Bleeding Hearts

Chapter 21

*Ashley's Point of View*

I awoke once again, to Ryan's arms around me. We were in the same position we were last night, sitting on the floor in front of his wall with him behind me. His head was on my shoulder and he was still asleep. I glanced across to his clock. 9:30 am. I closed my eyes again, hoping to maybe fall back asleep. I opened them again a few minutes later and looked at the clock again. 10:00 am. Wow I actually did fall back asleep. I figured it was time to get up. Just then, I smelled something. Bacon. BACOOOOONNNNNNN. Ryan snifffed a few times. "I smell. I smell. I smell bacon." His eyes shot open. "BACON!" He said. Then he remembered I was there. "Morning." I said and smiled. He realized he was holding me. "Oh. Uh, sorry." He said awkwardly and moved. He was blushing again. I laughed. "Come on lets go get food." I said smiling and stood up. "Foooooood." He groaned and followed me out the door. "Hey kids, just in time! Bacon, eggs, and potatoes!" Ryan's mother said. "FOOOOOOD." Ryan replied. She laughed and handed us our plates. "Thank you." We both said and dug in. A few minutes later, his brothers came racing downstairs. "FOOD!" They yelled in unison and grabbed their plates. I swear these three boys could sense food from a mile away. "Where's dad?" Ryan asked. "He had to go in again today. And later I'm going to take the boys with me grocery shopping. I told them if they helped me I would take them to the park afterward so we won't be home until five maybe. You two can use the pool if you want to." She said. "Sweet." We answered and finished eating. We went back to Ryan's room. "So how about we go to the pool in 20 minutes or so?" I asked. "Sounds good." He said. "Wanna continue playing truth or dare?" I asked. "Sure." He replied. "Who's turn is it? Yours I think." He said. "Yep. Truth or dare?" I asked. "Truth." "Hmmmmmm... Would you rather marry someone you don't love whose rich, or someone you do love who is so poor they don't own a house or car or anything?" I asked. He looked at me. "There's only one person I love and I plan to marry them, regardless of how much money they have." He was dead serious. "That's deep man." I said my eyes wide. We laughed. "Truth or dare?" He asked. "I follow in your footsteps, oh holy wise man. Truth." I said. "If you could turn into any living thing, including changing gender, what would you choose? And you could turn into this anytime." He said. "A cat." I said. "When you're a cat you get to laze around all day and get fat and nobody would care." "Then I'd be a cat too so we could get fat together." He said laughing. "Truth or dare oh holy wise man?" I asked. "Truth, young grasshopper." He answered in a deep, important voice. "What is the meaning of life?" I asked. "42!" We laughed again. "On a scale of one to ten, how much do I mean to you?" I asked. "11." He said. "Aww love you too buddy." I said jokingly and hugged him. He laughed nervously. I looked the clock, it was 10:45. "Come on lets go to the pool!" I said jumping up. I ran outside and was about to jump in when I stopped. "Ryan, I need a swim suit!" I exclaimed. "Yeah, I was about to say..." He said. "Lemme run back home real quick and grab one." I ran back through the house and out the front door. "Ouch crap crap crap shoes." I said and jumped back inside. Ryan got into his shoes and scooped me up bridal style. "I shall carry you home, my good lady." He said. I laughed and leaned back. "Yay!" I said and we left for my house. Lucky for him it wasn't far, I weighed a ton.