Close To You

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George's POV

Before Clay and I went to sleep that evening, we sat down together on the balcony connected to our bedroom. I was leaned back in my chair, enjoying a bit of the wind brushing through my hair.

I was looking at the sun descending, the sky was a dark shade of a colour I couldn't see. It looked a bit brownish and yellowish to me, but I still enjoyed seeing the sky turn into a different colour once the sun was slightly going down.

Despite all the colours in the sky, I was pretty cold and shivered, wrapping my arms around myself to keep me warm. Clay noticed this and he grabbed my hand, lifting me up to pull me closer to him. He had his lips curled into a sweet, but soft smile and let me sit down on his lap, while facing the sun again.

His arms wrapped around my waist, pulling me even tighter against his body as I pulled my knees up, curling myself up like a ball just to lay down in his arms. Clay was running his hand through the back of my hair and played with some of them. He kissed the back of my hair after that and turned me around a little.

I was facing a wall now, but I sat sideways so I could easily see Clay. He had a big smile on his face and I could have sworn that his cheeks were a bit darker as well, though that could also be the colours from the sky shining on his face.

Clay turned me around a bit more. He made me face him and let my legs rest around each side of his body. He smiled at me and his hand went up to my face to rub my cheek. Just as our kiss in the swimming pool today, my muscles tensed up because I was nervous being this close to the person I loved.

Clay noticed my jaw and hands tightening and started giving me soft kisses all along my jawline, holding my hands after that to bring it up to his face and kiss it. I smiled at him as he kissed the other side of my jaw and he smiled back once he moved back.

'Relax, George,' he whispered with a bit of a lower voice than usual. I gave him a small nod and he smiled, stroking his thumb over my cheeks and jaws. 'Do you want this?' he whispered as his face got a bit closer to mine again.

I nodded slowly with a big smile on my face and Clay leaned in. I saw him closing his eyes as soon as our lips lightly touched each other's and I did the same as him, closing my eyes to enjoy the incoming moment.

Clay's lips were pressed against mine as he moved them in sync again, he was still rubbing my cheek and jaw to make me as comfortable as possible and I couldn't appreciate it more than I did now.

I melted away in the kiss, it seemed like only Clay still existed. I didn't hear anything of my surroundings anymore, I just felt Clay's quickly pounding heartbeat against my chest and with that I felt his heated up cheeks as I cupped his face as well.

After Clay and I ran out of breath, he broke the kiss and took a deep breath, kissing me everywhere on my face after he did that. I shivered a little when he kissed me on my neck and he went down to kiss me just above the collar of my shirt.

We both didn't talk at all, but Clay constantly squeezed my hand. I figured out that he waited before I squeezed it too, so he knew he had the permission to kiss me.

Him kissing my neck, face and lips continued for five more minutes. He ended it with kissing my lips for as long as we had breath for and then we stood up to go inside to our room. We didn't even mind, cuddled up with each other as Clay ran his hand through my hair and gave me soft kisses on my cheek.

'Go to sleep, Georgie,' Clay muttered. 'We have a long day ahead tomorrow, make sure to be well rested. I'll be here with you, Georgie. There's nothing to worry about.'

I smiled as I started dozing off with Clay's arms around me. It might have been a bit weird for us to kiss when we didn't have a relationship, but we were both not ready enough for that apparently. I didn't have the courage to ask him to be and Clay didn't ask me either so I just waited for him to be ready.

I fell asleep as I dreamt about Clay all night. We kissed on the beach, under the sunset. We cuddled on the couch, him gently touching my body as our lips were pressed together. I loved Clay and I was really sure after today. I was in love with my best friend.

I didn't want him to be my best friend anymore, I wanted him to be my boyfriend. I wanted to be able to kiss with him without it being weird. I really hoped Clay was going to be ready this holiday so I could end it off with him together as a couple.

While I was asleep, I knew I started smiling. I cuddled up with Clay even tighter and as he was asleep too, I felt arms wrap around me more tightly than before. I couldn't tell if this was a dream or if we were really this close to each other.

All I knew is that I loved being this close to him, even if it was for a dream only. I could feel his chest against mine, our legs were intertwined, his arm was around my shoulders as he ran through my hair with his left hand. My arms wrapped around his waist.

I loved him so much, I was in love with him more than I would ever be with someone. I love Clay more than anything.

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