Stay at my side Ch.26 [18M/18F] [Friends to lovers] [cuddling] [missing each other] [repost]

Chapter 26: The meaning of love

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As good as it feels to go to sleep with someone you love, it doesn’t change how hard it can be to wake up. Matt’s alarm was definitely not a good one to wake up to. We looked at each other irretated and I let my head fall back onto his chest. “Do we have some time left?” I mumbled into his chest. I really wasn’t in the mood to get up now. “My alarm goes off a bit too early so we can cuddle a bit if you want.”

Relieved, I hugged him and closed my eyes again. He began stroking my hair and I needed to focus not to go to sleep again. I thought about what has happened this weekend. I probably experienced more than in all my lifetime until now. Ignoring the bad things I thought about last night. The thought of how careful Matt was made me smile a little. I remembered how I woke up later and got the idea of returning that favor to him. He needed to help me at one point but overall I was surprisingly satisfied with my performance.

“Case, sorry but we really need to get up now.” I sighed once and then sat up and got off of him. He also sat up and we looked at each other as if we just had discovered that we were naked. We grinned at each other for a moment before Matt stood up and started to throw on some clothes. He also gave me the bag I’ve taken with me and I started to look for something to wear.

We stumbled down into the kitchen where we met our siblings. We kept it simple and everyone got some cereal. We realized that we didn’t have that much time left and hurried to brush our teeth and get our school stuff. We were just in time to catch the bus and I Matt to his usual seat. I sat down next to him and leaned a little against him. We sat in silence for a minute before he turned his head and asked me: “One question, how do we act at school?” I totally forgot that. We weren’t officially a couple but now it was more than obvious that there was something going on if we kept behaving like this.

“I dunno, it would probably be weird if we just randomly kiss in the hallway but prepare that I will need a hug from time to time.” I had to admit that it was a little ridiculous that it felt weird for me to kiss him in front of others after all the things we had done but if he wanted to I would probably go along. “Perfect, then let’s just do that and enjoy the new rumours that will start after everyone finds out that you stayed the weekend with me.”

Another thing I had forgotten about. Matt’s friends heard me and probably told everyone about it. I could get out of that by telling what happened with my parents and that I had to stay there but this was way worse than some rumours. They wouldn’t be a problem anymore anyway if we decided to make this official. We would just be a normal couple and there aren’t any rumours if it’s an official relationship.

The thought of a relationship with Matt made me smile. I laid my head on his shoulder and snuggled against him. I noticed how he wanted to put an arm around me. He pulled back when he remembered where we were. It was kinda sad but this was the price we had to pay. I closed my eyes and tried to ignore everything around me. Just me and Matt’s side. I couldn’t always be cuddling with him but I tried to remember this as good as possible.

Just when I thought I memorized everything, something new happened; Matt’s head slowly fell down onto mine. Somehow I instantly knew he was asleep. He probably didn’t fell asleep right away last night. I decided to insure that be would get a good sleep this night.

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“Hey you two, fucking all night is not a reason to skip school!” I woke up to this lovely call from Daniel and looked around. We were already at our school and the bus had stopped. Did we really sleep for the whole ride? I looked at Matt but he was just as confused as me. We grabbed our bags and stumbled out of the bus. Matt started talking with Daniel and I kept a little distance.

We didn’t share our first class this morning but I still knew in which room he had to go. I would go past it while going to my class. I slowed down until I was next to my best friend again. We didn’t look at each other but just before we had to split he shortly brushed his hand over mine. We interlocked our fingers for a moment. This could probably also happen by accident but it felt good to feel him one last time before I had to be alone for the first time in three days.

I almost laughed. How clingy was I? We would see each other again in two hours but it still hurt letting him go.

Anyway, I couldn’t change that now and needed to hurry to get to my class. Luckily our classrooms were somewhat close and I got there in time. I was almost late but somehow this was good because it let me avoid the typical conversations that appeared after weekends. I was sure that if I would have talked to someone, the main topic would have been Matt and me.

My seat was in the left back-corner which allowed me to separate myself a bit. I stared out the window into the wide blue sky. It was autumn and the leaves of the trees had turned colorful or were already falling down.

There was one tree. He already had lost most of its leaves but there were still some that were untouched. There was one that caught my attention. It was really close to the stem and was surrounded by branches. The wind attacked it pretty heavily but it was safe in its cage of branches. It would go nowhere.

“Casey, what do you think about that question?” The voice of my teacher interrupted my thoughts. Surprised I looked to the front and saw a big question written on the whiteboard. ‘What does love mean to you?’ Usually I wasn’t a really good student but, mostly out of surprise, I just started talking: “Safety, you can mess stuff up but you always have something to come back to that will build you up again.”

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