Chapter twenty-four
The morning sun floods my vision. 357Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAzYWvPBKrj
I squint my eyes. 357Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2N40JBjA3t
Matt has me consumed by his body. I remember that today is the first day of college.357Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQKhyN1kkrV
Shit! What time is it? I pry Matt's arms off of me and get out of bed.357Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXr4R4LNSR9
I don't have anything on but my bra and panties. I get my phone out of my purse and power it back on. What was I thinking going out the night before fucking college starts?! I look at my phone and am relieved to see that it's only seven-thirty am. 357Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSEwEh1c2Sf
Matt stirs awake. "Good morning," I say to him. He smiles and stretches. Wow, he still looks good in the morning. Some people look crusty as hell in the morning but he still looks hot. His hair is all tousled and it looks hella cute on him. He gets up and finds his white t-shirt on Skylar's bed.
"Did I wake you up last night?" Matt asks.
"Yeah. We both fell asleep pretty quickly though." he sighs as he slips his shoes on.
"I'm sorry, Novah. I haven't been able to have a peaceful night's sleep since I was fifteen. Well, yesterday night I slept pretty well, thanks to you. Thank you." he says with a smile.
"No problem. I'm glad I was there soothe you." I say with a reciprocated smile. He walks over to me and wraps his hands around my waist.
"I wasn't kidding when I said I wanted to take you somewhere today."
"And I wasn't kidding when I said I wanted another apology today."
"Young lady, I didn't know you had an appetite on you."
"Well, then, you have a lot to learn." he pulls me close and kisses me below my ear. He lets go of me and proceeds to walk out the door. "Matt," I call out
He turns to me with the door wide open. "Like a date?" I ask, hoping that the answer will be yes. His brows furrow and his face hardens.
"I already told you, I don't date," he says before walking out the door and closing it behind him.
Why am I surprised? Just because he was being a sweetheart last night doesn't mean he's changed his views on dating, I tell myself.357Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmsehPgCuc0
Plus, who would want to date somebody like you? , my nasty subconscious adds. 357Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBgUHhaRFEa
I shake off all my thoughts of that mysterious greened eyed boy and instead focus on how my first day will be. 357Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ95YqshPFaA
I go into the closet and grab a towel and my soap and stuff for showering. 357Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTLP4kfoyta
I can't believe I'm about to shower in a fucking public bathroom. Ewww!357Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtBVx1M7iJ7
I decide to put clothes on in here after my shower and just walk back up in a towel. 357Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKuPgutss5E
Kind of a bad idea. These are the types of moments that I wish Matt was here. 357Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfP1gJr1BiY
He would demand to come with me because it's "dangerous". It is dangerous but I'm sure there are cameras. Plus, I don't want my clothes to get wet in the bathroom. I walk out the door, leaving it open just in case Skylar comes back. I don't think she took her key.
When I walk out into the hall I see that it's already pretty busy. I choose to take the stairs. I quietly laugh at the memory of me running from Matt and him, very easily, catching me. 357Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKRmvkoIWuK
How am I already thinking of him? Maybe I'll meet someone today who I'm actually compatible with. 357Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ87dRCg4R9o
I can't believe I thought I actually liked him last night. He shut me down this morning, though. I need someone who will commit to me and Matt's just not a very strong advocate for that. At all. It was probably just lust. And....and don't forget I just met him.
When I reach the showers stalls I see that they're all numbered.357Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyGCkBW3Iot
I guess, according to your room number. 357Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoEotL5Bw7T
I find stall number 132 and walk in it. 357Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7d8TiLNOjD
I'm relieved to find out that the stalls are numbered and the men and women have separate bathrooms. I pull the curtain across and turn on the water. At least, the showers look clean enough. 357Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrvtLsG8spY
The water is warm. I relax. I was worried the bathroom situation was going to be a mess but it's pretty okay.357Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFTpbP3s0fK
I lather up my loofah and bathe my body. As I'm bathing my mind wanders to where Matt is taking me today.357Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi9El9lDLyI
I thought I might be a little bit mad at him this morning but he's right. He did tell me, multiple times, that he doesn't date.357Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCnne13z42D
Not only that, he never mentioned dating. I think I'll still give him a hard time. Just for fun. Make him think I'm still mad. Maybe, just maybe, I'll get another apology.357Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmAT8ty2O6D
I'm wicked.
