Shades of Cool

s. i. x. t. e. e. n.

Finn

Seeing Bliss in my t-shirt and boxer was like seeing her for the first time.

She is laying beside me with her hair wildly claiming her side of the bed. I reach out and touch her cheek, thinking about all of the times I daydreamed being with her this way.

I flick the ashes of my cigarette out the crack of my window behind my headboard. I sink back into the bed and under the blankets, getting closer to the warmth of her. As many times as I've been close to her, I can't get over the overwhelming smell of strawberries. Like the kind my mother used to chop up for us in the summer time when I was a kid.

It's easy to fall to asleep with her beside me. I dream about Bliss and I swimming in the ocean.

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I wake up to a sound I can't quite place. The wall in front of me is illuminated and I turn around to see Bliss playing Uno on her phone with her back to me.

"You little shit." Bliss whispers as she gets a Draw 4 card thrown at her in the game.

"How do you kiss your mother with that mouth?" I ask her. I see her frame jump a little at the sudden break in silence.

"Easy." She turns her head to look over her shoulder at me. "I don't." She smiles. Or I think she does... the only light is her phone. "You should be asking me how I kiss you with this mouth."

"Oh, I know exactly how you kiss me with that mouth." I smile thinking about the night we spent together.

She hits me in the leg and laughs. I drag my hand along her leg and to her waist, pulling myself to settle behind her and out my chin on her shoulder.

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Authors Note: WOW. It's almost been a year. I've missed you all so much.

So. Idea. Do you think I should publish a book from Finn's point of view?

I love you guys,
Mattie.