Youngblood // Sweet Pea

4

Toni and Cheryl left after hours of talking. It felt nice to have my vest friends back.

Reggie came over shortly after that with Pop's.

"Hello Mi"
"Hi Reg."

He walked past me and set the bag onto the kitchen counter. I locked the door, walking towards him.

I hugged him from behind,

"Someone's in a cuddly mood."

I yawned a bit before replying.

"No, I'm just tired. There is a difference."

"You can't sleep until you eat."

Reggie filled himself a cup of water, grabbing the bag and walking to where I was laying on my couch.

My laptop sat open, words filling a document. I was so tired I couldn't remeber what I was writing about. Reggie closed the laptop, pushing it over, and setting his cup down.

"How's the speakeasy coming along?"
"It's good, everyone's super nervous for opening night."

I nodded, listening to his words.

"Someone said Sweet Pea and Josie were going together."

I sighed, scooting up on the couch.

"Don't let them ruin your night of fun. You don't deserve the pain." I rubbed his shoulders, trying to sooth his stress.

He opened up the to go boxes from pop's. He handed me one before he picked one up for himself and leaned back.

He scrolled through movies on netflix, trying to find something we could watch while we ate.

"Before I turn on the movie, I have a question for you."

"Shoot."

Was this when he was going to ask me to the speakeasy? I'm nervous for sure but I already have my answer.

"Do you have any ketchup?"

I blinked towards him, trying to process what he had just asked. My question came out quick.

"Yes! I do, I'll go grab it."

He gave me a questionable look before nodding. I pulled myself off the couch and to the kitchen.

I grabbed the ketchup from the fridge and proceeded to march back towards the couch. I placed the ketchup onto the coffee table, placing my body next to Reggie's.
"I was thinking we could watch this."

'To all the boys I've loved before' sat on the screen. I nodded, clicking play on the TV remote.

I slipped under the blanket that sat on the back couch. The screen played, I watched Reggie pour ketchup next to his fries.

The screen played, Lara Jean came onto screen. My mind was racing so much I couldn't even focus on the movie. Reggie stretched his body out. I ate a few fries as the movie played.

Reggie laid his head on the back of the couch. My eyes were glued to the screen but I was not paying attention. Thunder struck, causing the house to shake. Reggie stirred, but continued eating.

Lara Jeans family was on the screen, eating dinner. Thunder struck again, this time knocking the power out.

"Damn, is it really raining that hard?"
"Yeah, I guess."

I pulled my phone out of my jumper pocket, flipping on the flashlight. Reggie pulled his phone out and turned on the flashlight as well.

"This isn't too bad, we can just sit and talk."
"Yeah, I guess we could."