C H A O S

Morning?

I yawn and open my eyes for a moment then close them. I open them again and sit up really fast.

I'm in Tyler's house? How'd I get here?

I glance over at Tyler's bed. He's there and he's asleep. He's also shirtless.

"Ow." I say under my breath, putting my hand on my head. Hang overs suck. I lay back down and stare at the roof.

"Morning." Tyler says softly.

He's awake. "How'd I get here."

"That's the first thing you have to say? Really?"

I nod and he falls back on his pillow.

"You were passed out and I carried you back."

He carried me. I smile at the thought of that, though I shouldn't.

"I'm sorry."

"For what." He mumbles into the pillow

"Well first off if I said anything and second for burdening you."

"You didn't say anything. You were out cold. You didn't burden me. You just scared me"

"Oh. Well sorry." He glares at me then throws a pillow at me.

"Now I don't want you to go running off again and get high or whatever but why did the name Luke make you do that."

I sigh.

"I don't know if I know you well enough to tell you that story. Even Ashley doesn't know and I'm not even sure I'm ready to tell that story."

"I see. Alright take your time."

Tyler gets up from his bed and grab a keyboard from his closet. He sits back on his bed. He starts playing cords I kind of recognize.

"Are those from that song you wrote that I heard that one time?" He smiles.

"Yeah they are." I smile too. I get up from my bed and sit next to him.

I smile. He removes his hands from the keyboard and I put mine on. I play one of my originals.

"It doesn't have lyrics yet."

I continue to play. He smiles and puts his hands back on the keyboard and plays along with me.

Our hands touch and we both smile without looking at each other. He puts his hand on mine. Then The keyboard makes a funny noise.

I think I'm blushing now. I'm not sure. We're holding hands? Does he like me? I remove my hand and stand up.

"I'm uh gonna go home and change."

Tyler nods.

I grab my bag and leave. No one was in the living room so no need to make small talk.

***

I put on a black tank top, a white sweater, black leggings, and my floral boots.

I check my phone. It's dead, big shock. I plug it into my charger and wait for it to turn on.

23 missed text messaged. 17 from Ashley and 6 from Tyler. Also a missed call from Ashley.

Me: I'm good. Chill. Just don't bring up Luke again.

I put my phone back down and hop onto my bed.

Ding.

It's from Tyler.

Ty: Hey I wanna ask you something in person. Wanna meet?

I smile and reply sure and he tells me to meet him at our tree? I guess it's our tree now.

***

"Hey you look nice." He says smiling.

"You know you have a adorable smile?" I say in a kind of teasing voice but I'm serious.

"Yeah sure okay. If you believe that. Okay so I don't know if this seems to soon or anything but I've taken an interest into you yeah? And I was wondering if you want to go on a date."

I can tell he's anxious about asking me this. He's playing with his elastic band.

"Yeah of course."

His eyes widen. "Really??"

"Why would I say yes when I really mean no. That's just cruel."

He smiles. "Great."