Forty-one | Lilah

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Hearing a knock at my bedroom door I yawn as I groggily force myself out of bed

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Hearing a knock at my bedroom door I yawn as I groggily force myself out of bed. I played uno with Alex for hours and each game I won. He didnt take it lightly so we kept playing over and over until I forced him to leave since it was getting late. Because of it I dodnt sleep well so I'm greatful that I can't legally go to school at the moment so I got some extra resting time.

Opening my bedroom door I stretch my arms before glancing up. Meeting eyes make with Alex I freeze.

He's back again?

'Hey-?' I blink in shock but he just gently moves me out of the way so he can enter the room.

Looking at my watch it shows that it just turned 10am so im confused why he's here, especially this early since we don't live close. He's wearing tracksuit pants and a baggy shirt so I'm trying to figure out if he came straight here after waking up. His hair is definitely saying he did, he has some serious bed hair right now.

Putting his guitar down it hits me that he was holding it so I follow his other hand to see him holding a uno card deck. Shifting my gaze from his hand to my desk, my deck is still there so where did he get another one from?

'I went to a gas station last night and I bought another deck.' He answers the question I was thinking as he climbs onto my bed. 'Yours is obviously bugged so I got another one,'

Standing there like a fish I wait for him to start laughing or say he's joking but he doesn't. Instead he taps the bed to signal me to sit down so I laugh, doing as instructed.

'You're seriously competitive. You're probably one of those guys who yell at the girls during sport for not passing the ball to them.' I sit down and cross my legs. Allowing him to shuffle the cards, he shakes his head at my assumption.

'I hate sports. I'm the one being yelled at by the other boys...trust me.' He laughs, 'I hate any physical activity that involves crowds and teamwork since I suck at working with others,'

'So you prefer things that you do solo?' I question him since I'm the opposite. Having a team keeps me focused since I wouldn't want to let others down since being on my own makes me procrastinate.

'Exactly. Thats why I love guitar and going to the gym.' He responds before suddenly stoping to meet my eyes. 'Not in the gym junkie way...definitely not...think of it in the- 'I like using equipment with my music blasting to keep me distracted' sort of way.'

Shaking my head I cant relate at all. Id probably scroll through my phone the whole time whist im there. 'I'd procrastinate way to much...I would only go with the gym with Colton...now I dont have a reason to go I guess.'

'Go with me?' he offers which surprises me a little. 'Ill teach you how to make it fun...I take it a little seriously though so I might become boring and not talk a lot,'

'Who takes the gym seriously? You sure you're not a junkie?' I joke which makes him laugh as he decks out the cards. 'What do work on?'

'Mainly upper body...my friend complimented me once...and I took it as Bible.' He hums before lifting and holding his shirt up by his teeth.

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