american boy | cole caufield [completed]

xvii. into you

"Let's just do what they say so we can get out of here," she sighs even though the idea of admitting her feelings to Cole scares her.

"You're right," he nods in agreement.

Awkward silence washes over them for a few moments.

"Fuck, this is so hard to say, but I really like you, Cole," she admits sheepishly.

"Really?" he asks.

"Yeah, Alex, K'Andre, and even Alessandra have been teasing ne about it for the longest. They kept telling me to admit my feelings for you. They kept telling me I was in love with you and I kept denying it, but fuck I can't deny it anymore. I love you, Cole Caufield," she explains, putting her heart on her sleeve.

"Wow, I'm such an idiot! I never would've thought you felt that way about me. I really like you too, Steph. Alex was all up my ass about telling you and I'm pretty sure Brock knew about us hooking up and just didn't say shit about it. I was afraid you'd reject me and only wanted to keep hooking up so I denied my feelings and tried to keep them at bay. But fuck that, I'm not gonna do that anymore. I love you, Stephany Ashley Perez-Morin," he explains, looking into her eyes.

She grabs him by the neck and kisses him passionately. He kisses back right away and his hands go straight to her waist. They pull away for air after a minute and he caresses her cheek lovingly.

"Stephany Ashley Perez-Morin, will you be my girlfriend?" he asks, looking into her eyes with hope in his own eyes.

"Yes, yes, a million times yes," she smiles, before kissing him again.

He kisses back immediately and the two stay liplocked for a moment, losing themselves in each other. They don't even notice the sound of the door unlocking and the door being opened.

"Get a room you two!" Alex teases, pretending to be disgusted.

"And don't forget to use protection! We don't want any Caufield babies running around just yet!" K'Andre adds, causing both Steph and Cole to give him the finger in response.

Steph and Cole walk out of the closet holding hands and head downstairs with K'Andre and Alex right behind them. They walk into the living room and all the guys start clapping with a bunch even yelling out "Finally!" Brock manages to say "I thought I was gonna go gray before they got their shit together!"

"So you guys are together now right?" Pelt asks.

"Yes, we are," Cole confirms, kissing her hand.

"Alright you two, let's keep the PDA to a minimum," Owen jokes.

"Nope, I can do what I want," Steph smiles, kissing his neck.

"Gross, you two are definitely sleeping in the guest room tonight! Also, if you stain the fucking sheets, you clean them," Pelt warns.

Steph buries her face in Cole's neck in embarrassment.

"Guys!" Cole groans in response.

"Alright, we'll stop," Wyatt says, giving the rest of the guys all looks.

They all obey their captain and stop teasing them. Steph and Cole head over to the floor and Steph sits down between his legs. They notice the games all on the table.

"So you weren't lying about the games?" Cole asks.

"Nope, I just lied about them being in the closet," Pelt smirks.

"Honestly, I wanna hate you for that, but I can't. You guys got us together," Cole smiles.

"Alright, so what games do we want to play?" Wyatt asks.

They all end up deciding on Cards Against Humanity and Steph ends up winning because she had the best cards and everyone has a fucked up sense of humor on the team. They then move onto Catan which Steph wins because she's a hustler and manages to work her charm to get everyone to agree to at least one trade with her. She also manages to get the best numbers and elements by skill and a little bit of luck.

Before they know it, it's 11 pm and they start wrapping it up to sleep since they have classes to get to in the morning. Steph and Cole take the guest room while the rest of the guys split up the living room, Pelt's room, and the basement. Luckily Pelt's parents have multiple air mattresses in the house for them to share.

By 11:30, everyone is in bed and mostly everyone is on their phones waiting for sleep to overcome them. Steph and Cole are in the full size bed in the guest room and Steph immediately cuddles into him.

"Can I take you out on a date?" Cole asks, out of nowhere.

"Of course you can, baby," she smiles, kissing his cheek.

"Would Friday night be okay? I'll ask Brock for the car so I can take you somewhere nice," he explains.

"Aww babe, that would be lovely, but you don't have to do all that, trust me! I'm a pretty simple girl," she informs him.

"I know, but you're special and you deserve to be spoiled a little," he replies, running his fingers up and down her spine.

"Can I take a picture of us so my sisters can stop pestering me?" she asks, grabbing her phone.

"Sure, why are they pestering you?" he asks curiously.

"They've been bugging me about us getting together since we practically met, so I wanna show them we got our shit together and they'll leave me the fuck alone," she explains, pulling up her camera.

She snaps a couple slefies and sends it to the sisters chat entitled "Sister gang"

She gets responses from all her sisters congratulating her. Both Siara and Erika warn her not to get pregnant like Alisha did, causing Alisha to playfully curse them out. Steph tells them she loves them and bids them all goodnight.

"What did they say?" he asks, as he texts the boys in his ntdp "fer da boys" chat.

"They congratulated me and Siara and Erika warned me not to get pregnant like Alisha did," she explains.

Cole manages to choke on air.

"God, I don't even want to think about that! I am so not getting you pregnant now," he replies, just the thought of being a teen father scaring him.

"Babe, look at what Alisha just sent me!" she gushes, shoving her phone in his face.

They smile as they watch a video of Steph's nephew, Yadiel, moving his little limbs everywhere at the sound of his mother's voice.

"Aww how old is he? Cole asks.

"He's a month and a half, but he's huge like his father," she explains.

"So you have 3 nephews now, huh?" he asks.

"Yes and I love being an Aunt! The only downside to it is it gives me major baby fever like all the time," she explains.

"Well you'll make a phenomenal mother some day," he admits.

"And you'll be an outstandung father some day," she yawn, starting ti get sleepy.

"Alright, time to go to sleep," he teases, causing her to nod sleepily.

"Night babe," she smiles, resting her head on his chest.

"Good night princess," he smiles, kissing her forehead.

With a couple minutes, she's out like a light and he whispers he loves her before falling asleep as well, thanking his lucky stars he finally got his girl.

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Hey guys, hope you enjoyed this chapter! Also 2 chapters in less than 3 day? Who am I? I know the slow burn was probably killing you, but Steph and Cole finally got their shit together and honestly I feel like a proud mom! Feel free to let me know your thoughts as always. There's only 3 chapters + the epilogue left. I'll catch y'all very soon

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Taty