Ice, Love and Everything in between

Chapter 24

! (WARNING) !
This chapter involves a mention of sexual assault and harassment. If you're not comfortable with such content, I advise you to skip to the next chapter

SUNDAY

"can't you stay just one more day?" Suzanne asked

"I wish we could but we can't miss tomorrow's classes" Nathan said

We've been saying goodbye for quite some time now

Suzanne couldn't get enough of our hugs and Evan just kept coming up with excuses about why we should stay one more day

"you might get stuck in a storm on your way back" he said

"there's not a cloud in the sky" Nathan said unamused

I felt someone nudge my shoulder and I turned around

"I look like shit. Last night was so cold I could barely get any sleep, how come you look so well rested" Kate asked

maybe because someone made sure to keep me warm all night long

god just the thought of it almost makes me blush

I've been letting my guard down around Nathan more and more lately

And I'm not mad about it, actually, I realised something

Yesterday when we almost kissed in the shed I didn't feel the need to scold myself about it

I was rather angry at the fact that we got interrupted

It's safe to say that I went from 'there are no feelings here' to 'I'm pretty sure I have a crush on him' real quick

But how could I not when he's like that?!

Always paying attention, always there when I need him and the way he talks, it makes me feel some kind of way

Ever since I became completely aware of the fact that I developed a crush on him, in other words, ever since yesterday, I can't help but notice how my heart skips a beat every time we make eye contact

His face, the same one that didn't faze me a month ago, is now the one that I can't look away from

His eyes, that made me want to puke in my mouth when I noticed that he checked me out when we first met, make me feel weak in the knees every time they look in my direction

His lips, the one that made me annoyed every time they parted and another word came out of his mouth, are now calling me to get a taste of them

All these things, they changed

It took time but I stopped blaming my past relationships for my own fear of committing to someone again

I don't think I need to protect myself with building a wall around me anymore, at least not with him

I'm ready

I'm ready to take the next step

"hello earth to Gia" Kate said, making me realise how much I just zoned out

I lightly shook my head, collecting my thoughts together

"sorry what were you saying?"

A grin appeared on her face

"what's got you so occupied that you zone out like that? Anything interesting happened last night?" she teased

"stop meddling in their business" Isaac interrupted