Only You

Chapter 7|Liza

•Life truly is unpredictable•

I could not hide my excitement when I burst out of the doors of the lecture hall along with several other people. I was finally done for the day. I stood on my tippy toes and tried to see if I could spot Cole's big head, but no matter how much I stretched I couldn't see over most of the people that stood around me.

I contemplated walking around but I didn't want to walk too far away from the entrance of the hall because I had asked Cole to wait for me here. I pulled out my phone, about to call him when arms wrapped around my waist from behind.

"Hey shorty."

I rolled my eyes. "Shut up. I'm not short."

"You're like what, four feet?"

I gasped, pulling out of his arms. I crossed my arms over my chest and turned to him with a frown. "How dare you? I'm five feet one."

"Yeah, definitely not short." He laughed at me. I wanted to pretend to be mad at him but I couldn't help it. Watching him laugh made me smile even though he was laughing at my height. I hadn't seen him in a week and I missed seeing his stupid face.

His blonde hair was styled neatly but his face looked like he hadn't slept in a while. I frowned, stepping closer to him before holding his face in my arms and bringing it closer to mine.

"When was the last time you slept?"

He groaned, pulling away from my hands and running his hand through his hair. "I've been really busy. I didn't think you'd notice."

"It's kinda obvious. You have circles under your eyes and bags for days. And your eyes can't even open fully." I pointed out.

"But I still look good don't I?" He flashes a smile that would normally make me blush like crazy but I wasn't having it.

I shook my head at him. "We aren't going anywhere. I'm going to escort you back to your hostel where you are going to go back to bed."

He pouted like a child who had been told off. "But I haven't seen you in a while and you want to send me away so soon."

He was trying to get me to change my mind but I wasn't going to. Nope. "Next time don't come looking like you're going to fall over if a baby breeze blows."

He placed his hand over his chest and feigned hurt. "Fine, I'll go back home. But first_" He took my hand in his and began to walk in the direction of the exit. "_we're going to out for lunch."

I wanted to object but has he held my hand firmly in his, as my body moved in accordance with his, as he walked with determination in his strides, I couldn't bring myself to do it.

It had been a week since we kissed for the first time and I wanted to do it again, but how do I do that? Was I supposed to ask him, wouldn't that seem too weird saying 'hey, I want to kiss you again'? No, I couldn't do that. Or should I just stop walking and lay one on him? What if people start to stare at us? What if he doesn't even want to kiss me again? What if I'm a bad kisser?

Fear gripped my heart and I almost stopped walking. I should have googled it. Oh fuck, I should have googled it.

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw a familiar figure come out of one of the lecture rooms.

"Dani!" I called out to her, waving my free hand frantically not caring about who saw me.

She smiled when she saw me, waving back before making her way here. Her eyes widened when she saw Cole standing beside me.

"Hey Liza and I assume that you are the Cole I've heard so much about?"

"Yes, Dani this is Cole my boyfriend." My cheeks burned as I said the words 'boyfriend'. I never had to introduce Cole before so this was a first for me and I was very flustered about it. "Cole this is Danielle, my roommate and friend."