The Before and After Project (An Emblem3 Fanfiction)

Chapter 9

-Last night-

Gabby’s POV:

“Thanks for letting me stay at yours tonight…” I grinned weakly, looking up at Drew sheepishly. I hated inviting myself to other people’s houses, but I felt the need, due to the fact that I did NOT want to listen to my dad and…Bridget…having sex or being ridiculously giggly all night. It was sickening and made me want to slap that two timing whore that much harder.

“It’s okay babe, that’s what I’m here for!” he grinned and wrapped his arms around me, kissing me softly on the head. I smiled and wriggled out of his grip uncomfortably, I really wasn’t good with this soppy mellow stuff.

“I’m gonna…um, go get changed…” I mumbled uncomfortably. Drew was my saviour by lending me some of his clothes for the night, not that it was stylish or anything…but it felt nice being in the clothes I usually would’ve worn. Sweatpants and a tank top, my favourite kind of clothes, hands down!

I walked into his bathroom and looked around in awe. Everything was so huge and fancy! From the tiles on the floor to the fact that it was an en-suite bathroom, I was wicked jealous of this guy. I tugged off my own clothes and sank into his comfortably.

I took a moment to take a deep breath after all the things that had happened today. It was nice to take a breather and just be calm for a second, my nerves were running all over the place tonight. After about five seconds of luxury I went back to his room and found him standing shirtless in just his boxers. Oh shit.

He smiled sheepishly at me and looked me up and down. I felt like I was completely naked standing there as his eyes raked over me, even though I had more clothes on than he did. His eyes brought warmth to my body as my cheeks burned.

“Wow…I can’t believe you look better in those than I do…” he breathed, his eyes locking on mine firmly. My confidence flooded back and soon I was striding straight over to his bed, swaying my hips just for his benefit.

His eyes lingered on me as I delicately slid into his bed and pulled the covers up to my chin, grinning at him cheekily. He shook his head, muttering something under his breath as he came to join me. 

His strong arms were around my waist in seconds pulling me closer to him. His lips found my ear as he turned off the lights.

“You’re a little tease you know?” he growled, his breath on my ear making me squirm away. I couldn’t resist with his face inches away from mine, I wrapped my hands around his neck and pulled my lips up where I pressed them gently to his.

He responded with a smile, kissing me back eagerly. His fingers ran through my hair smoothly. I was content with just this until I felt his hands reach the bottom of my shirt, slowly tugging it up. I grabbed onto his hands and pushed away. My breath came out unevenly as I nervously tried to think of what to say.

“You want to stop?” he asked softly. I was ashamed to look him in the eyes when I nodded my head. He tilted my chin up to his and frowned. “It’s okay! You don’t need to be embarrassed, I shouldn’t have pushed you…and I’m really sorry!” he apologised and kissed my forehead, trying to calm me down.

“No…I’m just really stupid and wimpy…and frigid…and I don’t even know why you like me because there’s nothing to—“

“Stop it!” he growled suddenly, startling me. I looked up at him with frightened eyes to see his were filled with sadness, not anger like I had been expecting. “You are none of those things! You shouldn’t be thinking so poorly of yourself…you are beautiful, and absolutely perfect to me! So don’t you dare think that there is no reason for me to love you, because every little thing about you, every little flaw, every little perfection, is the entire reason why I fell utterly in love with you.” My breath caught in my throat as I took this in. Two boys in one day. This is not going to end well….