28 - One Shoe
Chasing Charming ✔️
Breakfast brought me back to childhood. Sitting in front of the TV, eating sugary cereal and watching classic Sunday cartoons. I am not sure precisely who turned them on, but no one objected.
When we eventually woke up after our very late night, I felt surprisingly comfortable and content with Eli's arms wrapped around my middle. I thought after the night we had; I would feel shy or embarrassed since that seemed to be my pattern since I was inexperienced. However, I felt like I belonged there, and I was happy that I had agreed to stay the night in his bed.
Eli seemed happy too because even though I shook him awake, he had planted a kiss on my nose with one eye open before he stretched and lazily climbed out of bed.
Most of us had finished eating by the time Brodie finally graced us with his presence.
He looked like he had already had a rough morning, so maybe he drank more than I realized. I was munching on my cereal happily as Eli draped one arm around my shoulder when Brodie decided to disturb the peace.
"So looks like Betty finally had her first kiss last night."
I snapped my head in his direction, almost dropping my spoon. Sure it wasn't hard to tell I had never been kissed before, but he didn't have to announce it to the whole group. Everyone chuckled, and I blushed.
Eli was grinning from ear to ear, though, "and then she had another one and another one and."
Oh my god! Why would he have to say that? I elbowed him in the stomach, and he stopped. Unluckily he had started Brodie on a tirade because Brodie continued much to my embarrassment.
"And another one and another one."
Not having any of it, I handed Eli my bowl and hopped off the couch, ready to tackle Brodie to the ground to stop him. His eyes got wide, and he took off down the hallway. I paused, not sure if it was worth it.
"Get em!" Encouraged Taylor, who was happily sitting on Jone's lap. I had a feeling that they may have done a little more than kiss last night.
With Taylor's encouragement, I went after Eli's annoying little brother. I chased him around the house, the two of us giggling at our stupid game.
Then, just as I thought he might give up and let me smack him, he ran outside.
I was still in pyjamas, so running outside didn't seem like a lot of fun, but I was going after Brodie, so I didn't have much of a choice when he ran into the back garden.
I stood in the middle of the gardens, looking around me at the lush flowers. Where did that boy go?
I spun around when I heard a small noise, thinking I had finally caught him, but it was Eli, not Brodie.
I was going to keep looking until I noticed the timid look on Eli's face.
"Thanks, Brodie!" he called out.
"No problem," said Brodie, coming out from behind a tree further in the yard. He winked at me before he walked back into the house.
I was now standing in the gardens with just Eli.
What the hell was going on?
Eli smiled down at me and stepped closer. "I know I should have asked you a while ago now. We had a weird connection right away that made it seem like maybe it should have been so simple, but that is what made it seem harder. I have never felt this way before, and maybe I was a bit scared, and I may be a little scared now. Okay, I know this is a bit cheesy but, will you be my girlfriend, Betty?"
My breath caught. I wasn't sure Eli was ever going to ask me after last night. Maybe he wouldn't feel like it was necessary.
He pulled out a large bouquet from behind his back. I have never seen him look so unsure before. I looked down at the flowers and then back up at him. A huge grin came over my face.
Here he was, my prince charming. I mean, I guess I did chase this from day one, but the fact this was happening almost seemed unreal like a real fairytale.
Instead of answering, I took the flowers from him, inspecting them carefully. I looked into his blue eyes.
I hope this works out. It had seemed like a long road to get here.
I grinned up at Ei, and I kissed him. He grunted in surprise but happily ran his lips over mine, pulling me closer to his body.
I hoped that worked as a yes.
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I guess everyone knew what was happening outside because when we made our way inside, after our... long makeout session that occurred in the garden, everyone was cheering.
"Oh my god, stop!"
"BUT FINALLY!" screamed Kyle.
"We have known it was going to happen since Eli brought you to dinner. It was only a matter of time," said Jones.
"But Eli is an idiot, so it took longer than it should have," grumbled Taylor.
"Hey!" said Eli.
"and now I have a new sister," said Brodie with a stupid look on his face.
"Woah Woah slow down dumbass, I think let's start with today," said Eli.
"Or maybe tonight! You going to wear Eli's jersey?" Asked Owen.
"Yeah, will you?" asked Eli, sitting down on the edge of the chair.
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That night, I wore Eli's extra jersey to his soccer game, just like the other girlfriends would. I did not want to seem too excited to wear his number when he (or I guess Owen) asked me to earlier in the day, however, the truth was I was jumping at the chance.
Both Kyle and Jones came to the game tonight. Taylor and Jones were barely paying attention to the game, but I had my eyes on Eli the entire time. I did not want to distract him, but I was waving every time I caught his eye.
Kyle eventually told me to stop being such a disturbance, which was rich coming from him since he was trying to distract the other team by flirting with their girlfriends.
They pulled off an easy win, which Kyle took credit for while running away when some of the angrier looking boyfriends started stalking towards him. Jones took off too, saying he might need back up.
Taylor and I waited at the field for Eli and Owen to finish their team celebrations.
When they got around the fence, I jumped up to give Eli a congratulation kiss.
"Hey, wait, I thought I smelled," Eli said, smirking.
I grinned, cheekily, "It's okay; I'm going to have to get used to it."
We said goodbye to the twins and got in the car so that Eli could drive me home.
Eli spoke up before I jumped out of the car, saying, "Sorry, I can't be dressed as prince charming for you every night."
I smiled back, "It's okay; my prince charming looks better in shorts anyway."
I kissed his nose and hopped out of the car, waving goodnight.
I closed the door softly behind me, leaning against it.
Maybe if Eli had not have found my shoes that first day, he wouldn't have tried to find me, and we wouldn't have had the strange chain of events that led us to today.
Cinderella was right. "One shoe can change your life..."
Or in my case, two shoes... covered in red slushie.
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1252
"Hey Princess
Be my guest
Chase you around, no regrets
If I catch you I'll never let you down" - Allstar Weekend
THE END!