"I thought you'd like confess you have feelings for me or something." I say and instantly regret it. There's a silence for a bit.
"What, nooo!" Daniel says and chuckles.
Aria and Tyler's wedding is in two days... two days! Apparently they've been engaged for 3 weeks without telling anyone and they wanted to invite us to the wedding by telling us. So I'm going to Portland by myself tomorrow. Or rather in 7 hours since it's 11:53 PM and I can't sleep.
I sit on the bed in Alex's guest bedroom. He's going away tomorrow too. He's going to New Jersey to see some friends. I guess I'll be fine by myself. Aria said I could sleep in the guest room, so I guess that's good. I pick up my sketchbook and start sketching a little. The clock turns 12:00 PM.
Monday July 7th, I guess.
I look down at my sketchbook and look at the drawing. It's a guy standing in the corner with a bloody fist while a girl walk away crying... I wonder where I got that inspiration from. Maybe I should try and get some sleep. I have to get to the airport in 4 hours.
Quietly I put my sketchbook down, trying not to wake Alex up, who's sleeping in the room next to mine. I crawl as deep into the bed as I can, embracing the warmth from the covers. It doesn't take long until I'm fast asleep.
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My alarm goes off and I quickly turn it off. I look at the clock and is 4:00 AM. 4 hours of sleep... I guess I'll live on Starbucks. I hear the shower pouring and I guess Alex is already awake. I get out of bed and walk over to my closet and pick out an outfit.
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I change into it and put on a pair of slip-ons. Quickly I throw my hair up into a messy bun and put on some mascara while listening to music. Just to see you smile comes on and I look at my speaker and hesitate to change song. I let it play and walk over to my bed to grab my sketchbook and other necessary things I want to take with me. I put it down into a bag and put it over my shoulder.
The time is now 4:35 and I decide to say goodbye to Alex. He's in his room packing his stuff and I knock on his door. He turns to me and I walk in and hug him tightly. I let go and smile at him, he smiles back and we say goodbye to each other. I walk back into my room and grab my bags, heading downstairs and to the car.
The ride to the airport is quiet, all by myself in Aria's Jeep. I look at the few people on the street, it's mostly people who jog or people who's walking to work. The sun is peeping through behind some trees and I park the car at the airport. It's 5:05 AM now and my flight is boarding in 40 minutes.
I get into the airport and check my bags in. Some girls walk up to me and ask to take a picture. I gladly accept and take some selfies with them. "How are you and Daniel?" One of them asks me. My smile is still there but internally I'm screaming. "We're good! We just haven't seen each other in a few days!" I say and they smile at me. We chat a little more and I finally tell them I have to get to my gate.
I walk to my gate and grab a iced caramel macchiato on the way. It's so delicious. I successfully get through security and arrive at the gate just as they start boarding. The flight attendant shows me to my seat, this time it isn't a first class. It's only a 4 hours flight anyways so it isn't even necessary with fist class. I sit down in my seat and I suddenly feel someone touch my arm. I turn and see Keri standing there.
"Hi!" I say and smile at her. She sits down next to me and hugs me. "How are you!" She asks me and I smile and tell her I'm doing good. Keri smiles and I get eye contact with Anna who's sitting down in the seat next to Keri's. I smile at her too until Daniel pops up next to Anna. We get eye contact and I sigh, giving him a small smile. We're on the same flight... his brother and my best friend are getting married, I can't avoid him forever. But I'll try.
Keri and I talk the entire flight and we decide to take a Uber to Tyler and Aria's rental house together. Daniel and I don't even look at each other. Either he's planning to do something or he's genuinely sad or mad at me. I ignore it and look out of the window as we pull up at a pretty small house. Aria and Tyler are standing outside of the house waiting for us.
We all grab our stuff and walk up to the happy couple, hugging them and congratulating them. Aria shows me to my room and I put my things down onto my bed. It doesn't take long for Daniel to enter the room. "What are you doing here?" I ask him. He looks at me confused. "Tyler said I was sleeping in here?" He says and puts his stuff on the floor. I call Aria in here and she grins at me.
"We're out of beds. You'll have to share." She says and winks at me. I give her the death stare and turn to Daniel. "You're sleeping on the floor" we both say in unison. We chuckle a little and smile at each other. God I love his smile, he's so cute. Wait what. Presley no! He called you hopeless and useless! He's not cute!
"Ok we can share bed... but no physical contact." I start. He chuckles and nods. "You stay on your side. I stay on my side!" He says and we nod in agreement. This is already extremely awkward. And the wedding is tomorrow... I can't imagine the awkwardness then.
"Can everyone gather in the kitchen. We want to inform you with the placement and activities!" Tyler yells so the whole house can hear it. Me and Daniel look at each other and shrug. We walk down and sit down in the kitchen. "So-"
