What are we?

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"Anna! Get up!" I jolt up in my bed almost hitting my head on the reading light above my bed. Then as I look over I see Blake's car still parked in my driveway. I smile. He always comes through. I hear a groan coming from the floor and I rush to the side of my bed. Blake is lying on the floor snoring. 

"Blake." He groans in response. I lean down next to him and lick my finger. I brush it against his ear and he wakes up wide-eyed.

"Anna! You know I hate that!" He tackles me onto the soft ground.

"No!!!" He grins evilly.

"It's tickle time." He says in his monster voice. Then he attacks me with his tickle fingers and I screech and shriek with joy.

"Stop! Ahhh!" He blows a raspberry into my stomach and I lose it. I miserably flail around as he tortures me. 

"Please." I plead. He chuckles and takes his fingers from my stomach. It is then and only then do I notice that he is straddling me and he's two inches away from my face.

"Have I ever told you how beautiful you are?" He asks. He leans forward and I see his shadow of a beard and smell his fading cologne. Blake is about to kiss me. My eyes flutter closed. 

"Anna!" My mom's call makes Blake gasp and jump off of me and pull me up push me toward the door. 

"Yeah mom?" I answer.

"Tell Blake he needs to go home. He can come back later." When I turn around Blake is already pulling on his boots. 

"I guess I'll see you later." He says. I'm suddenly aware of my appearance. I'm wearing one of Blake's old t-shirts and my underwear. Blake notices me noticing myself and smiles. He walks past me muttering words I can't hear. 

"See ya Blake."

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"He almost kissed you?!" Jamie shrieks. I shush her and pull her into the girl's room.

"It felt like he was. He's never looked at me like that before." Jamie is grinning from ear to ear.

"You know you have the hottest best friend ever, right? Every girl wants him." Jamie says. I shrug.

"So? Me and Blake don't like each other like that." I say. Jamie gives me the 'yeah right' look. 

"He's totally your type." I roll my eyes and pull her towards Algebra II.  Jamie and I have been friends since freshman year. She helped me when I fell on the stairs and everyone laughed.  Everyone. She helped me gather my things and she gave me her number.

We've been close ever since, but me and Blake are closer. Algebra drags on longer than normal and when the bell finally rings I say a quick goodbye to Jamie and head  to the library where me and Blake meet up everyday. I sit down and pull out my History book and start my homework. 

It feels like a lifetime before Blake comes into the library.

"Kill me would ya." He says. 

"Only if I get your I love food t-shirt." I reply.

"Fine. But if I die would you tell mom I love her?"

"Will do." He smiles at me. I smile back.

"You ready to go?" I nod, gather my things and we head out of the school. When we get into Blake's car and the radio turns on. Love Myself by Hailey Steinfield comes on. I shriek and start singing along. Blake rolls his eyes and drives off.