The Time Capsule (Old Version)

Chapter Forty-Two

James

At about midnight I slip out of my room and walk towards Selena’s. I must admit that, even though it’s hard to act like I hate her; it’s entertaining to see Amber’s reaction to it. Both of them obviously dislike the fact that Selena and I aren’t together yet.

I quietly open the door and step inside her room, not surprised when I saw her awake in bed. We’d both gotten so used to sleeping in the bed, that it had become near impossible for either of us to get any sleep alone. “Hey,” I whisper when I notice she didn’t see me.

Selena jumps at the sudden sound of my voice, “freaking hell James! Don’t scare me like that.”

I give her a sheepish grin and slip under the covers next to her, “sorry, you’re the one spacing out.”

She curls up against me, resting her head on my shoulder, “what took you so long?”

“Two love-birds wouldn’t close their damn door.”

“right, that’s a poor excuse.”

I smile and kiss her forehead, “go to sleep love.”

“mmm, what if I don’t want to sleep?”

“have fun with that. I’m exhausted so I’m going to sleep.”
Selena turns around in my arms so that she’s facing me, “Amber and Greg are getting married.” She whispers, as if the information just hit her.

“yeah, they are.”

“did you ever think that would happen? I mean when we were younger and all hung out. I don’t know, I knew they were really good friends but I just didn’t see it.”

I nod my head a little, “not when we were all friends. But in high school I definitely would catch one of them looking at the other at like lunch and all. Never in my imagination did I think they’d get married.” I lean in and give her a kiss, keeping it short and sweet. “I love you, Selena.”

She smiles, “I love you too, James.”
With that we fall asleep in each other’s arms and I can’t say I’d like it any other way. The next morning my phone alarm goes off. Selena and I decided that, to keep up this act we were doing, I couldn’t be seen walking out of her room. So, we decided 5 a.m. was earlier enough for me to sneak back into my room.

But it turns out that we didn’t know about the crazy schedule our two friends had. Just as I’m about to quietly close her door there’s a cough behind me. Slowly, I turn around, knowing that I was caught. Greg and Amber were standing there, Amber with her hands on her hips glaring at me. “What are you doing up so early, James?” She asks, a hint of humor in her voice.

“Uh, just going to the bathroom, so many doors I guess I got lost.”

“You were about to open the door to Selena’s room. I highly doubt you were oblivious to that.” Greg comments.

I hesitate, not knowing how to handle the situation. “She doesn’t want you guys to know yet.” I say, making up a random excuse.

They both chuckle, “really? You’re going to stick to that. It’s so obviously a lie, James. As was your outburst about how you’re mad because she said ‘no’.”

Okay, so I’m not the best actor out there. I could get women into bed and honestly, prior to this year, that’s all I really wanted. Before I could respond to Greg’s accusations, Selena’s door opens. I’m sure she heard what was going on right outside her door. “I was just going to apologize for my actions, Greg.” I tell him, which was only partially a lie. I could tell that Greg was actually buying my words this time and was about to let me off without a lecture.