[COMPLETED] Mila Wilson is quiet, anxious and a little bit of a mess. When she finally starts college despite her mental health issues, she meets the dark, mysterious, yet intriguing Jace Evans, who is covered in tattoos and the most beautiful boy s...
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My alarm wakes me up at 6:45 am and hits me like a brick. I groan before turning it off. My first class starts at eight, and for just a few seconds, I think about skipping it. You can't Mila, it's only your first few weeks of college.
I feel around the bed for Jace, just like I did last night. This time my hand meets an obstacle. I look to my right to see Jace's shirtless back facing me. I can't help but let my fingertips wander over it gently. I expect Jace to groan just like I did moments ago, but he lets out content humming instead. He turns around to face me. "Hey" he says in his groggy morning voice.
"Hey" I say back softly. "When did you get back last night?" I ask, because I didn't hear him come in.
"About 15 minutes later, like I said. You were sound asleep" he tells me rubbing his eyes, giving me enough time to watch hime doing so.
"Okay" I whisper back. Thinking about it makes the bad feeling in the pit of my stomach return. I think it's better not talk about that topic any more. Jace is barely awake, in this state one might barely see a bad guy in him. Right now I see an innocent, sweet person instead. I bring my fingers to his cheek to softly stroke it. Sometimes I still can't believe that he's mine.
"Do you have classes too?" I ask, just as soft as before.
"Yeah" Jace exhales heavily. "Let's skip, stay in this bed all day" Jace say, fully opening his eyes for the first time. He wraps his long arm around me to pull me closer into him.
"I can't" I whisper back to him. Little does he know I had the same thought just seconds ago.
"I know." Out of nowhere, he starts sucking on my neck gently. He finds my sweet spot right away. "I can be pretty convincing though" he says quietly, making my neck and my insides tingle.
I have to giggle. "I know, that's the problem" I answer. I take his face in my hands to stop him from kissing my neck and bring his lips to mine instead. His content humming returns. "I have to shower" I whisper after just a few seconds.
"I'm coming" he says, quickly checking his phone and throwing the covers off of him. I copy him and we disappear in the bathroom.
About thirty minutes later and two more attempts of Jace to make us stay home, we're ready to hop into his car to leave for campus. That leaves us plenty of time to stop by the coffee shop first. Soon, we pull up to the parking lot. I open the car door, ready to take on another day of college.
"Ready?" Jace asks me.
"Ready" I nod back at him. To my surprise, Jace grabs my hand, wrapping his huge hand around mine. I look up to him with a shocked face. He's acting like he doesn't see me. "Don't make a big deal out of it" he smirks, intertwining our fingers, as we make our way over the parking lot towards the packed coffee shop.
Holding his hand feels nice, and I feel proud that he wants to show me off in front of the whole college. Talking about showing off. It fees like we're in a scene from a bad high school movie. Everyone, and I mean everyone, is staring at the two of us. Some try to hide it more than others. I start to feel uncomfortable right away.
