wonderlani

Chapter 22

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She's comfortable. She's soft and she smells like Oreo cookies and baby barf; she makes it works. 

I sighed to myself, cuddling more into the girl's side as I yawn into her shoulder blade. I blinked my sleepy eyes awake, forcing my head up to meet eyes with a pair of steely greys. Her rosy cheeks puffed out as she slowly pulled her tiny boxer shorts up around her waist. Her hands rested on her hips as she let her eyes wander down to Lizzie's body in front of me. 

I slowly pushed my body away from Lizzie, my eyes never leaving Louisa's shadowy figure. I swallowed softly as Louisa looked up from Lizzie and met eyes with me again, as she turned her back to me and tiptoed toward her bedroom door. I slipped away from Lizzie and followed behind.

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"So now you know huh?" Her voice a weak whimper covered by a small chuckle. She finished pouring the boiling water into our Beauty and the Beast matching mug set. Her heels slid against the marble flooring as she whipped out two white cabinets, yanking down a box of Earl Grey tea. Her tiny hand wrapped around the box tightly as she held over her shoulder.

"No thanks," I mumbled to myself, looking down at the boiling water in the Beauty mug. I hate tea. My mom loves it. 

"Coffee drinker at such a young age? You know that shit kicks the shit of your heart right," She stood up on her tiptoes and snatched the coffee container down from the top shelve. I smiled softly at her back, gently pushing the hot water away from me. She sat the teabox down on the counter in front of me. She slid the coffee over to her with a spoon, and I swallowed as I gently took the container from her with my fingers brushing past her softly. 

Louisa smiled sweetly at me, standing back down on my feet as she took a tea bag into her hot water. I took a couple of spoonfuls of coffee as she sat a casing of honey packets and sugar cubes down on the counter. Her soft cheeks molded into a hard glare as her steely greys turned to navy blues. I snapped the lid back onto the coffee container, "What's the matter, Louisa?"

She shrugged with the same hard glare, "Why didn't you say anything," She slowly looked up and met my greens, "Why didn't you ask me about it tonight? In front of everyone, especially about that whole bullshit conversation about honesty," She took the mug in her hand and took a couple of sips with eyes still hard on me. I squirmed under her stare as I looked down at my cuppa coffee. 

"I didn't think that was somethin' you wanted to talk with the others about... Plus it was just some stupid truth or dare, nothing life or death was on the line," I took a sip of my coffee as I sat it back down on the counter with a click. Her shoulders were relaxed as she gently sat the tea back on the counter, the stress melted off her whole body actually as her arms fell forward and her head relaxed against her forearm.

My eyes soften as I pushed my coffee to the side a bit, clasping my fingers together and rested my wrists on the countertop. I sat up more on the edge of my seat, "I thought we'd call it even. Since you know," Her head slowly lifted up as I started to blush hard in the face, "I mean I did have that accident on X-Factor, and then the incident with your, um, your ex... Then you, 'in somebody, came to talk to me. Then you got-"

"Rockstar I don't need a Wiki version of our history okay," I snapped my neck back for a second. Louisa breathed and smiled at me, I shook my head back at her. Then I relaxed my arms back on the counter, her body now standing up straight.

"So you're saying we're even now and you have no reason to expose me? Not even for personal gain, huh," Her eyebrows arched in confusion. My blush only got deeper and then I nodded at her quickly, taking a sip of my coffee. Then I decided to drink it down slowly. Louisa smiled warmly at me as she took a sip of her tea, pushing it aside once she was done.