I was sitting on my couch in my new apartment. I had just moved to California and I was finally alone to wallow. I had a carton of ice cream in my lap with a spoon in it. I put on my favorite black and white movie, My Man Godfrey. I was so depressed from the break up. Teo ended things with me. He said he didn't like long distance relationships. Said he couldn't do it. I know he just broke things off cause I wouldn't sleep with him. I want to wait till marriage or till I really know I'm in love. I shouldn't be sad about this but it just really hurts to know he didn't want to wait for me. I couldn't talk to Riley about this. She had a lot on her mind right now. Thinking about her wedding with Elliott. I didn't want to bother her anymore. She already helped me with my move and all.
I was half way through the movie when I heard my door bell ring. I got up drying my eyes with the sleeve of my sweater and set my ice cream on the coffee table. I walked over and looked into the peep hole. I saw my tall friend I haven't seen in months. I opened the door with a wide smile. "AUSTIN!" I yelled and jumped to wrap my arms around his neck and hug him.
"Hey." He said while laughing. I got down from my tip toes and looked up at him " what are you doing here?" I asked.
"Riley told me you moved here so I had to visit. I just got done with tour." He grinned but then got a good look at my face. Red eyes and puffy cheeks from crying. "What’s wrong?" He asked suddenly serious and concerned.
"Uh. Its nothing." I said looking down.
"Cass, what happened?" He asked again.
I stepped back and gestured for him to come in. He did and I shut the door. "Teo broke up with me." Was all I said. He gave me another hug.
"He just made his biggest mistake then. Because you're amazing, beautiful, smart, and you deserve someone who can see that. He obviously isn't the one." He said and I felt a bit better. He pulled away and smiled at me. I felt a bit awkward so I stepped back and looked at my tv and half empty carton of ice cream. "Do you want to watch a movie?" I asked looking back at him.
"Yeah. Are you hungry? I'll order pizza." He said pulling his phone out of his pocket. I nodded and led him to the couch. He ordered two large pizzas one just cheese, the other with everything on it. We watched the rest of My Man Godfrey. He was confused at first but understood after I explained. The pizza got here after the movie was finished. I dug into the pizza and he looked at my movies. “What do you want to watch?” He asked looking up at me from where he was sitting.
I shrugged. “You pick. I don’t care. Just don’t pick anything romantic.”
“So The Notebook is out?” He asked grinning at me.
“Definitely.” I said giggling. He looked more and ended up picking Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince. He sat down next to me and grabbed a piece of pizza. I already had two so I was kind of full. I didn’t worry about left overs with him there. I sat back and watched the movie. It’s been awhile since I saw this one so I did get into it. It was starting to get cold and the only blanket I had unpacked was the one in my room so I got closer to him for warmth. He wrapped his left arm around me. “Cold?” he asked. I just nodded and kept watching the movie. Us cuddling like this wasn’t weird at all. I knew he didn’t feel anything romantic with me. We’re just friends. I met him just last winter and I feel like we’re best friends.
We were more than half way in the movie when I heard small snores coming from Austin. I looked and saw his head tilted back and mouth partly open. His head bobbed a bit and he woke up a bit. “Can we lay down?” H asked half awake.
“Yeah” I wasn’t sure if he wanted me there or not. But he did say ‘We’ so I put my legs up to the other side of the couch. He did the same and I lay on his chest. He quickly fell back asleep and I finished the movie and turned off the tv. I’m so glad the remote was close enough to reach; I didn’t want to wake Austin. I rest my head back on his chest. My mind wouldn’t let me sleep. I started to match my breath with Austin so I didn’t have to think about anything else. Just his breath and mine, together.
Riley’s POV
Elliott and I just got back from the Of Mice & Men concert. I moved into his house last winter when I turned 18. I was pretty tired from the concert so I just got into Pj’s and fell onto my bed and looked at my phone. I scrolled through tumblr for a moment and thought about texting Cass. She didn’t come with us to the concert because she said she was tired from the move. I didn’t believe her though. She’s not telling me something and I’m worried about it. Elliott crawled into bed and pulled me into his chest. I put my phone on its charger and snuggled into him. I’ll call her tomorrow. I sent Austin to her place so she should be okay.
(Thats just the start :) I have good ideas for this one and I'm sure it'll be better then the first story)
