𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐧𝐚𝐞𝐮𝐧 𖤐 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐫

08: cloud 9

Spencer's house is famous for it's enormous movie room. The couch stretches around the entire back wall of the room where there is a giant projector that takes over the wall in from of the back wall.

We all usually gather around one of the corners of the couch because it's the most comfortable there, but this time everyone spread themselves out. Benny, Spencer and I stayed in our usual spot while Tammi and James sat on the lower end of the couch. As for Marcella, she sat in the other corner of the couch...alone.

"What's the deal with Marcella? Why is she sitting so far from us?" Benny asked Spencer and I.

Spencer shrugged and then they both looked at me, which made me make an even more confused face. "How should I know?" I ask.

"Dude you are the closest person to her out of us and the entire school. Does this relate to what you two were talking about earlier?" Spencer asks.

I shrug as well. "She was just tired from all the homework her teacher assigned her. Since she doesn't get homework from her other classes she gets them all from her English learning class." I explain.

Benny makes a smug smile. "This is your chance, man. Marcella could use a little company." He says, nudging my shoulder a little in her direction.

I look at Marcella who's eyes are staring at the projector screen and looks kind of tired. "I was with Marcella all day, she's probably sick of me?" I say not wanting to over bear her.

Benny and Spencer shake their heads. "Nah. I think you should go over to her. You like her right? Now's your chance." Spencer practically pushes me over to her and I shot him a death glare before sliding myself next to Marcella.

She looks at me and waved a little. "Hey." She greets me like she would when we get to school everyday.

I wave back and greet her. "I know I already asked earlier. But are you okay?" I ask her again. "Why don't you come sit with the rest of us?"

Marcella shrugs her shoulders being unsure. "I don't know. Should I go sit with the rest of you guys?" She asks me.

I looked back at my friends who seem to have filled in my spot where I was once sitting next to them meaning I can't go back to them. I thought fast, "No! I'll...just stay here with you instead." I say feeling my face turn a shade of red after that uncoincidental.

Marcella's reaction was a flinch followed by a slow forming smile, meaning she must have found my reaction either cute or sweet. "Thanks Sebin." She says since she's pretty humble.

I stayed next to Marcella as she turned her attention back to the movie. I took a glance at my friends seeing them give me weird hand signals, by the looks of it they probably wanted me to move closer to her. I shook my head not wanting too.

My friends weren't taking no for an answer as Spencer's slowly pushed me with his foot closer and closer to Marcella. "Stop it! Stop it!" I whisper loudly wanting them to stop pushing me.

Spencer grants my wish and stops pushing me but when I turned my head I came face to face with Marcella and her dark brown doe eyes.

"S-Sorry!" I stutter as I move away from Marcella giving her the space she had before and my cheeks turn a flushed red as I fill up with embarrassment. I look over at my friends and glare at them in anger.

At that moment, I felt something. There was a small weight on my shoulder it made me turn my attention from my friends to that spot and there I saw Marcella curled up next to me resting her little head on my shoulder.

My jaw dropped. I quickly looked back at my friends hoping they would tell me what to do next because I was too nervous to move.

Benny and Spencer get in the same cuddling position as Marcella and I, Spencer being me and Benny being Marcella. Spencer wraps the arm closest to Benny around his shoulder and then motions me to copy him.

I gulp but does as he demonstrates, lifting my arm up and over Marcella resting it around her shoulder and leaving it there. For some reason, I started feeling less tense.

Marcella turned her attention to me looking small as she leans against my embrace. "What are we doing?" She asks.

That question made my heart skip, what am I doing?

"I guess...we're cuddling."

Marcella blushes and nuzzles into my embrace more bringing up a warm smile as she gets comfortable. "Okay." She says seeming to like the action.

When I looked back over at my friends they were putting on another act wanting me to kiss Marcella but I just threw a couch pillow at them not needing anymore advice from the time being.