A Reason To Love

Ch. 15

"You two have fun! I will be right here in my room. You never know when I will pop out so don't do anything that I wouldn't do." My dad waved dismissively as he limped into his room. I was waiting for Will to show up for our movie night. My parents were thrilled when I told them that he was coming over to watch movies with me.

"Dad it's just a movie night, relax. Besides didn't you get mom pregnant yalls senior year?"

"Good point but still no sex on my couch! I sit on that damn thing." My dad laughed as if what he just said was the funniest thing he had ever said. Is he trying to embarrass me? Thank God Will wasn't here yet because I would be mortified. The sound of the doorbell ringing made me almost push my dad into his room.

"Oh my God dad! Go away!" I gestured for him to go into his room. I opened the front door and there stood Will wearing grey sweat pants and a black hoodie with black and white Nike running shoes on. He looked gorgeous standing there in something I had never seen him wear before. This look was so casual yet he rocked it like a sports model.

"You came comfortable. I like the new look by the way. Come on in." I stepped to the side and waited until he came inside before shutting the door.

"I am serious Cam." My dad winked as he waved hello to Will.

"What's that all about?" Will asks cautiously eyeing my dad who was smirking knowing that I was going to have to answer.

"My dad was just saying that we better not have sex on his couch." The words flew out of my mouth faster than I could process them. Will started coughing almost like he was choking on his own saliva. My dad laughed as he shut his bedroom door. He just had to go and make things awkward.

"Well that was awkward. I really hope he doesn't think that we would just bang on the couch like that." Will shoved his hands into the pockets of his sweat pants as if he was uncomfortable. Welcome to the club buddy.

"Yeah no shit. I am going to make some popcorn and get us some drinks." I had to lighten the atmosphere. I am surprised that Will didn't turn around and run for the hills the second my dad made it extremely awkward.

"I will help." Will follows behind me. I opened the cabinet and pulled out three bags of popcorn and popped one into the microwave. While it was popping I opened another cabinet and pulled out a huge bowl to put the popcorn in. The microwave beeped so I took out the finished bag and put in a new one. I emptied the cooked popcorn into the bowl.

"What do you want to drink?" Will asks as he opened the fridge scanning the shelves.

"A Dr. Pepper is fine, thank you." I watched as he grabbed two cans and sat them on the counter next to the bowl of popcorn. Once the last bag was finished popping I dumped it into the bowl and threw all the trash into the trash can. I picked up the bowl of popcorn and Will picked up the cans of soda.

We walked into the living room and I sat the bowl of popcorn on the coffee table and sat down. Will sat down maybe a foot or two away from me. I grabbed the remote to our smart TV and turned it on and opened Netflix and searched for Scream. I hit play and sat the remote down on the table. I grabbed my leopard print throw blanket and snuggled deeper into the couch.

The beginning of the movie starts off with Drew Barrymore being stalked by the killer while she is home alone getting ready for a movie night. Every time the phone rings in the movie I jump a little in my seat. No matter how many times I have seen the movie it still makes me jump. I turned my body a little facing towards Will and lifted my feet up on the couch resting my face on my knees pulling the blanket tighter around my body shielding my face.

"So much for protecting me! You are leaving me all alone over here woman." Will stuck his bottom lip out pouting. The same lip that I was kissing just yesterday. The way his lips softly molded to mine. It was just a soft and gentle kiss but it had me wanting more and that scared me and excited me more than I could explain.

Will grabbed my legs and rested my ankles across his lap and sat his hands on my legs. The feeling of his skin on mine was enough to have me craving more. His skin warm and sent shivers down my spine. Is that normal? Does everyone experience the tingles like that? Gosh it felt amazing, a touch so small had me yearning for more. I felt brave and sat up and turned around and laid my head in his lap. Will looked down at me with admiration in his eyes. He slipped his hand under my blanket and rubbed up and down my arm.

"Is that better?" I look up at him staring down at me.

"Much better my sweet Cammy." Just hearing him refer to me as his sweet Cammy melted my heart into a puddle.

We both managed to pull our attention from one another and focused back on the movie. Will kept his hand on my arm the entire first movie rubbing slowly.

"Should I be worried your favorite movies are horror films?" Will asked as the credits to the first movie started to roll up the screen.

"Yeah probably." I giggled as I reached for the remote and started the second one not moving from his lap.

"Can I ask you something?" His tone wary enough to throw up red flags.

"Of course you can." I nod looking up at him. I see the nervousness and can practically feel it rolling off of him in waves.

"I haven't told you everything there is to know about me. There are some things I didn't want to tell you but we are getting so close I can't hide them from you anymore." I push myself so I am sitting up right beside him. I can see him questioning if telling me is right thing to do or not like he is having an inner battle with himself. What could be so bad that he is this nervous to tell me?

"So I told you my mom died five years ago but what I didn't tell you is how it tore my family apart. My dad became an abusive drunk. I thought over time it would get better, you know? Let him mourn and eventually he will get better but he is getting worse. Remember that time I stormed out of here?" There's sadness in his voice. He is watching me for a reaction but I stay frozen listening to his every word. I nod slowly remembering how weird it was that he just up and left so quick. It was the first time he came over.

"My little brother called me. Our dad had gotten so drunk he was breaking shit all in our living-room. I rushed home so he wouldn't hurt Tucker but when I got there he had Tucker pinned to the wall by his neck, choking him." A small gasp escaped my mouth, my heart was aching for Will and his brother. Not only did they lose their mom they have to deal with their dad falling off the rails.

"Oh Will!" I climbed into his lap so I was straddling him and threw my arms around his neck. I didn't know what to say because there is nothing I could say or do to make what they are going through okay. So I settled for comforting him the same way he comforted me in the park. He didn't say anything for what felt like forever. He just wrapped his arms around my waist holding me against him. The movie we abandoned left playing in the background.

"I want you to meet them. My dad and my brother. I want you to see what makes me who I am, the good, the bad, and the ugly." His brown eyes searching mine for God only knows what. Reassurance? A sign that meeting his family would be too much for me? He stuck around when he found out my dad is sick when he didn't have to, even after he went through a similar situation. The least I can do is meet his family.

"Okay." I nod agreeing no matter how much the thought of meeting his dad terrified me. I would do it....for him.