"TEEN ROMANCE" ~ Malachi Barton

Chapter -17

GIOVANNAS POV:

I wake up at around 12:00 PM. I feel two arms around my body, I open my eyes and saw Malachi holding me close to him. I hear his steady breathing and I see his expressionless face. I lift my head up and I am pulled out of my thoughts by a loud, cheery, voice.

"Morning sleepyhead!" but it's not Malachi. I look to the chair to the left of the couch and see...Keira.

"how? when?" I ask her, confused on how she's in Malachis house.

"Mrs.Barton let me in, but that's a better question for you." she speaks, smirking, "what happened last night, Giovanna?" she says through a cheeky grin.

"nothing. I just spent the night!" I try to clear up the confusion of what she was thinking, but also keeping my voice quiet, because I don't wanna wake Malachi.

"how was the audition?" she asks. "you went right?"

"what audi- Oh shit! I slept through the audition!" i exclaim.

I look at Malachi, who is still sound asleep.

"should I wake him up?" I ask Keira, she nods.

I hesitate, not really sure how i would like to do this. I bring my hand to his face and lightly tap him. "Mal, we gotta get up, we missed the audition"

I see his eyebrows furrow, "5 more minutes" he groans, and pulls me closer to him. I've never heard his morning voice, but it's very attractive.

"I'm going dress shopping with Keira, do you wanna come?" i ask, and he nods, keeping his eyes closed.

"please, can you get up?" I kiss his cheek and I see him smile.

He opens his eyes, "morning," he says through a smile.

"morning!" I say cheerfully, "how'd you sleep?"

"good, you?" he asks.

"good." I respond. "I slept good too," Keira adds on and I chuckle.

"oh, I- how long have you been here?" Malachi asks.

"long enough to get plenty of photos of the two of you sleeping." she smirks and holds up her phone tauntingly.

Malachi rolls his eyes and sits up, keeping me close to him and having his arm over my shoulder.

"you two are so cute" Keira smiles and looks at me.

"we arnt like a thing- i don't- maybe" Malachi speaks, his voice still raspy and quiet from being sleepy. I look at Keira and mouth, "he's so hot"

she shrugs "whatever you say" she looks at Malachi and shakes her head.

"what'd you say?" Malachi asks.

"don't worry about it." I say, and he rolls his eyes, he then mouths something to Keira.

"what'd you say?" I ask, and he responds "don't worry about it."

I start to stand up from the couch, "Hey Keira wanna see the video of Malachi and I on the slingshot?" I say, knowing i'll get a reaction out of him.