Teaching A Love Story

Swinging through

I tossed and turned in my bed, before turning and staring at my clock on my wall and seeing the red bold numbers of 4:30 A.M. I sat up, letting my purple duvet fall off my upper body.

I moved to get off my bed, might as well get up and do stuff if I can't sleep. I got off my bed and stretched and yawned before walking to my desk and opening up my books and studying for a bit. After a while of studying I looked back to my clock and saw that it was 5:30, I had been studying for about an hour. I got up from my chair and decided to do some chores while Ace was still sleeping. 

I had done my laundry, cleaned my room, made some notes for Ace, washed the dishes, and cleaned the living room and bathroom. I finally sat down on the couch letting out a huge sigh of relief, I was finally done.  Hmm, breakfast sounds good, I want lots of food. I got up and went to the kitchen and starting cooking, I made bacon and eggs and hashbrowns and some waffles. 

I sat down on the couch with two plates, one to hold my eggs, bacon and hashbrowns. The second plate to hold my waffles that had maple syrup and some strawberries and raspberries on it. I started to dig in and was half way done with my waffles when I got up to get some orange juice from the fridge. On my way back Ace's door opened and out he came, kind of stumbling around, drowsily. He was wearing a matching flannel pajama set, but didn't have on his glasses yet.

"Good morning! How'd you sleep? Do you want me to make you some coffee? Tea? Also I made some breakfast if you're hungry."

He slightly nodded his head, He's not really a morning person some times, it really depends on how he wakes up. I walked back to the couch and continued eating my food. After finishing eating I took my dishes into the kitchen and washed them. 

After coming back into the living room, Ace walked into the living room carrying a plate of waffles and some eggs and bacon. He sat down and I pulled my phone out from my pocket and watched some youtube videos. He cleared his voice and stretched.

"Thanks for breakfast, it was really yummy." 

"No problem, I was up anyways and I just thought I should do something productive."

"Oh wait you were up? When did you wake up?" He arranged himself better on the couch.

"I guess I couldn't really sleep, since I woke up at 4:30 A.M. I also made notes for you!!!!"

"Oh gosh..."

"Do you want my help or do you not?" I crossed my arms.

"I do! I do! I'm sorry!!"

"Good, now lets go to the park! I really want to swing on the swings!" I got up and started to move for my room.

"You do know that its chilly outside right?!" He yelled after me.

"Thats what jackets and sweaters are for!!" 

I brushed my hair into a ponytail and put on a sweater, some jeans and some plain black vans and exited my room. When I walked into the living room I saw that Ace had his glasses on and had a sweater underneath a jean jacket and some blue worn jeans and some black vans.

"Ok I'm ready to go. Even though it's hella cold outside and we might get sick."

"Hey! Hey! Hey! I know you love the cold, so stop complaining! Ok let's go!"

We walked to Ace's car and I stopped while he got inside his car. He looked at me and then got out of his car and looked at me.

"What are you doing? What's wrong?"

"First lesson of the day, always at least try to open the door for the girl. It will make you seem more of a gentleman and she'll be wowed." I stood waiting patiently in front of the door.

He walked over to my side of the door and opened it, "Thank you!" 

"No problem." And closed the door, before walking over to the driver's seat once more.

He started the car and we were off to our destination, the park!! Once he parked the car, I immediately jumped out of the car and ran towards the swings before sitting down on it and pushing myself all the way back, before pushing off.

Ace finally caught up to me while I was swinging on the swings and sat down on the swing next to me. We didn't speak for a little while before Ace sneezed.

"Bless you."

"Thank you Simon."

"So um, back to the notes, I have some planned but if there's anything you want to know or learn you can ask me."

He swung back and forth a little and looked down.

"I guess, I wanna know what it's like to be in a relationship? like what can I expect."

I stopped swinging and looked at his face which seemed crestfallen. I turned to look straight ahead of me.

"I think relationships change you, in a way. I mean during my first relationship, I learned how to kiss, how to get used to holding hands with someone, and I guess just having someone who would always end up being around. But it can also change you in a lot of negative ways, like having your attention split all the time between your significant other and how much you realize that you depended on this person a lot. I mean, whenever I was in a relationship, I kind of seperated from you and no matter how much I tried to spend more time with you it never seemed to be enough, in my eyes and for that I'm truly sorry." I turned to look at him, as a tear fell down my cheek.

He reached out his hand and grabbed my hand and held it.

"I understand, It's not your fault and you really did try to make more time for me. I guess I was just happy being your friend who you could spend three days out of the week for, if it meant we were still bestfriends."

I nodded and wiped my tear from my face. "I guess whenever I've been in a relationship, I turn into a shitty friend huh?"

"Not really, you just seem way more stressed out, during your relationships and you try to do everything at once, like keep relationships with people you already had before you met your boyfriend, but I guess being in a relationship is very demanding."

"Yeah it is!! And no one seems to mention how hard it can be to deal with one person needing you all the time and then trying to focus on others and yourself. Thank god I'm single, I couldn't handle it again, especially in College."

He laughed and got up from the swing, holding his hand out.

"Ace, I promise you that I will stay single until you get in a relationship! And that's a true promise!" Before grabbing his hand and getting up from the swing.

"Well I'm gonna hold you to that! Come on let's get some ice cream to cheer you up, and maybe you can give me some more tips on the way?"

"Of course nerd! Always." 

He wrapped his arm around my shoulder and led us out of the park and to his car. We drove to the ice cream parlor and got some ice cream and just laughed and giggled. I missed our little moments and talks, it was like we were back in high school again.

Hey guys! I think I might do a time jump in the next chapter but I'm not sure yet! But thanks for reading this chapter I hope you enjoyed! Much love naffi80011!