The Boy Next Door

Chapter 21

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『 Chapter 20: Slate's Family 』

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**Previously**

I moved so I was sitting next to him, "can I come over?"

"Yeah." He answered getting up and reaching for my hand.

"Let's get the fuck out of here, girlfriend." He smirked

"Boyfriend," I responded.

Damn how I love saying that.

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Slate pulled me into his house sitting me down on his couch before going to the kitchen and grabbing some water. 

"Here. Hydrate." He said his expression playful as he handed me the water bottle. 

"I love it when you take care of me," I replied sarcastically. Slate gave me a boyish smirk before finding my eyes. 

"I'm sorry, I got angry, it's just I remember what happened and I-" I softly kissed him stopping him mid-sentence. 

"I don't want to talk about it anymore. It's just you and me. No need to talk about it anymore. Just us." I smiled as Slate pulled me off the couch I leered at him fighting before he picked me carrying me between his arms.

"So stubborn." He placed me down gently on the lounge chair before running upstairs and I cocked my head to stare around his house looking at the pictures of his family. 

A mom, a son, a pregnant mother. And a...another son. The other one looked like Slate but his face wasn't as soft. I heard the sound of a guitar before looking away from the photo and at Slate who held a smile on his face as he tuned his guitar. After he finished he gave me a piece of paper, and I gasp noticing the song. 

Everything has changed - Taylor Swift + Ed Sheeran.

"You have taste," I comment before he began playing.

I began singing closing my eyes. 

"All I knew this morning when I woke

Is I know something now, know something now I didn't before

And all I've seen since eighteen hours ago is green eyes and freckles

And your smile in the back of my mind making me feel like" 

He began harmonizing with me and I opened my eyes to see him tapping his foot to the music. I continued bopping my head. 

"'Cause all I know is we said hello

And your eyes look like coming home

All I know is a simple name, everything has changed

All I know is you held the door