Finding Mr Right.

42

    *WINTER'S P.O.V*

Things were a bit awkward between Russ and I after he said he loved me.I knew he cared about me a lot,but Love?I didnt see him like that kind of guy and as for me I convinced myself that I didnt love him like that as a way of protecting myself,ofcourse deep down I knew I adored him so much but after Micheal happened,I've always been scared,of loving hard and being told or convinced that I was loved.

At this stage,we were so close that we finished each other's sentences,and sometimes share and read eachother's thoughts.
I mostly read his thoughts,he had troubles reading mine.

"Its ok,you dont have to be scared"

"What?"I ask quietly knowing exactly what he was talking about.He had read my mind.I look up at him after flipping the next page of the pact a novel by jodi picoult that i was reading.

"You are bothered by what i said,Correct?"

"Am sorry,what was it that you said?"

"Oh shut up!"he chuckles,"I love you,Winter Anna Banks and that's all there's to it.You dont have to be scared of me,loving you"
I roll my eyes and whisper as low as i can.

"Well i love you too"

"What was that?"

"I said I LOVE YOU TOO RUSSEL VITALE!"I say yelling on top of my lungs.

"God!they told you my last name?"he asks his cheeks flushing red,visibly embarrassed.

"Yeah,the cops did...why do you hate it?"

"No...not at all"

"Then why Georgia?"

"I'm originally from Roswell,Georgia and I happen to just like the place"he shrugs.

"Were you born there?"

"No,New Jersey,Atlanta"
I nod looking down at my novel.

"Why Georgia?"I ask again and he shakes his head.

"I dont know i just think Russel Georgia sound better than Vitale"

I was silent for a while,debating on weither to ask the next question or not.

"Talk to me..."he says reading my mind again while giving my shoulder a little flirty push and for a second i wonder if my mind was such an open book today.
"Come on,Talk to me?"

I turn to face him and he furrows his eyebrows,questioningly.

"Do you really love me or do you just find me attractive?"I ask biting on my thumb.His eyebrows are automatically raised and he slams his shoulders back in defeat,He wasnt expecting this at all.

"What kind of a question is that?ofcourse I love you"I raise my eyebrows at him and he shrugs  "...I also find you Attractive at the sametime,no clime in that,i mean goddamn,look at you!"

"Which comes first?Love or attraction?when it comes to me?"

"Have you been reading jodi picoult?she'll make you question our relationship in every single way and in the end nothing will work,i promise you"

I roll my eyes at him, "I just want to know"i ask being a little pursuave.

"When i first saw you,i thought you were creepy,beautiful,a sexy teenager with wa-ay too much bullshit to cope up with...an asshole for a boyfriend,a mother who knows less than one thing about  her,It was heartbreaking to watch a pretty girl cry cause her dreams were crushed,cause her heart was so weak she was not suppossed to leave the premises for more than 48hrs...."