wilder days

18. something more

there's gotta be somethin' more

gotta be more than this

i need a little less hard time, I need a little more bliss

i'm gonna take my chances

takin' a chance I might

find what I'm lookin' for

there's gotta be somethin' more

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Via and I started off the evening hanging out by her pool, simply dipping our feet in the cool water. We chatted lightly about school, soccer and her trip to Italy. She ordered a pizza from the nice Italian place in the rich part of town, and we stayed by the pool as we ate. 

"That's it, Capitana? One slice? You just played a game!" She sounded like my overly southern grandma, trying to stuff me full of food until I popped, but I resisted. I know she would take one look at me and scold my dad for letting me drop a noticeable amount of weight. 

"I'm not very hungry." I gave her a small smile and she sighed at me, going in for her third slice. 

I was also anticipating something a little more than just sitting here, but you never know with Via. 

"It's getting dark. You wanna go to my room and put on a movie?" She asked, standing up and stretching. 

"Sounds good to me." She stuck her hand down to help me up, not letting go and grabbing the pizza box in her free hand. She discarded that onto the counter and grabbed two water bottles on our way upstairs. 

She put on Pitch Perfect, Hannah's favorite movie. Via and I started watching the movie with just our arms barely touching. Things escalated when she put her arm around me and pulled me in closer to her. Our lips were like magnets when we got close enough. Once we started we couldn't stop. I took the remote and shut off the movie, realizing we didn't make it very far at all. 

"I hope you weren't watching that." I teased when we pulled apart for air. 

"With you around it's impossible to focus on much else." She breathed, closing the gap between us once again. "You're so sexy in that soccer uniform." 

"Oh really? I thought you'd prefer if I took it off." I breathed, not wanting her to ever pull away. 

"I guess that works." She laughed a little bit as I pulled her tighter to me, unable to get enough of the distraction she gave me. My skin was on fire where she touched me, my lips wanting more when we would pull away. 

Eventually we called it quits as I was beyond exhausted from my game earlier in the day. We both breathed heavily as she combed her fingers gently through my hair, my head rested on her chest. 

"You don't have a clue how badly I needed this." She said eventually. 

"We hooked up on Saturday, Via." I laughed a little bit. 

"But this...this was different." 

"Trust me, I needed it pretty badly too." I sighed, drifting off to sleep without even realizing it. 

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"Sam. Sam!" Via's voice jolted me awake suddenly. "It's 12:30!" 

"Fuck!" I quickly pushed myself out of my comfortable position. "I'm so fucked!" I threw the blanket off of me and scrambled around to grab my stuff. Via was also up, going through her dresser. 

"Do you want these?" She threw a t-shirt and a pair of sweatpants at me before I put my uniform back on. 

"Thanks Vi." I sighed, quickly pulling on the clothes she gave me. Her scent was all over the clothes, calming my nerves as I grabbed my phone to leave.