Lust or Love?

Chapter 5

Beau's POV

I woke up on the couch, Evelyn in a deep sleep on my bare chest as the movie credits scrolled on the screen. My phone read 4:23 pm as the time. We must've dozed off for a bit during the movie. I decided to shoot a text to Luke and Jai, seeing as how neither of them decided to stop by at any time today.

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To Luke & Jai:
What are you mates up to? Haven't seen or heard from you since last night at the party.... You're welcome to drop by, it's just Evelyn and I watching movies on the couch.

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I decided to wake up Evelyn in case she had anywhere to be later today. "Evelyn.." I gently nudged her shoulder as I kissed her head and whispered to her. "Wake up Evelyn..." Her eyes fluttered open, those big brown eyes sending butterflies in my stomach. "You look gorgeous when you wake up, did you know that?" I winked at her and kissed her cheek.

She yawned and giggled. "I can't say I did," she laughed, "but thank you." Her eyes stared into mine with that mysterious gleam I loved about them.

Then she noticed the end credits rolling on the screen. "Gosh how long have I been napping?! I'm supposed to meet Caroline at dinner round 6..." She trailed off, glancing for a clock somewhere.

"Relax, it's roughly 4:30. You've got time," I assured her. "When'd you make those plans?" I hadn't seen her on her phone at all.

"You left to refill your glass and she had asked if I wanted to meet for dinner," she hollered as she jumped out of my arms to grab her clothes from Luke's room. "Sorry Beau but I've really gotta run, I need to get home and shower and all that girly jazz." I laughed. She didn't need to do anything glamorous. Evelyn was gorgeous being natural. But damn did she look sexy in a pair of heels and tight skirt.

"It's fine, I was thinking of meeting up with Jai and Luke today anyways. I'm not sure where they got off to--they haven't been home at all," I wasn't actually worried about them at all. It's guy code when one of us brings home a girl, the other two stay out of the house that night and next morning until the girl leaves. Privacy is hard to come by when there's a house full of teenage boys and their mum.

"I noticed that too," she said as she came back in the living room, her clothes from last night in her hand. "Reckon I can borrow these and give em back later?" She gestured to my sweats and tee she pulled off so well.

"Of course babe," I smiled at the fact that I had just called her babe. Evelyn Carrigan was all mine.

I pulled her in for a big hug, wrapping my arms around her delicate waist. "See you later then," I said.

She pulled away from the hug and looked into my eyes. "I'm really glad we're together, Beau. I just wanted to tell you that," and she leaned in, pressing her lips to mine, giving me a long, meaningful kiss.

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Evelyn's POV

I hopped out of the shower and checked the time: 5:03. Good, so I won't be late hopefully. I blow-dried my hair and slapped on some makeup, not really putting as much effort as I could. I threw on my dark skinny jeans and a loose créme shirt, adding my high-heeled black sandals in an effort to make my outfit classier. I glanced at myself in the mirror-- not too shabby for being in a rush--and headed to my car. Caroline and I were going to some bistro she had found in downtown Melbourne that was known to be delicious. More importantly than that, however, was us having a serious girl-talk session. About once a week, her and I used to meet somewhere for dinner and gossip. Our "vent-sessions" as she called them. Lately though, we haven't been able to talk like we used to, so we decided to meet and get back in the habit of these. They really work wonders on my stress levels, and I've been missing girl-time with practically my sister, as we called each other.