Someone New, Someone True: Book One

Chapter 5 ~ Howdy Texas

I dont know why I kept having the same dream over and over again, and over and over again, I wake up crying.

I mean, it's not that sad. It's just a wedding... actually, it is. I mean, I always thought that I would get married to Daniel, and after we broke up, I thought I would never find someone ever again. Nevertheless, get married.

But here I am, dreaming of getting married to someone. It's all... nerve-wracking. I have so many emotions at once it's hard to tell which ones I'm feeling.

It's weird.

When I woke up, I was in someone's arms and we were walking. I don't know where I was and who was carrying me or who the two voices were because my eyes were still closed. I was still very tired.

Then a certain word came to mind - Jetlagged.

We must have landed in Texas already. I opened my eyes and saw that Kaden was carrying me bridal style, and Jazz was awake next to him. We were outside the airport, and it was night out. Back in New York, it was 9 in the morning when I got on the plane.

"You awake, sleepyhead?" I heard Kaden say.

I didn't have the energy to say anything, so I just nodded.

"We got off the plane a few minutes ago. We got some workers to help with your suitcase and Jazzy has both her's and mine’s." He informed me.

I nodded again. And fell back asleep. The last thing I heard was a chuckle coming from the person who was carrying me.

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When I woke up again, I was on a couch. In a house.

Was I in an Airbnb? I sat up and looked around and saw that Jazz and Kaden were on the couch next to me watching TV.

Jazz then looked at me, "Hey Miss. Sleepy, how was your nap or sleep? This Texas time is confusing me. Im pretty sure it's the afternoon in New York. But it's like nighttime or the morning here."

"Jazz, Texas is only 1 hour behind New York. It's nighttime by now there. Or it's getting ready to be nighttime." Kaden said.

Jazz just put on an "oh" face and went back to eating her burger.

"You guys for burgers?" I asked.

Kaden nodded, "Yeah, we got 5 for Jazz, 1 for me, and 10 for you."

"Why 10?" I looked at him like he had just offended me, which he did.

"Because if my memory is correct, you'll eat burgers in one bite." He said back.

"I do not, you do," I retorted.

He looked at me like I was being ridiculous, "Don't lie, you love burgers. More than Jazzy loves food."

Oh, I hate how he knows me so well. But, I also love how he knows me so well.

"Thanks for everything." I say with a smile.

"Of course, now come here, you have lint in your hair, and I know how much you hate that," he said.

"You know? You guys would be the #1 couple if you guys were dating. I would probably be your #1 shipper. You're like, fries and eggs." Jazz said.

We both turned to look at her. "Fries and eggs?" We both ask at the same time.

"Yeah, what's wrong with fries and eggs? They're good together. I mean, the salt from the fries and the yolk from the eggs, mmm, best thing I have ever tasted." She answered.

"Sometimes I wonder if we're even from the same sex cells," Kaden said.

That just resulted in Jazz slapping his head.

This feels like the old times, Jazz and Kaden fighting, Kaden looking out for me, Jazz shipping us together. It brings back so many good memories.

I started eating my burgers, the way Kaden said I would, and continued to watch them fight. It was the best TV show of my life.

After a while, they stopped fighting, and Kaden laid his head down on my chest. I forgot to mention I changed to a lying down position.

I then wrapped my legs around his waist and used my one of my hands to massage his head.

It just happened automatically. I didn't think about doing it. I just did. It's because we did this tons of times as kids.

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Later that day, we all made dinner together. Jazz is just there to make sure we don't start another fire. I don't blame her, Kaden and I are horrible at cooking. We make good food, but my god, do we burn everything on the first try.

After dinner, we got ready for bed. And when I say get ready for bed, I mean, Jazz pushing me to Kaden's room and making me get in the same bed as him.

"Jazz!! No!" I tried to stop her from pushing, but I never knew she was that strong.

"Sorry, not sorry, I want the bed to myself. So that means you're sleeping with Kadie." She said, pushing even harder.

In the end, here I was, in bed with Kaden, both of us looking at the ceiling,  sharing his earpods, and listening to music.

"I didn't know you liked Fall Out Boy," I said.

"Yeah, it just kinda happened." He responded.

We went back to being silent.

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Kaden fell asleep 3 hours ago, I'm still awake listening to his playlist.

I have to admit, I took his phone, and now I'm going through it. I was just curious to see how much things changed about him. And maybe to see if he had a girlfriend.

I went to go check his Instagram, and he had no pictures of girls. His picture gallery? Nope. His tiktok? Nope. Any of his social media? Nope. He's single and ready to mingle. We'll, says his X bio.  But I'm pretty sure that he was joking when he wrote that.

I looked at him and sighed. Am I really ready for another relationship? I'm not sure. But... I really want to have my next one with him.

Maybe, maybe he wouldn't break my heart. No, I know he wouldn't. He could never.

... the only thing left to know if he's wants the same thing as me.