Somebody That I Used To Know

➸ 7. Catch Me If I Fall

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Tension is coming soon. Plus some mind games. Get ready. Not this chap though.

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My heart was beating out of my chest.

He's right here. He is sitting right beside my assigned seat, to the left of me, closest to the window.

Well, to my right when I'm standing, but once I sit my asss in that seat, he is going to be on my left. I have to actually sit next to him.

Oh my god.

How the hell am I supposed to concentrate with him right here in my space? I'm going to flunk this class because I won't be able to pay attention to anything the teacher is saying, much less my work.

Shat!

After locking gazes and him turning his head away, I took a deep breath a subtly glanced at Maya with, never faltering in my steps as I composed myself and walked down the aisle right beside him to take my seat.

The way our desks and chairs were joined, we had to sit in our seats from the right side (when you are facing it) of the desk. Left side, if you are in your seat facing the front. I was always bad at explaining directions.

This meant I had to walk right down the aisle next to him instead of walking down Maya's aisle and just hopping over the bar that separated the desk. I was wearing a short dress and heels for crying out loud. But I took my seat, trying to remain calm, but it was no use.

My heart was beating rapidly in my chest and I wasn't sure if I needed to throw up or take a dump at this point. My nerves were all over the place, cramping my insides up.

I was anxious that he was within arms-reach. He had been lost for so long and here he was, in the exact same room as me, sitting so close that I could smell the same Armani cologne that I had picked out for him when he decided he wanted to start wearing some at the age of fourteen.

God, that scent brought so much comfort to me. Inhaling slightly, my eyes closed as I took it in, feeling the nervousness leave my body. I remembered nights he would stay over when mom was out of town. We would curl up together in my bed and binge-watch Netflix shows until we both passed out, waking in the morning to find that in my sleep, I had stuck my face in his neck and thrown my body half across his. He never complained though.

That was also the night that we had encountered our first porno together, by total accident of course.

Flashback to four years ago – age fourteen.

My bedroom door flew open and I popped up from my bed from a dead sleep, seeing Julien standing there in his grey sweats that hung at his hips slightly and a black tank top, his muscular arms exposed. He had muscles even then, as a fourteen-year-old, because he was a star athlete.

He had this excited grin on his face, revealing his dimples and perfect white teeth as he came over to my bed and flopped down on his back, crushing my legs.

"Ow! What are you doing?!" I leaned up, swatting his chest, glancing at the clock to see that it was only noon. I always took naps on Saturdays around ten a.m. unless I had something to do.

"Your mom is out of town for work. She called my mom before she left to tell her to ask me to keep an eye on you." He was all smug before he cracked a smile. " You know what that means..." He grinned at me as a slow smirk spread across my own lips.