The Other World

Chapter Five: The Next Day

I wake up to the sun light beaming in my eyes. I wave my hands around trying to block the sun but fail so I roll over to my other side. I feel nice smooth skin under my hand but then I realize what that meant. I sat up in shock and looked at Damon as he slowly woke up. He looked so cute as he stretched his arms out and slowly open his eyes to look at me.
"Hey gorgeous, watching me sleep?" He asks with a smirk.
"What happened and who's shirt is this?" I ask him.
"Well you got drunk and threw your shirt off while dirty dancing but then you got a headache so I brought you up here. After a bit, you passed out so I popped my shirt on you." He explains to me.
I look at him and realize that he's shirtless, his hot ripped body exposed. I couldn't help but stare at him. I look at him and he has a smirk on his face, he must have seen me checking him out. Shit. I blush and look down because now he's biting his bottom lip while checking me out.
"Ow, my head," I mumble.
He pulls me closer to his chest so now we're cuddling again. As I lay there he combs my hair with his fingers and he slowly rubs his other hand up and down my side. I couldn't help but get electric chills down my spine as his smooth hands touched me. It's like he's touching every nerve in my body at once.
"I should get going," I inform him. I can't get caught sleeping over a boys house or I'm grounded for life.
"What? Can't you stay here a little longer, please." He says so softly.
I look up at him and he looks at me and we stare into each other's eyes. He's still combing my hair with his fingers and his other hand is now rubbing my back softly.
"Ok, but only if we stay in bed," I tell him.
"Definitely," He replies.
We stay in bed for hours just talking to each other about last night and getting to know each other better. It was great, I feel closer to him then I had ever.

"Okay, I got to go before my mum calls Ashlee's mum," I tell Damon as I stand up.
Damon groans in sadness, he looks at me with puppy dog eyes begging me to stay.
"Do you have to go and why would she call Ashlee's mum?" He asks me.
"She thinks I'm staying at hers," I add.
He gives me a look like he understands completely and gets up walks over to me. He puts his hands on my waist and pulls me in closer. I blush when he starts slowly putting his hands up my shirt. He leans in close and whispers in my ear, "keep the shirt you need it more than me".
"Thanks," I whisper back.
I put my shoes on then dawdle to the door. I look at Damon and he looks at me. He nods as if he's saying it's alright it's our secret and I nod back.

I walk next door to my house and as soon as I walk in the door my mum starts talking to me.
"There was a party next door last night!" She complains. "It took me hours to sleep!" She adds angrily. While she talking I'm walking upstairs to my room and when I close my door I can't hear her anymore. No hard feelings mum but that's my favourite thing about my room, is that it's almost sound proof. I sit on my bed just laying there when my phone buzzes. I look at who texted me and its Damon.
*Look out your window*
I walk over to my window and it's Damon waving at me with a little smirk on his face.
I wave back at him and give him a smile. I open my window then a big gush of cold wind blows into my room and through my hair.
"Are you stalking me?" I ask him.
He rolls his eyes then gives me a look, "maybe" he replies.
I roll my eyes back at him. As I go to say something someone knocks on my door. I quickly close my window and jog to my door. I open it and it's Jordon, Jordon is in my room. He walks over to my bed and sits on it.
"Hey Aliyah, have you seen Ash lately?" He asks me in worry tone.
"No, why? Is she okay!? What happened?" I spring a bunch of questions on him.
"I don't know where she is and if you don't as well then I think-" he gets cut off from his phone ringing.
While he was on the phone he was walking around the room.
"Are you okay...what!...meet me now!...okay I will...with me...I promise...okay bye and see you soon...right?...good okay bye..."
"Ashlee wants us to go to her now to catch up and talk about everything that happened," He explains to me. I nod in response to a yes and we head off to his car.

The whole drive there we were silent and a silent car drive was all I needed. Time to think about everything and time to try to put the pieces together. We pull up to a modern looking house in the middle of nowhere just trees and grass. He starts walking to the house but I can't move. Honestly, I'm scared what if the murder told her to bring us. What if we die and no one will know. Jordon looks at me and holds my face in his hands. He puts a piece of my hair behind my ear. He holds my hand and he locks fingers this time I follow him, well more like hide behind him. He knocks on the door and takes a step back.
The door swings open to our new English teacher Mr Tinwell.
"You!" I say angrily as I point my finger at him.
Jordon puts his arm out in front of me so I don't do anything stupid.
"Ashlee is inside." He explains to us.
"What did you do to her!" I yell at him.
He steps aside for us to walk in. I run straight to the couch which is where she's sitting and I hug her.
"Hey I'm sorry I missed the game, I was hurt and needed to rest," She Explained.
"Why didn't you go to the hospital, why the English teacher!" I ask her.
"He is... a special doctor who treats special wombs."
"Why are you talking to me like a baby?" I question.
"He does traditional medicine" she explains.
I nod my head and then look at him. He gives me I nod and I nod back.
"Sorry," I say to Mr Tinwell. "I thought you were trying to murder Ash"
"All good," he says. "In this world, you need friends like you," he adds.
"My mum thinks I'm staying at yours right now," she says.
"Mine thinks I stayed at yours last night," I say.
We giggle at how easy it is to trick our mum's.
"How did you get hurt in the first place?" I ask.
"I fell down a hill while jogging," she tells me.
I hug her again and then we say our goodbyes and thank yous to Mr Tinwell then head to the car.

I get dropped off first at my house and it's pretty late now. I walk in and my mum is passed out on the couch. I'm about to head upstairs when someone knocks on the door. I answer the door and it's Damon. He's wearing a white tank top and jeans. Then I notice he has his books in his hands.
"I'm here to work with you, for our project." He says.
"Okay follow me and quietly my mum is passed out on the couch," I tell him.
We slowly creep up the stairs and head in my room. I close the door so she can't hear us.
"Okay, so what do you wanna do it on?" I ask him.
"I don't know whatever you think is best," he says back.
"Well, what about planets and stars?" I ask him while swinging on my chair in circles.
"Okay but like all of them or one in particular?" He asks me while laying down on my bed looking at the roof. I couldn't help but stare at his perfect jawline.
Snap out of it!
"What about? We do it on earth and the stars that surround it?" I say throwing an idea out.
"Ok," he says, "are we done?" He adds.
"No, we have to do the whole thing now" I explain.
He moans and gets up and walks to me. He leans down and I start to blush since our faces are so close. "You look lovely by the way," he says. "So can you do all the research and typing," He asked with puppy dog eyes.
I roll my eyes at him and push him back and I swing my chair so I'm no longer facing him.
"What about I research and you type?" I suggest.
"Fine" he agrees.
We worked hard and we would have breaks now and then. I caught him staring. "What?" I ask softly.
"Did you find Ashlee?"
"Yeah Jordan and I found her with the English teacher who is also a traditional doctor."
"Weird"
"I know, but as long as he isn't a murder I can't complain"
He laughs and I look at how cute he is as his eyes crinkle and his nose scrunches. He looks at me after laughing and winks at me then I blush.
Dammit just don't be so cute! Wait what no, Damon is not cute! He is just Damon.
We spend hours studying and working together and before I know it I'm fast asleep.