I raced down the street on the skateboard that Elijah got me for my 20th Birthday yesterday, May 13th. Elijah was close on my tail. We were racing to see who could get to the beach first. I leaned forwards, racing ahead. We reached the beach and I rolled onto the sand, My board falling next to me in the sand. Elijah stood above me.
"You good?" He asks, giving my his hand to pull me up. I grabbed his hand but since I'm a devious little prankster, I pulled him down. He landed on top of me, both of us making an "Oof" sound. He propped himself up so that he planked over me sideways kinda? He was basically diagonal, His left leg in between mine and his other leg was out side of my legs so he was kinda diagonal. I craned my neck and pecked his lips before pushing him off of me. We spent the day playing in the sand, in the waves and just sunbathing in the warm California sun. We headed home on our Skateboard and longboard, Going slow enough that we could hold hands as we rolled along the sidewalk next to each other. Or at least link our middle fingers if we grew apart. We got home and took the slow elevators up to our level because it was a long day and we were tiered. I got dressed in my PJs and laid in my room. I fell asleep in about 3 minutes.
It's your fault! It's all your fault! You would have never crashed if you didn't laugh so loud, or maybe if you Hadn't thrown your batting glove into the air, distracting her mom. It would have never happened.
But... The driver T-boned us.
It's your fault!
The car crash played over in my head in slow motion, every agony filled moment stretched out into the thousands.
I sat bolt upright in bed, covered in a cold sweat. I was shaking as I look at the white line from my wrist to my knuckle. I sighed and uncovered myself and silently walked into the hallway and knocked on Elijah's door.
"Come in." His muffled voice said from the other side of the door. I opened the door slowly. "What's up?" He asks. Elijah was sitting in bed, his back against the headboard as he sat with his open laptop beside him. I sighed.
"I had a nightmare or something and uh... Can I sleep with you tonight?" I ask, studying the floorboards.
"Of course, Baby." Elijah says softly, patting the bed beside him. "I'm just gonna do some studying and you can sleep okay?" He tells me. I nod, yawning. I climbed under the covers next to him. The covers in his bed were thin, But so so warm. I nuzzled my head into his side and soon fell asleep.
"Babe, Baby, Baby equals child and that's what your like right now." Elijah's voice broke through the haze of sleep. My eyes slowly opened and I felt Elijah tracing circles into my shoulder as things came into focus. Elijah was on his side in front of me, our faces were only about 3 centimeters apart. "Hey your awake!" He smiles.
"I don't want to be but yes, I am awake." I groan, reaching up to rub my eyes.
"I don't have any classes and I don't think you to either so we can just have a lazy day and cuddle." Elijah pouts.
"What day is it again?"
"Wednesday."
"Don't You have Programing at 1?"
"No, that's Thursday." He reminds me, placing his forehead on my shoulder. I rested my head on top of his and twirled one of his curls around my index finger.
"Your adorable." I mumble, Kissing the top of his head.
"Have you seen yourself?" He asks, the vibrations from him talking into my shoulder sent chills down my spine. I was suddenly hyper aware of Elijah's hot breath on my skin, his arms wrapped around my waist as he traced circles into my hip, his legs wrapped around mine, his heels brushing past the bottom of my toes, the feeling of his nose against my neck, the little hairs at the nape of his neck, the way the bottom of his shirt was raised above his waist, the way his hair fell and bounced around as he moved his head- wait why is he moving his head- My thoughts were interrupted by the feeling of Elijah softly biting my neck. Not like a sexy Hickey or Love bite, He literally just bit me. It didn't hurt or anything it was just like he- He just bit me. I jerked my head back and slapped the top of his head.
"I hate you!" I laugh.
"Really, Last time I checked, You loved me." Elijah smirks.
"You suck!" I laugh.
"Or do you?" Elijah asks in a cheeky tone.
"Wait what do yo-" I realized what he meant. I slapped his arm. "Lije!" I exclaim, laughing.
"I couldn't help myself!"
"Why do I love you?" I sigh, calming down from my laughing fit and laid on my back, staring at the ceiling.
"Because, You just do." Elijah laughs, gripping my hand in his.
"You speak the truth." I smile. We spent the try of the day like this, laughing and talking as we laid in his bed.