The sound of my alarm going off startles me awake from my dreamless sleep. After turning it off, I sit up on the bed and memories of last night immediately comes crashing into my mind. I think about the way it felt so good to be pressed against Theo, the feel of his warm lips on my skin and the way he was gripping my waist. My skin tingles in a pleasant way just from remembering his lips on my skin. I bite my bottom lip and involuntarily press my thighs together.

Shaking my head to get rid of my thoughts, I move the covers aside and get up to get ready for the day. It is Sunday today, so no rush to start my day yet, and I kind of want to go back to sleep. But I know I won't catch sleep again.

Streching my arms over my head, I walk into the en suite bathroom and my gaze immediately lands on the mirror on the wall in front of me. Stepping closer to the mirror, a small gasp leaves my mouth as I take in my appearance. A large red bruise is covering the left side of my neck while there is a faint bite mark on the other side. 'I almost forgot about the hickey Theo left last night.'

I raise my left hand to my neck and lightly graze my fingertips over the mark. It is so weird to think that I still haven't had my first kiss but I've got a hickey on my neck. Looks like I'll either have to wear a turtleneck today or cover it up with foundation. And well...that's a problem for later. First, I need to take a shower.

Wrapping a towel around myself after showering, I step in front of the mirror once again to go through my basic skincare routine. When I look up at the mirror after rinsing my face and pat drying it with a face towel, my eyes meet with Theo's blue ones in the mirror. 'When the hell did he get in here?'

I blink rapidly, thinking that I might be imagining him. But nope. Theo is very much leaning against the bathroom's door frame and checking me out with a smirk on his face. I clutch the towel around my chest instinctively and spin around to face him.

"Theo...y-you shouldn't be here."

He doesn't respond. Instead, he smiles and crosses his arms in front of his chest. His eyes seem to take me in which causes a shiver to run down my spine. His biceps bulge under his streching t-shirt, the same one he was wearing last night.

"Theo," I say again, warningly. At this point, my heart rate has already picked up its pace. 'Why do I always get so nervous around him?'

He uncrosses his arms and stands upright. Then, he walks into the bathroom towards me. Within an instant, Theo is standing in front of me with his hands resting on the counter behind me, caging me in. This very much feels like the repeat of previous night and my breathing becomes erratic.

"Theo–"

I try again, but he presses his index finger to my lips, shutting me up. He then moves his hand to my neck and trails his finger over the mark he left there.

"It looks good on you. Don't you think?" Theo says lowly.

I can only nod in response. Everytime Theo gets this close to me, my brain just shuts off. My body starts to feel like it's on fire and my heart might just leap out of my chest with the way it beats so rapidly. I start to grow conscious of the fact that only a towel is wrapped around me and there is a gap of mere inches between our bodies.

"Does it hurt?" Theo asks, touching the bite mark next. But before I could respond, he continues, "Maybe I should kiss it better."

He inches his face closer to my neck and I contemplate about stopping him at this point. I really should stop him and ask him to leave. But I don't, just like I didn't last night. I close my eyes and wait for the moment he kisses me again.

But the moment never comes.

Growing impatient rather quickly, I open my eyes to look at him but Theo isn't here anymore. 'Huh?' I look around the space but no trace of him. He left me just like that? But I didn't hear him leaving...

"Did I just imagine the whole thing?" I think out loud. When I realise the answer, I cover my face in my palms and groan to myself.

******

Sarah and I fall into her bed after changing into our pajamas.

I came over to her place for a sleepover because we had already made plans about hanging out today. And not because I couldn't be under the same roof as Theo and feel embarrassed or awkward. Yeah, definitely not the latter.

Plus, it doesn't even matter now because Theo wasn't even there when I got downstairs for breakfast this morning. My food was perfectly plated and kept on the table for me, but no Theo in sight to greet me with a teasing "Morning, Princess."

