The dance team comes together quickly and ends just as fast, Damien, Sky, and I leave the gym and I see Andrew Cole and Ella arguing in the distance,

"Remi stop looking at him." Sky says and takes my hand and starts walking faster, I see Andrew Cole look over and see Ella look over also, she slaps him. Sky keep dragging me farther and farther away until she puts me into her car.

"You know him Remi?" Damien asks,

"I—"

"Not anymore." Sky says

We all drive to the Mortars house and walk inside to be greeted by their dog.

"Hey Gussy." I smile and sit on the couch, my phone vibrates in my pocket and I take it out to see my grandma calling,

"Hold on I'll be back." I walk to the backyard and answer

"Remilee it's time to come home." Her voice sounded tired, she must have just woken up.

"I'll be home soon." I say and end the call
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I make it home and go to my room, the clock blinked 10:00, I sit in my room and look at the closet.
Just a thirty more minutes and you can head to the river.

I played the waiting game for long enough and I grab his jacket from the closet and I slowly walk out of the house, I make it to the river with light snowfall and see him standing there.

"Redley." I say

"Mallas." He opens his arms and I walk over and place my head on his chest, he wraps his arms around me.

"Can I trade you this jacket for my leather one back?" He laughs and lets me go,

I nod and take off the jacket and he hands me the other one,

"How long can you stay out for?" He questions softly

"Not too long, I have to get home soon. It's a school night." I say

He grabs my cold hand and starts walking with me,
"Lead the way, I'll walk you home." He says

"I thought you had a car?" I laugh

"I do but I want to walk with you so I have more time." He grips my hand

"How's your face?" I ask

"My face? I don't know you tell me." He swings me around to make me face him,

"I saw Ella slap you earlier, what was that for?" I ask twisting myself back around

"Oh don't worry about that." He says

We continue walking and the night just keeps getting colder,

"I wish I'd brought my car, why do you live so damn far." He laughs

"Well we are walking, I usually jog." I laugh
He goes quiet for a second,

"Mallas how do you feel?" He says seriously
"Cold?" I say

"No, no. I meant like—about this." He says

"It should say a lot. I came here for you, didn't I?" I smile

He pulls me in and kisses my forehead gently,
"It took me long enough to realize what I felt." He holds me tightly,

"We have to hurry it's almost eleven thirty." I push off him lightly and start walking again.
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The weeks roll by and he didn't come a few nights ago and same with the following night. Maybe that was too good to be true. The third night I just decided to stay home, I lay in bed with my tea on my bedside. The light from my laptop lit up my face, and I sit in bed bundled in my blankets. I hear taps on the window, I set my laptop to the side of me and crawl to the window and see Andrew Cole sitting on the ledge of my grandmas old willow tree.
I slide the window open,

"Get your dumbass in here Redley before you get caught." I whisper loudly,

He crawls inside my room and lays on my bed,
"Andrew Cole it's fall break, are you crazy?!" I whisper

"For you yes." He smiles and closed his eyes,

"No no no, don't you dare fall asleep." I laugh and shake him

He opens his eyes and rolls to his side and props himself on his elbow,

"You look really nice in that." He smiles looking at me,

"If I knew you were coming I would have put on more clothing than a bra and joggers." I cross my arms

"No don't do that, it pushes up your boobs." He uncrosses my arms and I laugh,

"You are too much." I get up and grab his sweater from my closet and slip it on,

"I was being serious, why'd you put on the hoodie?" He laughs

"You're a pervert that's why." I lay down next to him and he pulls me into him,

"No funny business." I raise an eyebrow at him,

"I can't kiss my girl- you?" He smiles awkwardly

"You were about to call me your girlfriend huh." I laugh

"No! PFFT— you know me Mallas, I don't do that girlfriend stuff." He jokes

"Oh yeah, yeah. I forgot you're the infamous Andrew Cole Redley who doesn't attach strings to girls who are head over heels for you." I mock

He gasps, "Are you head over heels for me Mallas?"
I roll my eyes and sit up,

"Are you planning to stay the night here or are you going to leave?" I ask

"Maybe I'll stay, I'm still deciding— does your grandma come in here often?" He sits up,

"Not too often." I shrug

"Looks like I'm staying then." He winks, I smile and he opens his arms and I sit in between his legs. I go on my phone and open snapchat and start recording,

"No stop." He smiles and pushes my phone down. I turn around and wrap my legs around him and he smirks,

"What're you doing Mallas?" He raises his eyebrow, I sit back with my hands supporting me.

"I'm not doing anything." I laugh

He rolls his eyes, "God you're such a tease."

He pulls me into passionate kiss and his hands hold my waist trying to pull me closer while my hands hold both sides of his face. I pull away and wrap my arms around him and he puts his head on my shoulder,

"God damnit Mallas, what are you doing to me." He groans, I pull my legs from around him and sit back,
"Do you have an answer for me yet?" I question

"For what?" He raises his eyebrows

"This." I frown

"Soon I promise." He grabs my hands and caresses them with his thumbs, I look down,

"I can't keep waiting, it's not fair." I sigh

"I know and I promise I'll sort all my shit out this week and then maybe I can steal you for Christmas." He lifts my face up with his thumb and index and gives me a small smile.

"Maybe you can come here for Christmas, you've been coming around here a lot more and my grandma really likes you." I say

He smiles and nods,

"Let's get to bed, yeah?" He asks, I nod and lie down. He takes off his shirt and puts it on my windowsill and sinks down next to me.

"You should come over tomorrow—I want you to come over tomorrow." I lay my head on him

"We'll see ok?" He says softly,

"Ok." I close my eyes.
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I wake up to whispers and open my eyes slightly, then close them. I felt his flesh on my cheek, his chest was vibrating. Was he talking?
"I don't know what to do, I'm knee deep in shit and I feel like you're the only one who can get me out." He lets out a deep sigh and smooths my hair back, "The past few weeks have been great so I don't know why I'm so— so afraid to lose someone like you. I wish I could tell you what was going on but you wouldn't like it." He pauses, "There's a lot here with us Mallas, I know you can feel it too. I want what you want, I want this— I want you." He says softly, I feel his lips land on my forehead and I drift back off.
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