Lost Now, Found Later

Chapter 19 - Rachel's POV

Oh my god. Oh. my. fucking. god.

Ethan likes me. Me. Wow. Immediately after I get into my room, I shut the door and plop down onto the floor as I try to give my mind some time to process what just happened.

Flashback

"Thank you, love. You have no idea how much I wanted to hear that" he says in a soft but deep tone, as he stares into my eyes. "I'll wait for as long as you want Rachel. Just say yes" he quietly adds, still not breaking eye contact as he brings my hand to his lips and places a small kiss for the millionth time tonight.

Present

I shake my head to get my thoughts together. I could not seem to pull myself together, especially not after he just told me one, that he wants to kiss me and two, that he likes me. And my dumbass also just gave him what might be the worst possible confession.

Like Ethan said, I did have an early class tomorrow so I decided to head to bed first and lie down, hoping that sleep will come to me.

I can't sleep. I roll over my bed, hoping I find that one comfortable position. I groan at my futile attempts and get out of bed, feeling thirsty. As I head to the kitchen, I hear the door open and Liz slowly stumbles in.

"You good Liz?" I ask, knowing that she probably feels like shit now. "Yeah I just need some water. My throat is literally the Sahara desert right now" she complains, somewhat sober. I chuckle at her words and hand her a cup with water. She sips at it slowly and stares at me curiously.

"What"

"What"

"What"

"Don't what me girl. What happened with you and Ethan after you guys left? I wanna know everything" she demands with a "seriously" look, placing her cup back on the desk a bit too loudly.

"Ok fine! Don't break the cup" I shout, glaring at her slightly. How does she even know? I think, shaking my head. We both sit on the couch facing each other, with her looking at my expectantly with a hopeful look. I sigh at her look but start to tell her.

"So you know how we were walking to the party?" I start off and she nods attentively.

"Yeah and how we were holding hands" she nods again. "He kisses my hand out of nowhere and he kept doing it like 2 or 3 times. And I was like why do you keep doing that? Not that I didn't like it" I continue and I could tell Liz was trying really hard not to squeal.

"And he goes 'It's because you look so beautiful and all I want to do is to kiss you'" I say, gauging her reaction. Liz goes silent for a moment before letting a high pitched scream and shakes me in excitement.

"Oh my god. Oh my fucking god. He's insane. He said that?" she asks with amusement. "Uh-huh. He also said that he likes me and that he'll wait for me until I say it back" I mumble, running a hand through my hand, feeling frustrated.

"I did say I liked him too but I asked for some time because I was not dealing with this drunk" I add on. Liz looks at me like I had grown another head.

"Girl. What is wrong with you? Are you dumb or are you dumb?"

"Whaat?" I whine, confused at her question. She slaps my arm at my reaction.

"You just told him you liked him back too. At midnight. When you were drunk. Literally in the middle of nowhere" she states, deadpanning.

"You didn't see his face Liz. He looked so sincere and genuine. I didn't have the heart to leave him hanging" I answer, getting defensive.

"Okay. Up to you. As long as you're okay with it. I don't want you getting hurt though I know Ethan wouldn't do that to you. He likes you too much" She says, holding her hands up while she teases me.