The Boy Next Door

Chapter Five: Jason's POV

Lunch with Jason isn't awkward at all, he's just shoving his face with food. I am just laughing at him. He looks up at me and gives me a questioning look.

     "It's nothing," I say while trying to stop laughing resulting me to sound very stupid. 

A few minutes later, Jason and I are heading back to his room to study. I can tell he's pretty tired, I am too, but we continue anyways. At least he's picking up the lessons faster than before, I guess he's finally concentrating. Well yeah, of course he would be concentrating, the Midterms start on Tuesday and it's already Monday tomorrow.

We continue studying and before we know it, it's late already. How we always end in the middle of the night is still a big mystery to me. I can feel my eyebags. It's weird. 

As I sit listening to Jason trying to answer the question I gave him, my mind is beginning to drift off. 

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Jason's POV

While I'm answering the question Celia just gave me, I notice her eyes starting to close and before I know it, she's asleep. 

I can tell that she's tired. I mean we've been sleeping super late these days. I gently lift her off the chair and carry her to my bed. I place her down and tuck her in my sheets. I slowly slide off her glasses and place them on the side table. 

I'm gonna sound like such a stalker for saying this but she looks so cute while sleeping. Her nose is a bit scrunched up but she's still smiling. She's beautiful that is a fact that I've known since we were children.

I remember that these guys used to tease her when were 8, but I knew they had a crush on her. I do too. I still do after all these years and it's not only cause of her looks. She's the kindest, nicest and most caring person I've ever met, the only thing is she doesn't think this about herself. She has such a low self-esteem and I wanna fix that. 

I move a lock of her hair off her face and gently kiss her forehead. I close the door as quietly as possible. 

    I walk into the kitchen and see Jude still at the table working. "We'll you're up late."

    "You too." He replies without looking up from his laptop. "Where's Celia?" he continues.

    "Sleeping in my bed. She fell asleep and I don't want to wake her. She pretty tired," I say while grabbing a glass of water.

     "I would be too if I was tutoring you everyday," he jokes as he closes his laptop.

      "You're so funny," I say while giving him a sarcastic laugh. 

      "So you're sleeping on the couch?" Jude asks me as he is about to enter his room.

    "Yeah, I will. Night." 

I turn off all the lights and lock the door. I then settle into the couch and close my eyes, slowly falling asleep, thinking only about the girl who is currently wrapped up in my sheets. 

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Celia's POV

I wake up to the sunlight hitting my face and it's not something I particularly like. I open my eyes and immediately notice that I am not in my own bedroom, I'm in Jason's. I must've fell asleep last night and he carried me to his bed.

Wait. What time is it? I can't even see right now. Once I put on my glasses I see the clock on the side table. Thank God, it's only 6:30.

I pull off Jason's sheets and fold them neatly. I place all my things in my bag and leave the room. I walk into the living room and see Jason sleeping on the couch. I smile at the sight of his face and silently leave their apartment. 

I walk down the hall and fish my keys out of my bag. I open the door to see Miranda already at the counter drinking a cup of coffee.

     "So why didn't you come home last night?" Miranda asks with a questioning look.

     I give a sheepish smile and say "I accidentally fell asleep at Jason's."

     "Oh My God. My little cousin isn't a virgin anymore," She cries dramatically as she places down her mug.

    "Miranda! Get you're head out of the gutter! We didn't do anything. We're just friends." I retort.

    Miranda begins to burst out in laughter and says "Yeah, I know. Jude texted me last night, that you fell asleep and Jason was sleeping on the couch." 

   "You're so annoying," I utter as I walk into the bathroom to get ready for school. 

I get ready in 15 minutes and leave the apartment after a short breakfast. As I am stepping out into the hall, I notice Jason stepping out as well. He's wearing a pair of sweats and plain white shirt. It's unfair how attractive he looks when he's not even trying. 

   He notices me and comes up to me and says, "Good Morning!"

  "Morning!" I greet back as we walk out of the building together.

  "Here you go," He says as he hands me one of he tumblers he's holding in his hand. I didn't even notice he was carrying two.

   I took a sip and the taste of hot chocolate and coffee is in mouth. "Thanks, I needed that."

He merely smiles at me and we continue our walk to school in a comfortable silence. I begin to distance from him as we get closer to school. I mean he's one of the popular kids, he wouldn't be caught dead with me. 

    He notices me getting away and simply gets closer to me and throws his arm of my shoulder.  "You aren't getting away from me this time." 

    I let my hair cover my face as I blush and say, "Whatever." 

We enter the school grounds and  I can feel all the eyes on me. I don't like it. I can hear everyone whispering about me and Jason. This is one of the reasons why I distanced myself from him in the first place. Well that and the other thing.