This life... by Emily Zimmerman. (online e reader TXT) 📕

he asked. I didn’t answer, I had to think for a second “why don’t you like your middle name?” he asked. I sighed “because it was my mother’s” I said quietly. He nodded, “and you don’t like-” “I hate my mother” I corrected. He nodded again, not saying anything else. I sighed “listen, I’m tired, and I’d like to go to sleep, now I’d love to stay up and talk about my ass of a mother, but I need sleep” I murmured sarcastically. He nodded, getting up from the bed, “goodnight Kaila” he said. I got up with him and nodded “goodnight” I said quietly. He smiled and turned to walk away, but suddenly, he turned and kissed my cheek, then my lips, a very sweet brief kiss that left me wanting more. I smiled and grabbed my pajama’s. “goodnight, hey, I was going to ask, are you free on Saturday?” he asked. I looked at him and raised an eyebrow “are you asking me out?” I asked. Oh my goodness, he’s blushing “y-yeah, I mean, if your free we can see a movie, go out to eat” he said. I nodded “I’d like that” I said. He smiled a huge smile “really?” he asked. I laughed and nodded “yes, of course, I wouldn’t kiss a guy like that if I wasn’t planning on dating him” I said with a smirk. He chuckled and nodded “well, see you tomorrow morning” he said, a soft smile replacing his usual smirk. I smiled back “will do” I said. He walked out the door, closing it softly behind him, I quickly changed into my pajama’s, I jumped into bed and was glad I had that clap on clap off stuff installed, I clapped and the lights turned off, I sighed and snuggled into my pillow. The next thing I know, there is a soft knock at the door, “hey Kaila, can I come in?” I heard Kyle’s soft voice. I groaned groggily “wha? Sure” I sighed, half asleep. Kyle came in with nothing but boxer’s “I’m sorry, but I cant sleep, and I’m used to sleeping in bed with someone, since I lived with my girlfriend and all, can I sleep with you?” he asked. I gave him a weird look, then looked at my clock, it was one in the morning, “mh, yeah, sure, okay” I muttered. Anything that can get me to sleep faster. He smiled sheepishly as I moved over to let him lay beside me he lay down with his back to me, I snuggled into my pillow “goodnight” I mumbled. Already almost asleep, I heard the first syllable of his word, before I fell into a deep sleep again, I awoke to someone move beside me, I cracked my eyes open to see Kyle’s face in mine, his face was completely relaxed, I realized that I had my arm around him, and my legs were entangled in his, he looked more child like when he was sleeping, his face was so relaxed, he looked actually rested, I hadn’t realized he had dark circles under his eyes, he must not be sleeping well. I stroked his cheek softly and gently, his built arms that were around my waist tightened ever so slightly and a tiny smile came up to the corners of his lips, he moved suddenly, “Kaila, come get in the picture, your beautiful, don’t worry” he murmured sleepily. I held back a giggle, he was dreaming about me, “Kaila” he murmured. I stroked his cheek again, he smiled softly, his eyes fluttered slightly, I pulled my hand back and closed my eyes, pretending I’m asleep. He moved, I’m guessing on his side, I acted asleep and moved so my face was buried in his chest I heard his intake of breath, his arms tightened around me a little more, and he pulled me gently against him, yes, he is awake, I fluttered my eyes and opened them, I pulled my head back and looked around, I looked into these beautiful blue eyes, he smiled slightly “good morning” he said softly, it was almost apart of the quiet of the morning. I smiled back “good morning” I murmured sleepily. I looked at the clock, it was six, I have about three hours before I need to leave. I smashed my face into my pillow, sighing into it, “sleep well?” I asked, muffled by pillow. He laughed softly, “yeah, really well actually, you?” he asked. I nodded “me too” I murmured. I felt a hand on my arm, I looked up from the pillow, he was looking at me with so much love in his eyes that I had wonder if he loved me, but he couldn’t, we only met two days ago. I sat up and rubbed my eyes, yawning “well, since were awake, I’ll make some breakfast, bacon and pancakes sound good?” I asked. He sat up with me and nodded, “sounds good” he said. I nodded with a smile. I got up from the bed and walked over to my bathroom, I walked in and started brushing out my long blonde hair. Once I was done I walked into my room to find Kyle had left, must have gone to get dressed. I walked into my closet and grabbed a green long sleeved shirt, with skinny jeans, I set them out so I didn’t have to search for them later then I walked out of my room, I walked downstairs quietly, I didn’t want to wake the idiots, they would be mad, ‘actually, that would be kind of funny’ I thought to myself with a grin. I decided to see there reaction, I jumped from one step to another, making tons of noise, when I got to the kitchen I started banging pots and pans around, just to make more noise, “shut up down there!” I heard