Sunflower *Never Shout Never*

Chapter 8

*Chris*

"Cover your eyes so I can get up and get dressed!" Celeste said while tossing a pillow towards my face. I caught it and replied,

"Nothing I haven't seen already, babe." She shot me a look so I covered my eyes. I felt the bed moving then heard her speak,

"So what exactly happened last night?"

"You really don't remember?" She threw something at me "ok ok!" I laughed then answered the question, "well we drank a lot then we kissed and you came here with me and we kissed a lot more then we had sex. End of story." I wasn't sure if I should have told her about her thinking I wasn't an asshole anymore.

"Oh godddd" she groaned. "I can't believe I let that happen. I'm done getting dressed by the way."

I was pretty hurt, not that she cared. I took the pillow from my eyes and set it to the side. I propped myself up on my right elbow and watched as she stood in front of the bathroom mirror, cleaning up the makeup that was left on her eyes from the night before.

"You know Celeste, I'm not such a bad guy. I wish you would think that. If you remem-" I was cut off by her phone on the side table, blaring some indie song I didn't know. I looked at it as she was walking over.

"Who's Levi?" I asked.

"OH SHIT" her eyes grew and she pounced on the phone.

"Levi! Hey how are you? Yes, breakfast this morning, how could I forget, babe?" Babe? What the hell? "Oh, you'll be over in an hour? Alright see you then!"

I just stared at her. After she hung up she looked up at me,

"What?"

"Who the hell is Levi?"

"Oh," she turned and walked back to the bathroom, "this guy I work with. We started talking but we aren't like, official. But we will be. I forgot we were going to breakfast this morning," she began gathering her things, "so I need you to take me to my apartment please."

She stood and waited by the bedroom door. I stared at her a second longer before getting up. I stretched a little bit, grabbed my phone, then headed to the door, grabbing my keys on the way out of the condo.

***

We drove in silence for a little while before she broke it,

"Chris, I'm sorry, but this was a one time thing. I'm not a real big fan of yours anymore and I don't think anything will happen here," she pulled out her phone and started texting someone.

"Can I at least have your number? In case anything changes?"

She looked at me for a moment then agreed. I said my number aloud as she typed it into her phone then called me. That was better than nothing.

"You know," I started, "last night was real special to me." She laughed a little then put a hand on my arm,

"Chris, I used to love you. But you've changed. I'll believe you're a better person when I see it."

***

We had made it to her apartment building and I was pulling into a parking spot. I put the car in neutral and pulled the hand brake but didn't turn it off or unlock it. I was nervous but I had to ask her while I had the chance.

"Why do you hate me so much?" I looked out of the front windshield, too nervous to look at her. I could feel her eyes on me. She didn't answer. I looked down at my hands.

"Chris, I don't know you, nor do I care to. We hooked up, it was a one time thing. That's it."

I looked up into her eyes,

"I don't want it to be."

She stared back at me. She was so pretty. Her eyes were so green and bright, framed by wavy brown hair. Her nose and cheeks were dotted with constellations of freckles. Her mouth was parted slightly as she looked back at me, her lips enticing me. I couldn't help myself. I placed my hand on her cheek and pressed my lips against hers. I wanted her all to myself. I didn't want to share her. All I could think of while our lips moved against each other, was her skin against mine as we made love the night before. I thought it had meant something but obviously it had not.

She pulled away. I left a hand on her cheek.

"Chris," she began. I couldn't help myself from looking so hurt and having such longing for her.

"I have to go," she unlocked the door and stepped out of my car. She pulled her keys out of her bag and walked to the door of her building.

She would be mine. Eventually.

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So just a chapter to kind of move things along. Next we meet Levi! Sorry it was short and not much happened. :P

I'm going away for the next couple of weeks so I won't be able to update. I may try to write some chapters on the plane which will be nice but can't promise anything. Please comment any suggestions you may have and vote if you like the story! Thanks for reading :)