The weight of love

Dinner as friends or lovers? (9)

I woke up still on the bathroom floor. My head pulsating like crazy, making me want to be buried alive. Sam was still asleep next to me and I tried to be as silent as possible to not wake him.

I took some aspirin and prepared one of my hangover drinks. Both together helped a little but not completely. After I was done, I checked the clock and it was already 11 am, so I decided to wake Sam up.

I bent down and gently shook him, whispering "Sammy wake up" He woke up groaning, probably feeling the effects of the alcohol. "Come to the kitchen, I have something to drink and some aspirin prepared for you."

He nodded, so I left him alone with his headache and sat down at the kitchen table. He still managed to be beautiful after waking up and having a hangover. It was absurd.

He joined me a few minutes later and sat down massaging his temples. We drank our beverage in silence, but the situation wasn't tense. We both were too tired and messed up to speak so we simply chose not to. I was socially and emotionally drained, yet Sam's presence didn't bother me as much as someone else's would have.

"I think I'll just go now..." Sam said after a while. I nodded, waiting for him to leave to hide under my blankets.

"I had a lot of fun yesterday" I commented to see his reaction. "Yeah, I did too"

Like I had anticipated I walked towards the bed and slept a few hours and when I woke up, I was actually feeling better. I turned on my phone, since I hadn't done that in the morning, finding an unread message from Josh.

"Hey, you free tomorrow evening? There's this cool place that I think you might like"

I started smiling so much that my face muscles hurt. I agreed and asked for more details, not knowing how I should dress etc. Before meeting them, I almost never went out, except with Laura once in a while. Now it had been 2 weeks since we saw each other.

I never was a big fan of parties, I liked attending them sometime, but not on a regular basis. My love life hadn't been that great either, I went on some dates, but I hadn't found anyone that really interested me, also because my last boyfriend had been a failure. I had some one night stands as well, but it wasn't really what I was looking for. I guess I was just horny, when I had them.

I got ready, deciding to wear a white crop top and a black skirt. I kept the makeup natural since I didn't know where we would eat.

At 7pm I heard the doorbell ring, which meant that Josh was there. I opened the door smiling. He walked towards me, pulled me into a hug and gave me a kiss on the cheek. I blushed.

We didn't waste any time since he immediately dragged me to his car, very excited to get to spend dinner with me and show me what he had organized.

We didn't talk much during the ride, but it was a comfortable silence. He often looked at me, sometimes I pretended not to notice and sometimes I'd look at him as well. When I did so, he always smiled at me, which made my heart flutter.

After a 15 minutes drive, we arrived at a meadow. So he had prepared a picnic.

Before I could open the door, he rushed over to my side and opened it for me while handing me a hand. I took it, expecting for him to let it go as soon as I was out, but he didn't. He held my hand, while he took out the food he had prepared and while we walked over to a cozy place.

It was truly beautiful, the sun was going down and made everything seem ten times more romantic. The sky was tinted orange and it made the green of the meadow pop. There were some pretty flowers scattered everywhere.

We started chatting and eating the food he had prepared. I was having a great time, but before we got the chance to eat dessert, the temperature suddenly decreased. Josh noticed I was cold and sat as close to me as possible, so we were practically cuddling.

His body felt amazing, I loved being near him and I couldn't help but think about how close our bodies were the other night. I buried my face in his chest and he wrapped his arms around me.

We forgot about dessert and stayed in that position for a while. He eventually laid down with me, my head was still on his chest and his arms still around me. I must have fallen asleep, because I woke up at him kissing my head and my cheek, whispering "wake up, love". I loved when he called me that.

We ate dessert: strawberries covered with chocolate. They were delicious.

Afterwards we drove back and he walked me to my door. "Don't you want to come in? I had so much fun"

He gently declined saying that he had to wake up early the next morning. As he walked away I grabbed his arm and pulled him back to me.

Our bodies were pressing against each other. Our faces were so close we could feel each other's breath caress our face. He slowly closed the gap between us allowing our lips to finally touch. The kiss was slow, gentle and comforting. But it was also painful, because we both wanted more, but we both knew that he wouldn't have left afterwards. So we kept the kiss like that. It was a long one and it felt like physical pain, when he pulled back, smiling gently at me.

"I have to leave now" he whispered, looking sorry. This time I let him go, staying to look at the spot where he was standing a few seconds earlier.

I walked inside and got ready for bed, missing him already.

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