Let's Play a Game

Chapter 20:Morning Princess

Word Count:1174

I roll to my side, refusing to open my eyes. It was too early. I don't know the time but it was just too early. I felt the sun grow hot on my face. My eyes flutter open,  I groan to myself. I didn't want to get up. I force myself to sit up and stretch.

Then I realized here I am. I freeze, last I remembered we were downstairs on the couch, watching a movie...

Oh my god, me and Julian kissed. I felt my checks heat up, I couldn't help but smile to myself at the thought. I pressed my hands onto my face. Hiding my embarrassed face from the people that weren't there. I sigh to myself. And look around the room. Julian is lying shirtless on a blowup air mattress on the ground. I smile to myself.

I quietly put on my glasses and tip toe downstairs with my phone. Once I'm alone in the living room I go through my messages. A few texts from Maya,Nina and Alissa on our group chat. A lot of "where were you?'s"

"Are you okay?'s"

And- "Call me's"

I sigh, I had a particularly large amount of missed calls from Alissa. I decide to call her first.

On the third ring she answers. "Lilly!" She squeals "Oh my god, we were all so worried, are you okay? What happened?"

"Hey, I'm fine. Me and Julian decided to head out early" I explained "The punch, made me sick" I lie to her.

"Oh, don't tell me you drank the lunch Maya spiked" she groans

I bit my lip "Maybeeee..?" I say giggling a little.

"Oh my lord" I hear her say through the phone. I laugh,

"You'll never believe what happened at the dance after you guys left" she says

"What?" I inquire

"Conner" I could hear the venom in her voice "put our names on the ballot for the costume contest somehow"

I laugh "Really? Oh my god, you must of been furious"

"Duh" she replies. I bite my tongue to keep myself from questioning her about what's going on between them. "The worst part of it all. We won" She says darkly.

My eyes widen, I press my free hand to my mouth to muffle my laughter. "No" I say in disbelief. "Yes" she says in horror. "I almost died when I opened that envelope. I couldn't bring my myself to say it. Maya had to go up there and read it for me. Nina couldn't stop laughing" she tells me "I was mortified, and then Connor came up on stage and lift d me up, twirling me in a circle"

"Awwe" I say mockingly

"Don't awe me. I wanted to die on the stop and then per-ritual. We had to" she gulped "dance together" she whispers dramatically

"You're being over dramatic" I roll my eyes, even though she couldn't see me "come on, it couldn't have been that bad" I chide her.

She sighs "I mean. He wasn't a terrible dancer. But still. His so annoying. His so persistent and-and just ugh" she says in frustration.

I smile to myself "You like him"

"What?!" She sputters "No- I don't, how could you even think that-"

"Alissa" I shush her "I'm not an idiot, I know you like him. It's so obvious" I tease her.

The line stays silent. I gasp "Oh my god! You really do like him" I practically shriek, giggling uncontrollably.

"Shut up" she hisses through the phone. "Okay fine." She takes a breath. "So maybe I do like him. A little bit" she admits.

"I knew it" I say in a sing song voice. She groans "I regret everything"

"Well I got to go"

"Okay, you sure you're okay?" Alissa asks once again. "Yes, I promise. I'm fine" I reassure her

"Okay"

"I got to go, bye" I tell her quietly and end the call. I sigh to myself, running my fingers through my hair. What was I going to do. I turn around and see Julian leaning against the wall.

His arms crossed over his chest, his usually smirk back on his face. "Julian" I squeak.

Julian watches me silently, I yuck back a piece of hair behind my ear. Julian makes his way to me. I stay still, watching his every move. There about an inch of space between us. He leans down and places a soft kiss onto my forehead. "Morning Princess" he murmurs against my skin softly. Julian hands find my waist and squeezes me lightly. I don't move, frozen on the spot.

I feel his lips quirk up into what I imagine is a smirk. "You slept okay?" He asks, looking down on me. I tilt my head up to meet his gaze.

I never noticed the actual height difference between us. I'm always wearing heels making me only a few inches shorter than him. But now, I felt tiny compared to him.

"Mhm" I reply nodding me head. "I'm going to go make breakfast" Julian leans down to my level,grabbing my face. He  gives me a quick hot kiss . Before I'm even able to register what happen he walks away from me. Leaving me disoriented. I struggle to find words and shake my head. Damn him.

I purse my lips and stalk into the kitchen. Julian has the stove on and is mixing a bowl of batter with a whisk.

"Whatcha making?" I ask pulling my self on top of the counter. "Pancakes" he replies continuing to mix the batter. "Yum" I reply.

Julian puts the first of the batter onto the pan, it starts to sizzle. I hop off the counter and make my way over to the fridge. Examining its contents, j grab the syrup bottle and a bar of mozzarella cheese. I se them both on the island in the middle of the kitchen.

"Where's the cheese grater?" I ask

"Over there" Julian pints to in of the drawers. Finding it easily I set off to grate the cheese. Once I'm finished, Julian has a stack of pancakes beside him on a plate.

I sit up on the counter once again. Julian walks up to me, his hands land on my knees. Running them up my legs agonizingly slow until the reach the hem of his shirt.

He spreads my legs apart of steps between them, pulling me to the edge of the counter, closer to him. His hands run up the sides of me. I close my eyes  tilting my head to the side.

I feel his lips connecting with my neck. He bites and teases me. I let out a small moan. I hear him chuckle, I bit my lips to keep myself from making any more noise.

Julian sucks on my neck. "Julian" I say softly. He groans in response, biting my neck lightly.

"Julian" I say more firmly this time. Still nothing . "Julian!"

Julian leans away and meets my eyes. "What?"

"How long have you known?"

A/N:

Oh my god 20 chapters. My book has 20 freaking chapters! This had been the book I've most committed to in like ever.

Thank you all once again for all your support. I really do appreciate it.

Soooo, I'm pretty sure this book is going to take longer than planned. I'm sorry! But if you didn't know I don't plan my books all the way. I kinda just find inspiration and go with the flow.

I already know how I want to end this book so no worries! But Ive just been getting some really awesome ideas and want to incorporate them in the book. So we'll see.

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