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With a quiet sigh, I brought my hand up to Alexis' door, about to knock, but then brought it back down. I paced her doorstep for a while before going to knock again, and then stopping myself.

I'd been pacing out here for 50 minutes already, too nervous to actually knock. I hadn't seen her since I kissed her three days ago.

Normally I'm a pretty outgoing guy, not very shy or awkward around girls but, fuck. Something about Alexis makes me feel all giggly and nervous and I don't know what it is. But, at the same time, I feel like I could tell her anything. I said I was outgoing, but that doesn't mean I'm an open book. There's a difference.

Bringing my hand up to knock again, her door opens. And I was actually about to knock, so my hand bumps her forehead. She jumps back in surprise while looking up at me utterly confused.

"I- Calum? What're you doing here?" Alexis yawns.

She had obvious bedhead but I thought it was adorable. She was only wearing a low cut tank top and a pair of short shorts, and looked as if she had just woken up.

Luke had told me she slept late, and I was beginning to wonder if she worked and how she paid for this house. But that really wasn't any of my business, plus my mind was preoccupied by how adorable she looked when she was sleepy. It was almost 11am, I hadn't even considered that she might still be asleep when I came over here. I'm glad that I didn't knock.

It was a fight to keep my eyes up, especially when her tank top was so low. But I had to be polite, and staring at her chest was not.

"Um- I just wanted to know i-if you were busy tonight?"

"No, I was just gonna stay home. Why, what'd you have in mind?" She hums, walking past me to grab her mail. God, I'm such a stuttery mess around her.

"D-do you wanna go out?" I licked my lips. "Like, as in, a date?" This is when I lost self control and glanced down for a couple of seconds at her chest. I couldn't help myself, I'm still a guy. A needy, whiny, usually flirtatious guy. It's just so hard for me to speak properly around her, especially when I'm looking into her beautiful eyes. I could get lost in them. God, I'm hopeless. Absolutely, 100% hopeless.

"Oh, yeah! That'd be really nice. With who?" She grins, dimples popping. I feel my heart drop at the same time my jaw was, mumbling an apology and shaking my head as I turn around. I knew this was a bad idea. "Cal, wait! I was joking! I knew it was with you. But yes, I'd love to. It'd be really nice to spend some time with while we're alone, not at a party, and where I'm not crying."

"Really?" My eyes light up. I was pretty much bracing myself to get turned down already. I had a whole plan on what I would do, which involved never seeing her again after I turned around and walked away in the middle of our conversation.

"Yeah! I can't make any promises on the crying thing though..." Alexis jokes, smiling at me gently.

"That's- that's great! Um, I'll see you at 6:30? Something casual. Or not, you honestly can wear whatever you want. You'd look great in anything, Alex. Or not wearing- I'm gonna stop there, I'm so sorry. Not that I don't think you'd look great naked but I- I'm gonna go before I embarrass myself further. I'm so sorry,"

"I'll see you tonight, Cal." She giggles before waving at shutting her front door. I had an idea for a date in my head, but I needed to find out everything Luke knew about Alexis first. Just to see if there were any flaws in my plan. I shook my head slowly at my weird behaviors before jogging across the street, into Luke's house, and whooping as I reveled in my success.