Chapter 8
I grabbed Aubrey's hand and squeezed. "I don't know if you meant to kiss me or not but I want you to know that I trust you Aubrey and I always feel safe with you. The kiss was a surprise but I want you to know you are nothing like Bumper the fact that you are acting like this proves that point. I will admit until today I never really thought our relationship was anything but a really close friendship. After you kissed me, I realized I think we have already crossed that line. The kiss was a surprise but I liked it and I think I have feelings for you. A lot of small things make since now. How when you walk into a room, I instantly feel better. You make me feel safe and loved. I love cuddling with you on our movie nights even when you steal the covers. But most of all even as cliché as it sounds you make me feel whole."
Aubrey's POV
I sat there with Amy's hand entwined with mine. I couldn't believe that she had feelings for me. "I have had feelings for you for a while Amy. I knew after everything that happened with Bumper, I didn't want to complicate things for you or add any pressure. I feel the same about you. When I am with you, I don't feel like I have to be perfect. I feel wanted and needed when I am with you. Meeting you was one of the best things to happen to me. I know I am getting ready to graduate but I would like to see if we could make this work. I think we should take everything slowly, but I would really want to make this work." I waited to anxiously to see what Amy thought. "I would like to make this work to Aubrey. I agree I think we should take everything slowly. For right now I think we should keep this to ourselves and not tell the Bella's for a while. Obviously, the cats out of the bag with Chloe and Beca, but maybe we could do some double dates with them." I smiled back at Amy excited about our new relationship. "I know we said we would take things slow, but do you think we could have a redo of our first kiss." She nodded her head smiling at me. We both leaned in and I placed a soft tender kiss to her lips pulling back after a short while not wanting to take things too far too fast. "I think maybe we should head back to our rooms and give Beca and Chloe back their room. How about we have a movie night in my room tomorrow night?" We stood up to head out of the room as Amy turned to me. "That sounds like a great idea I'll make us some popcorn and bring up some pop." We both exited the room smiling with our hands entwined as we passed Beca and Chloe in the hallway. Amy gave my hand a soft squeeze before we separated to go to our own rooms for the night.
Our movie night had gone better than expected. I was surprised because I thought it might be awkward still trying to learn our new boundaries in our changed relationship. Instead it was like most of our movie nights but included occasional kisses, more cuddling, and more hand holding. We had a talk with Chloe and Beca about how we wanted to keep our relationship quiet between just the four of us for now. They both understood and was glad we were both happy. I asked them if they wanted to go on a double date with us this weekend and both of them happily agreed.
"I still can't believe you talked us all into going bowling for our double date Chloe. You know I am terrible at bowling." Chloe just smirked at me. "You know we could always have them put those gutter bumpers they use for kids on your lane Aubrey." Thankfully Amy stepped between us at that moment. "Don't worry Aubrey I was the best bowler on my team in Tasmania. I could wrestle an Alligator and bowl at the same time with my hands behind my back and still get a strike." We all shook are heads giggling at Amy's antics. We all quickly put our shoes on so we could find a lane before it got too busy. After the first three frames it was glaringly obvious how awful I was bowling compared to the other three. The most shocking thing was Amy had been right she was an excellent bowler. For the fourth frame Amy finally took pity on me and came to my rescue. "You know Aubrey most of the reason you are having so much trouble has to do with your stance and how you are releasing the ball. Let me help you" She got up standing behind me pressing herself against me to trying to adjust my stance grabbing my hand as well to help me with the release of the bowling ball. Even though I knew we were taking things slowly my body was on fire feeling her body making contact with mine "Amy I'm not sure whether you are helping me or making things worse when you are standing so close to me." She softly whispered in my ear. "Did I just make the great Aubrey Posen blush. I think I like seeing you flustered like this. Don't worry I will quit distracting you. Let's get you a strike this time." She helped me release the bowling ball at the right time causing all ten pens to scatter and fall down. Amy was right I had gotten a strike. As I walked back to our booth both Chloe and Beca wore knowing smirks on their faces. After Amy's lesson my bowling had noticeably improved allowing me to redeem myself slightly. Maybe bowling wasn't so bad after all especially if I got to have more lessons from Amy. After returning to the Bella's house I walked Amy to her room. Seeing no one in the hallway I leaned in and place a chaste kiss to her lips before we both separated to go to our rooms.
