Life Unexpected

Chapter VII

I unlock my door and push past him into the room. He follows me and shuts the door. I take my bag off and set it down, ignoring Sawyer's presence. He stands there quietly. I take my shoes off and put them away. Then I pull my cardigan around me and turn to face him.

"Hey," he says.

"Hi," I say. I really don't want to fight with him.

"Can we not fight?" he asks.

"Yeah I don't want to fight either," I say which is very true.

I sit on my bed and he sits at the end of my bed. I cross my legs.

"What do you want to talk about?" I ask.

He pauses and then answers, "I just want to understand you better."

He smiles and I giggle.

"That sounds good," I say.

"When did you start college here?" I ask.

He laughs and shakes his hair out, "I started two years ago."

"So do you live off campus then?" I ask.

"Yeah I have my own apartment," he replies with a smile.

He has dimples. They accent his face very well. He is on the tanner side. He is wearing a black beanie with a grey sweatshirt and jeans. God they look good on him. He catches me staring at him and raises his eyebrows. He grabs my phone and takes a photo of himself. He hands my phone back and I look at him with confusion.

"There, now you have a picture to look at my sexy face daily," he says with a smirk.

I giggle and hit his arm. He's actually not that bad when he's calm. I like it when we are like this.

"Why don't we restart how we meet?" he says.

"What do you mean?"

He chuckles, "Like, why don't we reintroduce ourselves and start over."

"I'd like that," I say.

He holds out his hand. I grab it and we shake.

"Hello, I'm Sawyer. I'm twenty, sometimes an asshole but mostly charming," he says.

I laugh so hard my stomach hurts.

"Hello, I'm Parker. I'm nineteen and pretty much a nerd that loves coffee," I say and giggle.

We stare at each other. His eyes travel down to my lips and then to my eyes. I bite my lip. He starts to lean in and I can smell his cologne and minty breath. He smells so amazing. He caresses my cheek and I look at his lips. Every bit of him is perfect. I put my hang on his chest. My heart beats like crazy. I lean in more and just as we are about to kiss, my phones goes off. We sit back in our spots and I check my phone. He clears his throat and I answer the phone. It's Taylor. She babbles on about something.

"Heeeeyyyy, Parker," she slurs, "you have to come to this party."

I hear her giggle. She's obviously drunk.

"Oh my god, Taylor, where are you?" I say.

Sawyer looks at me in confusion. I hold up a finger.

"I'm at a party of course!" she yells.

"I'm on my way," I sigh and start to put my shoes on.

"No! I'm staying at a friends. It's fine loosen up!" she laughs.

"Can I speak to this friend?" I hear her laugh and hand the phone to someone.

"Hello?" It's Ethan.

"Are you drunk?" I ask annoyed as hell.

"No," he sighs, "she can stay with me I'll take care of her. Promise."

I thank him and hang up. I go over and sit by Sawyer.

"So what's going on?" he asks.

"Taylor's drunk again," I say and he nods.

After a few long moments Sawyer breaks the silence.

"What do you want to do?" he asks.

I think about it and suggest, "We can watch a movie on my laptop?"

He smiles and nods, "Sounds fun."

I pull myself off the bed and go over to grab my bag. I kneel and grab my laptop. Sawyer's eyes follow my every movement. I turn around with my laptop and sit on my bed with my back against the wall but get up again. Sawyer watches me with confusion.

"Uh, could you like turn around for a second so I can change?" I ask with uncertainty.

He laughs and my face turns red.

"Of course," he places his hands over his eyes. I put on a black v-neck with grey sweatpants.

Then, I walk back over to Sawyer and he is smiling. His dimples are so cute. I giggle and pull up Netflix.

"What do you want to watch?" I ask.

He sits next to me. I can smell his lovely cologne and feel the heat radiate off his body.

He shakes his head, "I don't care, really."

I sigh and decide to watch Triple Dog. I shut the lights off and lay back in the bed. Half my through the movie I end up with my head on Sawyer's chest and his arm wrapped around me. My eyes get sleepy. I feel him kiss my forehead softly. He whispers something that I can't understand and slowly gets up trying not to wake me and leaves. I smile and when the door shuts I turn over and go back to sleep.