Cherry || Owen Joyner

twenty-two

I woke up the next morning to someone calling me. I open my eyes to see Owen wasn't in the room.

I heard the shower running so I guess he had already gotten up. We didn't get home til almost three in the morning.

I answer my phone, not seeing who had called me. "Saylor Ashton Edwards!" I heard Kira scream.

I had to put it on speaker she was screaming so loud. "Kira, I just woke up why are you screaming at me?" I ask her.

"Have you not checked Twitter?" She asked shocked. What was she talking about?

"No, I just woke up. What's on Twitter?" I ask her. I could tell she was shaking her head.

"You're trending! Go check." Before I could say anything, she hung up the call.

I instantly go to Twitter to see what's going on. The number one trend was Owen's name.

I check to see what was going on. My mouth dropped when I started skimming through it.

People were talking about our kiss from the baseball game last night.

There were a lot of hate comments. A lot of people were trying to figure out who I was.

They were getting defensive that I was kissing Owen. I heard his bedroom door open causing me to quickly lock my phone.

Owen walked in with wet hair and basketball shorts. I tried to hide my shock and sadness.

"I'm sorry, did I wake you?" He asked. I shook my head no. "No. You didn't." He looked at me strangely.

He sat on the bed, crossing his legs. "What's wrong?" He asked. I didn't want him worrying about me.

This trip is for him. "Nothing, I'm perfect." I lie to him.

He shook his head. "Tell me, Cherry. I know when you're upset." I sigh as I look at him.

"Have you been on Twitter?" He shakes his head no. I start to play with my fingers out of nerves.

I didn't know how to word it to him. "Someone took a video from our kiss last night and it's trending." I start off.

"And people are talking shit about me." I frown. He grabs his phone and starts looking through it.

I could tell he was angered by all the tweets. "Owen, it's okay." He looks at me and shakes his head.

"No. You don't deserve to be treated like this." He shook his head.

He looked down at his phone and started typing. I was confused.

I looked over at his phone to see what he was typing. He was really into it.

'To everyone hating on, Saylor, she's gonna be in my life no matter what. She means a lot to me and if you were a true fan, you will appreciate it.'

'I don't wanna see anyone else make fun of her. Thank you all so much.' I smile at the tweet.

I wrap my arms around him when he sits his phone down. "Thank you Owen." I smile into his chest.

"Anything for you. Just don't let it get to you." He rubs my back.

"Let's do something today. We can invite Charlie and Kira." I agree so I started getting ready.

I take a quick shower and look through my clothes. I decided to wear white skinny jeans that are high waisted.

I put on an orange tank that stops at my stomach. I put on a jean jacket that ties the outfit together.