Freedom

5. Not Today Clifford

Courtney's POV

I woke up on my side with an arm draped lazily across my waist.

Michael.

Last night was the most fun experience I've had since coming to college. I never would've imagined I'd be here right now, cuddling with a very handsome young man.

Oh who am I kidding? Here I am beside a guy who looks like sex on legs! I can't even begin to imagine what people would think if they saw us right at this moment.

We changed back into pajamas when we got back but instead of my tee shirt and shorts, I was wearing his shirt and no pants because let's all admit; no pants are the best pants! He was back into just his underwear. We probably looked like we had done something other than just come home, watch a movie, and fall asleep halfway through it.

I tilted my head to the side to check the time: 10:47 in the morning. I rolled over to face Michael. He looked amazing. His hair was swept across his forehead just above his eyes. He had just a small amount of stubble across his jaw and that made him even hotter. His lips were parted ever so slightly and I seized my chance to wake him up.

I kissed him lightly and he stirred a bit but didn't fully wake up. I kissed him again and put my hand on his cheek. Once again, he groaned and remained in this sleepy state.

"Michael," I whispered, "if you get up right now I'll have sex with you."

Within a minute he was sat up with a cheeky grin plastered on his face.

"Seriously?" He asked with excitement in his tone.

"No, you dumbass. Come on it's almost eleven in the morning. We need to get up," I said.

"Damn it!" He said while laughing a bit, "I was hoping you finally gave into my ruggedly handsome appearance and glorious personality!"

"Wow, someone's got an ego," I laughed and he joined in. I couldn't help but notice how gorgeous he was in the mornings. You could see his stubble more and his voice was raspy. It was beautiful.

We rolled out of bed and into the kitchen to get a little breakfast. I took out some frozen waffles and popped them into the toaster. Michael was pouring Fruit Loops cereal into a red bowl.

"I have to leave in an hour but I'll be back to tonight so we can hang out," he said casually.

"Who said I didn't have plans and wanted you to come over?" I retorted. He just rolled his eyes and ate away at his cereal.

"Well I have plans for today but they'll only take a couple hours," he commented between slurps.

"Ew can you not make that noise?" I asked and giggled. "It's so weird!"

He smiled but stopped with the awkward sound. I thanked him and started on my waffles. I used to eat them every morning in middle school and so I rarely ever ate them since they reminded me of my youth. Ew.

We ate pretty quickly and he got dressed, took his keys, and left after kissing my cheek and saying goodbye. He was so cute sometimes I thought I was going to burst.

I didn't know what to do since I didn't know whether or not Ashton was still here. I decided on just watching Netflix in my bed until Michael could come back over. His mystery plans were starting to bother me and I wanted to know so badly what they were but I resisted the urge to call and ask him.

A countless number of episodes of Bob's Burgers later, I heard a knock at the door. I rushed out of bed and stood on my tiptoes to see through the peephole. It was Michael but something was different. I opened the door and dragged him inside.

"So this was the plan you had today?" I asked with a touch of laughter in my voice. His hair was bright red and I couldn't lie, he was kinda hot as hell.

"Yeah, you like it?" He asked and swept a piece of his fringe out of his face.

"Love it," I stated and kissed his cheek. I noticed there was something else in his hand too. "What's that?"

"Oh yeah I almost forgot. Oh who am I kidding? I would never forget this!" He whispered the last bit to himself. "Courtney, I've been watching you since the very first day of classes this term and I haven't gotten you out of my head since. You're beautiful and you make my stomach do this weird flutter shit and it makes me happy. You make me happy! I love every little detail about you and I want to be able to get to know you so much more. Will you, Courtney Grace Dawn, be my girlfriend?"

Everything just rolled of his tongue so fluently and beautifully. He took the box and brought it out in front of him and handed it to me. I took it and opened it carefully. I gasped when I saw the beautiful contents. Inside laid a necklace with a glittering anchor and infinity charm attached to it. It was truly beautiful. He took the necklace and clipped it around my neck. I turned back around and took his hand in mine and laced our fingers together.

"That was the sweetest thing anyone has ever said to me, Mikey. I have feelings for you too. This necklace is just an added bonus I guess, I love it. My answer is yes, I'll be your girlfriend."

He pulled me into an amazing embrace. His arms were hooked under mine and pulling me closer to him and mine were wrapped securely around his neck. We kissed deeply and passionately. It was the most true of a kiss I had ever had. No one had ever seemed to care enough to kiss me in such a caring way.

He moved his hands down to my lower back and rested one on my butt. I reached an arm behind me and pulled them higher. He whimpered a bit from my gesture.

"Not today Clifford."

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Hey wassup hello I am so sorry for the slow update but I was having writers block so yeah here's a sucky update.

Callie xx