Never leave

Chapter 7

When I wake up, it takes me a few seconds to figure out where I am. Then I remember, I am at Bailey's house. I slept so well, I am actually feeling rested. I couldn't get a good sleep at the hotel as it was pretty loud over the night. I get up and head to the bathroom. As I am walking I can feel his shirt that fits me loosely, on my skin. It's so comfortable and smells like him. After I do my morning routine, I walk down the stairs, that lead to the living room. It's 8am and he is still asleep so I decide to do something nice for him. I go to the kitchen and cook some pancakes. When he wakes up, he comes to see what I am doing. As he is getting closer I smile and say "Good morning, I cooked breakfast" "That's so sweet, can't wait to taste it" I am pouring the honey on the pancakes and he hugs me from the back. We sit at the table and eat. "Sarah, I love those, you really know how to cook" "Thank you, but I can't say I am that good at it because I don't cook too often I just like to make pancakes almost every morning so that's why there are so good" "Well, we will see how good you are cooking, as I will have the chance to taste other meals made by you if you will want to cook anything else as you are staying here" "What do you mean?" "I thought you wanted to stay here for the rest of the week until you go back home, instead of staying at the hotel" "I didn't consider staying here as I didn't want to cause any trouble" "Are you kidding me? What trouble? Sarah, I am tired of living alone, it would be awesome if you wanted to stay here and keep me company" "Really? Because I would love to stay at your house and be with you all the time" "Well, I guess you are staying here" "That's great" I continue to eat, but then I remember something. "Bailey, there is something we didn't consider" "What is that" "I already paid at the hotel, I don't know if can get my money back" "It's your right to receive the money back if you decide to leave earlier" "Let's go and see what we can do, plus I have to get my stuff from there"

We get dressed and leave. When we get to the hotel, I go to my room to get my things and then, I go to the lobby to return the key. When I explain the situation, the receptionist says it's ok and that I can get my money back. I return to the truck where Bailey is waiting for me. "Did you solve anything?" "Yes, we can go now" "Where would you like to go?" he asks, "What about some shopping? I want to have something from here, to remember me of this beautiful experience from Nashville" "Sure, let's go"

We go to the mall, I buy a cute light pink purse and he buys a Tesla T-shirt as he likes that band so much. After that we go home.

"How would you like to spend this evening?" he asks. "Nothing special... what about playing some board games?" "That sounds fun, let me see what I've got. We can play Jenga" "Good, I love it. But I want to put some music as well." "You can connect your phone to my JBL if you want" I play George Strait and say "I missed listening to some pure classic country music". "Me too, I love George Strait" "What's your favourite song from him?" "Hmm.. I will say 'Amarillo by morning' because it reminds me of my childhood" "That's nice, I like that one too, but I prefer 'Tell my something bad about Tulsa', I remember when I first heard it on the radio when I was little and I liked so much, I ask my father to download it for me." He looks at me smiling. We continue to play but then, the power goes out. I try to look at him but it is too dark, so I turn the phone flashlight on. We both start laughing. "What should we do now?" I ask. "First of all let's sit on the couch to make sure we don't break anything, and put your phone upside down on the table to have some light." "Yes, good idea." As we sit down, he puts his arm around me, bringing me closer to him. I kiss his lips and then, slowly get down kissing his neck. He drags his hands underneath my shirt touching my skin. I get chills as he lets his fingers explore my hips and then raise them to my chest. He lays his hands on my bra and slowly drags his fingers under it, meeting my breasts. I continue to kiss his neck putting my hands on this chest. I have made out before with my ex but somehow it feels like it's the first time. Maybe it is the first time, first time when I do this and actually feel loved, feel like I am being touched by a man, not a boy. He lays his hands on my legs and raises them until he meets the zipper of my jeans. I can feel that he wants to unzip it. I love that we are making out, but I don't think I am ready for more. I just finished high school, I never did it before. I am not sure that this is what he wants now, but I have to let him know that I am not ready. I stop kissing him and whisper his name. He stops and faces me. "Bailey, I love making out with you, but I don't think I can do more than that right now." "I am sorry, I didn't want to make you feel uncomfortable." "It's ok, you didn't, I just needed to let you know that I am not ready." "You did the right thing, I was going to ask you if you wanted to do it, so it's good you stopped and told me" He brings me closer to him, hugging me. "We can cuddle until we go to bed", he says. I nod and lay my head on his shoulder.

It's still dark when we decide to go to sleep, so I light my way to the bedroom with the flashlight from my phone. Bailey leads me to my room. Before he goes, he says "Tomorrow morning I will be at the studio but I will come back until 7pm" "Ok, good to know" I kiss him and enter the bedroom.