Thea

Will walks me out of Karma with my small hand wrapped in his big one. I can feel his callouses rub against my palm and my stomach drops. Stop feeling like this, Thea. He's just trying to get you home.

Does he know that Zach and I are broken up? Would he hold my hand like this if I wasn't single?

The fresh cool air wakes me up and although I'm wearing my jacket I can still feel myself shiver from the complete difference of the hot club and the cool outdoor temperature.

He leads me to a new looking Jeep that's parallel parked about 20 feet from the entrance of Karma.

"Did you get a new car?" I ask while pulling my hand away from his

I feel more awake and aware now so there's no need to have him leading me around. I notice him stiffen when I pull away from him but he quickly recovers when he unlocks the car and opens the passenger side for me.

"Yep, the Rover was having some issues so my parents bought me a new one."

With any other person, I would've cracked a joke about him being a spoiled rich boy. But I remember his own problems with his parents.

There may be some distance between us, but I remember all of our deep conversations. I could never forget about them because I would share my own troubles to him. I wonder if he remembers these details about me, the way I remember them about him.

He gets into the car and immediately turns the heat onto full blast.

"Only Delis are open at this time around here, do you want to stop at one for something?"

"Yes, please. I could eat anything but a bacon, egg and cheese sounds amazing right now."

"You wait here, I'll grab it for you."

"Kay!" I say while drifting off to sleep. I feel my eyes shut and everything goes dark in seconds.

A few moments later I'm woken up by a gentle shake.

"Thea. Wake up"

"Hmm?" I ask confused as to where I am. I move around a little noticing that I'm sitting up uncomfortably.

"I live only a few minutes away from the Deli so I brought you to my place since I'm not sure where you live. You okay with that? I can still take you home, just tell me your address."

Right. I forgot that I left Karma early with Will.

"If you're not into me being here, you can take me home. I live about 15 minutes from Karma so I shouldn't be that far from here." I say with my raspy, sleepy voice.

"You're more than welcome to stay, T. I wouldn't have brought you here otherwise." He says, with soft eyes

"Come on, let's go in. You can go back to sleep."

He wraps the small plastic bag of food around his hand and leans in to unbuckle my seatbelt, then helps me out of the car. I'm hit with weird emotions, Zach has never taken care of me in this way.

Helping me out of the car, getting me food. I peek into the plastic bag of food and see some coconut water. He even got my favorite beverage, guess he does remember some things about me after-all.

Sure, there have been times that Zach has taken care of me but he would end up complaining about it saying that I'm being irresponsible and how he shouldn't have to feel like a babysitter. It would take away from the action.

Whenever he was sick, I would spend days at his house buying him soup and taking care of him yet he would bitch about the times I would ask him to pick me up from a bar with the girls. It's exactly why I've only ever gone out with him in so long because there would be less complaining if he was there with me. Plus, I wouldn't drink as much if he came along with me and the girls because I would be too aware of what I'm doing.

Why was I so accepting of this treatment? Was I really so desperate for his love and attention that I felt this treatment was acceptable?

Will leads me to a beautiful two story house with a perfectly manicured lawn and landscaping. He unlocks the door holding it open for me to walk in before him.

"Wow, I'm so jealous. This house does not deserve to be a bachelor pad." I say jokingly

The entire first floor is an open floor plan, I can see straight through the living, dining room and the kitchen from here. Some clothes and shoes are tossed around haphazardly and I'm sure there are a bunch of dishes in the sink but other than that, everything looks neat and clean.

I wouldn't be surprised if Will's family hired a cleaning person to come in every week.

"One of my roommates girlfriend lives here too so we try to be considerate towards her. Plus, we have a cleaning lady that comes in every Wednesday."

I knew it. Then I realize he said that someone has a girlfriend. My shocked expression makes Will chuckle.

"Neither Quinn or Devon have girlfriends. We have another roommate, his name is Maddox and he's cool. He's not on the team but someone we met last year, through mutual friends. He needed some people to room with so I offered. Him and his girl are probably actually home now, they're more home bodies."

"Ah, nice to know. It'll be nice to meet him."

"Come on, you look like you're about to pass out again any minute. You tell me when you want to go home. Even if you have to wake me and I'll take you, okay?"

"Yes, thank you for taking care of me Will. I know we haven't spoken or seen each other much over the last year and a half but I'm grateful you're still as nice and good to me as you were before."

I don't know what prompted me to say that last part but there's no way I could hold back on my thoughts of us any longer. I don't know if I'll be seeing him again after this so it doesn't hurt to address it.

"Just because we haven't seen each other much these past two years doesn't mean I would ever not take care of you. I would never do that. Even if I hated you, and I don't."

I release a shaky sigh, there was apart of me that was terrified that he hated me this whole time. After all, he was another friend that I ditched for Zach. I lost out on someone important to me for nothing. Don't cry now Thea, nows not the time.

I stay silent while he leads me down the hall and opens the door to a huge bedroom, clearly the master suite. The bed is a huge king size bed with a gray comforter and white sheets. The bed isn't made and a little on the messy side but there's apart of me that's excited because I know that he rolled out recently and it'll smell just like him.

A gigantic flat screen is mounted on the wall across the bed with a fireplace beneath it. Yes, an electric fireplace!! So fancy!

There's a mini fridge by his desk and across the room, two doors which lead to I'm assuming a walk in closet and his en suite bathroom.

God, I forgot how filthy rich this guy is. My bedroom is half the size of his, I don't know how he lived in the dorms because if this is just his temporary room for only two years I can't imagine what his childhood bedroom looks like.

I wonder what he would think of my small but homey room. Then again, when I knew him, he would never judge anyone based on where they live or what they do for a living. Will was always humble and that was one of the things that I liked most about him. Sure, he's cocky but he's not the type to rub his wealth in your face.

