Meeting the Millers

|31| Symbol of love

His words pretty much stayed with me for the rest of the night. I mean what is it about his dad? Does this mean he saw him again? Did he pass away? I need to know

When I open my eyes the first thing I see are Carters, he's already awake and looking at me. "Hi" I yawn

"Hi"

"I take it you still don't get how weird staring is" I say amused

"If someone's beautiful I'll stare"

My heart just beat a few times faster right there and then, "Touché"

For the first time, he smiled.

I raise my eyebrows as I lift up his right hand, there's a familiar chain on his wrist. "You kept the bracelet?" I say surprised

"Of course"

I reach over to my nightstand before opening the first draw and pulling out a chain of a necklace. I lift up the words attached to it 'Carter'

He takes it with a soft look, "When did you get this?"

"We weren't talking at the time and I wanted nothing more than to call you and say happy birthday.... But I couldn't, so I figured why not buy a customised necklace and wear it whilst in the recovery program. Now I realise how weird it sounds and it's also a little embarrassing-

Carter pulls me on top of him and I raise my eyebrows with surprise before eventually wrapping my arms around him. He buries his face into my chest before murmuring, "I love it"

"For real?"

Jewellery symbolises a hell lot of things so I think maybe this was a good way to show Carter that I still care about him as much as he cares about me.

He nods as I look down at him, "It's the least you could've done" He then says

I gape, "You know, since I have your name inked onto my waistline" He says amused

I forgot about that

"Shut up"

He leans upwards but I move my face away

"No kisses"

He scoffs, "Why"

"We haven't brushed our teeth" I pat his chest before getting up and he rolls his eyes

"Carmen!" The handle rattles as I get out of bed and Carter looks over at the door

"What!"

"Why's your door locked?" Enzo scoffs

"Because"

"Open it"

"No"

"Are you secretly doing sit ups?" He questions

Carter narrows his eyes at me, "No need, I go to the gym on Wednesdays"

I'm only allowed to exercise once a week for fifteen minutes, Enzo insists that he comes with me when I go so that he knows I'm not cheating. "So then open the door-

"I just woke up, cálmate carajo"
-chill the fuck out-

Finally his footsteps recede and I sigh, "You used to do sit ups in secret?" Carter asks

I turn around, "When I was staying with my aunt I would do them before bed, It lead to my first relapse"

He nods slowly, "How long do you work out for?"

"Fifteen minutes, no point really"

He looks at me softly, "I'm so sorry C"

"Stop... I forgave you" I say softly, he sighs