Chapter 61// "Elliott, do you see what I see?"
I felt someone tickle my nose; I rub my nose in my sleep and groan out loud, why would someone be horrible enough to disturb my beautiful slumber?
I try and turn around on the double bed, but someone was strongly holding on to me.
I also feel a hand twisting my hair like it was being wrapped around a finger.
Can you please leave me in peace?
"Fuck off" I groan out loud, grabbing one of the pillows from beside me and putting it over my face. Why was it so light in the room? Someone needs to remind me to build a brick in front of my window.
I hear him laugh huskily next to me. I felt an intense pair of eyes stare at me, which made me feel really awkward while I lay there.
I slowly crack each eye open and cringe at the amount of sunlight in the room.
Lying in front of me was Elliott, with the most dazzling smile on his face. He had those droopy, puppy eyes that are slightly red like he just woke up.
He had the slightest amount of stubble on his chin, which made him appear older looking.
"Why are you so happy?" I furrow my eyebrows at him.
"In all honesty, I didn't think I'd ever get to see your ugly morning face again" Elliott replies as he continuously smiles. He had that deep croaky voice on, where it was all husky and cracked when he spoke.
"Yeh well you're stuck with me forever, so shut your eyes and go back to sleep. And come here and give me some of your body heat, I'm freezing" I tell him.
"Forever?" he asks me.
"Yes Elliott, you know eternal, till the day we die, do I need to explain it any further" I roll my eyes.
"No, it's just the first time you said something like that. I think you should say it more often"
"You're so needy"
"You know you love it, Dawson"
I roll my eyes and close them again.
"Dawson get up we're having dinner with Charlotte today, oh shit we've missed breakfast and lunch"
"We can have breakfast anytime of the day?" I mutter, trying you hug him but he pushes me off him. He's so stubborn?
"Dinner is only in a few hours nd we all know how long it takes you to get ready"Â We all didn't come home till like 7 am, so we have seriously slept in.
I suddenly hear a light knock at the door and my eyes immediately fly open and before I can do anything my door cracks open.
"Cress, I got home right now and I need to go out straight away and I found a dogs bed..." Someone explains softly as they enter my room unannounced. I push Elliott of myself and cover myself with my duvet.
My mother stops in the doorway looking stunned.
"I don't know if I should ask about the visitor in your bed or the fact you're both still in bed." She states. Her hair was in a neat top bun and she was wearing one of her work skirts and a tight pencil skirt. She must have some sort of important meeting.
"Hey Ms. Dawson" Elliott waves at her as if this moment wasn't awkward in the slightest. Yeh, many parents probably walked in on him and a girl in the past.
Oh god, that was such a bad thought.
"Are you two..." She points between us, I feel my cheeks blazing with red.
"Dating? Yes" Elliott finishes off her sentence. Every time he said that he had the most dazzling smile on his face.
"I was going to ask if you were friends with benefits, but dating works too"
"I would have totally ask you right now if you're okay with us and shake your hand but my pants were falling for Cress last night, so I don't think getting up is the best idea" Elliott states.
I look at him open-mouthed, was that really necessary, he practically just told my mother he was unclothed under the covers. And you know what it's not like we did anything last night. Elliott just enjoys sleeping nude.
"Anyway, about the dog bed, dog food and the constant smell around the house," She asks.
"Elliott got me a puppy, you'll most likely find her in Daniel's bed," I tell her.
"Right" she nods like nothing was making sense anymore.
"Em Elliott," I say to him from next to me, he had his head propped up on his arm looking totally cool with my mom walking in on us. Does this boy have no shame?
"There is a spider on your side of the duvet," I tell him honestly seeing the 8-legged large creature walking closer to him.
I expected Elliott to get out of bed and throw it out the window but I forgot this was Elliott I was talking to.
He actually squeals and flies out the bed landing with a sickening thump on the floor.
Thank god he took the duvet on the floor with him and that I was actually decently clothed.
He lets out another squeal and I think it was because the spider followed him onto the floor.
He lifts himself and the duvet up and runs out my room and presumably into Daniel's.What was Daniel going to do to help him, my brother was just as scared of them himself.