Hail shout groggily. I laughed and kept making noise, I slammed the fridge and then the cabinets, a smile on the whole time. I heard footsteps on the stairs, and I stopped the whole thing, acting as if I was doing nothing. Jared appeared, along with Hail and Jake, they all glared at me while I stared innocently “you…. Ugh I’m going back to bed, I cant think of anything to say” Hail groaned. I laughed “you are an evil girl” Jake said, walking back upstairs. Jared just stood there, an amused smile crossing his face “just couldn’t resist could you?” he asked. I shook my head “nope” I said, setting the pan I got down on the stove. He shook his head and went back upstairs, “ah, I love being the bad guy…’er girl” I said, slightly confused. I shrugged it off and turned to get the things I needed to make the pancakes. Kyle came down with a confused look on his face “what was that about?” he asked. I chuckled “I decided to wake the three idiots up there and see if I could make ‘em mad” I said. Kyle nodded “makes sense” he said. I nodded “doesn’t it?” I asked rhetorically. He laughed “okay, so what are we doing here?” he asked. I gave him a weird look “haven’t you cooked before?” I asked. He shook his head “nope” he said. I shrugged “well, now is the time to learn” I said. I handed him a bowl of pancake mix and I cracked some eggs into a smaller bowl “put some milk in that” I said. He nodded, he took a step, but paused, he looked at me and smiled playfully, I wondered what he was up to. He dipped his fingers in the mix and then ran the tips of his fingers across my face gently, as if caressing my cheek, I gasped and touched my cheek, I pulled away to find my fingers covered in mix. I glared at him “I will get you back” I warned. He laughed and walked over to get the milk, I walked over behind him and ran my hand along his arm, making him freeze. I smirked and walked up in front of him, I ran my hand across his cheek, secretly grabbing some mix from the bowl, he stared into my eyes, then I threw mix into his face, he spluttered and coughed while I laughed, he glared playfully at me “oh its on” he said. He grabbed a handful of mix and threw it at me, it hit me in the chest, I laughed and ran around the island, I jumped over the island and grabbed a handful from the bowl he was holding, I ran back around and then threw my handful at him, it landed in his face, getting all in his hair. He grabbed another handful and threw it at me, this time it hit me in the face. He laughed, I smiled playfully. we threw flower at each other for a while, then we ran out of that, so we chased each other around the island, we ended up across the island from each other, every time he moved one way, I’d move the other, we did this for a while still. I chose the wrong way to run though. He moved one way, making me think he was going that way, so I moved the other way, he moved the way I was going and caught me around the waist, pulling me to him. I laughed and put my arms around his neck. He smiled softly and brought his lips softly down on mine, we kissed for a few seconds, then we heard footsteps on the stairs, we pulled away reluctantly and looked each other over, this was going to be hard to explain, we were covered in Pancake mix from head to toe… “what in the world happened here?” Jared asked. I looked at Kyle and back to Jared “we sort of had a pancake mix war…” I trailed off. He gave us a weird look, well clean this up, we have two hours before school starts” he said. I laughed and nodded, then I looked around “wow, we destroyed the place” I laughed. The floor was covered in mix, the walls were surprisingly clean, so that was good, but the floor!! I went and grabbed the broom, I leaned down to inspect the mess, and so did Kyle, I picked up some of the mix and threw it at him, he laughed and touched the tip of my nose with his mix covered hand. I chuckled and got up, I started sweeping up the mess, “hey, throw those eggs in the sink will ya? No pancakes this morning” I sighed. He laughed and nodded, he grabbed the eggs and threw them in the sink, “I think I’m going to be washing out this stuff for weeks” I said. He laughed “me too” he said. After I swept and cleaned everything, I went upstairs and turned on the shower, I stripped my mix covered clothes and jumped in, scrubbing my hair three times. After I jumped out I grabbed my cloths and put them on, brushing my teeth and putting on other things. I put makeup on and then some perfume, and I was ready to go. I walked out of my room and downstairs to find my two groggy brothers sitting at the kitchen table staring at nothing. I skipped over and got a Pop Tart out of the pantry, I munched on that while the two zombies watched me with tired eyes. I rolled my eyes and walked to the door “see you at school” I called. I walked out the door with my keys in hand, I heard the door open and slam closed, I knew who it was, I broke out into a run and got to my car, I hurried to unlock it and jumped in, “Kaila! You are not driving!” Jared shouted. I slammed the locks down on my doors and smiled sweetly