Terrified of Love

Chapter 7

I'm lying in bed, wide awake as I stare at Izzie. I toss and turn all night, not being able to sleep after what she told me. At one point, she turns towards me, resting her arm on my head, "No. Ow, you're on my hair" I try to move, "Dude, you're on my hair" I whisper before I pull my hair out from under her

I turn on my side and try to get comfortable but when I open my eyes, my face is inches away from Izzie's. Subconsciously, my eyes drift from her eyes to her lips for a moment before I look up to see the sheep Jeremy got me, staring at me. I turn to the other side and cover myself with the covers. But in the end, I just couldn't take it anymore and found my sleeping bag, and slept on the floor.

[Morning]

I'm in the living rom, packing my backpack when Izzie walks down, "Did you sleep on the floor last night?" She asks

I glance at her, "Yeah, uh...I did. Sweaty in there, you're like a furnace" I tell her

I put my backpack on and look at her, "Maybe my body's just used to sleeping in an apartment where the heater doesn't always work" We both laugh before she walks closer to me, "You all right?" She asks

"Who wants eggs in the hole?" Mom asks popping up

"Oh, I'm headed out" I say

"So early?" Izzie asks

"Yeah, I'm behind in Econ, so I'm gonna go to the student lounge and study" I say

"You should have told me. I would've gone with you" She says
"Well, I didn't wanna wake you up" I say
"So no egg, no hole?" Mom asks

"What about running?" Izzie asks

"I'm gonna skip it this morning. I'm a little tired" I say
"Yeah, of course you are. You were up fooling around with your friend all night" Dad says

He did not just say that, I look towards Izzie, "I gotta go, see ya" I say awkwardly before walking out the door, releasing a breath I didn't realize I was holding in

[Later On]

Sam, Jeremy, and I are sitting on the stairs as Sam shows us the security footage from Techtropolis, "See? There she is" Sam says as we see Gretchen stealing

"God, I hate her. But you came to the right place for advice. You happen to be in the presence of a professional tuba thief" I say

"It's true, although I'm not very good at it. Got caught right away" Jeremy says

"I don't need advice. I already know what I'm gonna do. I'm gonna tell Bob as soon as he gets back. He'll put her picture on the wall of shame next to the message chair masturbater and Jasper from my peer group. He tested electric toothbrushes without buying them, and that's why we lock them up now" Sam says

I chuckle, "Well, you should probably talk to Zahid first" I say

"Because he's the interim store manager?" He asks

"No, because he's your friend. And you never know what might happen if you get in the middle of a couple. I mean, things can get messy" I say

"Hmm. Okay, fine, I'll talk to Zahid. But I have no idea why someone would wanna date a mean, college hating thief like Gretchen" He says

"Yeah, you probably shouldn't start with that" Sam walks upstairs, "God, it's hard raising kids these days" I say and lean over, kissing him

He pulls away quickly, "No, no, no. no, you're dad could be here any minute and I just got on his good side. Don't wanna mess that up, not here" He says

"Okay, fine, come on" I tell him

I lead him up to my room and push him on the bed. I kiss him before the bathroom door opens, "Oh" Izzie says