Like the ocean

Waking embrace

The following morning, I woke up in a conflicting temperature. Parts of my body felt warm, while others were freezing.

I opened my eyes and found myself looking at the sky before turning my head and finding myself looking at a god.

Oh? So I died? That was pretty anticlimactic.

I finally looked down at my body and realized what was going on.

     Yesterday Ashton and I were swimming when the sun started to set, so we chilled on the couch underneath the outdoor pool plaza.

We must've fallen asleep, but that doesn't explain why his arms are wrapped around me.

"Ashton. Get up."

"Mmm."

"Ashton! Get up! We have to go to school!"

Ashton tightened his grip around me and inhaled, " No."

"What do you mean no?"

His voice was deep and husky and really fucking sexy for whatever o'clock in the morning.

"Stay here with me. I don't wanna go."

I sighed and pushed him with all my strength, barely getting him to budge.

"You're crazy and deluded. Now get off so I can get ready. This is the second day I've woken up somewhere other than my bed, and it's really fucking up my chakras. So, get off."

"No."

"We can take a shower together if you do."

Surprisingly enough, he took the bait and raised his head. "Really?"

"No. But thanks for loosening your grip."

I sprang off the couch and ran inside.

The last thing I needed to contemplate was what kind of situation I was in. I just need to get to school and go home this time.

I ran into the bathroom and tried to pull a world record.

In the middle of the shower, the door started to open.

"Ashton, no! I wasn't being serious! Get out!"

It was too late. Ashton walked in, and I was on full display through the glass shower door.

I screamed.

"Ashton, get out!"

"Fucking chill Athena. I'm just leaving a towel and some clothes."

"Ugh. Whatever, just leave, please."

"Yeah yeah, I didn't see a thing."

Ashton stepped out, and I almost fell onto my knees.

What the fuck.

How did it end up like this? It's way too cinematic.

     After getting ready and putting on the hoodie Ashton gave me over my skirt, I grabbed all my stuff and looked at my phone.

7:45.

Ashton opened the bedroom door just as I was about to walk out.

"Time to go, Thena."

"Can you stop saying my name like that?" I said, obviously un-caffeinated and in a state of delusion.

"Like what?"

"Like a predator!"

"What the hell are you talking about?"

I sighed and looked up at him. "It doesn't matter, just take me to my car, please."