Strawberry Fields

5

William's POV

"You know maybe this weekend, you could come over and we could hang out at my place." Grace stated cautiously as we stood on her front porch. I could tell she was nervous about asking me but I smiled at her thoughtful ways.

"I would love that. I could bring over some of Marlene's burgers if you want and we can just have a day of relaxation because as teenagers, we earned it!" I say with a successful voice. She laugh at my hilarious gimmicks.

"That sounds great actually. I'll have my favorite restaurant bring over food while you bring over your favorite restaurant's food and we can just hang out and watch movies and make a whole day of it!" She says with child like eyes. Happiness lights up her whole face and I can't help but just stare into her pale blue eyes. 

"I should let you go but I had a nice time again with you." I say and she grabs my hand. My fingers lace our fingers together and she smiles like earlier.

"You're different." She says which makes me cock my head a little.

"Is that a good thing?" I say, hoping she will say yes.

"Well let's just say that different people like different people." She placed a seductive and chilling kiss on my cheek, lingering for longer than I expected. Chills shot up and down my body and I felt my lower abdomen get that feeling when I'm about to get a boner. She pulled away in time and walked into through her mahogany front door as I stood there on her front porch speechless with an unwanted boner.

...

I sit quietly downstairs, watching the news when I get a text. I look at it, in hopes of it being from Grace. I smile once I see that it is, anxiously opening it.

From: Grace
Thanks for texting me William. :)

I smile at her text and feel special knowing that she was waiting for my text. I wait a couple of minutes to text her back and as I wait those mere minutes, I get up and look in my kitchen. I check the fridge to see what we have and I see that I have some left over Chinese food from the other night. I heat it up in the microwave and as I wait for the two minutes to be over, I text Grace back.

To: Grace
I'm lonely. Wanna hang out?

I send back and hope she will say yes. My phone vibrates simultaneously with the microwave beeping to signal that my food is done.

From: Grace
If I can come over in my pajamas then yes you can come get me. If not then don't bother. ;)

As soon as I get that text, I grab my keys and rush out to my car. I start it and drive over quickly to Grace's mansion. It takes me 5 minutes compared to the regular 15 minute drive and once I get to the driveway, I leave the car running and rush to her front door. I knock on the large framed front door and Grace opens it delicately while saying goodbye to whoever was on the other side.

I admire her pajamas which consists of a onesie that looks like a strawberry and I can see that she wears a tank top underneath just in case if she gets over heated in the warm apparel.

"Ready to have fun?" I say while smiling at her. She bites her bottom lip and nods anxiously as I lead her to the car. Once we are all settled, I speed back to house and lead her inside. She slowly walks in and after we get settled inside I close the door behind us. She takes a seat on my leather couch at the end I was sitting in before I got up to make food and I sit at the opposite end.

"So I have some movies if you want to watch them, or I have board games.." I am cut off by her as she speaks up.

"Can we just talk?" She says nervously as if I'll shoot down her idea. I nod and before we begin her wanted talk, I ask politely if she wants anything to drink.

"I have cocoa." I say offering some to her since I know the temperature will drop tonight.

"Cocoa sounds great." She says and I lead her over to a chair at the kitchen dining table. She sits down and watches me heat up the cocoa on the stove.

"So what do you want to talk about?" I ask her, while turning the volume of the tv down. I wait for the milk in the pan to boil.

"Tell me a little bit about yourself." She says which makes me tense up a little. No one, not even Chris, knows half of my fucked up story and yet this innocent strawberry is the first to ask. 

"I am the middle child of three. My older brother Nicholas is over seas and my younger sister died when I was about 8." I state first off which makes her give me a sympathetic look.

"I'm the youngest of 5 kids; two brothers, two sisters." She states which makes me feel a bit better that she is letting me in on her personal life.

"My mom and dad are divorced but both moved away from home when I was 16 so I've been on my own since then." I say and she chimes in immediately afterwards.

"My mom and dad are married but mom is never home since she is an actress. My dad is a famous lawyer which means he spends late nights at the office. All of my siblings are off at college." She says and suddenly I can tell that she understands my lonely feeling. 

...

I set Grace down on my bed delicately and make sure not to wake her up from her slumber. She fell asleep about an hour ago since we were watching her favorite movie Pineapple Express. I had planned on driving her home but I didn't want to wake her. She laid peacefully on my bed and I covered her up with a light blanket just so she could stay warm but not overheat.

I smiled at her and admired her facial features. Her plump lips had worn off the red lipstick they was once wearing and now they were a faded pink color. Her eyelashes fluttered out to her cheekbones which were perfectly prompt. I placed a delicate kiss to her forehead before grabbing a pillow that wasn't being used by my angel and throwing it on the ground. I grabbed some extra blankets from the guest bedroom that Chris uses for unmentionable reasons. I lay down on the floor after shutting off a lamp on my nightstand. 

Falling asleep was hard that night because all I wanted to do was stare at Grace and admire her beautiful features. I forced myself to sleep and hoped that in the morning when I woke, she would still be here.