Prompt: Lee is nosy. Lee finds a notebook in Carley's room and decides to look in it, and what he finds is not what he expects. The two are a bit younger in this one, like teens
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Being alone in her room was so tempting. Lee knew that it sounded childish and stupid, but this was just the opportunity that he had been waiting for. This was wrong. It really was. But could he really help it? He just wanted to look through his girlfriend's stuff. Maybe he's find something fun or interesting. He was sure that she had looked through his stuff before though. Lee threw his head back and laughed. Of course she looked through his stuff before. She was a reporter, she was used to snooping around.
Lee almost laughed out loud at his own thoughts. Was he really going to do this? It was pathetic to even think about. But that didn't mean he could resist... Before he even knew what he was doing, he was looking through all of her stuff.
If I find anything I don't want to see... Then I'm out.
If she walked in on him now, he'd be screwed. He wouldn't be able to explain himself. He would have to think if something though, otherwise she'd be extra pissed off. He didn't like to admit it, but he was quite good at lying.
There was nothing interested, nothing like what he had expected.
Maybe this is a sign that I shouldn't be doing this...
He didn't stop combing through her things though, despite what he was telling himself. He once again felt like he couldn't control himself.
That's when he saw it. It was a spiral bound notebook with a purple cover. At first Lee though nothing of it. It was a silly notebook. But what if there was something inside of it...
One look wouldn't hurt. He would just look at the first page, that wouldn't hurt. Then he'd close it. It was that simple.
But actually, it was much harder than that. And the only reason for that was because as soon as he opened the book, he saw something that he hadn't at all expected. Scrawled in cursive on each line of the first page was the following name over and over:
Carley Everett.
Lee almost laughed aloud at the writing. She was practicing her signature. Wasn't this what teenagers did? The whole thing made him curious as to what was on the rest of the pages.
He told himself again and again that he should go with what he said before, only one page. He told himself that this was funny enough. But he didn't listen to himself. He shook off his thoughts, and turned the page.
Each page was funnier than the last. Three pages were filled with detailed wedding plans, which included who will be singing, what their song will be, and what the cake would be like. There were even drawings.
Lee couldn't believe that she had actually done this. But he had to admit, it was adorable. His girlfriend may look vicious when you first meet her, but as you get to know her, she softens up. Lee liked to think that he was the only one who got to see this cute side of her, that he was the only lucky one.
He was so caught up in the book that he didn't even hear her come in the door. He heard her approaching him, and tried his best to put the book away. But he didn't have time. She caught him before he had the chance to get rid of the evidence.
"What are you doing?" She asked, her voice dripping with pure anger.
"Um.. Uh..." Lee tried to speak, but nothing was coming out. He had no explanation for what he was doing.
"Who the hell said you could go through my stuff? And why would you just go and read something that was mine? Don't you have anything better to do?"
"I'm sorry, Carley. I..."
"Just don't. I know what I wrote in that notebook. It was supposed to be private. I should've known that I couldn't keep anything private." She sighed and fell back onto her bed. Lee waited a few seconds before laying beside her.
"I'm sorry. I really am. I just... I shouldn't have done that."
Carley waited a while before answering. Much to his surprise, she reached for his hand and squeezed.
"It's fine. I may have tried snooping into your stuff before. I'm sorry for acting so rash." She told him.
"It's fine." He said, grateful that he was forgiven. He couldn't lose a perfect girl like Carley over something as stupid as this.
"You know, I only wrote down those things because I like to think that will happen. I know it may seem childish, but... I don't know."
"It's fine." Lee realized that maybe all girls were like this, fantasizing about the perfect wedding. Maybe it had no age, maybe all went through a phase like this. Maybe it was because she was truly in love with him. That made him fall for her even more. He kissed her. "Those things you wrote about... They can and they will happen."
