Hey everyone! I wasn't sure if I was going to post another chapter or not but I'm honestly having a lot of fun writing again, even if it is fan fiction. Thank you to those that read the first chapter, and extra thanks if you took the time to review, that means so much to me to have helpful feedback. I am still getting use to formatting so please be patient with me on this cause I may update chapters to perfect the format so it reads better. If you have concerns I will try to address them as I go along cause I know I'm kind of jumping in to the middle of a story almost with the way I started this. Please let me know what you think, I probably won't update again unless I get some more feedback to see if y'all actually like the story or not.
Marley POV
Last night was fun. We should do it again soon.
Marley smiled, and blushed slightly, as she read the text when she woke up Sunday morning. She was wrapped up in her comforter, brown tresses splayed over her pillow, and she did not want to move a muscle. She was sure that she was never going to use that fake ID again.
There was a slight ache behind her eyes, though she was nowhere close to hungover, but there was nothing to distract her mind from covering every moment of the previous night. It was out of character for her and she was in uncharted waters with Sebastian texting her. However, she was sure that she wanted to see him again.
Can't wait :) She texted back with a faint smile on her face. The reply text was almost instantaneous.
How about I pick you up for coffee in an hour?
Marley bit her lip. Her mom was actually out of town for the week, so she didn't have to explain where she was going, but it still felt a little scandalous without telling her mother…even if it was just coffee.
Sounds good. See you soon.
She pushed her blankets back and went to go take a shower.
While she was picking out her outfit, her phone started going off with incoming text messages. Marley picked it up and she almost dropped her phone in shock. Kitty, Wade, Tina, Sugar, and Brittany were texting her, and somehow Santana had become involved in what happened last night as well.
Girl, where did you go last night? Wade asked.
We saw you leave with that smarmy Warbler. Kitty said. Details!
What am I hearing that you left with the Meerkat? Santana demanded.
Nothing happened. Sebastian drove me home that was it. She replied quickly. She left out the fact that they sat outside her house talking for another hour after they arrived and that they were going out for coffee very soon as well.
What about Jake? I thought you were in to him? Tina asked.
Not to mention Ryder who is also after that. Kitty said.
Marley sighed, seeing that this was going to go down hill fast. Nothing is going on with Sebastian.
Better be nothing going on. Santana replied. That guy may not have put the rock salt in the slushee, but he is pure evil.
Marley furrowed her brow slightly. Was he really that bad?
Sebastian POV
Sebastian pulled his car into the driveway of Marley's house an hour later, turning the car off and going up to the door like a gentleman. He rang the doorbell and waiting as he heard footsteps.
Marley pulled the door open, her hair flying back slightly. "Hi!" She smiled brightly, cheeks rosy like she had been rushing around.
Sebastian smiled back as he took in her appearance. Her hair was left down, and she was wearing a pink sweater and dark jeans. "Hi yourself." He said. "You look nice."
She blushed. That was becoming his favorite thing to make her blush; he just grinned more.
"Thank you." She said. "I just need to get my wallet, then we can go."
He nodded.
"Would you like to come in?" She offered tentatively.
"Sure." He said following her into the house.
It was a small, modest house, obviously a rental. However, the way Marley and her mom had taken care to decorate made it feel more comfortable than any house he had been in before. He looked at the pictures on the walls while she ran upstairs. Blaine had told him about the bullying not only Marley, but her mom, received from the kids at McKinley over her mom's weight, and while he wasn't one to judge anyone for bullying, just looking at the kindness and love that he saw from just the pictures alone it was hard to imagine anyone trying to ruin that.
"Okay, I'm ready to go!"
He turned around to see her coming down the stairs putting her cell phone in her pocket. He smiled and offered her his arm.
The Lima Bean was really the only choice for coffee in Lima. Marley wasn't one for coffee, so she ordered an iced green tea while Sebastian ordered his coffee with a shot of Courvoisier. He laughed at the expression on her face, it was similar to the one that Blaine had given him, though he didn't see the judgement in her eyes.
"I used to live in Paris," He offered. "I acquired a taste for it over there."
Her eyes widened. "You lived in Paris?" She said, looking amazed. "That's so cool!"
He shrugged. "It was nice…"
"Nice?" She said with a dreamy look on her face. "You don't know how much I would love to just leave Ohio, let alone go to Paris."
Sebastian smiled lightly, leaning back. "Shall we go hop on a plane?"
Marley laughed. "Sure, we'll just drop everything and go to Paris." She rolled her eyes, but the smile on her face betraying her sarcasm.
"Well we could." He said shrugging.
She leaned forward, her elbows on the table. "There is no way you are real." She said with a smile. At his raised eyebrow, she elaborated. "The people I know have lived their entire lives in Lima with no chance of ever leaving. Most are okay with that, but you…"
Sebastian laughed but something in her expression made him truly want to whisk her away to Paris or wherever else she wanted to go. This was a new feeling for him. "And what about you Marley?" He asked, trying to distract himself. "What do you want to do?"
She bit her bottom lip lightly, looking at him as if she was gauging whether or not she could trust him. "I want to be a singer." She admitted. She almost immediately blushed and tried to brush it off. "I know that sounds silly, it's such a generic dream. Everyone wants to be a singer."
"It's not silly." He said earnestly. "A lot of people want to be a singer, but most don't have what you have. Marley, I've seen you sing, you're exceptionally talented."
She smiled warmly back at him. "Thanks Sebastian." She looked at him curiously now. "What about you? What's your dream past Ohio?"
He leaned back in his chair. "Well, my dad would love to see me be an attorney like him." He said. "Tell me that doesn't sound generic."
She giggled but she kept looking at him, waiting for his real answer.
"I want to produce music." He said after a minute.
"Really?" She asked. "What kind of music?"
He paused.
"What?" She asked nervously.
"I've actually never told anyone that before." He said hesitantly. How had 20 minutes of conversation with a girl he barely knew turn in to him admitting something that was basically a taboo in his house?
"Well, for what it's worth, I think it's a great dream." She said reassuringly.
He just looked in to those captivating blue eyes, relishing the feeling of content that he got from her warm smile.
Marley POV
When they finally pulled back up to her house, it was late. Coffee had turned into lunch, which turned into going to a bookstore, which turned into dinner, and finally they pulled into her driveway.
"Today was so much fun." She said turning to him.
He smiled, a genuine smile, as he turned to her. "It was." He said.
"I guess you have to get back to Dalton tomorrow…" She said
"Yeah," He said. "But this is the last week before winter break."
She smiled at the hope of them getting to hangout again soon. She couldn't explain why she felt so comfortable around Sebastian, but she knew that he wasn't the person that everyone said he was.
