"are you fucking kidding me Carl," Rylee groaned as she banged on his bedroom door, "I gave you 4 hours to chill the fuck out and you're still avoiding me?"
After a minute of her still receiving no answer, she started banging again, "i know you're in there, get the fuck over yourself and let me in!"
"yo, rylee could you pipe it down a bit?" lip said, poking his head out of his door.
"oh sorry," she apologized quickly, "i didn't think anyone was home."
"what's going on?" he asked.
"he's ignoring me."
"4 hours?" he asked, and she nodded in response, "did he do something bad?"
She thought for a moment before responding, "no, not bad."
Lip nodded, clearly confused.
"he kissed me," she decided to let him in on what was going on, "and then immediately ran away and won't open the FUCKING DOOR."
she began pounding on the door again and it finally came swinging open.
"oh wow, look who's home." rylee said sarcastically.
"you just gonna come over and tell my brother all my shit?" he snapped.
"chill," she scoffed, "are you done being a-"
"come here." he grabbed her wrist, pulling her into the room and shutting the door behind her.
Rylee sat down on his bed and looked up at Carl, who was standing tense by the door still.
"what was going o-" rylee began before getting interrupted.
"i don't want to talk about it right now," carl cut her off, "can we just watch a movie?"
••••
a couple hours later, Rylee woke up with her head in Carl's lap.
"good morning, sunshine" he said as she shifted to look up at him.
"how was the movie?" she asked, smiling at her best friend.
"mediocre. how was your nap?" he asked, lightly rubbing her arm.
"pretty good." she laughed, "what time is it?"
"like 5 something." he said, checking his phone to be sure. "wanna stay for dinner?"
she nodded and texted her mom that she wouldn't be home for a while. she sat up, moving her head from carl's lap to his shoulder.
"i'm cold." she said after a moment of comfortable silence. Carl got up and grabbed a hoodie from his closet and tossed it at her. she muttered a thank you and slipped it on. She stood up and walked over to him, wrapping her arms around his waist. he hugged her back and chuckled, "what's this for?"
"just felt like a hug," she muttered, not letting go.
"let's go eat," he said, "i think fiona's home now."
••••
The two of them were sitting in Carl's room again after a meal with his family. Though things weren't uncomfortable between them, Rylee couldn't stop thinking about the kiss. She wasn't sure if it meant anything to him, or if it was in the heat of the moment. She had never thought of Carl in any way other than her best friend, but now she found herself thinking about the feeling of running her hands through his hair as they kiss again.
In the midst of her thoughts she didn't realize she had been staring at him.
"what are you looking at?" he asked, laughing lightly.
"nothing," she said, quickly snapping out of her thoughts, "i should get home."
She stood up and picked up her bag, but carl quickly grabbed it from her and set it down.
"stay." he whispered, now standing incredibly close to her. his eyes moved between her eyes and her lips and they slowly leaned into each other, connecting their lips once again. This time, rylee kissed back, reaching her hands into his hair as they walked back into the bed.
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(i know my writing is shit right now pls bear with me it will get better lmao. also idk if i wanna continue this shenanigans or if it's too early in the story for them to be gettin freaky u feel. guess we'll find out next time i write oooOo)