I rinse off my body and grab my towel, wrapping it as tightly around my body as possible.357Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1h5cW0IgkV
I wouldn't want this thing falling off. I grab my shower rack with all my soap and stuff and walk out of the bathroom.357Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP9ve90n3hd
I walk out of the bathroom and I see that there are a lot of people In and outside of the bathroom. 357Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPHIKkaOon7
I feel so awkward walking around in just a towel and slides. As quickly as I can without running I walk up the stairs and down the hall to my room. Skylar is sitting on her bed when I walk in. 357Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcX8ugqVxLi
"Good morning." I chirp
"Someone's in a good mood. Is it because of the naughty things you did last night?" I roll my eyes. Not Skylar's interrogation, this early in the morning.
"Matt was...mad last night," I say as I pick an outfit out of my closet.
"Well, I don't know why he was getting mad at me for coming back to MY room." I settle on some ripped black jeans and an orange long sleeve shirt that has a little tie at the bottom. Its a really cute outfit.
"No, like at the carnival he got mad." she stands up and gets a towel out of the closet. I guess she's going to go take a shower.
"At you? For what?"
"Well, at the carnival it was fun like pretty much the whole time but when we got in the car we got in a little fight."
"Can I use your shower rack thing?"
"Sure."
"So, anyway, what did you guys fight about?"
"We both kind of mad and then we just started hurling insults at each other." I lay my outfit on my bed and decide to style it with a cute belt.
"So you did something wrong?" Skylar asks
"No. He made some type of comment that I didn't like and when we were in the car I mentioned it and then it kinda just led to me asking why he's been so rude since I've met him."
"And that led to him insulting you?" I think about it for a second.
"I asked him why he's such an asshole all the time and then he said 'I think asshole is just the name of the game', and then I said 'You obviously have no game', and then he said something about me 'practically begging for him'. It really hurt my feelings because it made me feel so...slutty, and that's the opposite of how I want to feel." she nodded her head.
"So how did that lead to, him, upstairs, in your bed?" Skylar asked. Ouch. I know she didn't mean it like that but once somebody says it aloud, I kinda am a slut.
"As soon as we pulled up to the dorm rooms I ran upstairs as fast as I could because my feelings were hurt and I was so angry at him for making that conceited, inconsiderate comment when he's been nothing but rude to me but when I got upstairs I realized that I had left my purse and phone in his car and that I still had his hoodie on that he had lent to me. He came back up to give it back,"
"Damn. So after that, he just stayed?"
"No, I was in my feelings a little bit and had started to cry..." Skylar looked a little bit shocked. Her eyebrows were raised and her mouth was slightly open.
"He made you cry? Already? Oh my fucking god, he is soooo in for it Novah, wait till I get to him."
"Well, he saw that I was crying and he got all...emotional. Like, he was really sorry. He started telling me that he had no intention of making me cry and that he would never do it again. He's usually so...distant and smug and unemotional and then he all of a sudden started comforting me and he was so sweet last night. I'm serious Skylar. I think he might actually start being nice now. It was honestly so dramatic of me to cry in the first place." Skylar stands up with her towel and shower rack in hand.
"Well, I'm gonna go take a shower real quick. When I get back up we're continuing this talk," she says semi-seriously.
"When you get back up you are definitely going to have to tell me how last night went with Jon." her face lights up and she grins.
"For sure. Bye, girlie."
"Byeeee," I say before she walks out the door.
I close the curtains and lock the door before taking off my towel and putting on my usual undergarments. I put my yellow top on and then slip on the black jeans and belt on. 357Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNWpXbTF0Wo
I look in my full-length mirror. Just need to style my hair and put a little bit of makeup on, and I'll be good.357Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgbZcmCE2RR
I sit in front of my vanity and listen to music while styling my hair into a cute half-up half-down hairstyle. I hear a knock on the door and open it. Its Skylar wrapped up in a towel, still drenched from her shower.
"I hate those fucking showers," she says as she walks in. I close the door and sit back down in front of the vanity.
