me a chill.
I ignore it as I speak.
"Okay, and I get that. I do, but you seriously have got to learn how to get used to it. I know it's not easy, but you have to atleast try?" I suggest.
He gives a slow nod.
I don't notice it, but I twitch at the coldness running through my body, goosebumps flood the roof of my skin.
He looks at me once again.
"Are you cold?"
I shake my head no.
"I'll be fine." I say.
He chuckles slightly and shakes his head.
"You're so stubborn, you know that?"
I smile.
He chuckles a little more before wiggling out of his sweater, he hands it to me.
Well, I mean, if he insists.
I take the sweater out of his tattooed hand as he hands it to me.
"Thank you." I plainly say, with a small smile.
He nods as I slip the overly large sweater on my body.
It smells like him.
I breathe in the cold air around us, enjoying the cold weather.
It's always been my favorite.
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"Let's play twenty one questions." I say out of the blue.
Vinnie and I have been walking around the campus all night.
Last time I checked my phone it was nine thirty.
That was an hour ago.
We've been going from having a conversation to silently walking, side by side.
But, I'm not complaining.
"I hate that game." He says bluntly.
I laugh.
"I do too, but I wanna get to know you." I confess.
He looks down.
"Is something wrong? If you hate the game that much then we don't have to play it." I let out a breathy chuckle.
He shakes his head.
"No, it's fine."
I nod.
"Me first!" I begin.
"Why is photography your major?"
He takes a minute to think about it.
"Um, my mom- she uh, she's always loved it, so when I was little I guess I got into the habit of finding a passion for it as well." He looks ahead.
I softly smile as I look up at him, I've never heard him talk like this. I like it so far.
"My turn." He clears his throat.
"Why is photography your major?"
He copies my words.
I chuckle lightly.
"Funny story, actually." I smile brightly.
He side eyes me as he speaks.
"Tell me. We have all night."
He smiles, it's a genuine smile.
I dramatically sigh.
"Well, if you insist." I giggle.
He smirks.
"Okay so," I begin.
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12:15 𝐀𝐌
Vinnie and I finally step foot into the house, quietly laughing.
He had just told me a story about how he'd cut his brother's hair while he was asleep, and his brother would wake up crying because his hair was gone, and uneven.
He says he still hasn't told anyone that it was him.
Which makes the story ten times funnier.
After we both calm down from our laughing fit, he walks me to my room.
"Here we are." He looks down.
I give a sheepish smile.
I playfully punch him in the arm.
"Awh, are you going to miss me? Hmm?" I sarcastically laugh.
He grins widely.
"No." He rolls his eyes.
I gasp dramatically, putting a fake hurt face on.
"Ouch." I frown sarcastically.
He smiles, for what seems like the millionth time tonight.
It's such a pretty view, his smile is very contagious.
"Well, I should be getting to bed." I smile softly.
He nods and clears his throat.
"Uh, thank you..."
"For tonight." He mutters with an unreadable expression.
I frown, just a bit.
"Thank you, Vinnie." I say aloud.
"I had a lot of fun."
He grins and turns away to walk to his room.
I let him go.
But I watch him as he enters his room, soon after, I'm entering my own.
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I plop down on my bed, my sheets over me as I snuggle into the blankets and pillows scattered on my bed.
I sigh as I think about tonight.
His favorite color is green.
I didn't expect that.
His middle name is Cole.
I laughed at that.
His favorite movie is The Notebook.
He loves listening to Frank ocean and has almost my exact music taste.
I think he might just be perfect.
I flutter my eyes closed after smiling to myself.
Soon enough, I'm in the human body's most vulnerable state.
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꧁𝑻𝒂𝒍𝒌𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑬𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒚꧂
Hello Lovers <33
I'm honestly so sorry this took way to longer than I expected, I've just had a lot of stuff on my plate these past few weeks, but thank you all for being so patient with me and my slow updates lmao. This probably my favorite chapter so far ahhhh <333
Word Count: 1244
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