I Thought You Hated Me

Chapter 23:

"I knew you would do it!" Emily yells and it echoes across the field. I smile and blush, hiding my face with my shoulder.

"How was it?" Adrian asks excitedly.

I look at them both and smile, "Really fucking good."

"Eeeeee!" Emily and Adrian both squeal while high fiving each other.

"How big was his dick?" Of course Adrian asks the most inappropriate questions.

Emily shoves his shoulder, "God Adrian you're weird." He shrugs like he already knows it.

I shake my head and laugh. "My heart is full." I confess.

"Awww." They both say in sync and I blush some more.

Everytime I'm with Dom it's like I shouldn't worry about anything. Like him being there is the only thing I need. He's sweet, caring, nice, he is all the green flags. I want him in my life forever. I imagine having a family with him, not with kids of course instead maybe a bunch of cats and dogs given very weird ungodly names.

"Look who's walking towards us." Adrian says pointing into someone's direction. I turn my head so fast I could've snapped it and I see Dominic. I get up and immediately run to him, throwing myself on him.

He hugs me and chuckles, "I missed you too." I smile and inhale his cologne. I wave my friends goodbye and we walk to the cafe, holding hands. The whole walk he kept kissing my cheek and bringing me closer to him like I wasn't already sticking to him.

We enter the cafe and we don't even have to say anything for the barista to start making our drinks. It's embarrassing how often we come here but I don't care, I love it. We take our drinks and we walk to our spot. Ours. He smiles at me and looks at me like I'm the most fascinating thing here. "Have I told you how beautiful you are?" I chuckle and shake my head.

"Hmm, I don't think so, no." I sarcastically say.

He gasps dramatically, "What kind of man am I?"

"One of a kind." I smile and drink my drink. He looks at me with appreciation and admiration. I think back to when I was talking to Dr. Harrison. And I thought about what he said in the restaurant. How I was a distraction to him.

"So," I say. "I heard that you had a thing for me before we even began having civil conversations." I take a sip of my drink and his face drops.

Nervous Dom is my favorite. "Who told you?" I shrug and look out the window. He pinches me and I laugh but keep my mouth shut about who it was.

He pinches me again, "Okay! Okay!" He stops pinching me and waits for my response. "Dr. Harrison, and you."

"Ugh, I knew not to trust her with my secrets." He shakes his head with a small smile on his face. "And how did I tell you?"

"The restaurant," I pause. "How I was a distraction." I smirk, it still feels good to mean so much to someone that they get distracted with their work. I mean it's not good for them if they're studying to be a nurse, but the feeling is good.

"Oh god, the restaurant." He says with agony. "I think I almost cried after you said you wanted to stop." I widen my eyes.

"Dominic? Capable of crying? Impossible." He chuckles and I go serious for a second. "I thought you didn't like me, and I really really liked you. So, I thought that was the best thing to do."

"Now look at us." He takes a sip and smiles.

"Now look at us." I repeat and look out the window. This is a new feeling, my stomach is sinking, my heart is beating so fast. My palms are sweaty. I'm blaming the hot chocolate.

But I know it isn't the hot chocolate. I know this feeling and feared it after Daniel. I feared it with Dominic that's why I stopped.

I'm falling in love with Dominic.