A Mistaken Kiss

Chapter 23

I woke up strangely more comfortable than I should have been. A tiny figure was wrapped around my arms. I sat up hesitantly, pulling my arms away from him.

                The room cleared as I rubbed the sleep from my eyes. Last night flashed into my mind, reminding me of why I was in the living room. I glanced around noticing how I was on the pull-out couch instead of the chair I had originally fallen asleep on.

                Mason's sleeping body was next to mine, his other side empty. I groaned quietly, swinging my legs off the bed. I pushed myself up, making my way over to the kitchen.

                "Hey" Caden said, watching me as I grabbed a glass of milk. I sat down across from him at the kitchen table, staring off behind him.

                "Why was I on the pull-out?" I asked stiffly, my eyes moving to his.

                He shrugged "Mason wanted you to sleep on the bed with us"

                "Did you sleep on the chair?"

                "Nah,"

                I sighed angrily

                "Mason slept between us. Chill" He rolled his eyes with a smirk. I narrowed my eyes, running a hand through my hair.

                "How did I get there?"

                "I carried you"

                "Oh" I was quiet. It was a little surprising that he had carried me over to the pull-out without me waking up. I must've been tired.

                Caden sighed, leaning back in his chair "You feeling ok?"

                I frowned, confused "Yes, why?"

                "I would've thought you would have flipped shit on me for touching you while you were sleeping" He shrugged.

                "Mason's asleep" I defended "No way am I waking him up"

                Caden laughed "Now I know how to stop the bitching"

                "Shut up!" I crossed my arms, holding back a giggle "You're such an ass"

                "Language, Pumpkin"

                "Hypocrite"

                There was a pause where neither of us spoke. Caden finished the cup in front of him, wiping his mouth with the back of his hand. I stared at my nearly full cup.

                "You know who Jackson McGill is?" Caden asked after another moment.

                I frowned thinking "I... don't think so"

                "Doesn't matter. He's having a party at his house Friday" Caden said

                "And I care because...?"

                "He said I could invite anyone I wanted to"

                "You're inviting me?" I asked, surprised. It wasn't like Caden to show me off to his friends. He only ever talked to me when I was around my friends, never his.

                Caden rolled his eyes "Duh, Pumpkin"

                "This Friday? Don't you have to babysit my brother?"