✔️| 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐓𝐨 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡

Chapter 12.

I sit in Pop's with Sweet Pea beside me and I rest my head on his shoulder as he has his arm hanging around my shoulders. "You know what" Sweet Pea says.

"What?" I ask, moving my head so I'm looking up at him.

"I'd take a bullet for you. Wait, actually, I'd die for you" Sweet Pea answers then kisses my forehead.

"Awe, thanks, Pea. I can say the same for you" I say, happily, and smile.

"I'd much rather you alive than dead."

I smile at him and he slowly kisses me. I kiss back and lightly cup his cheeks. The kiss gets a bit heated and turns into a slightly make out, but I quickly pull away since we're in public. "Hey! I was enjoying that" he says as a look of disappointment forms on his face.

"I wasn't pulling away because I didn't enjoy it. I pulled away because we're in public and everyone doesn't need to see that" I reply.

"Good thing it didn't go any further" he mumbles.

We decided that it's time to leave Pop's, but as we're about to get out of the booth, Cheryl walks up to me and smiles. "Um... hi," I say and look at her confused.

"Hi, Karisma, I just wanted to say that I like your outfit and how your hair is styled. It looks really nice" Cheryl replies, cheerfully, then walks off. I sit there in utter shock and look at Sweet Pea confused. He just shrugs; just about as confused as me.

What the hell was that about?

"Ok... so that just happened," Sweet Pea says, breaking the silence, and I nod. We walk outside hand in hand and Sweet Pea helps me on his motorbike, getting on afterwards. He turns it on and revs the engine a couple of times, earning glances from the group of Northsiders standing a few feet away from us. "How about instead of me dropping you home, you come stay at my place?" Sweet Pea asks, looking over his shoulder at me.

"Sure," I say, wrapping my arms around his waist. He smiles and starts heading to the Sunny Side Trailer Park.

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I walk into Sweet Pea's trailer home and he follows behind me. He walks up behind me and picks me up bridal style. I squeal and wrap my arms around his neck, hoping it will stop me from falling out of his arms. He carries me to his room and he places me down on the bed. He grabs one of his flannel shirts out his drawers and hands it to me.

"Here, put this on. I'll be back in a second" Sweets says, then walks out the bedroom. I take off my shirt, replacing it with the flannel. I button up the last button as Sweets walks back into his bedroom. He takes off his shirt and gets into his bed. I join him under the covers and his arms wrap around me almost immediately. "You look tired, Bub," he says.

I rest my head on his chest and he starts running his fingers through my hair, which makes me even sleepier, and my eyes slowly close.