Arms | Demi Lovato and Wilmer Valderrama

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Demi

We continued to watch the football game- well Wilmer watched, I mostly day dreamed and played with his fingers. As Wilmer's hand rubbed my arm affectionately, I could feel the hole in my heart widening. He was only acting this way because we were around my parents. Under different circumstances we would be on opposite sides of the house let alone in the same room on the same couch. I longed for the taste of his lips on mine, even if it were just for show. Glancing at my oblivious parents, I leaned upward to Wilmer's face. My eyes flickered from his deep brown orbs to his lips and back again. As soon as my lips got near his, Wilmer turned his head slightly so they hit his jawbone. I sighed, slightly hurt by the rejection but understanding it too. We had barely touched in months and now here I was, trying to make up for all of that in my parent's house on the couch. I shifted towards the other side of the couch, out of his embrace, and immediately felt empty inside. Luckily, at that moment the front door opened and Maddie walked in.

"DEMI!" She screamed, running and jumped onto me on the couch. The force knocked me back and my head landed on Wilmer's lap, against his thigh. I ignored the placement and hugged Maddie tightly.

"Hey babygirl! I missed you!" I squealed, and she pulled away laughing. Maddie made room for herself on the couch, pushing me as I sat up onto a suddenly very tense Wilmer's lap. I began to move to sit on the floor but Wilmer grabbed my waist, signaling that it was okay.

"So how've you been?" I asked with a huge smile on my face.

She shrugged, "Good! School is ugh but the people are great!"

I nodded enthusiastically, trying to remember some of the names I'd heard her talk about.

"How's.. Drew?" She smiled a different smile then, with a hint of a blush on her cheeks. I raised an eyebrow, but let the matter drop, she'd come to me sooner or later.

~*~

Turns out it was sooner. Maddie and I had gone upstairs for a bit and I couldn't help but ask.

"So are you and Drew a thing?"

Her face was in shock as the blush set in, "N-No?"

I chuckled, "You don't have to lie to me Mads, I know you like him."

She was silent for a minute, "What's it feel like to be in love?"

I frowned, confused by her question, "What do you mean?"

"Exactly what I said, how do you know when you're in love? What does it feel like? With you and Wilmer?"

I bit my lip, "It's like... It's like nothing else matters. Yeah you'll fight, but deep down you know that you'll never want anyone else for the rest on your life. You unlock new feelings of love and jealously, irrational fears and new arguments. You're terrified of losing him and see the world differently. It's not just your wants and needs, but the other person's too. With Wilmer, yes there are those times when all I want to do is punch him in the face." She giggled and I cracked a wry smile, "But there are also those times when I want to scream in his face how much I love him. I just want to have him hold me against his chest and tell me that everything is going to be okay. That's what it's like being in love."

Maddie nodded and we were interrupted by a knock on our door.

Wilmer opened it a bit, "We're eating now."

He'd heard everything. I could see it in his eyes. Maddie got up and walked past Wilmer but I lingered behind, watching him.

"Are you coming?" He murmured, his tone polite.

"Not yet." He studied my face as I walked up to him, and was surprised when I wrapped my arms around his waist, pressing my face into his chest. After a second, he returned the embrace, rubbing my back softly.

"I know you were listening." I whispered, and he pulled away.

"Let's go eat. It's not polite to make them wait." Wilmer said, putting a hand on my back and leading us out of the room. I huffed and intertwining out fingers and we walked down the stairs. My talk with Maddie made me realize I wanted him now more than ever to just love me the way he used to.

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