Can't Run From You

Chapter 10

I woke up in the middle of the night at around 2 in the morning because I was freezing. I looked over at Eli who was asleep on her side facing me. I turned on my side to face her. She looked so peaceful. I inched a little closer to her for warmth. The closer I got the more I could smell her shampoo. She smelled like coconut. There was a strand of hair falling over her face. I couldn't help myself, using my index finger I tucked it behind her ear. As soon as I pulled my hand back her eyes fluttered open a bit. She just sort of looked at me. She was still half asleep. I could tell because her eyes were staying closed longer than they were staying open. I looked down at her lips. They looked so soft. Eli tucked another piece of hair behind her ear. I scooted in closer to her.

"You okay?" she whispered still half asleep. I nodded my head and whispered back

"Yeah, just got cold." She closed her eyes and blew out a tired breath. She picked up her arm a bit and patted the bed. I was confused until she said

"Come here." I did as I was told and moved in towards her. I was about to turn so that my back was towards her, but before I could Eli put her hand on my face. She seemed more awake now, but not by much.

"You sure you're okay?" she asked again. The fact that her hand was on my cheek made it hard for me to breathe, especially because we were so close. I could feel every micromovement of her body. Our noses were so close that they were almost touching. I looked at her lips again. I wondered what she tasted like. Eli started to wake up a little more, and when she did I felt the gravity pull me in. I leaned in and put my lips on hers. Her slips were so soft, and so was she. Kissing her was nothing like kissing Will. It felt new and exciting, and just so good. The kiss was small and closed. Eli wrapped her arm around me and pulled me closer. As she pulled me closer she opened her mouth just a little so that she could run her tongue along my bottom lip. I bit her bottom lip and pulled back, just a little bit. Eli's response was to put her forehead on mine. The hand that was on my cheek was now being run through my hair.  We stayed like that for a couple of seconds before she said

"You wanna talk about it?" I just shook my head again. I don't know what I just did. Or why I did it. But I did it. What had I just done?

I scooted in closer to Eli, who was already falling asleep, and turned my back to her, then felt as she wrapped her arm around me. I knew she'd fallen asleep already because her breathing changed just the slightest; I could feel her breath on the back of my neck. Her leg was in between mine and it was so soft. Every time Will and I cuddled or watched movies, his legs were always so rough and scratchy. Eli was soft and just smooth. Needless to say, I didn't sleep at all the rest of the night.

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When I woke up the next morning Eli's arms were still around me. It was 7 o'clock which meant we would have to be at school in an hour. I decided to let Eli sleep a little while longer. I got out of bed, grabbed my phone off of the nightstand and went to the bathroom. I had a 'Good Morning' text from Will and some snaps that were probably just streaks. I sat on the edge of the tub trying to figure out if what happened last night was just a dream or if it was real. I sat there for a second, remembering the way her lips felt on mine. God, I hope it's not awkward with Eli now. I pushed the thought out of my mind and brushed my teeth, then walked back into my room. I stopped in the doorway to look at Eli for a little bit. She was in shorts and a t-shirt and only half of the blanket was covering her body. I walked over and sat on the edge of the bed and nudged her shoulder a bit.

"Hey time to get up. School starts in an hour." I said

"Mmmm I'll just wear my pajamas." She said into the pillow.

"Haha no come on get up or I'll get the ice water." I said as I nudged her shoulder again.

"Okay I'm up I'm up." She said as she sat up. It only took her like 15 minutes to get dressed, and as soon as she was ready we walked down to the kitchen. My mom was in front of the stove making pancakes. We sat down at the table and waited for them to be done.

"So, how'd you girls sleep?" my mom asked without turning around to face us.

"I slept okay. Got a little hot but other than that I was good." Eli said eyeing me over the rim of her drink as she took a sip of orange juice. I just smiled at her.

"Thea's room always gets hot at night. It's probably because she has two windows." My mom said back.

"So, Eli where are you from?" My mom asked as she put a plate in front of Eli and I with pancakes on.

"I'm from Oklahoma, but my dad got a job over here so that's why we moved." Eli said taking a huge bite of her pancakes.

"How are you liking it over here?" my mom asked.

"It's been great so far. I'm really excited for the track meet tomorrow." Eli said with a mouth full of pancakes. Until she said it I had completely forgotten about the tri meet tomorrow. Shit. As soon as we had finished our food my mom gave me a kiss on the forehead and said she had to go to work. She said that it was nice to meet Eli and walked out. Eli and I were still sitting across the table from each other.

"Hey since my jeeps already here do you want to just carpool? I can drop you off after practice." I didn't have to think twice. I really wanted to ride in her jeep.

"Yeah sounds good to me." I said. It made me happy that we could just sit and talk like nothing had happened because honestly, I don't know what happened.

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"Wait you did what?" Lucy screamed at me. Me, Molly and Lucy had just sat down to eat lunch when I told them what happened with me and Will. If you think I'm telling them about what happened with Eli you're crazy.

"Yeah it was kind of out of nowhere. I went over to watch a movie and well it just kind of happened." I said as I poked at my salad. In the corner of my eye I could see Eli walking towards us. When I saw her my heart did a little jump.

"Well how was it?" Molly asked giddy with excitement.

"It was okay." I said as Eli sat down at the table. Her hair was wild and curly but it looked cute.

"What was okay?" she asked as she set her tray down.

"Will and Thea did it yesterday." Molly said laughing.

"Oh yeah I heard." Eli said with a little smirk.

"You told her before us?" Lucy screamed then added, "No offense Eli."

"None taken." Eli said as she started eating her lunch.

"Anyways." I said trying to change the subject.

"Was it big?" Lucy asked giving me a stupid little grin.

"I guess. It was my first time. So how should I know." At that Molly and Lucy looked at each other and said in unison

"Oh, you know." At this all of us started laughing. For the rest of lunch Molly and Lucy discussed previous boyfriends and sexual encounters. Eli and I just kept looking at each other and laughing. They didn't know Eli was gay. They didn't know that me and Eli made out last night. They didn't know. No one did. It was like Eli and I had this little secret between us and it was ours. At the same time though, I had cheated at my boyfriend, and I had no intention of telling him or anyone else. What the hell am I doing?