pen pal | on hold

fifteen

                        [[ L E V I ]]

        I sigh, staring at my laptop with a blank look on my face until I look at my door to see Leo crashing into my room. He falls onto my bed with a laugh. "Sup, bro-chacho?"

        I raise an eyebrow at my weird best friend before going back to playing YouTube videos while surfing the internet and somehow ending up on mainstream websites for stores I'll never shop at.

        Leo pouts and shuts my laptop so I can turn my attention to him. "What's wrong?" He asks and I shrug, moving my laptop over so I can sit up and face Leo. "Is this about Wren?" Leo guesses and my face heats up at the mention of the beautiful bookworm. "It is!" He grins, poking my side making me squirm away from his touch.

        "Shuddup, dude. I just can't stop thinking about her and I've been so bored today because I can't talk to her while she's in class - well, I can but she most likely won't reply back and she'll scold me afterwards."

        "Sounds like my mom." Leo comments.

        I nod with a smile, "But that's how Wren is - she just doesn't want to fail and she doesn't want others to fail... She's so caring and kind and gorgeous and - ugh!" I ramble, trying to ignore Leo's smirk from my side as I run my hands through my hair as a nervous habit. "What do I do, Leo? She's so amazing and I can't spend any time with her in person without getting in trouble with the school... and I really think I want to start trying now because of her. She makes me want to be better, so I can meet her standards."

        Leo smiles kindly. "Dude, if she didn't like you for you, she wouldn't keep talking to you. You don't need to change into someone completely different. It's good that she's inspiring you to try, but you don't need to contact this girl every day to make yourself not go insane. You don't need to tie yourself down but don't go kissing every other girl that isn't Wren. Obviously she's gonna stick around but you've got to make it worth her while. Do things like Monday. Surprise her. Break the rules a little -"

        "Technically, if we don't exchange any verbal or physical communication in person, I'm not breaking any rules. I mean, I'm definitely bending them to their limit but not breaking." I grin.

        He chuckles and nods in agreement as his phone vibrates. "Hey, Anna wants to go to In-N-Out, wanna come? Take your mind off Wren?" I nod at his offer and he smiles at me, pleased. "Either leave your phone here or put it on airplane mode. Wren will be there when you get back."

        I smile at his suggestion and stand up off of my comfy bed, throwing my phone onto the mattress. "I'm a hundred percent yours." I claim and Leo nods, tugging me out the doorway.

        He pulls me out of the house and into his car to meet up with Anna at In-N-Out.

        I hope Wren doesn't think anything is happening while I'm gone...

                        [[ W R E N ]]

        I felt guilty for not texting Levi back. After me falling on my behind more then I can count, Jai and I suggested to take a small break. So here we are, in a diner, he is currently in the restroom and I take the opportunity to text Levi back.

me: im such a bad pen pal :( sorry for not replying so soon.

        It was only a few seconds before he immediately replied back. And oddly my heart warmed at the realization.

meathead: it's fine, princess :) how's the date going so far

me: fun, really really fun. maybe when we meet we should go ice skating ;)

meathead: as in a date? wren, is this your way of asking me out? ;)

        Why is it that I always try to tease him, yet I'm the one who's getting flustered and embarrassed? One thing's for sure, Levi knows how to make me tick; in a good way of course. Flirting is certainly not my thing, unless you want me to use Harry Potter pickup lines, I'm terrible.

me: levi, stop teasing :(

meanie butthead: who said i was kidding? what if i actually do want to in the future?

        My heart begins to thud at the thought of me being with Levi. Do I like him? I probably do, but I'm not certain, probably because of the fact that I've never really had a boyfriend. Unless you count the make-believe ones in my head, then I'm pretty much a virgin at the romance category.

        But what would it be like to be with Levi? I know how he looks like, and he is quite the looker. I mean I drooled at lunch (not just because of my McDonald's) because of how attractive he is. With his sleeves rolled up I saw colorful tattoos peeking out along with pale skin. I want to know how it feels like to run my hands through his inky black hair and see his cocky smile up close.

        Oh, god, Wren... Stop thinking like that!

        Back to the question... Do I like Levi?

        Of course you do!

        Stop that!

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