“Noooo” I sigh frustrated at my phone “I really didn’t do anything. She doesn’t need to come appreciate me”
“She really insists, Autumn. I can’t stop her, else my ears won’t hear the last of it” she complains and I just feel even more frustrated
“Talk some sense into Paris” I hand Jace the phone and walk father ahead of him towards my dorm room
“Hi cupcake” I hear him say and I scoff “Her mind isn’t in its right frame right now so just call her back later today. Preferably at night, she responds to any requests at that time” he winks at me and my mouth falls open
Did he just make a reference to last night?
He fits my jaws together when he gets close to me with a laugh. He’s been all smiles since I found him working on that draft he talked about at the coffee table in the kitchen area
“Morning” I greeted as I walked to the coffee maker and poured myself a cup
“Are you going back to your room today?” he pouted at me as I sat at the table with him, our legs brushing
“I’ve got to make sure that Muna is okay, but I’ll come back” I’d turned his suckling lips off my skin; none of that activity this morning. I stand and begin walking away
“You’re leaving this early?” he asked
“Nope. Just going to get a book from your library; I’m bored” I turned to see his face pulled in a smug look at my statement
“I thought you never read till Muna makes you” I felt like slapping that look off his face. I rolled my eyes and walked away from the laughing hyena and into the library. My hand skimmed surfaces and binds of books, actually judging the books by the covers to know which I’d read
I picked a random one off the table and then notice the black book that he always hides away from sitting in plain sight. Because I felt there was no secrets between us, I had taken a peek inside only to realize that everything that he has written sounds oddly familiar because its things that have happened between us
I laugh to myself while watching him end the call with Muna; Never have I seen grown dude such as this that keeps a diary. So cute
He hands me my phone “They are still going to come over tomorrow, babe” he says and I hang my head in disappointment but still open my room door
Nothing in this life would have prepared me for what I’m about to see. Nothing at all
I mean; yeah, I expected and knew about it but I never thought that I would witness such a thing in my entire life
Muna is kneeling in her head with her head between someone’s thighs who is moaning like the sun will never shine again, her knees buckled around Muna’s shoulder
Jace mirrors my shock as we are standing in the doorway with mouths hanging open
Muna looks up startled and the girl turns to us. If it’s possible, my mouth drops lower when I see Melissa’s face. They scramble to look presentable and Melissa packs up her stuff
“You don’t need to go…” she cuts me off, pink staining her cheeks in embarrassment
“I have stuff to do. I’ll see you all later” she shimmies between Jace and I, disappearing through the doorway
I chuckle and move into the room “You should lock the door next time” I comment at a still frozen Muna and then turn to Jace “Imagine Paris’ mum walking in on that tomorrow” we both double over laughing
“You know I’m gay” she asks
And I nod “Baby, we’ve been waiting on you to tell us yourself, now put on some damn clothes” I say and she pulls a sweater over her bra and tugs her skirt down
“How did you know?” she asks us and Jace shrugs, going to lay in my bed
“I’ve never seen you with no damn boy but all these damn girls you look at like they hand the stars above” I say with a laugh
Jace sits up with a grin “Do you get mad when google maps tell you to go straight?”
My tummy aches from laughing and Muna gets off the bed, heading towards the bathroom but not before throwing us murderous glares while suppressing a grin “Hurry up, you’re buying lunch” I call out to her
“No wonder Melissa is the person she drew in that project of hers” Jace comments and I snicker while snuggling in his arms
“She did always say that she’s a good art reference. I should have picked up the trail by then” I say, brows scrunched when I realize I’d been so full of my own life to bother with hers
Jace probably notices my change of mood, “Don’t beat yourself up….” But is cut off when his phone begins ringing. “I’ve got to take this” he says, rising off the bed from behind me and moving towards a corner in the room
I cock my head to the side while watching him in wonder. And here I was thinking this morning that we had no secrets between us. I can still hear most of what he is saying in hushed tones since the room is small but it’s the thought of keeping it secret that counts
“…..I’m sure” he comments to whoever is on the other side of the call “I’ll send in that part by today; I’m not yet done tinkering with it. I want it out and distributed as soon possible and I want no copy”
I dig out my phone from the pocket of sweats I have on, deciding to stop paying attention to what I’m obviously being kept from knowing
“Guess we are not at the stage of being bare to each other yet” I mutter to myself while playing a video game
“What was that?” I hear him ask the same time I feel him sink into the bed with me
“Reminding myself to delete games I don’t play from my phone” I lie easily, my eyes never leaving the screen till Muna walks back into the room
“Okay, Muchachos” she slips he feet into shoes and places a hand out to Jace
“Let’s hit the road”
“What?” Jace asks as we leave the room
“Car keys, I’m driving” she says and just grabs them out of his short’s pocket. I grin as she begins running away, running after her while the ever chill Jace walks it off
“Why does it feel like all I do nowadays is eat?” I groan from the back seat even though I’m elated at what I’m going to be putting in my mouth in the next five minutes
“Probably because that’s all you do with your time?” Jace offers and I slap his arm hard “Ow! Autumn!” he whines
I stick out my tongue at him and pull away from his reach with a laugh when he tries to hit me back
“Can you two fools settle so that I can focus on my driving?” Muna exclaims and we immediately become silent
Jace sneaks a ‘fuck you’ my way and I stare in shock at him
“Muna did you see that? You had to! He told me ‘fuck you’!” I report to Muna who just groans like a mother of five. Jace snickers away from beside him and I glare
“Dumb five year olds” she mutters and we laugh
What are the best things in life?
Its that one moment when you have everything before it goes downhill, no matter how small the window of time to have it is. The one where you’re happy with all the best people, whether it happens or is just in your head
You see, the best things in life are neither magical nor real, they just are
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Green Hearts
Teen FictionAutumn is finding new roads to love despite watching her father crumble after her mother left their lives, but love happens, and it happens when it needs to. So although she expects her college experience in Berkeley Uni to go plain as ever, she fi...
