Marcel brings me over to his house to work on the project and to have the boys help since we didn't really do much and it's due in two days.
"Hey Isabella, nice seeing you again!" Liam pats me on the back.
"You ready to finish this?" Niall says.
"Let's do this!" Harry cheers.
If only hard work were as easy as in the movies where they sum up all the fun they have doing it with a beautiful montage.
"Man we're never going to get this done." Niall whines.
"Can we call it good yet?" Zayn asks
"Quit whinning you guys, we gotta get this done," Marcel scolds.
"Who in you're class is really ever going to split a nueron to make a new element? What is it on someones bucket list?" Louis groans.
"We only have a few things left to do, if you guys want to bail now go ahead." I say.
"How about me and Isabella finish up tomorrow? So you guys are off the hook." Marcel agrees.
"Anyways it's getting late I should get home, see you tomorrow Marcel," I head towards the door.
"Hey let one of us give you a ride at least." Niall speaks up from the kitchen.
"Yeah, it's dark and a pretty thing like you could get abducted by aliens," Louis adds.
"Or batman's evil twin," Liam nods and so do the others.
"Goodnight guys," I roll my eyes, smiling. They all give me hugs and say goodnight before I walk outside and down the drive.
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The next day I don't see Marcel until Science. "Hey Isabella!" His cheery face greets me.
"Hey I haven't seen you all day," I greet back.
"Yeah sorry. You know that video I showed you the other day? Yeah it's on youtube now. Isn't that exciting?" He grins.
"For Best Song Ever? Yeah that's totally stellar!" I smile.
"Alright class, let me take roll and we'll begin shortly." The teacher announces. He calls off our names and when we're all accounted for he puts in a movie and sits back.
"Psst, Isabella," I'm awakened by Marcel with a note. I quietly and discreetly take it and look.
So you coming over to finish the project today? Btw I'm bored. M.S.
Yeah, and I was fine until now, you ruined a perfectly good nap! I.C.
Sorry :( but class is almost over anyways. M.S.
Speak of the devil, the bell goes off. We grab our books and head out the door.
"So did you have a nice sleep?" Marcel looks at me. I nod. "Did you dream about anything?"
"No," I lie. I did dream though. I dreamed of him. And his beauty.
"Hm." He hums, "Alright what's wrong?"
"What do you mean?" I ask.
"Is that drawing still bothering you? You can tear it out and get rid of it, it doesn't bother me. You've been acting so weird since then."
"It's not bothering me honest."
"Okay, well when you're ready to tell me, I'll be waiting." He says dropping the conversation.
I know what I'm about to do is stupid but... Here goes nothing.
"I love you!" I squeeze my eyes shut and shout after him, stopping in the hallway. I open my eyes and everyone is staring at me.
"Uh, Isabella, can we talk about this later?" Marcel looks around uncomfortably before grabbing my hand and ducking into the cafeteria.
We eat in silence and he walks me to my class in silence. He doesn't even say goodbye before walking off. I slump into my classroom and don't even bother scribbling in my notebook.
"You're still coming over to finish the project right?" Marcel asks me once I reach my locker. Nodding I grab my things without looking up.
Later when I show up at his door, Niall welcomes me in warmly. "Marcel! Marcel! Isabella's here!"
I smile politely as he leaves me to walk to Marcel's room. I knock twice before opening the door, "Marcel?" I peer in slowly and quietly. I look from his closed eyes behind his glasses, to his cheek smooshed on the pillow, to his hands loosely wrapped around a novel, to his chest rising and dropping slowly as he breathes, to his feet dangling over the edge of the bed. He looks so cute, like I shouldn't wake him. I sit on the bed next to him and run my fingers through his hair.
"Isabella..." He mumbles, the book falling from his hand off the bed. He stretches out then curls up.
"Wake up Marcel," I nudge him. He squeezes his eys shut and I nudge him again, "Wakey, wakey, eggs and bacey." I smile when his eyes flutter open. He smiles back at me, pulling me into the bed with him.
"You're so warm," He hums into my neck. I giggle and try to push him away but he doesn't comply.
"Come on Marcel, we've got a lot of work to do." I laugh.
"I almost finished it last night. We don't really have anything left to do so a quick cuddle won't hurt." He mumbles against my skin. I crawl from his grasp and pull his arm, hoping he'd get out of bed. "Alright, alright! I'm getting up." He chuckles.
He sits on the floor in front of the project and I sit on the other side. He shows me what he did but I can't focus on anything but him. Marcel glances up for a second and I catch sight of his pretty eyes. Suddenly his face drops and he stops midsentence and sighs.
"Isabella, about earlier today. I just want to say- There's no easy way- I think we should- Screw it." He looks up at me and drops whatever he held in his hand, quickly reaching up and over the project and grabs my face, and crashes his lips to mine. It takes me a second or two to recover but I soon find my hands in his hair, kissing him back. He pulls me up and back onto the bed.
I refrain from pouting when he pulls away. "Isabella, I've been dieing to tell you that I love you. I didn't say it before because... You've already given me so much there's no way I was expecting you to give me love too. I just felt we should take it slow if we are together. I..I mean uh I'm not saying this means we're together but if you want to then, you know, I'm cool with that..." He rambles. I smile and kiss him, long and sweet.
"Of all the things that you are, I'd love to say one of them is my boyfriend." I lay my head on his chest and listen to his heartbeat.
He chuckles a bit, "So what all am I then?"
I smile a deep smile before replying, "My best friend who is caring, cute, adorable, nice, sweet, smart, and a total dork."
"Isabella," His voice becoming serious. I lift my head and look up at him.
"Yes, Marcel?" I ask furrowing my eyebrows.
"I love you." He says, taking a hand and tucking a piece of my hair behind my ear.
"I love you too," I reply, giving him a peck on the cheek. He grins and closes his eyes, letting a deep exhale escape in relief.
