(After 12 days)
Things between me and Charlie have been smooth ever since the dinner. He calls me every morning to wake me up at time for work and we sometimes have lunch together during our breaks. He walks me to my apartment to make sure I get back safe but never bothers to stay and I've never asked him to. As days passed we became closer and I'm still unsure if it's all real.
Tomorrow we're leaving for Ireland, all of us. He helped me pack my stuff and Lily, Payton and Jacob have been staying over at my apartment for the last few days because they think it'll be easier for us to make plans if we're together. Even though Charlie and I are good now, being around Payton still is pretty hard.
The boys slept in sleeping bags on the floor in sleeping bags even though I told them ill get an extra bed. Lily and I slept on the same bed. It is now 8am and I woke up to Lily and Jacob bickering. I went to see what the problem was and I saw Lily holding a pan against his head
"Did you sleep with her?" asked Lily
"Of course not, why would I ever do such a thing"
"I can't tell if you're saying the truth"
"I am, babe trust me"
I had no idea what they were talking about and that's when I noticed Payton standing in a corner looking at his phone. I usually avoid talking to him as much as I can but I need to know what's going on.
I went up to him and asked what's happening?
He tilted his phone towards me and on it was a picture of Jacob kissing another girl. I could not believe Jacob could do such a thing but it was too early to jump to a conclusion. I went up to Lily and yanked the pan off of her hand before she could cause any damage.
"Have you lost your mind" I screamed at Lily
"C, he cheated on me" she screamed back at me while pointing at Jacob whose standing there idle.
"We don't know that yet"
"What!!! Are you kidding me, there a picture of him kissing another girl?"
"It could be from when you guys weren't together"
"That was taken 5 days ago" she said with tears running out of her eyes. I've never seen Lily like this and I couldn't believe this happen to her. They were perfect.
"I don't want to look at his face anymore, ask him to leave"
Jacob didn't even hesitate; he grabbed his jacket and walked outside of the apartment. I can't accept the fact that he didn't even try to talk her down. After he left Lily fell on the floor and cried her eyes off. I went towards her and sat down near her to comfort her.
"Hey, it's gonna be okay" I told her.
She wiped off the tears off her face and stood up. She wasn't sad anymore, she was angry. I could see the rage on her face.
"I don't care about that dick. I'm gonna be fine"
"Are you sure"
"Yes, well we have worked to do. I'm gonna go make sure I packed all of my things" she said all this and went into the wardrobe.
From the looks of it she was far from okay, even though she seemed angry I knew she was broken inside. But I knew she won't talk to me or anybody about it. She's too focused on the show now and I don't think anything else goes to her head right now.
After all the shenanigans, I and Payton took a glance at each other and I went into my room while he stood there watching me. I went in and sat on my bed, I thought through all the things that happened and it still 9. I picked up my phone and there were 2 missed calls from Charlie. For some reason I didn't feel like calling back. He told me hell come over by 2 and we could all go for lunch anyway. I felt tired thinking about Lily and Jacob so I went to take a little nap.
I woke up to a voice saying
'Heyyy….sleepyhead…"
When I opened my eyes it was Charlie, he was wearing a white sweater and distressed light blue jeans. I haven't woken up to that face in a very long time. He was sitting next to me.
"Ohh you're already here"
"Its 2:30, I'm late"
"What!!"
"I called you, you didn't pick up"
"Ohh something happened"
"Yahh I heard, lily and Jacob" he said and stood up. "You get ready, I'll wait outside"
I nodded and he left the room.
I took a few minutes to get ready. I wore baggy jeans and a t-shirt. Charlie and me were the only ones, the rest had other matters at hand. Still I was pretty concerned about lily, sometimes she keeps these feelings inside until one day they explode.
We went to a nearby Italian restaurants, it was filled with all kinds of rich people. We sat near a window with a view of their garden; it was filled with flowers and fruits. It calmed my nerves a bit. Charlie ordered feta pasta and I got some shrimp ravioli. Even the presentation filled us with serotonin. After lunch we both went to the beach. He always took me to the beach after dates since it my favorite place to be. No matter how late we always go to the beach after dates, we buy ice cream and cotton candy and walk along the shore talking and being goofy.
(After 3 hrs)
Since it's been a while we came to the beach, I didn't realize how long we spent there. It was 6 and Charlie and I decided to stay till sunset. He got us hotdogs and we sat on the sand watching the sun go down. The pure ecstasy I feel at the moments make my life more alive, these moments of happiness with him makes me still believe in love. OUR LOVE.
It was 6:45 and I still couldn't snap out the mesmerizing beauty that I just witnessed. It started to get dark so I stood up to leave and felt a pull on my arm, it was Charlie. He patted on the floor, asking me to sit down again. Even though it was late and we had an early flight tomorrow, I couldn't stop myself from spending more time with him.
We sat there in silent for a minute until I felt his arm on mine, I looked at him, and we locked eyes. His wide open eyes trailed my whole face. Suddenly the cold wind of the beach didn't affect me, everything was just warm. My heart raced as he slowly leaned forward while stealing glances at my lips. I felt both light headed and excited. As I leaned in I could feel his warm breath on my face. And before I even knew it his lips were on mine, they were demanding yet gentle. Shivers went up and down my body as he put his hands on my hips, moving me around and making it more exciting.
I've missed these agonizing chaste I feel while I'm with him, I've missed our long passionate kisses, I've missed us. Longer we kissed, the deeper it became. To me; kissing is the most intimate and meaningful thing to happen between two people.
Even when he slowly let go I couldn't control myself from pulling him closer, kissing him harder, hanging my hands over shoulder, locking him in place until I made up for the time we were apart. I took my time and I knew he wanted it more than I did. We kissed until our lips turned red. Slowly I released my grip over him and sat down facing him, we stared at each other for a while. Even though no words were spoken we both knew that this is now real.