True Friends & Hard Times (Emblem 3)

Chapter 3

Alise knocked on the door and Wesley answered. He gave us both those big Wesley bear hugs. We walked in and Drew and Keaton both came jogging down the stairs to meet us, playfully hitting each other back and forth. Keaton walked up and gave Alise a hug squeezing her tightly then lightly hugging me in a friendly way. Drew came down and gave me the biggest hug, slightly breathing on my neck sending chills down my back. He asked me how school was. "It was great, but I missed you." I responded. That made him smile. He asked what I wanted to do. "Actually I'm pretty exhausted I was hoping we could just watch movies alone?" "That sounds perfect", he told me. He grabbed my hand and held it tightly leading me upstairs into his room. Keaton and Alise followed shortly behind us going into Keaton's room. "Be have." I whispered to Alise. "You too Nicole." We laughed. We walked into his room and I could immediately tell he was obsessed with music. He had pictures of his favorite bands and singers, some actually signed by them. And his CD rack was full. He had pictures of him and the boys, and pictures from their experience on The X Factor with photos of him with some of the famous people he met on the show. "Cool room." I told him. "Haha thanks", he laughed. "Any particular movie you wanna watch?", he asked me. "Um, I absolutely love The Notebook. But If that's too girly for-", "No", he cut me off. "The notebooks perfect. I love that movie." This made me blush so I slightly turned my head and just nodded. He put it in and got in his bed an patted it, "come lay down with me. Make yourself at home." I took my shoes off and rolled into bed with him. He pulled me into him and I laid my head on his chest listening to his heartbeat. He wrapped his arm around me and it just felt perfect. I checked my time and it was 6:45. We had plenty of time to spend together, so I wasn't worried at all. I must've fallen asleep during the movie because I woke up and it was when Noah and Allie were old and in the nursing home.

I sat up and looked at Drew. "I'm sorry if I was snoring, I accidentally fell asleep." I said embarrassed. "Slightly." He laughed. "But I thought it was kind of cute." I swear, the boy was always making me blush. And I was one of those girls who's cheeks would actually turn pink. I looked away. He touched my face. "Don't look away, your absolutely gorgeous, and I love it when you blush like that." "Yeah, it happens a lot when I'm with you so you might as well get used to it." I grinned. "I think I can do that." He laughed, causing me to laugh too. The movie finally finished and we just laid there talking about anything that came to mind. He had one arm around me and the other was holding my hand. I still had my head on his chest, and he had his chin on my head. I thought it was the cutest position ever. I texted Alise "wat yal doin"? "Watching 21 Jump street, lol", she answered. "Haha jus checkn;)", I texted back.

"Keaton and Alise are watching 21 jump street." I laughed while telling Drew. "Oh well, least they behaving themselves." He laughed also. I looked into his perfect eyes and got completely lost. "What's wrong?", he asked. "Nothing, I'm sorry I just got totally lost in your eyes." "Awe, Nicole, that's sweet to say.", We laughed. I rolled over onto my stomach just staring at him. He looked from my lips back to my eyes and said, "I'm really starting to like you Nicole." "I'm really starting to like you too Drew." Then he grabbed the back of my neck and slowly pulled my face towards his and into a long passionate kiss. It was our first kiss and everything i wanted it to be. It turned into a make out session and everything about it was going just how I wanted. It was amazing. He was amazing. I just could not get over it. Everything was playing out perfectly.

We watched TV awhile and got to know each other better. He told me about the band and how it got started and how his experience on the x Factor changed his life. I told him what I thought when I seen all his Instagram followers. He laughed. We took silly pictures on my phone and I uploaded one to Instagram tagging him in it. "'My fans are going to go crazy now. You do realize that?" He laughed. "Yeah, but at the end of the day, who's in your bed?" This made him bust out laughing, making me do the same. We had a playful slapping fight, which was hilarious. I read comments aloud to him from some of his crazed fans. One said, "I wish drew would just call me, we're meant to be." I told him that was a little freaky, which he agreed, and we just carried on and laughed. Wesley came in once to borrow his headphones. "Hey Bro-." When we saw us he didn't finish his sentence. "Awww yeaa , get it, keep it up bro this ones a keeper I can already tell." This made us both bust out laughing. "Dude just take the head phones and get out.", Drew said yelling and laughing at the same time."

It was now 9:30 and we lived 20 minutes away. "Aw, I really don't wanna go, but I have to be home by ten." I told Drew. He made a sad face which made me laugh. "Okay, I'll walk you out.", he told me. I called Alise. "Hey gotta be home for ten, lets go." "Be right down.", she said. Drew walked me downstairs. Wesley was in the living room Watching Jackass 2. I walked over and hugged him and told him I were leaving. "I love this movie." I told him. "Ha, I know right it's beast." He laughed. Drew walked me outside and told me what a great time he had and I did the same. I told him he should come to my house after school tomorrow and meet my mom. "What about your dad?", he asked. "He'll probably be working." I told him. He let it slide seeing that it got to me. We began kissing again and did until Alise and Keaton stuck up behind us and Keaton whistled. This caused our lips to separate and us smile at Keaton. Alise and Keaton then hugged goodbye, with a quick peck, obviously not wanting to passionately kiss in front of Drew and I.

We got into the car. The ride home was silent. We were both exhausted and I just wanted to get home and take a hot bath. We pulled into the driveway and I quickly texted Drew to let him know so he wouldn't worry. "Sweet babe.", he texted back. We walked into the house telling our moms we were going bath and going straight to bed. They made no objection and hugged us silently. I did as I said I was, texting Drew until my eye lids were too heavy to hold so I told him goodnight and that I'd see him tomorrow. The last time I checked my phone it was 11:03.