He Calls Me LOVE

「 ✦ So I Was Thinking ✦ 」

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I walked down to the kitchen and Max was sitting on the counter drinking something while scrolling on his phone. 

"so uhm..." I said to get his attention. 

"Oh" he said his head jerking up " do you want me to give you your tour now?" He said, a hint of nervousness in his voice.

"yeah I think so" I say with a small smile. He first gave me a tour of the first floor. It had a large living room, a kitchen And a laundry room towards the back. He then walked me through the large sliding doors leading to the back yard. It lead to a beautiful patio with a nice grilling area, and ahead of it, a pool. As I stood there looking at the beautiful scenery, I looked up at Max.

"hey uhm," I began "are you sure its ok to live with you? I mean you have this nice house and you live with your sister I just kinda feel- out of place you know" I say looking to the ground. I heard a light chuckle from him before he responded.

"don't worry Bel, you can get as comfortable as you wish, if I wasn't absolutely sure that I wanted you here I wouldn't have invited you, and besides, my sister doesn't live with me she just over for the weekend." He says with a soft smile. "now come on let me show you upstairs" He says holding my hand and brought me up the stairs. His touch sending shivers down my spine. He then showed me the upstairs which had three bedrooms and three bathrooms. We then stopped in his room and sat on his bed. 

"so I was thinking..." I start, his head turning to face me, his eyes looking at mine. God his eyes, those beautiful brown eyes. "I want to get a job but I don't know yet what I wanna do" His eyes widen at my words and a slight look of confusion came over him.

"why do you need a job?" he asked.

"what do you mean? I cant just be taking up space in your house" I say crossing my legs.

"what do you mean? I never said I needed you to work or anything, I have no problem with you 'taking up space' ". He replied. I looked at him a bit shocked.

"so you mean you have nothing wrong with working by yourself to provide for both of us? I mean It just doesn't seem fair to me that I'm just in your house doing nothing while you work, especially since you didn't have to accept me into your home" I say hanging my head. I heard him let out a sigh then I felt his warm hand on my thigh. God did he have to touch me like that? I swear he has no idea.

"Listen Bel, if I needed help I would ask" he said, sincerity laced in his voice "You're not a burden, stop believing all the shit your mom has told you, ok?" he said.

"oh, ok" I say, my head still down. He lifted his hand from my lap then placed it on my head. I could feel my face heat up under his touch so I lowered my head to hide my blush. He suddenly got up and lifted his arms stretching. the bottom of his shirt lifted and I got a slight glimpse of his toned back. 

"hey uhm, are you hungry? Cause I sure am" he said looking down on my with a smile. "Me and my sister were planning on getting Sushi at her favorite place today wanna come?" My eyes lit up at the sound of food.

"of course, would she be ok with it?" I ask.

"yeah shes chill" He said walking to the door. "lets go" I got up and followed him out. I grabbed my sneakers from my room and slid them on before going downstairs to wait for them. A few moments later the both came down with smiles on their faces. "ready to go love?" he asked. And there it was yet again. A light blush spread across my face as he called me love. I don't know if this is his way of being nice but he really has no idea the effect it has on me. We walked out of the door and to his car. His sister walked ahead and I thought she would sit up from with him but to my surprise she sat at the back. "would you like to sit with me at the front?" he asked with pleading eyes. How on earth was I supposed to say no? I nodded and he opened the door for me and I sat down. The ride was short and quiet. He pulled up in the parking lot and we all got out. I've never been to this restaurant but I do like sushi. We sat down and Max went to order our food. I looked down at my hands a bit nervous cause I've never met his sister before.

"so" she began, my head sprung up to look at her " you're the Bella girl huh" she asked.

"uh yeah, I am" I responded "and what's your name?" I asked.

"its Mae" She answered. "how old are you?"

"I'm 19, you?" I asked.

"16" she said slouching back in her seat. Just then Max came back and said our food is being prepared. We pretty much just sat on our phones most of the time. Well that's what I thought but when I lifted my gaze I saw that Max was looking directly at me. His eyes stared at me fixed and would not move. I looked back away hoping he didn't see the blush on my face.