Die For Something Beautiful

Chapter Nine

Amara's POV
We arrive back at my house shortly after leaving The Underground. It still felt weird to call it that or even to think it existed. Remington and I walk into my house. He goes into the living room and plops down on the couch, taking up the entire thing with his long legs. I can't with him. I go into my room and change into some sweats and an oversized hoodie. After throwing my hair up into a messy bun, I walk back into the living room where Rem is still sprawled out on the couch, still taking up all the room. So I do what anyone else would do: I sit on him(AN: I actually have done this to people. If someone does not move when they take up the entire couch, I will literally sit on them until they agree to move😂). After I do, I her all the air whoosh out of him.

"Oh my god Amara, you are squishing me! Ah, I can't breathe! Your butt is so boney!" He says while laughing.

"Oh! Like you're one to talk, Mr. Non-existent ass! At least I have an ass!" I laugh as I get off of him and push his legs off the couch so I could sit next to him. After I sit down, he pulls me close to him and we just cuddle while watching tv. Eventually we get hungry so we order a pizza. When it arrives, Rem refuses to let me pay for it even though I ordered it.

We continue to cuddle for a little longer before he sadly tells me he has to go home. I wanted him to stay but he doesn't want me to not wake up in time for work. Rem and I both know that if he stays over, we'd probably stay up all night talking and cuddling. He leaves and I already miss him. I decide to go to sleep because it's late and I have work in the morning.

My alarm wakes me up way too early the next morning. I reluctantly get out of bed and ready for work. After I get dressed, I grab an apple from a bowl in the kitchen before heading to work. I arrive at the bookstore and I see Ally waiting outside the door. I park and walk up to the door and unlock it. The two of us do all of the opening procedures and then wait for some customers. Deciding that the store was too quiet, I plug in my phone and play some music. Of course I put on Palaye.

I'm jamming to 'How Do You Do?' when the bell over the door jingles. I look over to the door and see a tall guys with wavy dark brown hair walk in. He looks really familiar. I feel like I know him from somewhere. He sees me and starts walking towards me.

"Hi can I help you look for anything?"

"Actually I was looking for you. You're Amara right?" He says with a charming smile.

"Yes I am. And you are?" I respond to him. Since he was closer to me, I was able to see him better. He had forest green eyes that had a mischievous glint to them. He wore a plain grey shirt under a dark denim jacket, black jeans and boots. He wore no jewelry except one ring on his right hand, a skull with a symbol on it hat I couldn't make out.

"It's me, Drake Moore. Remember we went to school together for awhile. We were even friends, before I left."

"Oh my god, Drake! How could I forget? How have you been?" I exclaim while giving him a hug. I can't believe I didn't remember him. We talk for a few minutes, now sitting in one of the reading nooks. While we are talking, I notice Rem walk through the front door and start searching the store for me. I smile when he sees me and walks over.

"Hey babe. How are you? Who's this?" Rem says once he gets to the nook me and Drake are sitting in.

"Hey Rem. I'm doing good. How about you? This is Drake. We went to school for a bit. Drake, this is my boyfriend, Remington." After u introduced Remington, I could've sworn I saw something flash in Drake's eyes. Could he be jealous? I decide to just brush it off.

"So what are you doing here, Rem?"

"Well it's almost the end of your shift so I thought I'd pick you up. I also had a question to ask you but wanted to ask it when we were at your place."

"Oh wow, you're totally right! I hate to cut this short Drake but maybe we can get together for lunch or something sometime soon."

"Sounds good to me. Have a good rest of your day Amara."we exchange numbers before I leave with Remington. We get into the car and begin the drive back to my house.

"So what question did you need to ask me?"

"I was wondering if we, well you since its your house, could have some people who stay at The Underground over for like a movie night type thing." He said a bit hesitant but also hopeful.

"That sounds ok with me. Who would it be?"

"Awesome! It would be the three of us, Robyn, Sebastian, Mattie, Shannon, and Damon."