Chapter 1
I get up and go about my normal routine until my phone buzzes. Oh! It's Spencer. Asking if I can meet for coffee.
"Sure. Usual place?" I text back and go into my closet to change. My phone buzzes again but this time he's calling me so I answer it.
"Hey I was thinking maybe we could switch it up and go for a walk?"
"Where?"
"Lincoln Park? Half an hour?"
"Okay sounds good."
"Actually...you live over by there right?"
"Yeah..."
"Could I maybe...pick you up?" He sounds tentative and cautious asking me this.
"Yeah...that works. I'll text you my address."
"Okay...cool. Be there in half an hour."
"Okay bye."
"Bye."
...
Exactly thirty minutes later there's a soft knock at my door. I open the door and smile up at him.
"Good morning."
"Good morning to you. You ready?"
"Yeah let's go." I take his hand and he gives mine a little squeeze before running his thumb along the back of my hand.
"So why the change in scenery?"
"Well I was recalled. I have to meet the team in a couple of hours."
"Oh...where are you going?"
"Seattle. I'm not sure how long we will be gone."
"Oh."
"I don't want to talk about work."
"Okay...what do you want to talk about then?"
"Umm, us?"
"What about us?"
"Well...we've been seeing each other for a while and I was just thinking...wondering...do you think we're exclusive?"
"Do you?"
"Do you want to be?"
"I'll tell you now, I haven't even looked at another man."
"Neither have I. I mean! I mean I haven't even looked at another woman! Not man! I mean I haven't looked at men either I-"
"Spencer, I understand."
"Oh, good." He relaxes beside me and I sigh with relief. When we get to the coffee shop he orders for me. For some reason this makes me blush. My room mate told me that it's weird that I haven't met his whole team yet. I don't think so though. I have met his supervisor and his wife briefly. We ran into them at a restaurant once. They seem nice enough. We walk for a while and I can sense that he's nervous.
"Spencer, is something wrong?"
"It's just, when I'm with you I feel weird. Good weird. Almost sick but not in a bad way. I just..."
"I'm confused."
"I just want you to know that you're special to me."
"You're special to me too." I smile at him and he does something completely unexpected, he hugs me. We've been hugging from the side for a month but this is the first time he's pulled me close to him. He puts his nose in my hair and I smile, snuggling into his chest. When we get back to my door we both stand there awkwardly.
"So, are you off to work?"
"Yeah. Talk tonight?"
"Sure." I smile at him and hug him again before he turns to leave.
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I go to class and go about my day as normal. When I get out of the shower my phone buzzes right on time.
'Hope you had a good day. I should be able to call in about an hour.' I grin and text him back.
'I had a great start to my day, boring middle, and now it is looking up.'
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Chelsea comes through the door around midnight. I'm up studying.
"Hey there home body. Talk to your genius?"
"Yeah. We went out for coffee this morning before he left."
"Where are they?"
"Seattle. He hugged me today. Like full frontal hugged me. For a whole minute."
"I think this whole aversion to touch is kind of circumstantial don't you? I mean have you guys talked about it? If he wanted to move slow why can't he just tell you?"
"You've never even met him," I roll my eyes.
"Yeah but you've told me enough." She laughs and saunters into the kitchen. "Ashleigh and Spencer sitting in a tree. H-u-g-g-I-n-g."
"Haha. Very funny. Hey can you proofread for me?"
"Sure...lay it on me."
Okay everyone please review! I am going to do this story from the very beginning. So this chapter is the first episode and so on unless I clarify! Please review and let me know what you think! Every review will get a shoutout in the next chapter!