In fact, he tries to stay as quiet as possible about it. It's why he wanted to escape his family's financial hold over him. I wonder if that's still one of his main goals, other than getting drafted of course.

"Make yourself comfortable, I'll get you some clothes to borrow and will change the sheets."

"Uh, no need to change the sheets. It's fine, unless you've had a... guest over recently. Then, please do." I say awkwardly and grimace

Will lets out a loud belly laugh, "No need to worry about that. I haven't had a guest over in some time."

He walks into his closet and I can hear him rustling through his drawers for some stuff to give me. I could decline and tell him that I can pass out in my party clothes on top of his comforter but thinking about my sweaty outside clothes in bed makes me cringe.

"Here's some clothes and a clean towel. There should be an extra tooth brush in my bottom bathroom drawer."

"You're a fantastic host, Will." I smile

"Just want you to be as comfortable as possible. Wanna eat your food first then get ready for bed?"

"You treat me like this, Jameson and I'm never leaving." I say half jokingly

We sit on the floor while he turns on an episode of "Is it Cake?" on Netflix. For the next 30 minutes we argue on which display we think is cake while eating the sandwiches Will bought from the deli. Something about this feels so wholesome and I'm hit with dejavu for the second time today.

This feels exactly like something we would've done freshman year in my dorm's common area where we had our futon and tv. Watching a show and enjoying each other's company.

What I'm not familiar with, are his glances at me. I've caught him looking at me a handful of times and I can't tell if it's because he's attracted to me or because he can't believe I'm actually sitting here with him.

At the end of the episode Will stands up, and pulls me to my feet. He spins me around and gives me a little push towards the bed where all of his borrowed clothes are.

"Go, it's already 3am. I remember how much you like your sleep."

"You gonna use the bathroom after me? You can go before if you want?"

He shakes his head and scratches the back of his head. I didn't realize before, but I'm now noticing that he unbuttoned more of his shirt, leaving some of his smooth skin on display. I pry my eyes away quickly before I'm caught.

"Nah, I'm gonna use the bathroom downstairs and crash on the couch in the living room so take your time and make yourself at home."

"What? No! I'm not kicking you out of your bed! Will, we've shared a tiny twin xl bed freshman year, this king size bed will be enough to fit both of us."

I can see the hesitancy in his eyes and body language.

"Only if you feel comfortable with me here. Sorry, I didn't think about how you would feel about me taking your bed. I can take the couch."

Will huffs and dare I might say, it's cute.

"No, you're not sleeping on the couch. But fine, we can both take the bed then. Go, I'll still use the bathroom downstairs and I'll meet you back up here."

"Okayy!"

I make my way into his huge bathroom. White marble decorates the interior and theres a shower that can fit 5 people. He even has a jacuzzi tub. I would give my left foot to be able to use it after a long afternoon of yoga classes.

I take off my lashes and scrub my makeup off as best as I can with no makeup remover and get to business taking a shower. I'm feeling a little high maintenance at the moment but there's never been a time where I've gotten home from going out without showering.

Unless, I'm tired to the point of falling face first into bed without moving, I need to scrub the night off of me.

I use Will's body wash and shampoo, happy that he uses actual separate soaps instead of a 5 in one and take the liberty of washing my entire body. After drying off and brushing my teeth, I hand comb my hair and give my arm a quick sniff, smelling Will.

It's been a weird night, I never thought on my first night out after a shitty breakup would I be crashing at Will's place. We've spoken once or twice in almost two years. You would think that it would be awkward but it's actual not. I feel safe and cared for here.

I slip Will's worn out basketball tshirt over my head and decide to ditch the sweats he gave me. Not like I'm going to fit in his gigantic pants anyway, plus his tshirt covers me up to just over my knees.

I quietly make my way out the door to his bedroom, taking a peek to see if he's already here and by the huge lump that's on the bed, I'm assuming that's him.

"Don't be shy" he teases

I roll my eyes even though he can't see it in the dark, "I'm not shy, it's weird sleeping in the same bed as a guy and I think you know why otherwise neither of us would have agreed to be doing this."

I say with my eyebrow twitched up alluding to the fact that he knows Zach and I aren't together. There's no way that he doesn't know especially since I argued with him to share his bed.

"Come here, we can talk about that tomorrow if you want. I know you want to sleep just as much as I do." He says, holding his blanket open in invitation.

I quickly place my folded clothes on his desk, making sure that my panties are carefully tucked into my pants. Going commando is a little dangerous but it's not like he'll be able to see anything with his long shirt and blankets on me.

Plus, the idea of taking a shower and being clean only to wear worn underwear is not my thing. Hence, me going commando.

I slide into bed and am relieved to feel the amount of space between us. Will's a big guy and I'm small so it helps that we're not both large people trying to fit together. Legs, accidentally bumping.

The pillow beneath me smells like the body soap I just scrubbed myself with just moments ago. The bed feels warm from his body heat and I pull the blanket halfway over my head, snuggling into the blanket like a little burrito.

Through all of this, I don't realize at the moment how insecure I don't feel. I'm not thinking of why I wasn't good enough or pretty enough for Zach. I'm just happy to be taking the steps I need to in the right direction. Once again, Will has made me feeling safe in my own skin and I don't even think he realizes the effect he has on me.

As I shut my eyes I feel Will turn over towards my direction, "Good night, Thea" he says softly

"Good night, Will" I respond with a sleepy smile

xxx

HII I'm back with another update!! I've been feeling really creative lately, hence the writing. Things are starting to pick up between Will and Thea. Please leave your thoughts/comments, I would love to see what you think C: