Chapter 4: Perfect Situation
Autumn's POV
"Hey, Autumn. Hey, Autumn. Hey, Autumn."
I looked at Alex and he didn't stop poking my shoulder. "Yes?" I said, fighting a smile.
"Can we take a break? Please?"
I set my pencil down in my book, then closed it. "What do you want to do? And stop poking my shoulder."
"Oh." He puts his hands in his hoodie pocket. "I don't care. What do you want to do?"
"Honestly, I would prefer if I didn't have to pick."
"We could watch a movie?" Alex suggests.
"Which one?" I ask.
I had no idea I would start one of the most ridiculous arguments I would ever be in.
"Wayne's World."
"Lilo and Stitch."
"Wayne's World."
"Lilo and Stitch."
"Wayne's World."
"Lilo and Stitch."
"Wayne's World."
"Lilo and Stitch."
"Wayne's World."
"Lilo and Stitch."
"Lilo and Stitch."
"So you agree with me?" I smirked at Alex.
"No. I was trying to get you to say Wayne's World."
"Maybe we shouldn't watch a movie then."
"Why not?"
"We can't agree on one," I laughed.
Alex shook his head, but was smiling. "So then what the fuck do we do?"
I simply shrug and bend down to fix my shoe, but look back up quickly. Seeing something flash across Alex's eyes when I look back up, I furrow my eyebrows together in confusion. "What are you thinking about?"
He looks taken aback, but replies, "How'd you know?"
I shrug. "I could just tell. So what were you thinking about?"
Alex shakes his head. "Nothing important."
"Don't want to tell me? That's cool." I hold my hands up in surrender.
"Your opinion of me will change."
"Dude. No way it's that bad." I say this as I pick up my backpack and go to slide my book in, but three CDs fall out as well as a concert ticket.
I pick up the CDs and go to pick up the ticket, but Alex already did. "That's a good band," he says as he slides the ticket over to me. It was to see Jimmy Eat World at the end of April.
Getting an idea, I said, "Do you want to go, too? I have an extra ticket and everyone I asked either can't go, or doesn't like them."
"How could not like Jimmy Eat World?"
"That's what I said."
We both laugh and he says, "You sure no one else you know can go?"
"Yeah," I nod. "I don't see why, though." I shrug and hand him the extra ticket out of my backpack.
"So cool!" he says and slides it in his textbook.
I giggle and put the CDs that fell out into my backpack. "Should be fun."
"Mmhmm." He nods.
Alex's POV
I watched as Autumn put her textbook and notebook into her backpack. She raises an eyebrow at me. "So...Wayne's World?"
"I thought you wanted to watch Lilo and Stitch?" I ask.
"Eh," she shrugs, "I kinda wanna watch Wayne's World now."
I nod. "Want popcorn?"
"But of course!" She smiles. I smile back and walk into the kitchen and she follows. "If you give me the DVD, I'll put it in." She says and scratches the back of her neck.
"Uh, okay. Hang on." I put the popcorn in the microwave and walk back into the living room, over to the cabinet we kept the DVDs in. I dig around in it for a little bit, finding the movie and handed it to her as the microwave went off.
So a few minutes later we were both sitting on the couch, my legs crossed and hers pulled to her chest, watching the movie. When the movie was about thirty minutes from being over, I felt something fall on my shoulder. I looked down and saw that Autumn was asleep with her head on my shoulder. I smirked, but then got the feeling that I wanted to put my arms around her.
What?
I'm confused. I just met this girl today. I barely know her. And now I'm letting her sleep on my shoulder and I want to put my arms around her. Did I like Autumn?
The movie was over so I turned off the DVD player, but kept the TV on and flipped it to MTV. This was when I noticed I did have my arms around Autumn, and I wasn't letting go.
Two Hours Later
Autumn's POV
When I woke up, I noticed it was dark outside. I looked over at the clock and saw that it read, "10:43". "Damn," I mumbled.
I took in my surroundings, noticing the TV was at a dull murmur on some show on MTV, all the lights were off except a light glow coming from the kitchen, and I was in Alex's arms on the couch with my arms around him, too, and he was still sleeping.
Taking in a deep breath, I'm shocked by this, but figure it must've just happened because we were sleeping. I pry myself away from him and he groans quietly, shifting a little, but his eyes flutter open. I smile and open my mouth to say something, but it's cut off by a yawn.
Alex chuckles, but yawns himself and I laugh softly. "I should probably go," I said.
He nods and we both get up, me grabbing my backpack, and walk to the door. "So, I'll see you tomorrow?" Alex says once we get to the door.
I smile and nod. "Yup."
Alex smiles back and glances down at my lips. I think my heart caught in my chest for a minute as he leaned down and kissed my cheek. "Bye," he says as he pulls back.
I smile and say, "Bye," then walk out the door, feeling my cheeks flush A LOT once I get outside.
Not only was I shocked that he kissed my cheek, but I was also shocked at how much I wanted to kiss his lips.
Holy fuck balls.