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                                          willow

"Don't tell me that a taco shell, never, made the top of your mouth bleed?" I asked in disbelief. 

Henry shook his head laughing, "Not that I recall. I mean even if it did, I wouldn't develop an irrational fear over it."

I stifled some of my giggles my slurping that last of my milkshake. I felt Henry's gaze on me so I  looked up with my head still lowered a bit and met eye to eye with him. 

I looked back down with embarrassment. Every  time he looked at me, I felt ugly. Well not ugly, just self-conscious. Not much of a difference but  I sometimes wonder how pretty the other girls he has been with. I know I can't compare and every time he stares I feel like he's thinking about  why he is wasting his time with me.  

"Why do you do  that?" he asked me.

I stirred the extra whip cream around  the long cup, avoiding his brown eyes, "What?"

"Whenever I look at you, you seem...embarrassed," he pointed out. 

I sighed, "I don't know, I mean why  are you wasting your time on me?"

I finally  had the guts to look at him. I examined his  face so hard that I never realized that he had the smallest  mole right about his lip on the left side. 

It looked so delicate  that I  wanted  to kiss his lips. 

"Cause you're beautiful, dorky, funny, smart, and you're  the only person that makes me feel happy," he said with a smirk. 

I'm sure my cheeks were all red  and I was for sure flustered. 

"I-i-"

He cocked his head to  the side making him look even hotter than he already his. 

"What?"

"I wanna kiss you," I whispered. 

I heard him take a deep breathe in and I didn't hear him exhale it out. He slammed a hundred bill on the counter and sprung from the red booth. He grabbed my hand and pushed the door open. 

"Keep the change!" he yelled out.

Without  giving him a second to breathe, I kissed him.  And it felt so good. The same feelings sprung through me, sending shivers down my spine. 

He placed his  hands on my waist as I wrapped my hands through hair. His tongue slipped  into my mouth, deeming the kiss making  me go crazy. 

I  needed  to breathe  and I pulled away. 

"I can do that all the time," he said.  

"Me  too," I said. 

A cold, harsh breeze hit me, making me completely shutter.

"I'm calling an Uber," he said pushing us back into the warm diner, "Ugh, there are none in  the area."

He looked at  me with huge puppy eyes, "I have an idea."

"If you think I'm walking, I'm not," I refused.

Suddenly a loud car boomed from the gravel, parkingklot. 

"Come," he said, wrapping his hand with mine. I followed him and the same  white, Lamborghini he was driving was there, bright headlights hit me. 

A tall, figure came out and my jaw dropped. It was the  same guy that I pointed a gun to from before. Is he coming back for revenge?

"Relax,  he's leaving," Henry whispered into my ear. His breathe  sending goosebumps down my spine. 

"Hey boss, and boss's girlfriend," the dude teased.

"We-"

"Are dating, thank you Jasper. Now  go," he ordered.  

Jasper,  turned and started to jog into the woods. Strange... 

When we pulled into my driveway and the comfortable silence broke. 

"So  I'm your  girlfriend now?" I asked half  heartedly. 

His cheeks turned a shade of light pink, "Just said it to get him off my back."

I laughed, "I  know, I'm teasing."

Their was another pause of awkward silence. 

"Hey look, I'm not  going to treat you like that again," Henry said looking at his hands.

"Like what?" I asked.

"Like I did at school,  I was being an asshole and I'm sorry," he said breathlessly.

I leaned over and kissed his cheek. I felt his whole body tense once again and I smirked. I looked at the time on his Lamborghini and saw that it was basically the morning. 

"You should come in," I pointed to the 6:30 a.m. on the clock, "Get some rest, it isn't safe to drive tired."

He shook his head no, "I'm ok."

I  rolled my eyes, "Wasn't an option." 

He laughed at my stubbornness and turned the car off,  "Only for you sunshine."

My cheeks turned red and I got out of the car to prevent him from seeing them. I swiped the keys from the mat and opened the  door. I felt Henry warm's presence behind me. 

I turned around, "I'm gonna get change...uh I have some sweatpants and a shirt from my dad."

"He nodded his head and I walked up the stairs. I threw him the clothes as I changed into my own sweatpants and a tank top. I pulled an oversized zip up hoodie over it   and scrubbed the makeup off of my face. I put my hair into a ponytail with strands falling out of it. 

When I walked out of my bathroom, Henry was sitting on my bed. The window was open,  making the curtains fly and he had a picture in his hands. 

I ran over to the open  window and  closed it. 

"What are you doing? It's so cold," I asked making my curtains normal again.

 "Sorry, I was hot. These your parents?" he question showing me the picture he was holding. 

I nodded, it was taken when we went to Bali. The sun was shining and our smiles were huge. 

"They are pretty cool, they're in Hawaii for their jobs," I explained to him. I yawned and stretched out my back, sleepiness was hitting me pretty hard right now. 

"Come," Henry patted my bed. 

I  raised an eyebrow, "Since when are we sharing a bed?"

"Till now," he said pulling me down by my wrist. 

I probably would have hesitated but he was warm and I was  too tired to fuss about it. His huge arms engulfed me and sure enough, I fell asleep.