.Rise And Fall.

.Rise and Fall. (34)

|Chapter:34|

"Why.."

Hit.

"Are you.."

Hit.

"So grumpy?"

I hit him with the pillow. Before I could I hit him again, he pounced back on me and in one swift motion I was under him. With one hand he pinned my hands above my head as he took the pillow with his other hand. My heart started to beat fast, not beacuse it was my turn to get hit by the pillow but because he was straddling me now.

"Because you.."

Hit.

"So badly.."

Hit.

"Want to.."

Hit.

"Third wheel Zac and Sarah."

He finished with another hit on my face. But he still held my hands back. Wait, is that why he wasn't talking to me properly after lunch? Because he thinks I'm third wheeling them.

He finally let go off my hands and I pushed him away. I quickly sit up, running my fingers through my hair to fix. Calm down, I kept chanting to my fast beating heart. He sat on the edge of the bed with his elbows resting on his knees as he stared at the floor with much interest.

"I'm riding with you. Happy?", I said folding my arms. He turned to look at me with a wide grin plastered on his face.

"Very", with that he pushed me down on the bed again before his hands travelled under my pink sweater. I was startled at first, as my skin tingled where he touched then it turned to laughter and me, squirming my body when he started tickling me.

I was a laughing mess and I felt a thin line of tear flow out of my one eye. "Nick... please stop", I begged.

He didn't stop. I tried to kick him away but he trapped my legs with his, terminating all kinds of escape.

"Why are.. you.... ti-tickling me?", I asked as I failed to stop my bubbly laughs. 

"When I said let's planning something together, I meant you and me. Not the whole damn jock flocks", he said slowly retreating his hand away from my stomach.

He wanted to go alone with me. Really?

My phone buzzed on the nightstand. He shifted from above my body to the side of the bed as I reached for my phone. I sit up straight when I saw the caller id.

"Mom", my voice barely came out. She didn't contact me for more than a week. I tried to call so many times but her phone was either out of network or switched off.

"Sweety. I'm sorry I..."

"Are you alright? I was waiting for your call. Please tell me where you are? You got me so worried", I blurted out, sounding like a worried mother.

"I'm okay but really busy. Just wanted to check how you're doing." I was really relieved that she still cares about me.

"Everything's good", I smiled.

"I've to go now. Gott a meeting in five minutes. Bye."

"But mom when are you co..."

The line went dead. I brought the phone down and stared at the black screen for some seconds, trying to blink back the tears. I felt arms wrapped around my waist from the back, as if he was trying to comfort me. He pulled me to his chest and without fighting, I turned around and I snuggled into him. The emptiness in my heart suddenly was replaced by his warm embrace. Is this where I belong?