WARMTH • DIXISON

chapter 3 | warmth

dixie's pov

addison stared at me with an awkward grin and wide eyes. once again, everyone went 'ooooo!'
"kiss kiss kiss!" ryland started cheering us on.
i looked around the circle, everyone was staring at us waiting for us to just kiss already.
bryce and tayler both looked annoyed, it made me want to kiss addison just to piss them off even more, especially tayler.
"ok let's go." i shuffled closer to addison and placed my hand under her chin.
she seemed extremely nervous and could barely keep eye contact with me.
"stop looking away addi" i chuckled.
"well i'm sorry it's awkward" she laughed.
i started to slowly lean in and so did she.
our lips were about to touch when bryce interrupted us.
"ok stop stop stop! this is just weird like someone else kissing my girlfriend in front of me, i don't wanna see it, it's wrong, especially since dixie's a girl... i know it's just a game but still, can we just skip this round?" he stood up waving his hands around.
"yeah i agree bro, addison shouldn't be kissing anyone else, especially dixie." tayler replied, staring at me as if i was his property.
"yeah true whatever" i rolled my eyes at tayler and sat back down in the circle.

why did i feel so annoyed and disappointed that i didn't get to kiss addison? i mean yeah she has a boyfriend so it wouldn't of been fair to bryce but i still just wanted to kiss her. that's not really normal to feel the urge to kiss your friend is it...

we finished up the game and all hung out some more until nighttime. the sway boys, madi and amelie all left so it was just the hype house.
we all had pizza together and chilled until like midnight, everyone went off to their rooms one by one and the house got quieter.

addison's pov

dixie and i sat under the covers in my bed watching tiktoks on my phone. we sat pretty close together so we could both see, she had her head on my shoulder.

today we almost kissed during spin the bottle but bryce stopped us before we could since it would be weird for me to kiss someone else in front of my boyfriend. it's odd because i lowkey wanted to kiss dixie for real, when bryce stopped us i just felt a little wave of sadness wash over me, but why would i be sad about not being able to kiss my friend? i'm just confused.

"addi!" dixie slapped my face.
"ow what." i rubbed my face.
"are you deaf i said your name like five times" she laughed.
"i was tuned out sorry" i replied.
"watchu thinkin bout, bryce?" she stared up into my eyes with a cheeky smile.
"no i'm just kinda tired.." i looked back at her, trying to look somewhat sleepy.
"let's go to sleep, we've been on tiktok for hours it's like 2am" she yawned and sat up to plug her own phone in.
"yeah i'm exhausted" i put my phone down and shuffled further into bed to get comfy and lay down properly.
i lay facing away from dixie, staring over at the other side of the room, thoughts of today replaying through my head properly, especially of how close dixie and i were for those few seconds. i thought of me and bryce's kiss, it was nice but when i think carefully, it wasn't anything special. i've been with him for a little while now but still i just didn't feel anything when i kissed him today, i don't know why...

i felt movement right behind me from dixie adjusting herself, i felt her legs rest on mine, i knew she was facing me like an inch behind me. dixie sighed quietly, she sounded a bit annoyed.
"you ok dix?" i asked.
"yeah.." she replied tiredly.
i felt her shuffle closer and press her body against mine, wrapping an arm around my waist and resting her head on my shoulder.
i was shocked at the sudden contact and flinched, turning my head back to see her cuddling me.
she saw me looking back at her. "sorry do you not want m-"
"no it's nice," i smiled and turned back, holding onto her arm.
"ok.." she yawned and lay her head on top of mine.

i woke up to sunlight peeping through the blinds, i reached out to check the time on my phone and felt the arms around me and head on my shoulder, remembering dixie was cuddling me. i looked back at her, she looked so adorable fast asleep snuggled up to me.
wait.. i shouldn't be thinking she's adorable, well in a friend way she's adorable, people call their friends adorable.. right?

i decided to lay there with her just in the comfort until she woke up too, i didn't want to move away from her warm arms at all.

"addi you up?" dixie whispered, it had been an hour or so since i woke up.
"yeah, morning sleepyhead" i smiled at her still half asleep.
"what's the time? we should go get breakfast.." she yawned and took her arms off me to rub her eyes.
i felt cold as soon as she lifted her arms, she was keeping me warm all night.
"no i wanna stay in bed with youuuu," i rolled over half on top of her, my face shoved into the pillow, muffling my voice.
she laughed and wrapped her arms around me, i instantly felt the warmth again. "ok fineee."
i turned my head on her shoulder and stared up into her eyes, unable to stop smiling.
"you cute," she smiled back.
my heart skipped a beat at the compliment, but why...
"no you are," i booped her nose and snuggled into her more.
we dozed off again for a morning nap.

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