Neighbors (A Bajan Canadian fan-fiction)

3- Is This What Love Feels Like?

Natalie's POV-

It's been 3 weeks since I last saw Mitch in the front yard of the twin's house, sexy in all his glory. It's been killing me not seeing him since we both knew we liked each other. The snow is slowly beginning to melt away finally after day after day after day of being pelted with hail and slush and the sun casts down on the land, giving off only a little heat. Looking at the twin's house, I saw the snowman slowly sinking into the grasp of the cold snow. After the snowfall, it began to be too cold to go anywhere and people were holed up inside their houses. Now that the stuff is gone, the neighbors are cleaning up, but there's something grabbing at my brain that there's something, or someone missing.

Mitch's POV- (2 weeks earlier)

Natalie <3

11:00 AM

M: hey

N: hi what's up

M: i gotta tell u sumthin

N: what...

M: im leaving for LA in a few days 2 talk w/ sum friends ill b gone a while

N: oh

M: ur not mad or anything right?

2:28 PM

N: no. not at all it's okay

M: u sure?

N: yea

I feel like I'm hurting her emotions. Like, I don't want to make her feel bad, I mean really, this is the first girl I've fallen for like this since... high school. Man, I need to get a love life. But, it's just with Team Crafted and my normal life plus family... It's too much sometimes. But I know that I love her. I want us to be together. I just hope she feels that way too.

My phone rang in my back pocket. Jerome.

"DUDE YOU READY FO' CALI?"

"Biggums slow down... I think you broke my ear holes."

"Sorry Mitch. I'm just pumped for California. Beaches, mansions, tours, babes. We gon' live the live buddy!"

'Well maybe not the 'babes' part..." Should I have tole Jerome that? Probably not

"Oh so you did ask that girl out... Rawr tigar." Jerome laughed.

I scratched the back of my neck. Damn I was sweaty. Should I ask her out? Would it be too sudden? "I guess I'll ask her out then."

"What's the chick's name?" Jerome asked.

"Um, Natalie."

"MATALIE. SHIP NAME IT'S OFFICIAL. THAT'S GOING ON TWITTER."

"Dammit Jerome!" I laughed. Inside I felt a little hurt but it wasn't that bad. It was all in good fun. I hope.

Twitter ASFJerome

ASFJerome @ASFJerome: Hey ladies @BajanCanadian is no longer single. Go post fan fiction. Ship name: Matalie.

Retweets: 33,798 Favorites: 22,495

SkydoesMinecraf: @Skydoesminecraf: @BajanCanadian WTF R U CHEATING ON ME LIEK WAHT. #RIPSkyja

I sure got a good laugh out of that.

Natalie's POV- (Back to present)

Sitting on the latticed patio chair, I reclined backwards and picked up my book and snapped open the top of my Sprite. Mitch was coming back home today. I smiled and leaned back, letting the unnaturally warm day heat my arms. For the end of the winter, it was super warm, with 50 degrees Fahrenheit shining down on the area. It was weird. Someone that I had only met a month ago, and barely talked to, made such a huge impact on my life. Was it because of his smile? That look he gets when he laughs? The perfect build of his body? Is this what love feels like? Because I'm feeling it stronger than anything I've ever felt any other emtion before.

I was so anxious for his arrival that the words in my book felt all jumbled up, it made no sense. Like I was reading a lot of words without understanding any part of the story line. I really was head over heals for him...

I wasn't reading that book anytime soon so I grabbed my iPhone from the floor.

Mitch <3

N: How's Cali?

M: Sick! Had the bossest time w/ the guys

N: cool!

M: haha so excited 2 b home tho

N: u landing now?

M: sitting at airport waiting 4 cab

M: coming home in 30 min

N: kk c u soon ;)

M: ;D

Mitch's POV-

Pressing the button at the top of my iPhone, I flagged down a cab, waving my hand to catch the eye of the driver. I shouldered my backpack that was by my feet and opened the door of the yellow cab.

"Where to?" The cabbie asked. He had a weird, rough accent that not even I understood completely.

I gave him my address and we sped away from the huge airport. Driving onto the ramp that led to the highway, I saw my plane fly away to New Jersey. Jerome was pretty concerned about me going back home alone so he flew with me. This is why Jerome's my biggums. Can't imagine a cooler friend.

I pulled my neon green Beats by Dre over my ears. I wasn't listening to anything in particular but something urged me to play love songs. The low lull of Mariah Carey's singing hummed in my ears. I was so excited to see Natalie again after so long. I missed her flowing, chocolate brown hair and her green/blue eyes that changed color in the sun and most of all her personality. I shook my head. I couldn't have been in love with a girl I met a few months ago could I? I guess. I ran my hand through my hair and watched the unfamiliar scenery roll by until I really started recgonizing the area the cab was driving by.

The yellow taxi stopped in front of my neighborhood and I laid the $30 on the grubby hands of the driver. Pushing open the door I started to walk down the street I had known for almost a year now. Team Crafted and I were thinking about moving to Southern California in a huge mansion, and soon. But I didn't want to move. Not when I had a real relationship on the line!

The sun was starting to set lower and lower into the horizon but that didn't stop me from seeing Natalie sitting on the porch railing of her house. Man, she can't stop being cute.

Natalie's POV-

I saw a yellow taxi roll into the opening of the neighborhood where the small road of the cul de sac merged with the open road. It was probably nobody.

Wait... I thought. That figure, the way he walks. MITCH!

I smiled. I would wait for him to walk over here. Unlocking my iPhone, I took a few selfies to make sure I looked at least decent. Oh give me a break, I've never had a real boyfriend that I need to look cute for.

Pushing a lock of hair behind my ear, I smiled and put my phone back in my pocket and watched Mitch walk closer and closer out of the corner of my eye.

Mitch POV-

My pace quickened as I neared Natalie. "Natalie!" I yelled.

Natalie turned around to look at me and I saw a smile emerge from her lips. She waved and hopped down from the railing and ran towards me. I smile appeared on my mouth as well as I held out my arms for her. She practically leaped into my grasp and I held her close. She smelled like cinnamon. I felt her head lay on my shoulder and her hands clasp behind my neck. I felt the sun set behind me as the air chilled. I was glad to be home.

She let go of me and held my hands, her fingers linked tightly in mine. "I'm so happy you're back. It feels so empty when you're gone."

I felt like flirting. 'Get at it buddy!' I thought.

I brought a stray hair in front of her eye behind her ear. "What's 'it'." I laughed.

Natalie blushed brightly, though I could barely see it in the night sky. "My heart."

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