"I don't mind if you don't , baby!"
I jump in his arms as fast as I open the door.
"I missed this so much! "
He keeps me in his big arms and I wrap my legs around his waist. We stop so I close the door and then he walks us and throw me in the bed.
"So, Sky? What are we doing tonight?"
"Well...oh, I know! We go out to buy food and then we watch a movie!"
"I like it! Now, go and change cause you're not getting out like that." He says analyzing my tiny pajamas.
I nod yes and I go to the bathroom.
When I returned, dressed in some blue jeans with a white top, I see Luk near my little safe box.
"What do you keep here?" He says with a raised eyebrow.
"If I wanted people to know, I wouldn't keep them there. " I answer, searching some money.
"Come on, baby! Don't you trust me?.."
"I do. But you're not at that level, yet. That's personal." I say, pointing to the little box he was standing near." It is called PRIVACY, Lukas!"
"One day." He thinks out loud.
I am not sure, but maybe one day...
I am ready. I took my keys and I notice him coming toward me and crossing him fingers with mine.
"Let's go!" He says, looking in my eyes profoundly.
In 30 minutes we were back in my room. I changed back in the tiny pajamas and I jumped in bed in the middle of all the food.
He held my hand all the way after food. At the drive thru, while he ordered, while he paid, on our way back. It feels amazing to have someone who is not afraid to show you he cares.
"What movie do you wanna watch, baby?" He asks, having a sweet voice.
"I want...um....I don't know..." I say, looking around for an idea. And here it is. " I know what want! I want us to watch...trrr...trrr...trr-"
'Ohhh! Come On!!! Say it!"
He ran out of patience.
"The Kissing Booth!" I snap, sitting up and jumping among the food.
"Hmm, it sounds good! "
He took off his coat, hanging it in my hanger and came near me. Taking my hand is his, again.
I love this thing!.. It'll hurt as hell when he'll let it go...but I've been there, before..
When the film was over and we finished all the food, watching Noah leaving at Harvard made me remember our trip.
"Lukas?"
I turn left to face him. We were inches apart.
"What happened, baby?" He says, with a calm and soothing voice.
"I want to ask you something.."
He sits on the bottom, crossing his legs. I decide to do the same. He touches my knees saying:
"You know we can talk about anything, right?"
"Yeah, I do! That's why I want to ask you...to come with me and some friends at the mountain cottage on winter vacation. It'll be fun! Please! I want to spend my birthday with people I care about!" I say , sticking my bottom lip out to look cute, so I can convince him.
"Alright! But you and I are going with my car! Understood?" He says, taking my face in his hand. Some curls had fallen on my face and he puts them behind my ear.
"Fine!" I mumble. " But I should tell you who's coming. I don't want you to change your mind in the last moment."
"I don't care who's coming if you're there."
I smiled uncontrollably while my cheeks went rosy. He saw and caressed them.
"That so sweet, Casanova! But either way, I'll tell you. There'll be Louis Miller, Audrey McLaren, Declan and some guy he'll bring, me and you. "
"It's ok! I will send a guy to check the place for us to be safe, before we go there. Give me the address, please!"
That's a really good idea. I handed him over the address and I showed him some pictures.
"This is so beautiful. How much do we have to put each to make the price?"
"It's free, boo! We'll spend there my birthday , 1st of January . You'll be my guests! Don't worry about money, okay?" I give him assurance, locking my eyes with his shining ones.
"How do you have so much to afford this, though? For like 10 people and 3 weeks? "
"I know the owner. I have some discount. Don't worry!"
"Alright! I understand. But now, it's late ! You should sleep!" He says, glaring at the big clock." It's 3am! We have school tomorrow!"
"You won't sleep, won't you?" I say, looking worried.
"No ! I can't...Now, goo!"
"Chop! Chop!" I added , smiling.
I make him lay and I rest my head on his chest. I hear he's heart running so fast.
"Your heart is-"
"Doing her cardio! Yeah...she is ! Every single time I think about you or you're around."
Silence. The rest was a peaceful silence. And I fell...
I hope I fell asleep...
"Wake up, beautiful! It's time to prepare for school."
"Good morning , babe!" I say, stretching .
I move so he can get down of my bed. I do the same , grabbing my hair in a messy bun. He approaches me and kisses my forehead.
"Bye! See you in school!" He says , stepping out of my room while I wave goodbye.
I brush my teeth , dress up and leave.
"Sky! I have something to confess."
"What is it? What the hell did you do, Louis?!"
"I don't think it's wrong. I've been talking with Audrey last night."
"What?! How?" I ask, excited about those news.
"We had History together, you know. And how our creep teacher was talking all the hour at his phone," He says waving his arms in the air. " we talked about the trip. And I don't know how, we ended up giving each other the phone numbers."
"Oh My Gosh! Louis! That's soo cute!"
"Yeah..I kinda like her. What should I-"
He got interrupted by Audrey's voice.
"Hiiii, guys! Who's excited about the trip? I AMMMMM!" He howls.
Everyone on the hallway turned their heads to us. That's so embarrassing.
