Chapter 34: The Move

Jonathan

"Why are you moving out?" Sapphire asked,holding some photos of me and Julia.

"I told you Saph,I don't like the place anymore." I replied,packing my clothes into the boxes.

"Then how come aunt Jules is not here to help you?" I ignored her,thinking that maybe she might let go of the subject. I didn't want to talk about Julia,especially now that I was planning on asking Charlene out. I just want to make her mine,I want to brag about her in front of my friends,I want to take her home to meet my mom. I just want to be with her,and I know that we should dtart off as friends but,I just...I have this affection for her which sometimes scares me. I have never in my whole entire life felt like that about a girl.

God damn,I miss her now...I should realy stop thinking about her. I haven't seen her since the 'date' on friday and I didn't want to call her. It was only saturday morning after all,but I sure as hell can't wait for monday.

"You know you can tell me if you two are divorcing." Sapphire probed.

"I know that,and no we're not divorcing since we never got married but we're taking a break from each other."

I explained.

"You mean you are still gonna get married?" she squealed a little. All she ever wanted was to be the flower girl at our wedding and it bothered her that there wasn't gonna be any wedding.

"Well not exactly but maybe I might find you another aunt."

"Or maybe there is another aunt already..." Logan intruded,walking inside the room.

I threw a shirt at him.

"What! It is kinda true. So Saph sweety,your dreams of becomin-"

"Logan stop! Saph,there is no other aunt...at least not yet,okay." I looked at Saph and she looked rather disappointed.

"Oh...so there will be one once our brother here-" Logan again intruded.

"Will you just shush." I cut him off. My brother was really something.

"What exactly happened between you and Jules?" Saph asked.

"Let's just say you're too young to understand." I replied coolly, but boy the girl was inquisitive.

"But I'm 7 already." she purred.

"But she's 7 already Jon." Logan mimicked Saph.

I threw another shirt at him,"Logan will you shut up. Sweetheart,you're not seven,you're six." I corrected her.

"So..." This time Logan and Saph spoke at the same time.

"Who called you here again?" I asked looking at them both disbelievingly. They can be annoying,their combination was fatal,they could kill you with their annoyance.

"Oh so you don't need our help?" Saph spoke and of course Logan had to say something,"Let's go Saph." Logan grabbed Sapphire's hand,dragging her out of the room.

"We'll be downstairs,waiting for your apology." Sapphire spoke as they headed down the stairs.

And that's how the rest of the packing went,Logan and Sapphire annoying me and Logan constantly influencing Saph to bug me about 'the new aunt'....siblings...sigh.

I thought we'd never finish but at the end of the day,we managed to pack everything in place,and tomorrow,I was gonna move back to my apartment and start a new life,for the first time in three years without Julia. It was...well, new. She's been a part of my life for as long as I can remember.

I was now lying in my bed,alone and quietly since the two buggers decided to go to bed early.

Charlene...

A smile made its way to my lips as I thought of her.

Maybe I should call her.

What if she's asleep?It's 9pm and I don't know what time she goes to bed.

Ugh...

I picked up my phone and dialed her number.

I wonder if she thinks about me as much as I think of her...

The phone rang and rang....but there was no answer. My heart sank a little.

What if she's ignoring me. I hope she doesn't think i'm some sort of a weird nag, but what I felt for her was beyond my control.

I decided to phone her again.

This time she picked up on the third ring,making me gasp a little from excitement when I heard her sleepy yet unbelievably attractive voice.

"Hey there sleepy-head."I tried to not squeal like the stupid dick-head i was whenever I heard her voice.

She stayed quiet for some time.

Why the hell was I nervous?

"Mr Garner..." she finally spoke after a while.

"Am I not Jonathan anymore?"I asked jokingly.

"I-uh-I just...what do you want?" She asked,although not sounding harsh or rude,it kind of hurt.

Do I need a reason to call her?

Oh yeah...right,of course I do,she's not my girlfriend.

"I-uh-I just wanted to hear your voice." I said.

But she didn't reply...

"I just- well I kind of miss you..." I continued.

She sighed before replying,"You woke me up and I don't like it when people disrupt my sleep." This time she did sound a bit rude.

"Oh...I-uhm I'm so..." and then she cut me off when she burst out laughing.

"I wish I could see your face now..."she continued laughing,god I wish I could see her now.

"That was not funny Charlene."

"It was to me....so I do cross your mind sometimes."I could feel her biting her lower lip,she liked doing that when she was being...flirty with me.

"All the time." I replied.

"Well,that makes the two of us."

"Do you maybe.... want to meet?" I asked hopefully.I hope she agrees.

''Now?'' she asked,a little shocked...

''Uh-yeah...'' okay,maybe I was pushing my luck a little.

She paused,I could only hear her breath,she was quiet for sometime. It was rather strange how nervous she made.

''Sure,why not? Let me get dressed.''she replied, a little unsure.

I wanted to jump out of my bed and just do the happy dance,but I suck at dancing. She makes me very happy and I love it.

I hung up and put on my sweat pants and a long sleeved t-shirt.

I was getting more nervous by each passing second and I wasn't even out of the house yet.

I rushed out of my room and out of the house,not too loud so I didn't wake Logan and Saph up.

I reached the gate and started walking towards her house.

It wasn't that cold outside,it was only spring after all...

When I was two blocks away,I saw her approaching me. She had on a white baggy top with some loose jean. I was so into her, even her shaggy clothes made my heart launch out of my chest.

She had her hair tied in a loose bun,some hair falling on either side of her face,as usual...I had only seen her once with her hair down...and would give anything to see her again.

I was nervous. My heart was pumping loudly in my chest.

A smile made its way on her lips as we got closer and closer...

''Hey.'' she greeted ever sweetly.

''Hi,how're you?''I replied as my eyes met hers.

Something always happened when our eyes collided, couldn't really put a finger on it, but it was definitely something I have never experienced with anybody. I just got lost in her eyes and could just stare into them all day.

''Good...''she said.

This was definitely awkward...

''Do you maybe want to...have some coffee?'' What? Coffee? Really Jonathan? I was such a twat with her. But it was all her fault.

''Or we can just take a walk to the lake...'' she suggested.

''I didn't know there was any lake around.'' Truth is, Julia was the one who like this neighborhood and because i loved her, I couldn't refuse when she suggested we move here.

''Well now you do. It's not that far.''

''Okay,let's go.'' I said,hesitating to hold her hand,but then what if someone saw us? Was I even allowed to hold her hand?

We walked in a tense silence for sometime. I kept stealing glances at her,looking away whenever she caught me looking. I didn't want to be seen as obsessed or anything like that, but I kinda sort of wanted to just stare at her.

''Have you got your phone with you?'' she asked out of nowhere.

''Uhm,why...yeah.''I stumbled over my words a little.

''Let me see it.'' she said. Okay why did she want my phone,does she think I'm some sort of...ugh,I guess it didn't really matter.

I took the phone out of my pocket and handed it to her.

She took it,smiling brightly,then she stopped walking and took a picture of herself.

''A picture last longer.'' she grinned at me as she handed it back. She could be so fucking...beautiful, cute, adorable and insanely goofy sometimes.

''I wasn't looking at you..but thank you for the picture.'' I said laughing lightly.

''Whatever.'' she said. She was a bit uptight when she wanted to be.

''You can be childish?'' I had to ask,just to break the silence,but she seemed taken aback by the question.

''Okay.'' was all that I got and she looked away from me,''There's the lake.''she pointed at the lake,which was not far from where we were. we had been walking for about twenty minutes and although we didn't talk much, it was enough to just be with her.

We got there and sat next to each other,not at once saying anything. We weren't that close but I could still feel the heat radiating from her body as the cool breeze of the lake hit me.

''Why did you want to meet up if you were gonna be quiet?'' she asked.

I chuckled,''I missed you,i had to see you or I was gonna go crazy...I think.'' I replied,looking at her, to find that she was admiring the beauty of the lake,not looking at me. She hardly ever looked at me.

''And kiss you...I wanted to kiss you...'' I added to get her attention and got a bit embarrassed as she did not reply.

''Are my lips that addictive?'' she asked biting her lower lip,she was flirting with me...

''No,they're beyond addictive.'' I wanted her to just look at me.

''Kiss me then..'' she dared, maybe thinking i was not going to do it or maybe thinking I was joking, but I wanted her so badly.

Her words were music to my ears,I didn't expect her to say that. I've been dying to just touch her all day.

I tugged some hair behind her ear.Then moved closer to her face. I pushed her towards me, "Come here." I urged her ,her breath hitting my face and warming it instantly as she turned to face me.

Once our eyes met once again, she scooted closer to me, her smile sparkling in the dark.

I placed my lips on hers and what I felt was way out off this world. She had this effect on me that I could never comprehend.

Our lips moved in sync softly and slowly,I pulled her to my lap and she was now straddling me,with her hands on the back of my head and mine on her waist, holding her as close to me as I could.

My tongue explored her tasty mouth as she was tugging my hair on the back of my head.

I hugged her tightly as we pulled apart and she buried her face in my neck. She was it. I think sometimes we wait for so long for that 'it' girlfriend or boyfriend, that one person who just makes the word seem a bit sensible. She was it and I had no intentions of letting her go, ever.

''Be mine...please.'' I whispered into her ear.

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