"Just Friends?"

Chapter 10

BRANDI'S POV

When I open my eyes, all I can see is darkness the only light is seeping through the crack of the open bedroom door. I lean up on my elbows and look around through squinted eyes, it seems like I'm the only one in the room. I check Dylan's phone on the nightstand to see that it's 10:30. Oh jeez I didn't mean to sleep for that long or at all really.

After I get up and use the restroom, I go downstairs to look for Dylan. He isn't in the living room, so I check the kitchen. Sure enough he's standing at the pantry, shirtless. I hoist myself onto the counter and he turns around and walks over to me and stands between my legs hanging off the edge of the counter.

"Good morning sleepy head." He kisses my forehead

"Morning." I smile at his sweet, yet simple gesture.

"How did you sleep?"

"Really good. How long have you been up?"

"About half an hour."

"And you stood at the pantry for half an hour..?"

He laughs, "no, I just got down here."

"Righttttttt." I tease.

"Okay, I had the rest of your burrito from yesterday."

"You jerk I was gonna eat that!" I shove him playfully

"It was delicious!" He licks his lips and smiles.

"You owe me a new one." I fold my arms across my chest in a sassy manner.

"Okay." He grabs my face making me look at him, he's smiling.

He closes his eyes and leans in, so I do the same. His lips are crashing on mine and I can feel his tongue pushing at my lips, wanting to be let in. He wraps his arms around my waist and pulls me closer into him, never losing connection. Our breaths are falling in sync and our chests heaving up and down rapidly. I love this boy so much, I wouldn't want anyone else in the world. I wouldn't let anyone else in, like I do him. We continue making out for a while longer, until he starts to move closer and trips over himself. I laugh into his mouth and I can feel his embarrassed smile on his lips, he's so cute.

When we finally pull away I can't help but stare at his soft, swollen, pink lips and I bite my lip to keep from kissing him again. He looks down at my lips and seems to be thinking the same as he pulls his lips between his teeth. His eyes find mine and hold there stare as I do the same. I wrap my legs around his hips and pull him back into me for a hug. His arms tighten around my waist and I wrap my arms around his shoulders, he's still taller than me so he has to sort of lean down on me. I put my head on his chest and listen to the steady beat of his heart, I think I like this better than the kissing. Our kiss was great but there's something so calming about the way we are right now. I feel safe in his arms, like nothing can hurt me.

He pulls away too soon and I can't stop the small whine that escapes my lips when he does. He laughs quietly and grabs my hand, he turns it over palm down and starts tracing little patterns on it. He seems to be in deep thought and I want to know what he's thinking.

"What are you thinking?" I ask looking down at our hands intertwined.

"Huh?" He looks up at me. "Oh, nothing."

"Dyl, you should know you can't lie to me, you're terrible at it." I smile looking at him now.

"I know." He smiles

"So what is it?"

"Um your dad.. He- well we were talking this morning and.."

"And?"

"And we were talking about you.. Well you and me."

I'm quiet, I don't know what to say other than his mom was talking to me too about us. "Your mom was talking to me too, about us. She says you seem happy now, happier than she's ever seen."

"She did?"

"Yeah, is that a bad thing?"

"No, I just didn't know I was being so obvious."

"What do you mean?"

"You make me happy Brandi, I'm literally falling head over heels for you. I didn't hide it as good as I thought I had, but I don't want to hide it. Not anymore."

"I make you happy?" I choke

"Of course you do! I'm practically a love sick puppy dog with you."

"I don't want to hide it either."

"So we can tell our parents now?"

"I think they already know. Have you seen the way we've been acting? Plus your mom and my mom couldn't stop talking about us on the way to the shops, when they thought I couldn't hear."

"I thought I was pretty bad at hiding it anyways. I literally had to force myself from kissing you at breakfast and keep my hands to myself when they were around."

"You were bad at hiding it! Jeez boy, I know I'm amazing but I didn't think I was that amazing." I smirk

"You are.. You are one thousand percent amazing." He says pulling my face into his.

Our lips connect again and I can't help but let out a sigh when our lips touch.

DYLAN'S POV

There is a volcano of butterflies erupting in my stomach each time our lips touch, eruption after eruption. Boom. Boom. Boom.

"You're amazing." She smiles into my lips.

I wrap my arms around her waist and lift her off the counter, she wraps her long tan legs around my hips and throws her arms around my shoulders. I carry her to the couch and sit down next to her when she turns around and leans her head on me and kicks her legs out across the couch. Her head is in my lap and I'm tangling my fingers in her long brown hair.

"What did my dad talk to you about?" She whispers

"He said you're lucky to have me in your life because without me, you're a complete mess." I tilt my head back and laugh.

She swats my arm.

"No, he said that he would actually be happy if we ended up together, and that there's no one better in the world for you, than me and there's no one better for me, than you.

"My dad is a genius sometimes." She leans up and gives me a kiss on the cheek.

"Yes, he is." I smile and continue twirling my fingers in her hair.

We turn on the tv and start watching an episode of FlashPoint, but when I look down her eyes are shut tightly and her mouth is closed in a line. I watch her for a little bit, and how her chest rises and falls at a slow pace until I fall asleep too.