And I definitely did not look for him around the house after breakfast and discover that he wasn't home. Is he ignoring me? Perhaps. Is he mad at me? He probably is. No, scratch that, he definitely is mad at me. Man, I'm mad at myself, too. But for a totally different reason.

"Earth to, Amy." Sarah says, snapping her fingers in front of my face.

"...yeah?"

I sigh inwardly as I catch myself thinking about Theo, yet again. Today has been fun. We spent the whole day having a Harry Potter marathon. It has become a ritual of ours to binge watch our favourite movies or series whenever we spend a whole day together. Not worrying about school or exams. Just enjoying what we love in each other's company.

And yet, every now and then my mind would drift back to Theo. About how I didn't see him today since last night. Or about our almost kiss. I don't even have his number to check up on him. And even if I did, what would I even text him?

"Are you okay?" Sarah asks. "You keep zoning out on me."

"Yeah, sorry about that. How's your play coming?"

"Ugh, don't ask. And we aren't doing Romeo and Juliet anymore."

"No?" To be honest, I saw it coming.

"No. The other girls didn't like my idea apparently," she huffs in annoyance. Sarah rests her head on her palm and turns to face me. "We are doing Little Women now. Just a couple of scenes from the novel."

I copy her position and lean on my elbow on the bed. "Oh. What role is Alex playing, then?"

"He isn't. He begged me to not force him to join us and since I love him a lot," Sarah pauses for a dramatic effect, "I agreed." She then sighed heavily which made me giggle.

"You really like him, don't you?" I ask, already knowing the answer. I truly hope my best friend doesn't get her heart broken once again.

"Yes, Amy, I like him," she says with a smile adorning her face. "A lot, in fact."

I give her a small smile in response.

"Wait, what's that?" Sarah asks, leaning forward and moving my hair behind my neck.

'Oh, no.'

I start to panic when she starts touching my neck. Did my foundation wear off?! But I double checked before I left the house.

"Amy, is that a poorly concealed hickey I see?" Sarah laughs in amusement. "And here I thought you were too innocent for that," she says teasingly. Then she gets serious all of a sudden. "Did Noah do that?"

"Uh..."

"Who am I kidding? Of course it's Noah. Wait, it is Noah, right? Unless you have been hiding something from me." Sarah narrows her eyes at me.

"No!" Okay, that sounded a bit aggressive. "I, um, I mean...yeah. It was Noah." I mentally cringe at myself for the lie.

"Wow, girl. And you were BSing me about just being friends." She scoffs playfully with a roll of her eyes. "What else did you guys do. Tell me everything. I'm your best friend, after all."

"There's nothing to tell, Sarah."

"It can't be nothing if you have a huge hickey on your neck. Amy, does your brother know?"

My face falls at the mention of Adrien. "Are you kidding me? Of course he doesn't." I lie on my back and stare up at the white ceiling.

"Right. Sometimes I forget how protective he gets over his baby sister," she laughs and pokes me at the side.

"Ow." I swat her hand away from me. "Quit it."

"You should have covered it better, babe."

"I did. I don't know how you noticed it." I say, rolling my eyes in annoyance.

"Oh, what can I say? Nothing escapes my eyes."

"Yeah, whatever."

"Sooo, did you guys do it?" She wiggles her brows suggestively.

"God, Sarah. No." I glare at her. "I told you nothing happened between us. We just...we didn't... It's just a hickey. Nothing else happened between us."

"Then next time tell him to leave a hickey where no one can see." She shoots me a wink.

I blush at the thought of Theo leaving hickies on other parts of my body next time. But then quickly shove the thought away to the deepest corners of my mind. Because that's not going to happen, right? Because I completely blew my chance away by not letting him kiss me. And now he probably doesn't even want to see my face. Maybe that's the reason why he wasn't in the house this morning.

As more thoughts of Theo crowd my mind, I roll onto my side and turn off the bedside lamp. I don't want to lose my sleep over him and I really need to stop thinking about him so much. He is probably regretting about last night. The thought alone leaves a  bitter taste in my mouth and I don't know why.

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