Salty tears burn my eyes as I sink to the floor, my whole world has crashed down on my shoulders and I don't know if I can take it. With my palms sweaty and heart racing, I look up into his eyes and choke out "How are you out of french fries?!"
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"Charlie stop throwing popcorn at the TV!!!"
"Why not?"
"Because I don't think my TV appreciates that."
"Well I don't think my popcorn appreciates that."
I gasp playfully and slap his arm hardly, I could almost feel James' jealous stare from across the room. Since we didn't decide where I'm staying, we all decided to have a sleepover.
"You two fight like an old couple." Bates groans causing James to growl like a dog.
"Hey Bates?" I ask.
"Yeah?"
"Shut up."
I could hear James snicker from across the room, I look at him with a small smile. His smile is so beautiful. Usually I'm not one to take deep thoughts on other people. I know that sounds bad, but I don't think too deeply about people's appearance, but somehow James just manages to capture my attention.
His wavy brown hair was hung across his forehead like curtains, shielding his real emotions from others. He looked like a tough, hard-stoned guy. So why is he so soft with me?
I curl further into my red sleeping bag, Charlie was munching on popcorn loudly 2 feet away from me causing me to give him a deadly glare. James was still staring at me from across the living room, he refused to use a sleeping bag so he's simply sitting in a chair. Aphrodite and Sadie were right beside me, laughing at what I said to Bates.
Surprisingly, Sadie got Bates to sleep in a sleeping bag like Charlie and I. Of course Zane refused, he laid down on the couch. I don't know why but Zane tends to be the quiet one. Bates is the goofy, weird one, and James is the stubborn and cold one. I've been with these boys for a day and I already know what they're personalities are.
Maybe I do look deeply into things.
Just too blind to see it.
"So, why did you guys kidnap Grace?" Charlie asks out of the blue, my eyes widen in shock. Of course he knew, I talked to him on the phone. It just left my mind.
Everyone went silent.
"U-Um-" Bates starts.
"Don't act like you don't know, Grace called me saying she got kidnapped, why?" Charlie says, pushing it way too far. We were having a good time, why can a sentence change everything?
"These boys kidnapped her, we didn't." Sadie says, looking at Aphrodite then putting her head down as if her fingers were more amusing than this topic.
"But why?" Charlie asks as if the world depended on the answer.
"Because James likes Grace." Zane cuts in, everyone looks at him with wide eyes. I look at James to see his reaction, clenching his jaw so hard I swear his teeth would fall out any second now. His glare was set on Charlie. Instantly I knew James and Charlie wouldn't get along.
At all.
I blushed once Zane's words sunk in, damn maybe I am too blind to see things. This whole time I've been asking why they kidnapped me. I guess it was pretty obvious, but I barely know him. How could he have feelings for me when he only spent a day with me?
Charlie looked confused and angry, as if he were going to yell some profanities any second now.
"Guys let's just let it go." Aphrodite sighs in exhaustion.
"No, we need to talk this through. I'm not letting Grace live with you people, especially her parents. No way is she staying with you." Charlie spits out, I honestly have never seen him this angry or distraught before. Only once when I ruined his birthday cake, it's a long story.
"Well too fricken bad." Zane says distastefully, I've also never seen Zane this hostile. Maybe it's because I've been around him for almost two days and barely know him.
"Okay guys just drop it." I sigh, my shoulders sag. I'm tired of the bickering. Why can't we just go back to goofing around and having fun?
"Drop it." James says in such a strict voice I flinched. James noticed and his eyes immediately softened.
"Seriously guys, what are we gonna do?" Bates cuts in, he barely spoke this whole conversation.
"She's coming home with us." James says distastefully in Charlie's face. I don't know why I'm not apart of this, I'm an actual person that has opinions. Surprising, right?
"Guys, I want to stay here." I say softly, knowing James might blow up at my answer.
James immediately looks straight at me, he shut his eyes and looked away as if he restricting himself from blowing up.
"I'm sorry." I whisper.
"Don't feel sorry Grace, it's not your fault. Plus we totally understand." Sadie says with a smile as I nod thankfully.
Should I stay with James?
No I grew up here, my best friend and parents are here. My heart is here as cheesy as it sounds. But for some reason there was this force inside of me that kept telling me to stay with James.
This shouldn't be such a hard desicion. But the way James looked when I said I wanted to stay here, something within me snapped. I mean, I could visit James everyday anyways. Not that I needed to.
Screw it I'm staying here.
Obviously I can't deal with my feelings well, when things over-load, I snap. That's why I find humor in everything, to make things lighter and easier to deal with. Do I make sense or am I just speaking gibberish?
I look up and see James determined eyes dead-set on my tired ones, I instantly look down shyly.