"The only thing my mother told me when I was younger is that a boyfriend requirement is that he has been able to throw out the spiders "
"I think I can handle the spider's mom," I say getting of bed and lifting the crawly creature off the ground and throwing him out the window"
"I think it's better if I go to work know," She tells me pointing out the door and then walking out.
I stretch before going in to the bathroom to wash my face and put on my moisturizer.
Elliott eventually returns by the time I have began to apply my foundation. He was dressed, well half dressed.
He was wearing a pair of sweatpants that I thing belonged to Daniel, I never know with those two, they practically shared one another's closets.
All I can say is that gray is really Elliott color, especially when he combines it with no shirt, drop dead gorgeous look. And also when he tops the look off by holding an adorable puppy.
Elliscent jumps out Elliott's arms and walks out my room probably back to Daniel. He was bribing Elliscent's love with food. In no time my puppy will be a big round ball of dog treats.
I shake the foundation bottle extremely hard while Elliott looks at me with one dark eyebrow raised.
"What?" I snap at him. I hate it when something runs out it makes you regret all those times you wasted it.
"You have really good handwork," Elliott tells me before blowing his hair out his face.
I loved it when his hair was soft with no sorts of products in it and when it fell in his eyes.
"What?" I repeat having no idea what he was getting at.
"You just look like you could give a really good handjob," He says under his breath as he takes the foundation bottle out my hand suddenly looking really immersed in the ingredients.
"Well, I guess all this good handwork will go to waste because you will never get one of them" I smirk at him trying not to act embarrassed.
"You sure about that Dawson," He asks.
"I'm not doing anything with anyone until I'm married"
"Right then lets going find a priest or whatever guy gets people married," Elliott tells me. Oh god, he wasn't being serious?
"Did I mention I don't want to be married until I'm in my mid 50's"
That's when he pounces on me, and I fall back hitting my head of the cushioning on my bed.
Elliott was straddling me with both my wrists caught in on of his hands.
"You think you can resist me for another 30 years Dawson" He smirks at me bringing his face close to mine, but not touching my lips on to his. I don't say anything seeing as he just knocked the breath out of me.
He chest was pressed up against me, actually on that same thought, everything was pressed up against me.
"Answer me" Elliott breathes into my ear.
"Yes," I squeak.
"Wrong answer" He runs his free hand over the inside of my thigh very painfully slow.
Higher...and higher...
"Oh Jesus my eyes are watering holy water for you both to drink. It's like to early for this, stop this unholy stuff" Daniel shouts trying to act religious of some sorts.
Elliott and I both look over at him as his hand covers his eyes as he tried to blindly walk out my bedroom when he reaches his bedroom door he walks straight into it which makes Elliot and my burst out in laughter.
"Daniel, don't lie and say you've never had sex at this time" Elliott shouts across the hall.
"Shut it Elliott or cover my sister's innocent ears"
I push Elliott seeing as Daniel ruined our 'moment'.
"This isn't over" Elliott warns me.
"Oh, I think it is" I wink at him going back to my make up.
*
"Elliott why is Carter coming with us?" I cross my arms in a huff seeing as Carter got shotgun.
"Elliott, why is Crescent coming with us?" Carter jokes in a girly voice.
I stick my tongue out at him and he just laughs at me.
"I don't think I can deal with sitting in between you and Charlotte, you'll both probably pounce on me"
"Elliott neither of us will ever have a threesome with you"
"That's not what I was referring to but if that's what you want then by all means I'll join in"
"You know you love it when I talk dirty"
"Sure. Are we nearly there in starving" I whine. Who has dinner this late?
"Just around the corner" Elliott replies.
It was not just around the corner but finally, we made it.
"Oh hey I love this place they sell the best cookie dough," I tell both boys as I remember I have been here before.
Carter opens the door for me but Elliott shoves him inside as he held the door for me and mimics for me to go in.
As I walk in I eye him carefully, Elliott never acted like a gentleman.
And I was right cause the second I face forward Elliott slaps my backside.
"Your ass looks damn fine today"
He puts his arm out pretending to be a gentleman again and I try and shove him into a table.
As soon as we walk in I see Charlotte sitting at a table alone, a table of four.
Elliott and Charlotte were good friends from what I know. Someone once asked me if I was worried about anything going on between Elliott and her.
I laughed in their faces because Charlotte and Elliott have no sort of relationship like that. It was so much more like brother and sister. Anyway, Charlotte was into musicians and Elliott can't play any sort of instrument.
Also, she has a boyfriend, weird guy, but nice nonetheless.
She smiles as she sees us, her long blonde hair that I remembered was now a long bob, shaping her face.
Charlotte was always curvier than a pin straight model and it worked so well to her advantage.
"Crescent" She waves directly at me. I sit in front of her on the table while Elliott was next to me and Carter next to Charlotte.
"Cress I thought you were a blonde, I feel really left out in this group now"
I laugh at that "This idiot made me go back to brown"
I point at Elliott.
"So who are you?" Charlotte sweetly asks turning to Carter who looked slightly awkward having been seated next to Charlotte.
I know those eyes that Carter is giving her. He likes her.
"Carter. Carter Dickson"
I see Charlotte's lips quirk up ever so slightly as the sound of his second name. It happens every time.
"Well I'm Charlotte" She smiles kindly back at him.
"So how come Carter is your wingman today. Where is Daniel?"
"Daniel has serious issues he needs to handle," Elliott tells her elaborating not further.
The issue was Daniel was still getting with other girls while he was still having a 'thing' with Winter. It was all a big fat mess. The way it looked right now it seemed like Daniel was going to break Winter's heart and move on from her.
Stupid boy.
"Are you ready to order?" Someone's voice says from the end of the table.
It was a young boy around age with messy blonde hair and dark brown eyes. He has an apron or something like that tied around his waist and a notebook and pen in his hand.
And he was looking directly at me.
I quickly drop my eyes to my menu "Emmm...."
Suddenly Elliott butts in saying his order loud and clear.
Once Elliott gives his order he just sits there giving him the death glare.
I am finally able to order after Charlotte and Carter take forever it choosing what they want to eat.
"The large, not regular. Large double chocolate cookie dough, with strawberries and cream. No ice cream. And a raspberry smoothie"
I tell him from memory of what I ordered last time I was here. There was no cookie dough on the main menu.
Last time I was here I order a moan meal and then cookie dough as dessert. I didn't even get halfway through it, this time I would most definitely Finnish it.
"You can't have that for dinner," Carter says in bewilderment.
Charlotte looked slightly taken aback by my order as well but Elliott gave me an amused look.
"Elliott your girlfriend is going to die of a sugar overdose. She's insane"
Elliott just smiles "Why else do you think I picked her?"
*
"Woman will you stop eating my chips" Elliott slaps my hand away as I dive for another chip.
"I can't," I tell him stuffing another into my mouth.
"So Carter are you the boy that betrayed one of my closest friends. Broke up my OTP and joined some crazy ass gang after you were given the opportunity to leave it" Charlotte asks, while she swirled her fork through her pasta.
I think Elliott snorts out some chicken.
"About that Elliott I was supposed to tell you about..." He suddenly dropped down to a whisper. "...Aaron"
"I'm not deaf you idiot" Charlotte sighs throwing her hands up. Her fork was also in her hand so past flies off over Carter.
He brushes it off and holds his tongue.
"Aaron is planning something big for you two. He feels like using Crescent is a way to get back at you. And also he has a really deep hate for her. That aside I think he's planning something in our school. No idea what though"
"What if I pretended to break up with Cress do you think that would work," Elliott asks Carter.
Excuse me someone pass me a bat or a rather large piece of wood to knock some sense to this boy.
"Nah you've pretty much announced your love for her to the whole world. It would be ridiculous for you to pretended to break up with her"
Elliott was looking really seriously at Carter so he doesn't see me grab his water.
I pour it all down Elliott.
"What the fuck was that for Dawson?" He barks at me.
"You fucking just said you were thinking of breaking up with me. Wake up Call Elliott Grayson. You've down that and I still get kidnapped. But stop acting dumb"
He looks at me seriously at me for a moment, in humor in his eyes.
"I don't want anyone to ever hurt you"
And just like that, all the seriousness was now gone.
"I swear if he lays another finger on you Dawson helps be handing from his balls from an electric wire" Elliott continues in a more angrier tone.
"How are you and your boyfriend doing?" Elliott asks Charlotte obviously trying to change the subject.
"You know, he's getting a bit boring now. I feel I need to find someone to spice up my life. Except not someone as spicy as you Elliott. Wherever you go Elliott trouble surely follows"
"And a bunch of sexual innuendos" Carter comments.
"Carter, your looking for a girlfriend aren't you?" I ask him.
Elliott out his arm around my shoulder and points between the pair of them.
"That's right, your both looking for someone"
"Elliott, do you see what I see?" I ask him.
"Right now all I can see is your boobs. I really have to compliment your style of dressing lately"
I shove my elbow into his thigh.
"Yeh I see two people who could have really hot sex tonight and never speak to each other again"
"Elliott" I shout at him appalled, as I shove my elbow in deeper.
"Sorry did I say sex. I meant you two should date. Dawson, you really shouldn't have your elbow their it's making my mind go all sorts of places"
"Oh god Elliott did you have to say that, you made my mind go to a very disturbing place," Carter disgustedly.
"Here is it just me or is that waiter always looking at my Cress"
"Both Carter, Charlotte and I look at the guy who was currently clearing a table. The poor thing his eyes drop down the second he sees all of us look at him.
"And you, Elliott are the main reason I don't want to be in a relationship"
"What did I do?" He asks appalled for being blamed for something he doesn't know he did.
"The over protectiveness, not being to talk to other guys. They way the expect sex from you. I am most definitely going single. Aren't, you scared that maybe just maybe one day she could fall for another guy and break your heart"
"Nah there's no competition with any other guy. No one is better than me" He says cockily.
However, Carter was looking at her like a drooling puppy, stupid boy.
"And girls always need a guy, or a girl for that matter," Elliott says.
"What's a queen without her king?" Elliott asks.
"Historically speaking, more powerful" I reply
"Girl give me a damn high five," Charlotte says from across the table.
"Char you better not be filling Cress's ears with this bullshit, next thing we know and ill be single"
"I wouldn't be so sure Elliot. I'm in it for the long game"
"I mean this personally, you two are too cute to ever break up. I remember when I saw you at the ice skating rink. I thought you guys would be together after that but hey, you found your way back to each other"
"I'm going to go pay the bill at the counter this is too sappy for me" Carter gets up, having finally stopped staring at Charlotte.
"He totally fancies me doesn't he?" Charlotte asks getting out her seat too.
"Why wouldn't he Charlotte, your gorgeous. And where are you going"? I ask.
"I got to call my soon to be ex. The thought of dating him now makes me sick"
"You know we both used to be like that too. You used to feel sick at the sight of love and I used to be whatever Carter was. Is it a fuckboy that you called us?"
"That was until I met you," I tell hm. Until I realize I was wrong. It wasn't love at first sight between Elliott, and me not even close.
"When I first realized I had feelings for you I hated it, I hated you when we were kids. You were this annoying girl that wanted to hang out with Dan and me"
"But as I got older I couldn't help but fall instantly in love with you, even though I forced myself not too, but soon not being around you felt like I was going to suffocate. I never thought I would say this but people who don't believe in love are stupid"
I laugh at Elliott's words and he looked annoyed by my reaction.
"I'm sorry," I tell him attempting to calm my fit of giggles.
"It's just Elliott, I never expected those words to come out your mouth''
"Your making me wish they didn't" he grumbles.
"Did I offend you? You know I love you Elliott Grayson" I smile at him.
"Oh, I know how could you not love me, everyone does. I'm one sexy guy"
"Elliott someone needs to teach you to be more humble"
"Now where's the fun in that. Have you ever tried to get a girl into bed by being humble, there's nothing sexy about it"
"Being humble is plenty sexy"
"Please if you thought that you wouldn't be dating me. You are so into cocky guys"
"Can you please not repeatedly use that word so loudly? " I tell him off.
"What, cocky?" he smirks as he the word sexily rolls off his tongue.
"You are so annoying, Elliott"
"You know what it must really suck for everyone who isn't in love. They'll never get to know what it's like to be in love with the best girl in the world. Poor idiots"
I really can't roll my enough times when I'm around this boy.
Author note:
My summer break has begun which means more updates soon, hopefully, I can finish this book off before the new school year starts.
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