A Stranger Changed The Rest Of Her Life

Eight

HAYLEYS POV

Come on Hayley! Calm down Hayley!  He is coming over!  In exactly an hour and 23 minutes and 15 seconds now. No wait 10 seconds.

Tal😍- Heyyy what's up. Is there anymore snacks you want me to bring? 😄

Hayley- ummm FOOOOOD!! Especially COOKIESSSS!

Tal😍- ok cookie monster

Hayley- oh no my reputation is ruined 😂😂😂

I frantically run around my house looking for anymore imperfections. I even tried to make it cosy by turning on the air conditioning and coming my lounge room with pillows and blankets and darkened the room!  And no one is home I'm home alone all weekend. My family is away in Sydney for 2 weeks.

I'm lost in my thoughts and then the there is a rhythmic tapping at the door. To be perfectly honest with myself I think I almost shat my pants. But you know only emotionally.

I slowly make my way to my front door. While I frantically fix myself. Eventhough, I already stared at myself for a good hour while getting ready.
I take a deep breath and turn the door handle.
" Hey cookie monster! " he says winking. I'm sure it was meant to be funny but all I could notice is how when he turned his head to the side his eyes sparkled in the light. Wow that was so poetic. I should become a poet.

As we set out our food and wrapped ourselves in all the pillows and blankets I laid out on the couch earlier; I scrolled through Netflix and asked what he wanted to watch. We ended up deciding on binge watching Brooklyn nine nine together. However it wasn't until a good three episodes in that I had realised the air conditioning was on 16 degrees. Oh yeah and I forgot to mention I'm only wearing a comfy singlet and leggings. I was covered in goosebumps but was too comfy to get up. I reached toward the chip bowl and accidently brush my hand against Tal's. He flinched.
"Shit Hayley." he breathed "your fingers are like ice. "
He wraps my hands up with his own.
"Jeez you're coverd in goosebumps." he mumbles to himself. Without warning he scoops me up into his arms and lays me against his chest. He wraps a blanket around us and leans his head into my neck...  Like he was protecting me from something. Where ever he touched my skin it felt like it was on fire.  Well that's one way to beat the cold. I loved being this close to him.  I loved the smell of him and how safe I felt in his arms.

I felt his breathing deepen as I look up his eyelids begin to drop. I lay my head back down on his chest and...
Wait. What does this mean?  Does he like me?  Or are we just close friends? I don't even know anymore. I don't know what to think after what happened last time. I shudder as I force back a flashback.
But my eyelids started closing and Tal's steady heartbeat finally lulled me to sleep.