Wandering Hearts | 18+

20.) Houston, I Think I'm In Love

"Close your eyes
And picture the sun,
That's what it felt like to love her;
Warmth."

~ Atticus

CHAPTER TWENTY.
Two an a half weeks later. 5:14p.m.

"Teddy, stop staring at her ass." I whisper yell.

He grins as I help stretch his arm. "It's my manly instinct to stare."

I slap his arm lightly and grin. "Well don't make it so obvious. And tell your manly instinct to shut up."

"My manly instinct doesn't know how to do that." He states.

"Oh please." I chuckle and move to be fully in his view. "That's such a lie."

"Paisley, I'm being for realzies."

"For real realzies?"

He nods. "Uh Huh."

I squint at him. "I still don't believe you." I extend my hand out, he grabs my hand as I pull him up, helping him to stand. "So, I was gonna head to Wesley's after this, but do you want to just meet him at Josie's instead?"

"Only if you want too. I don't want to be a burden on your day."

I place my hand on his chest and look up at him. "You are not a burden. Why would you even think that?"

He shrugs his shoulder, "Because I am. I can't do anything on my own, I require help now. I just don't want to lay that on you guys."

I pull his arm over my shoulder. "Teddy, you're not a burden. Don't ever think you are. We're friends, friends are there to help. I'm more than happy to help you."

He nods, "Okay. If you want to go to Josie's, then lets go to Josie's."

I pat his back with a little force, not hard enough to hurt him. "Then Josie's it is! We want to hang out with you, dude. Shakes on me! Lets get you in the car and then I'll tell Liza we're heading out. The session is already payed for, right?"

We push open the door as the little bell dings. "Yes, it is."

I struggle to open the car door as I hold him with one hand. "How much do you weigh?" I question, my voice barely audible from how hard I'm struggling.

"Two hundred. It's all muscle, I swear." He pulls open the car door with his only useable hand. "You're struggling hardcore." He bites his lip, trying to hold his laughter back.

"Ya think?" I push him down into the passenger seat and help buckle him in. I tug on the bottom of my shirt and lay it nicely against my waist. "Okay, I'll be right back." I slam the door shut and jog into the small brick building. I spot Liza behind the desk, "Hey Liza." I tap my fingers on the aqua desk. "We're gonna head out."

She stands up and brushes her stray blonde hairs down. "Okay Paisley. I'm sorry, Gabby, my secretary is out sick, so I'm kinda doing both our jobs."

"Please, don't apologize, I get it."

She scrambles through a large pile of papers, "Ah ha! I've been looking for this for fifteen minutes." She adjusts her glasses and hands me the piece of paper. "These are Hunters stretches, please tell him to do them twice daily. Once in the morning and again in the evening, for minimum of ten minutes."