Owen Joyner ~ The Beat of My Heart

Chapter thirteen

Anna's POV

Owen poured the popcorn into the bowl and we quietly walked back into the room. He handed me the bowl as we walked towards the couch. I felt my foot step on Madis foot causing me to trip and fall over. The popcorn spilled all over the carpet. I started laughing as I looked at the popcorn all around me.

"I've never seen two people struggle so hard to make popcorn." Jermey mumbles as he walks into the kitchen.

"I'll help him make a new bag." Charlie mumbles as he follows behind Jeremy.

"Damm it... I really wanted to eat that." Madi says in disappointment.

"Are you okay?" Owen asked me softly as he knelt beside me.

"I am fine thanks for actually asking unlike somebody who was more concerned about the popcorn." I say playfully as I smack Madis foot.

"Shut up I can't hear the movie over your loud mouth." Madi says playfully.

My jaw drops as me and Owen start dying of laughter. Owen grabs a hand full of the popcorn off of the ground and shoves it into the ground.

"Owen... did you really just do that?" I ask him in disbelief.

"Five second rule." He says as his mouth his full.

"Think about all the people who have walked on this carpet." I say in disgust.

Owen spits the popcorn out into the bowl causing me to gag.

"You are disgusting." I mumble as I kick him gently with my foot.

He grabs my foot and yanks me closer to him. Our eyes lock as we both have smiles on our faces.

"We should probably clean this up." I mumble as I look around at all the popcorn.

Owen nods his head as we start picking up the popcorn.

"Stay still." Owen says softly causing me to stop moving.

I watch as he carefully removes pieces of popcorn from my hair. He looked so focused as I felt him gently touch my hair.

"There you go." Owen says softly as his eyes lock with mine.

I quickly look away from him and continue to clean up the popcorn. We finished cleaning up the popcorn and Owen stood up. Owen leaned over and extended his hand towards me. I grabbed his hand and he helped me stand up.

"I'll go throw this away you can sit back down." Owen tells me.

I sit down next to Madi and watch as Owen leaves.

"You totally like him." Madi whispers in my ear.

"I do not." I reply sharply.

"Lying is a sin." Madi replies playfully.

"What's a sin?" Owen asks us as he walks back into the room.

"Lying about her feel..." Madi begins to say but I cover her hand with my mouth.

"I guess I'll never know." Owen says sarcastically as he sits down next to me.

I release my hand from Madis mouth as she rolls her eyes at me. She gives me a knowing look as she notices Owen wrap his arm around my back causing my body to flinch. He pulls my body close to him as he cuddles up to me and rests his head on my shoulder. I play with his hair causing him to smack my hand.

"Oww." I say sharply.

"Sorry..." He says softly as he rubs my hand gently.

I continue to run my hands through his hair causing him to bark at me.

"What the...." I begin to say but Madi interrupts me.

"What the hell was that?" Madi asks Owen sharply.

"It just slipped out... I don't fucking know." Owen replied as he laughed.

"Did you just bark at me?" I ask him in disbelief as I laugh.

"I didn't mean to." Owen replies sharply.

"Don't do it again." Madi mumbles as she shakes her head.

"Can I play with your hair or are you gonna bark at me again?" I ask him sarcastically.

"It was an accident.. and no.... don't." He says softly.

"Why not?" I ask him softly.

"Because... I don't know... it makes me feel weird." He mumbles under his breath.

"Weird how?" I ask him as I was curious.

"I don't know... just don't do it." He mumbles as he sits up.

He pats his chest as he motions for me to lay on it. I rest my head on his chest as he wraps his arm around my waist. He runs his hands through my hair causing butterflies to enter my stomach.

"How come you can play with my hair but I can't play with yours?" I ask him playfully.

"Shh... I'm watching the movie." He whispers sarcastically.

I sigh as I feel his one hand gently rubbing my back. I felt a yawn leave my lips as I realized how tired I was. I felt Owen place a kiss on my head as he continued to rub my back. I felt my heart quicken as I could hear Owens heart beating quickly. Could Owen actually have feelings for me? Would he ever actually ask me out? Could I ever even date Owen? I shake away the questions about Owen as I feel my eyes get heavy.

"Owen why are you cuddling my sister." I hear Charlie ask him.

"Uh..... cause she's my friend." Owen says nervously.

"Friends don't do that." Charlie mumbles as I hear him sit down.

"Yeah...friends do that.... see." Madi says as I feel her lay her head on my back.

"Charlie's just jealous he can't join in the cuddle party." I say playfully as my voice sounded tired.

I lifted my head up and was met by Owens eyes staring at me.

"I thought you were asleep." Owen says softly as he caresses my face.

"I almost was." I mumble as I yawn again.

"I'm just saying you guys are awfully close for friends." Charlie says sharply.

"Join the cuddle party." I say as I yawn again.

I feel my eyes get very heavy again. I almost feel sleep overtake me but am interrupted by a person practically crushing me with their body.

"Charlie!" I scream.

"You said join the cuddle party!" He yells playfully.

I open my eyes but am met by darkness due to Charlie laying on top of me. My body was now pressed even more into Owen causing my mind to get flustered.

"Dude get off I don't think she can breathe." Owen tells Charlie.

I feel the weight lifted off of my body causing me to take a deep breath.

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