Awakened by C. N. Watkins Page A

Stefan beside me, holding me all night.

Chapter Five
     
    The next couple of days flew by. I was
trying to pay attention in class and get in the swing of
everything. When I wasn’t in class, I was spending time with
Stefan. We had been out to dinner and hung out with Ayden and
Kennedy. Ayden was happy his cousin was actually dating someone
while Kennedy, on the other hand, wasn’t too impressed about Stefan
and I. I knew she was just worried for me and didn’t want anything
to happen. But what’s life without taking some chances?
    Before I knew it, Friday was here and
I knew Stefan had to leave. Part of me was wondering if we could
even make it. As I sat day dreaming in my last class on Friday, I
felt my pocket vibrate. I reached into my pocket and looked at my
screen light up.
     
    *Hi. How are
you?*
     
    I loved getting texts from him. It
always made me smile.
     
    *Just sitting in class,
thinking about you.
    How are you?*
     
    My phone quickly vibrated
back.
     
    *Thinking about me? About
to
    walk into a meeting. I’d
rather be with you.
    Dinner
tonight?*
     
    I quickly typed my response, a stupid
smile plastered on my face.
     
    *Yes. Have fun
(;*
     
    *I’ll try. Pick ya up at
7*
     
    I quickly got butterflies in my
stomach thinking about dinner. I wasn’t quite sure how tonight
would go.
    I met Kennedy at her car after class
was over. She seemed a little happier than normal.
    “ What’s up with you?” I
smiled at her.
    “ Oh, nothing! Can a girl
not just be happy?” She started giggling, looking over at me. I
knew she was hiding something from me and wondered if she had moved
her relationship to the next level with Ayden. I shot a glance over
at her, trying to give her ‘the look’ so she would fess
up!
    “ Me and Ayden,” she paused,
taking a long breath. “We, well, kind of hooked up.”
    “ Kennedy, you didn’t?” I
was shocked! Well part of me was shocked; the other part had always
been counting down the days. You could feel the chemistry between
them when they were together, I was glad they were finally
realizing this.
    "J, you cannot say anything to Ayden
about it. It just happened...ya know?" She smiled and pulled out of
the parking lot. I looked out the window, smiling. I'd known her
long enough to know she would snap any moment and she would tell me
everything.
    "We went out last night and we both
got super drunk, and I started dancing with another guy, and Ayden
got a little bit jealous, and came over there and grabbed me away
from....whatever his name was, and kissed me!" She looked at me for
a moment trying to read my reaction but I just smiled at
her.
    "I didn’t push him away or anything. I
felt like I melted! He whispered in my ear that he was ready to
leave. I thought he was going to take me home, so I was kind of
bummed, but he drove me back to his place and we didn’t even get
inside before making out first. And bim, bam, I was waking up with
him sprawled over me, snoring. He was a much better sight the night
before."
    She started laughing and I couldn't
help but laugh with her.
    She was insane! I looked over at her
and smiled. She knew exactly how I had felt about Ayden. They were
perfect for each other.
    "Kennedy, you two were made for each
other. Just give it up, and let him in. Stop pushing him
away."
    We noticed Ayden's car was parked in
the drive way behind mine. I hoped this wasn't about to be
awkward.
    “ Don’t say anything, I mean
it J.”
    “ Lips are
sealed.”
    Kennedy got out of the car and shut
her car door, Ayden walked up to it and grabbed her hand and kissed
her on the cheek.
    "Would you two get a room?" I teased,
walking up to the door to go inside. I opened the door and punched
the alarm code in. The neighborhood had always been safe so we
hardly ever locked the front door, but the alarm was always set.
Ayden and Kennedy filed in behind me, deep in a conversation. I
rushed up to my room to get ready for my date with
Stefan.
    I was almost finished getting