Just Friends: The Sequel.

Chapter Twenty One

Chapter Twenty One 

   

JUSTIN:

         When morning came I blinked my eyes into the openness of my room, my brain trying to wake itself up. It was the morning of the wedding and I hit the snooze on my phone for the alarm, letting out a groan until I felt a pair of hands clutch my torso tighter.

I had forgotten she had stayed the night last night. For a second, I almost forgot I had asked her to stay here with me. Why did I? I shouldn't have done that. The closer I get to making up my mind the more afraid I become. When I let myself fall for her again I will never be able to recover. Like an anchor that sinks right to the bottom of the ocean.

"Reina." I whispered. "We have to get up."

She stirred, her eyes immediately opening. I'm pretty sure this has something to do with me waking her up. She isn't used to it.

"I completely thought last night was a dream." She smirked, stretching her body out like a rubber band. "Morning Justin."

I loved to stare at her but I loved to stare at her in the morning even more. The way her hair was in messed up curls around the frames of her face on the pillow or the way her lips looked so tempting I just wanted to lean over right now and kiss her. I should just do that but until I'm certain, I don't want to hurt her.

But just because I couldn't actually do it doesn't mean I can't think about it. I could think about kissing her lips and tasting her one more time. I could think about letting my teeth bite down on her bottom one that she loves to tug on. I could think about letting my tongue part the way into her mouth so our tongues could entwine like they used to. There's nothing wrong with that, right?

"Or don't answer..." She trailed off, jokingly rolling her eyes. "You ready for the big day?"

I didn't want her to stand up but she did anyways, looking around the room until she eventually found her clothes and began to strip herself right in front of me.

"I think so. Are you?"

"Not at all. I'm nervous that I'm going to fall flat on my face in the middle of walking down the aisle. I'll ruin her whole wedding."

"Reina you're going to do fine. You always overthink things."

When her pants were fixated back onto her hips she looked at herself in my mirror even though she didn't need to. She always looked good. She was effortlessly beautiful.

"Okay, well... I guess I'll see you later. Thanks for the pep talk."

Flashing her teeth at me with a cheesy grin, I stood up in a hurry and captured her palm with mine before she could leave. Now that I'm doing it though I'm not sure why. Usually she would never leave without giving me a kiss. It didn't matter if we had gotten into a huge fight that day or if she was running late. She'd always give me a kiss.

Her lips brushed against my cheek in a swift motion, her cheeks growing scarlet as soon as they left my skin. I could feel the place she had left her mark. It was burning like an imprint right into my flesh.

"Bye." She said breathlessly. "I'll see you later."

REINA: