19

"Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world."

– Lucille Ball

Cole's pov

We spend the entire day together, playing and eating pizza.

"I can't believe how you look like this, when you eat like that" I comment upon her 'eating food like it's the end of the world' habit.

"Why do you always have be so judgmental Hawkins" she replies to which I reply "don't you ever call me that"

"Oh yeah, what you gonna do Hawkins" she chuckles to herself. Wrong move Anderson, very wrong move. And without thinking further I pour all of my remaining soda drink on her head. Advantage of being tall huh.

She makes a super scary face, oh no I think I just brought out her bad side. She holds her drink and starts coming towards me.

I decide to make a excellent decision, that is to Run. But She is right behind me and following me.

Fortunately I enter inside my room and hide behind the door. Actually hiding from her at this point.

"I think I lost him" I hear her voice say. Yesss plan successful, now who's the loser.

And bam. I am drenched in super sugary drink of her's.

"I hate you" I say to her. To which she replies "we are even now, also you are the one who started it and purposely ruined my clothes when they were the only ones I had."

Now I feel a bit sad about my choice. "You can wear anything you want from my closet. And take a shower in my room." I suggest, hoping she'll forgive me for my stupid actions.

"Yeah okay, I was uncomfortable in those tight jeans anyways." She replies easily. Wow no drama over clothes. She really is becoming my dream girl.

I take a bath myself in one of the guest rooms. But I realize that I forgot to bring my clothes with me to this room.

Hoping that she hasn't come out yet I go inside my room. I hear a very very loud scream. "What are you doing, why are you naked" she starts to yell at me.

"I am sorry, I forgot to take my clothes with me to the other room. And for gods sake stop screaming, I am wearing a towel, aren't I" I reply.

I actually then notice how good she looks standing in my room, just in my towel, with her wet hair falling on her. I realize am actually staring and that's when our eyes connect. I guess she was checking me out as well, to which I thank my well maintained abs.

Not wanting the moment to become awkward, I just take some random clothes and go back to the other room.

After a while she comes back downstairs and I notice her again. She is in my shirt, it actually looks better on her. She looks like a dream in it. I don't know why but I am a bit more attracted to her than I was before. How can't I be? When I have a girl who is looking like that in my house.

I notice that she is nervous too, probably from the earlier incident but nonetheless she comes down and we spend the evening binge watching game of thrones. Which she is watching for the first time. Surprising, I know right?.

"Oh my god, how can he die. I thought that he is going to become the king and sit on the iron throne. How cruel is that Joffrey kid" she starts commenting. Well that's the reaction for every game of throne fan. So I keep on laughing at her reactions.

I like the way she is. How scared she gets when people die, and how much she wants to punch Joffrey. I order both of us some Chinese food for dinner.

She is staying for the entire weekend and still didn't bring anything with herself. Weird but I don't actually mind her company. I tell my housekeeper to get the guest room ready for her. And then come back to my couch to watch the rest of the episodes together.

Soon after dinner, she starts to get sleepy and places her head on my shoulder. I don't know what I am supposed to do in this situation. But I decide not to wake her up, and feel this moment for some more time. And for my own selfish reason we stay like that for a while until it really starts to hurt.

I switch off the television, and carry her to her room and gently place her on the bed.

I know she can't hear me so I kiss her forehead and whisper "Goodnight beautiful".

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I wake up to the smell of something burning so I quickly run towards my kitchen and notice Taylor throwing away something and being sad about it while my housekeep lily asking her if she needs help.

I shake my head, and laugh.

I was scared for a moment, thinking something bad has happened but thankfully it was nothing like that.

"Anderson, why were you trying to set my house on fire" I ask while still laughing.

"Stop laughing you idiot, I was trying to make you something and I almost succeeded but then it got burnt" she explains herself.

I don't have a chef in my house because I don't really need one. We usually eat at Xan's place or somewhere out.

"It's okay Anderson, no need to feel bad. Thanks for trying to make it for me though" I smile at her. Honestly this gesture does make me happy because she was trying to do this for us. No one has ever done such thing for me, not even my own mom.

"Wanna go out and eat" I suggest to lighten up her mood.

"Are you asking me on a date Hawkins" she chuckles,

"You wish, Anderson" I smirk at her.

We head over to my favorite place for breakfast, a cafe which has its own perfect fragrance and aura.

Don't worry she wore her now freshly washed jeans but still with my shirt on. And that made me feel happy as it was like she was mine, and everyone will see that. Sadly it wasn't true.

The waitress soon comes over, she actually knows what I am going to order already as she is the one who gets my order every single time. I think she likes me, as she does keep on staring at my face at times. But i am not complaining, because who doesn't like attention?

"I'll have a stuffed omelette with some bacon strips along with my black coffee" I tell her without even looking at the menu, meanwhile Taylor isn't even looking at me or the waitress, she is too busy deciding what she wants to eat.

"Okay, I'll have a burger, fries and a chocolate milkshake" she excitedly orders. Even the waitress was shocked because of her order but goes into the kitchen to inform our order.

"Who eats a burger at breakfast" I ask her while laughing, I really don't understand her. "Hey don't talk bad about my food" she says. She is like Jacob, he too loves to eat unhealthy junk food all the time. I shake my head at her but don't tease her further upon it.

"So why didn't you bring your stuff from your place" I ask her curiously. Which makes her sad. "You don't have to tell me, forget about it. Stupid question, you can wear my clothes as long as you want and live with me as long as you want." I tell her.

To which she smiles a bit and replies "No it's fine. Actually my parents keeps on fighting with each other about almost everything. I really don't feel like staying at my house anymore because all it has is the negative energy. My brother moved to London for college so it's just me and them. That's also the reason why I love spending time with you guys. Because then I don't feel alone anymore. They were fighting when I was getting ready, so I got a bit angry and just drove here as soon as I could before thinking much."

"I understand Taylor. I know what it feels like trust me. So as I said before, you really can live with me for as long as you want" I say to her to which she says "thank you, I might actually stay longer but we'll need to go get some of my stuff before".

I smile at her. I don't like to live alone as well but it's better than to stay with my parents. I guess having her around at my place will give me more time to get to know her.

She makes me happy after all.

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