Sunflower

Chapter 7

Yup I am definitely drunk out of my bloody mind and Andrea is at work so I can't contact her, why the hell did I have this stupid ass idea to come to this party alone? Obviously I ran into Nick and Jess, got into another ugly argument where once again I got highly slut shamed. Leading me to right now, sitting at the curb with a bottle of whiskey in hand, makeup running down my tear streaked face, trying to figure out how to get home, my uber account decided now was a good fucking time to stop working so I am officially stranded. I take a long swig from the bottle of whiskey before setting it back down beside me, I open up my phone and stare at Theo's contact. We haven't spoken properly this entire week, after that hot conversation we had on the couch both of us have been avoiding each other entirely. Clearly whatever conversation Andrea had with me she also had with him, regardless of the obvious attraction we both have with each other we get along amazingly well

I look at the time

3:00

I can't just call him at this fucking time, but I also can't let myself be stuck in this place 35 minutes away from home, well that's by car and I definitely don't trust humanity enough to walk home in this state. And so I text him

Me: are you awake?

Within a minute my phone pings

Theo: it's past 3 in the morning are you okay sunflower?
Me: were you sleeping?
Theo: no I just got home like 10 minutes ago
Me: I need an embarrassing favour, Theodore
Theo: send me your location
Me: how did you know?
Theo: I'm psychic

I send my location to Theo

Theo: be there in 20, stay out of trouble.
Me: my hero

So I wait and 20 minutes later to the dot, Theo parks his car directly in front of me before getting out and walking over to me, he pulls me to my feet which are very fucking useless right now before helping me into the car but he doesn't start driving he just stares at me "Sunflower?" Theo says, I'm looking down at the whiskey bottle still in my hand "mhm?" I hum "what happened? You've been living with us for three weeks and I have only seen you get this drunk at our own parties when you know you can just walk up to your room" Theo says, he's right I mean I drink a fucking lot but I always have a conscience unless I am in a place where I know I am entirely safe, like the comfort of my own home "what makes you think something happened?" I practically whisper my voice slurring from the alcohol and cracking slightly from crying, Theo doesn't reply

"I ran into Nick and Jess"

"That couldn't have been pretty"

"It wasn't"

I can still feel his eyes on me so I finally cave and meet his beautiful green eyes, did he have to be this fucking gorgeous? His eyes are so enchanting I can't believe they're actually real. Somehow the awkwardness of the past week melts away and I feel oddly comforted by his presence "thank you for coming, I didn't know who else to call. Andy had a 12 hour shift and I just couldn't get myself to call her after all of that" I say "I guessed that much" Theo replies "look I know we had that *chuckles* encounter last week but that doesn't mean we stopped being friends, next time don't text because if I were sleeping I wouldn't have seen, just call me, I wouldn't leave you hanging" Theo says "I know" I nod and he gives me one of his million dollar smile and I return a much smaller one. Theo reaches over and wipes away a tear I hadn't noticed had rolled down my cheek

"Let's get you home before you puke all over my car, I just had my car cleaned"

"I can hold onto my alcohol, Theodore"

"Yes well I am not taking any chances"

And so he drives, we sit in complete comfortable silence until we get home. Theo helps me out of the car and every step of the way until we are finally in my room, he's standing next to me watching as I attempt to remove my thigh high boots, whoever invented these bloody things are both blessing and cursed because why are they so fucking hard to remove. I sit on my bed with a groan and Theo laughs at me before kneeling over and removing my boots "I hate to say I find this cute" Theo says "you think me being mindblowingly drunk is cute?" I ask "no that's not it, you needing help with everything when you're usually so extremely independent and driven to do everything yourself. That's cute" Theo replies "I'm helpless, is that the kind of thing you're into?" I ask

"no, I love it when you challenge me"

Theo is still on his knee in front of me and there's something so hot at the way he's kneeling down in between my legs just staring into my eyes. I'm too drunk to fucking function and he's being so incredibly sweet to me. He smiles and gets up "okay now where do you keep those long tops you always wear to sleep?" He asks "second drawer" I reply, he nods and grabs me a random shirt from my drawer "can you unzip me?" I ask, Theo nods and I turn away from him so he can unzip my dress, the moral part of my brain hates myself for wearing such a difficult dress knowing how drunk and vulnerable I feel today but the other side of me, the one that wants to ride this man all hours of the day until neither of us can function is enjoying every part of this. Theo moves my hair over my shoulder with a touch so soft I can feel goosebumps appearing all over my skin, I shudder at the sensation, I can sense his brief hesitation before he unzips the dress "uh, okay. I'll let you get changed" Theo says and before I can respond I hear the door opening and closing behind me, I let my head drop down and sigh. What the fuck

What the actual fuck

I change out of my dress and throw my shirt on before getting into bed

*knock knock*

"Yeah?" I call out, Theo peaks his head inside "hi" he says "hey" I reply as he walks in "I brought you some water" Theo says coming over to the bed, he hands me the cup and sits down in front of me "are you okay?" He asks worry written all over his face "I'm fine" I lie, I am definitely not fine, I feel tears start to cloud my eyes once again and I look away from Theo trying to hide my sadness from him "you never go to house parties without Andrea, I know that much about you. I've seen you go to bars alone but never house parties especially the ones where you have the possibility of running into your douche bag ex. So why today?" Theo asks, I turn to face him again instantly meeting his eyes

"Today was meant to be mine and Nicks first anniversary, so I was hoping I ran into him alone. Moment of weakness"

"What happened at the party?"

"When Jessica disappeared, I approached him, we talked, then we argued and he admitted that he never really loved me and he was only ever with me to make Jessica jealous because she chose Gabe instead of him"

I drink the water in one go as a distraction from the tears that are threatening to spill, Nick and I have been broken up for over two months now and it shouldn't hurt this much but the alcohol mixed with my already shitty day just pushed me over the edge. I groan while shaking my head "pretty embarrassing huh?" I sniffle "not at all" Theo says and I lean back against the headboard not removing my eyes from his "you know I thought you were going to be this cocky, arrogant jerk when I saw you again after all those years" I say "what made you think that?" Theo asks "you offered to fuck me" I laugh, he smiles "the offer still stands" he jokes but I see a glint of truth in his eyes "what made you change your mind?" Theo asks "I didn't, I just grew to like that about you" I reply, we both laugh knowing damn well it isn't true. Theo is cocky but he's far from an arrogant jerk

"Alright I should go, you need to sleep off the rest of that alcohol in your system. And I need to get out of your room before Andrea sees me and thinks that this was more than it actually was" Theo says, I nod fighting the urge to ask him to stay with me because he is right about all of that. If Andrea catches him in here she won't believe either of us when we deny anything, we don't have the best reputation when it comes with random hook ups, and after she threw the 'no sleeping with my brother rule' it just made it a lot more interesting

"Thank you for tonight, Theodore"

"Anytime, Sunflower"