"Tell me about it. They're not nearly as bad as I thought they were going to be, though. I was actually kind of scared to walk back up the stairs in my towel. We really shouldn't be doing that."
"Well, we have to unless we want to change in the bathroom down there."357Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9oT7nIXAaq
We both turn and give each other a hell-no look. We both laugh.
"You look so pretty right now." Skylar compliments. I smile at her.
"Thank you. What are you gonna be wearing?"
"I think I'm gonna wear this baby blue dress that I have. It's so cute." 357Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLLYbU9VrHR
My phone dings and I see that Matt's texted me. Oooh. This has to be good. I open the text and see that It's his schedule. I send him a question mark.
What's your schedule? he texts back. Of course, he wants to know my schedule. I decided to give him a little fight.
I think that's for me to know. I laugh at my little joke and put my phone down next to me. 357Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFaaOJYoeKI
I curl my eyelashes and put some mascara on. My phone dings.
I will find out one way or another. he replies. He's so intrusive. God.
Stalker much? I reply. I put my phone down and run some clear gloss over my lips. My skin is pretty clear and whenever I put too much makeup on it makes my skin really bumpy and nasty so I don't usually wear foundation and primer and all that. My phone dings again. I pick it up.
Some may say, the text reads. I decided to test him out.
Looking forward to our date after school. I press send and then start to get nervous about what he'll say. 357Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2kcOBWMyH4
I kinda already know. I get up from in front of the vanity and I see Skylar in a baby blue strapless body con dress that looks really pretty with her fair skin.
"Oh my god, that is such a cute dress. I love it!"
"Thank you! Girl, you are so damn pretty. How can you wear not an ounce of makeup and be so hot?!"
"I am wearing makeup. Mascara and lip gloss. And stop. You're beautiful too."
"Bitch, mascara doesn't count." my phone dings again. I check the time and see that its eight-thirty. I need to leave in twenty minutes. Skylar sits in front of the vanity and starts to run the flat iron through her wild, wavy hair. I open my text messages.
I told you already, I don't date. I'm hanging out with you later, the text reads.
Fine. Since we're "hanging out" you can't touch me, I type hastily. I know that he's a very touchy person and since he wants to hang out, then, fine. He won't be able to touch me like I know he wants to.
"Hey, I'm leaving in a bit," I tell Skylar.
"Okay. I'm not going anywhere tonight so I'll be here."
"Matt says he wants to hang out later but I don't think I'm gonna go. I'll probably have school things to do anyway."
"Honestly I'm sorry I ever encouraged anything between you two. He's always been an ass and I don't think he's changed. The fact that you two just met and he's already treating you like shit is not okay with me."
"He's sorry, I think. That reminds me before I leave tell me how it went with Jon last night." She smiles.
"Well, it was starting to get boring at the carnival, waiting in all those lines, so we left and got some food and hung out at the park for a bit. Just talking. He's so deep, you know? So, he took me home but then you guys were...here." she giggles a little and I look for my shoes to avoid making eye contact. "So, I went back to the frat house and I just hung out with him. Had a few drinks. Then I went to bed."
"In his bed?" I ask, knowing full well the answer.
"Yes, Novah, obviously." I look at her suspiciously
"Did you guys..."
"Yes," she answers immediately.
"Was it good?"
"Yeah. It was really good." she looks happy so I'm happy. I check my phone. 357Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGgbuUyrWMB
Text from Matt.
Why are you punishing me? Friends touch all the time. I decide to answer the text in the car. I slip on some black vans and call it a day. 357Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ42YqhsS2lb
I grab my pre-packed, black bag and slip the straps over my shoulder. Skylar is sitting at the vanity still straightening her hair.
"You're gonna be late, Sky," I say with a laugh. I'd rather drop dead than be late for things.
"Everyone's late on the first day. I'll be fine." I wrap my arms around her shoulders, in a hug.
"Have a good day," I say while hugging her.
"No, you have a good day," she says with a warm smile. I put my phone in my back pocket and approach the door. 357Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡduq3sCdvNn
"Byeeee," I tell her just as I'm about to walk out the door.
"Byeee," she says back and I walk out the door.
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