Until I Found You

Chapter 18

It was already Thursday afternoon, and I had to stay after school to work on some math that I wasn't understanding. 

After two hours of misery of me trying to figure out some math with a study group, I headed out of the library making my way to the car which I was hoping Asher didn't steal after practice as i usually steal it from him while he's there. 

Turning the corner, I run into a girl I've never seen before, and she spills her coffee all over me.

"Oh my god, I am so sorry!" she says apologetically, I can tell it was an accident, so I smile. "it's ok, I didn't see you either" I laugh, and she gives me a slight smile. "These stupid corners, you can never see around them" she says still looking apologetic. 

"It's honestly fine, I'm about to go home anyway" I say before smiling and waving at her walking away. I decide I might as well go into the men's locker room as I could try to fix my shirt before getting in hopefully a car. 

I enter the locker room, go to the sinks and take off my shirt. I start dabbing the coffee with paper towels and soon someone walks around the corner where the showers are located in nothing but a towel covering the lower half of his body.

He startles at the sight of me. "geez didn't know anyone was in here" Eli says walking over to his gym locker. I can't help but notice how well built he is, I mean seriously he has the perfect body, broad shoulders, abs, so many muscles.... it starts makes me slightly self-conscious over what I look like which suddenly makes me realize I am shirtless. 

"You alright?" Eli asks snapping me out of my own thoughts and realizing I was indeed staring. "y-yeah I'm fine" I say but in reality, I am not fine because I feel a familiar feeling starting to rise. 

I quickly put my shirt back on and look away. "You sure? What are you doing in here anyway?" Eli asks walking over to me, still yet to put any clothes on. 

"Oh, I got some coffee spilled on me and I figured no one would be in here since football ended like 30 minutes ago" I rambled looking up at him, trying to avoid looking at anything but his face. Eli nods, "yeah guess I'm a bit behind" he laughs walking back over to his locker. 

"You need a ride home?" he asks. "Maybe? Asher may have stolen the car, I'm not sure" I laugh, and Eli does to "he definitely did, I seen him do it" he laughs. 

"Ok then I guess I will wait for you out there" I say nervously because I really can't be in here when he changes. Eli nods grabbing clothes out of his locker.

I wait outside the boy's locker room for a few minutes before Eli comes out, luckily dressed. "let's go" he says as he starts walking towards the car. 

"Thanks for taking me home" I say awkwardly getting in the car. "Who said I was taking you home?" he laughs, and I look at him questioningly. 

"I asked if you needed a ride" he corrects me in which I roll my eyes. "Where are we going then?" I ask and Eli smiles. 

"hm how about the bowling alley?" he asks looking over at me for a second before returning his eyes to the road. "Alright, but I'm warning you now I will win" I say confidently in which he chuckles "oh yeah? Is that bet?" he challenges me in which I nod "loser gets to post on the other persons Instagram" I challenge, and he nods "alright then, you're going down." 

I sent a quick text to my parents letting them know I was still alive and started looking out the window.

"You know I'm surprised you want to hang out, I thought that dinner scared you off" I laugh, and Eli shakes his head "nah that was nothing" he laughs.

 "I've just been busy this week, so many tests" he groans. "Yeah, they're cramming them all in before thanksgiving break next week" I laugh. We pull into the bowling alley and park. "Yup but then after this week I have all week to see you so it's worth it" he grins in which makes me blush. Does he really want to hang out with me over break? I smile and we get out of the car.

Eli pays for our lane even after I refuse, and we start heading to our lane. "Hey, you can't be mad at me, I literally forced you to come, of course I'm paying" he argues in which I role my eyes "you can't pay every time!" I complain in which he chuckles "sure I can!" he laughs sitting down to put his shoes on. I put my shoes on to and soon we are in deep competition.

"Come on you got lucky" I groan as Eli gets another strike. The game is very close, and by close, I mean we are only a few points away, so far, I am in the lead, but if he keeps this strike streak up, I'm toast. 

"Luck?! This is all skill" he argues grabbing a slice of pizza that we had ordered. I roll my last roll and get a split, luckily, I am able to get the two pins on my second roll and get a spare. 

"Alright my turn, come on I just need a strike to win this!" he pumps himself up in which I laugh. He rolls and gets all the pins.... Except one. 

I burst out laughing "that was close!" I laugh and he glares at me. He rolls again and gets a spare. We look up at the score board only to see that we have tied, how did we literally tie! "How did you get so good?" he asks sitting down next to me. 

"Why is that so surprising?" I joke. "Come on you know I didn't mean it like that" he laughs, and I nod. "Well, I guess that means our Instagram's are spared today" I laugh but Eli shakes his head "if you didn't win, you lost" he argues "that means you lost to" I argue.

"Fine, how about a game of rock paper scissors, first one to win, well wins" he tells me getting his hand ready. "You are very competitive" I laugh and he laughs but nods. "Rock, paper, scissors shoot" we both throw our hands up. I went paper, and of course he went scissors. 

"Yes!" he yells in which I laugh "you still didn't win bowling, so I feel good about that" I say. "Come on, pay up" he says holding his hand out, I groan but unlock my phone and hand it to him. 

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So what is Eli going to post? Any ideas?