"There's one more week, girl! "
"And a half!" Louis corrected me.
"I've already packed everything." Audrey says excited.
"You're insane! Perfectly insane!" I say smiling and I notice Louis agreeing.
She laughs and grab us by the shoulders.
"You're so short! That's soo cute!" I hear Louis exclaiming. She blushed.
The rest of this week passed as fast as it came. With me arguing with Mr. Chen and Mrs. Shocker. He thought I cheated on that test when I got an A and she...she somehow found out we left from her hour and that I started it.
Should I apologize? Cause you're teaching us nothing...
Reaching the room, I throw the school bag in a corner. I run in the closet and I changein the fastest way possible.
Taking the purple suitcase, I start packing all the thick clothes I have. I hope they'll be enough for 3 weeks.
Ring! Ring!
Louis💙
"Hey! What's up?"
"Umm. I wanted to ask you somethings since last week.."
"Hold on a sec." I say, putting him on speaker so I can keep working on my suitcase.
"So...what happened?"
"In two days we are leaving and I don't have a ride."
"I would take you with us, you know it! But Lukas was specific. Just him and I.." I say, sad. " Why don't you ask Audrey. She said she'll come with her McLaren-"
"NO WAY!" I hear his voice echoing in the room so loud that I startle.
"Louis!! Seriously!! I think I heard you and not through the phone."
"Ups! I am sorry! But I can't ask her for a ride.It's... embarrassing..."
"I am pretty sure she likes you too. I saw how she looks at you, how she blushes when you compliment her or how she's startling when you touch her."
"Wait! SKYLAR! She just texted me!" He said loudly and happy.
"Go and answer, dumbass! Don't let her wait!"
"Alright. Talk to you later.!"
When Louis hanged up I had everything packed. I put even a little extras. What the hell will I do with a swimsuit? Well, I don't know. But better plus than minus .
Ring! Ring!
Louis💙
"Sooo?" I say, excited .
"How you ride with Ortega and none of us wanted to go with Declan....she asked me if I want to go with her. Iiiiiii!!!"
"Wooow! You seem so happy! This is more serious than I thought." I joke, causing him a laughter. "Stop calling when you're 10 feet away! Get your ass here!"
He hangs up the phone instantly and the next second I watch my door being slammed.
"Oh my GOD! Louis! You're in shorts! "
"And in love!" He adds, causing me a loud laughter.
"DAMN RIGHT YOU ARE!"
He's so funny when he's in love and in shorts. He must be freezing.
"Wait! My 2 best friends are in love with each other? OMG! This is amazing!"
"I can't wait to leave."
"Hold on ,Louis, hold on! There are 2 more days. We are leaving Friday night. At 8pm. Did you know that?"
"Yeah. Of course. You'd be surprised! There are 52 hours left, but who's counting...right?"
"I will dye laughing because of your dark humor."
After some hours of imagining and making plans for the trip he began to cast.
"What did you do last night??"
"I was talking with Audrey, of course! What about you, little troublemaker?" He says, winking.
"Oh! Just the usual. Staying with Lukas and stuff."
"Mhhmmm. Hugs and kisses and all that, ha??"
"NO, LOUIS. NO!We didn't even kiss. So shut your mouth!" I say while my face wasturnung sad without me noticing.
"Easy, girl! Chill! You may be strong and good enough to kick my ass. But you're still hurt...What happend? What ass should I kick?" He says, clenching his fiests.
"At least if you could.But you cant kick mine. How could you kick Lukas's?" I say sitting on a dide of the bed.
"What happened? What's wrong?"
He sits near me and looks in my eyes, profoundly. A tear rolls down on my cheek to the corners of my mouth.
I wipe it out.
"He said he likes me. And I know he does because I feel it. But also,I feel something's wrong. And I know there are things he doesn't talk about with me but-"
"Even after all this months?..." He mumbles, interrupting me.
"Yep. Even after everything..."
"Don't worry! You can't force people open up their hearts when they're not ready.."
"You're right. I am sorry!"
"Don't be, sister! Everyone has insecurities. You saw me earlier."
"Thank you! Thank you so much!"
"Anytime, dear!"
He pulls me into a warm and needed hug before he left.
I know there's something deep hidden by Luk. But I won't push him.
Thursday passed in a blink of an eye. And Friday....ohh....Friday was totally fucked up.
I almost got detention from Mr. Chen if there wasn't Declan to save my butt.
7PM!! I fill my purse with everything I think could be useful on the road.
7.40PM!!After spending 40 minutes inspecting the room and making sure I didn't miss anything in my suitcase, I took it to the car that was already waiting for me in front of the building.
"It's so hot in here. Did you opened the air heater?" I say,while taking of my long coat.
"Yeah. It's so cold outside and I thought you'd like here to be warm. "
"Ohh...thank you! You're a complete sweet!"
He smiles.
I take his hand from the lever ,crossing my fingers with his.
I rest our hands on my leg. Showing him I am comfortable. I can tell by the way he smiles that he enjoys this.
He loves it...my boy!