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march 12, 2023
waking up to the sun beaming into bedroom, the stark white barely decorated walls making it feel so much brighter, and most notably, it was unrecognisable to her. liberty stayed laid still there for a few seconds longer as she tried to think who she had gone home with before subtly glancing over her shoulder.
the boy her eyes were met with was laying facing away from her, meaning the basic looking brunette locks could've been the hair of anyone's but seeing him only made her mind go straight to daniel.
lifting her head up as she turned back, then grabbing her phone off the night stand. she scanned over to texts and missed calls from him before opening it, sending a 'good morning, i'm safe' text knowing he would've been in a panic.
carefully getting out of bed and looking at herself in the mirror, a shirt in which she assumed belonged to the boy draping over her body and only her panties underneath. letting out a small hum, she crouched down and picked her clothes and handbag up off the floor.
heading over to what she could tell was an ensuite, she locked the door behind her. using the toilet and getting herself all cleaned up before putting her jeans and bra from the pervious night on, then the boy's shirt back over top.
washing her hands and splashing her face with water to wake herself up more and hopefully suppress the slight headache she could feel coming on from all the alcohol she had drunk then leaving the bathroom.
glancing over at the boy still asleep, she decided to wandered through his place. the realisation of who the mystery boy was hit her the second she stepped into the living area and saw the dj set up. softly folding her arms as she walked over to the floor to ceiling windows.
"wow," liberty quiet whispered, looking out and over the city just fascinated with the view.
and after a few minutes, she soon looked over her shoulder as she heard some ruckus, seeing the boy almost trip over his own feet as he ran out of the hallway.
"hi.." she broke the silence, turning around to face him properly.
"oh, hey," he returned a smile.
"what are you in a hurry for?"
"i knew you had gone to the bathroom and i fell back asleep for a few seconds and i thought you had left."
"you were going to chase after me?" she raised a brow and slightly tilted her head.
"you're so hot liberty, i couldn't miss out on a chance with you," he shrugged.
".. i introduced myself to you as liberty?" she furrowed.
"yeah," he quickly nodded. "what, is that not your name? or like do you prefer to be called by something else?"
"no, liberty's my name.. i just get called lilli though, i hardly get called by or introduce myself as my full name so it's just odd that i did.."
"oh, well i'll call you lilli for now on."
"and your name is..?"
"aj"
"aj the dj, hm," she quietly hummed before turning back to looking out the window. "do you live here alone?"
"ya."
"how do you afford this..? i like dream of living in a modern open space place, overlooking the city and watching the sunsets every night."
"workin'," he shrugged. ".. i wouldn't mind if you lived here and we watched the sunsets every night."
"don't ya think you're movin' a bit quick there?" she chuckled as she turned back around toward him.
"like i said, i can't pass up on you," he smiled with another small shrug.
"hm.. i don't remember a lot from last night."
"yeah well you drunk a lot," he chuckled. "like a lot. you were very sloppy leaving last night."
"mh.. do you maybe wanna add your number to my phone," she more so suggested as she grabbed her phone from her back pocket and found the contacts app, holding it out for him. "cause i have work at.. one, so i gotta go home and get ready."
"yeah, love to," aj happily took the phone off her.
lightly tapping her foot as she waited for him to do so, her heart raced slightly as she just got an off vibe from the whole situation, hence why she had lied about having work on a sunday.
"i'll text you," she smiled. "now do you wanna show me how to get out of here once i go and put my sneakers on..?"
"yeah, you gonna go home in my shirt too?"
"oh i can get changed."
"don't stress, you can have it. do you wanna me to drive you home?"
"no thanks, i'm happy to uber."
"here, put it on my app, let me pay for it at least."
"oh no thanks, i uh.. have a coupon i need to use up by tomorrow which i should've used going home last night but instead i ended up here," she babbled ending with a chuckle.
"i'm not some like weird stalker, you can trust me," he laughed.
"no i do, i just- i'm not missing out on my free ride."
"alright, book your uber, go put your shoes on and i'll walk ya down."
agreeing, she quickly headed past him and down the short hallway to the boys bedroom where she had noticed she had left her shoes, booking an uber on her phone and sending daniel a text, then turning her attention to her shoes while she slipped them on and headed back to him.
taking his hand as he held his out for her, walking out of his apartment and down the lift. liberty asking questions about his dj-ing to avoid the conversation being switched over to her sharing information.
"give me a kiss," aj said as the car pulled up in front of them. her quickly pecking his lips. "that wasn't a kiss."
"i hate making driver wait," she dismissed herself, pulling her hand away from his and slowly stepping backward.
"text me when you're home safe then."
"i will," she nodded, opening the door and getting in.
AUTHOR'S NOTE! new character unlocked hehe feel free to leave opinions
also i have a question!! it has nothing to do with the book but i'm curious lol cause i keep seeing it on tiktok.. do you internationals actually watch heartbreak high?? the reboot obv. cause like is that confusing for you or what? of course we have to adapt to british/ american culture and slang but i feel like aussie even as an australian is a different level idk
