Rachel had the urge to hug Garfield. Just hug him and thank him for saving her.
Garfield had the urge to hug Rachel, to tell her she was safe and ask if she was alright.
But they didn't. "Thanks." Rachel exclaimed to break the silence.
"No. Its fine. Honestly."
"Well, if you weren't there u would have either freaked and killed him or he killed me."
"It's fine."
After a bit of silence and awkward smiles, Garfield finally said. "Hey, my apartment isn't far from here. Why don't you come back to mine?" He tried to make it sound like he wasn't trying to flirt.
Which he wasn't. She looked cold and his house was only a block down. "Sure. Its freezing here."
She joined him as he walked down the pavement.
Finally they made it to Garfield's flat. "It will be a wreck in here. Typical guy stuff."
Rachel laughed a little. It was the first time in ages.
"That'll be a change, mine and Elliot's place is usually impeccable."
Garfield couldn't help but feel slightly jealous about their closeness to each other. But he couldn't bring that up. "Do you have a flatmate?"
"Yeah. He's really nice."
"He?"
"Yeah. His name is Joseph. He's one of the us that goes to the parties. You know curly blonde hair?"
"Oh, Kole's crush?"
"Woah. Kole has a crush on him?"
"Is that bad?"
"No its just Joseph really likes her. A lot."
"That's something to talk to her about."
"Are you close?"
"I guess. I mean, she's sweet and fun. And adorable."
"Yeah. Most of the guys went through the phase of liking her then stopping when she rejected."
"I guess Joseph just carried on. I mean sure he never asked her out but-"
"She's just waiting for the right guy."
Garfield unlocked the door and leaned on his shoulder to open the door. What surprised the pair was Joseph and Kole sat on the sofa talking and waching a movie.
Garfield slowly shut the door to make sure it made no sound and snuck behind the sofa. He suddenly jumped up and spooked the adorable pair watching the movie. Joseph almost punched Garfield (instinct) but he refrained. Kole yelped a bit though. "What are you guys doing here?" Garfield asked.
"I bumped into Joseph and he asked me if I wanted to come round and see a movie. You?"
"Same thing basically." Rachel immediately lied.
Garfield nodded enthusiastically in agreement.
"Cool. Wanna join us?"
Behind Kole Joseph was shaking his head and making a gesture across his neck, waving his hand. "No, it's fine. We'll just get a drink and then head out." Garfield said looking at Rachel for approval.
She nodded and Garfield headed over to the kitchen to get some tea. In the film, a jumpscare popped up. Kole jumped and snuggled into Joseph's arm before apologising and sitting back where she was, blushing. Joseph was blushing too, but hoped the dark lighting would hide it but Kole noticed and laughed under her breath, smiling.
After Gar and Rachel had had a cup of coffee or tea in Rachel's case, they head out. "So where do you wanna go?"
"I don't know. How about a walk through the park?"
Rachel agreed and they started to make their way to the park.
Eventually they got there, conversing. Garfield swung open the gate. The street lights lightly whispered into the park, creating just enough light for the park to be visible. Yet the moonlight was the best light.
In the corner of Rachel's eye she spotted her roommate with his girlfriend, Angel. They were kissing. Which was making Rachel uneasy to see her 'brother' kissing a girl. It was weird. "That's Elliot." She said and nudged Garfield.
"Your roomie?"
"Yeah."
"Who's with him?"
"Angel, his girlfriend."
"She's pretty. Nothing compared to you." Garfield said without thinking about what he was saying.
He tried to catch the words, but they were already out and making their way into Rachel's ear.
He winced thinking something bad would happen.
Suddenly he felt a warm touch in his hand and enclosed into it.
He looked down at his hand and saw a hand in his. It was Rachel's. "Rae..."
"Don't make anything of it." She smiled.
chapter 10. Wow. Hope you guys like it! Also, ideas for next chapter? Pleaaaaase. :3