10: "I like you, Silvane. A lot."

~ANDREW'S POV~

I stuffed my swim shorts in my bag and searched for my glasses. The tournament is today and I am going to win. I just know. But I am nervous. Not about the tournament, about what I am going to do after it.

I slung my bad over my shoulder and went straight to the kitchen. I opened the fridge and grabbed an apple. I noticed the paste-it note on the fridge.

Morning, Drew. All the best for your tournament today. I'm sorry I couldn't stay to wish you in person but I had to leave for work. Hope you understand.

-love you.

It's very rare for me and mom to be home at the same time. She leaves for work before I wake up and returns after I go to sleep. My dad is always on a business trip, so it's just me. I have the house to myself. I feel lonely in this beautiful, big house of mine. Sure my parents bought me things I wanted but they don't realise that I need them, not those things. It was better when Justin was alive. We both kept each other company. That is the reason why we were so close.

After he died, I became much more lonely. But Eli made me feel good. He made me feel at home.

He felt like home.

I'm NOT going ruin all this just because of 'what others might think'. I don't care. I care about him.

And I'm going to tell him what I want.

🌿

I walked up to Eli who was waiting for me across the street. When I reached, he greeted me and started walking. He didn't say anything about what happened yesterday. He was behaving as if nothing happened. I was confused, but I walked beside him.

"You are quiet today. That's a first." Eli stated and chuckled.

"Yeah, um, I wanted to talk about yesterday--" I started and cut me off.

"Let's just forget about it. We don't have to talk about it." He said and looked down. I frowned but didn't say anything. I actually wanted to tell him that I like him before and then do it. But I guess, he'll just have to hear it then only.

As we reached he quickly took off towards his locker and I slowly headed to mine. I found my glasses in my locker. I grabbed them and went to the pool. The team was there and the coach was babbling something. I walked into the locker room to change.

After I walked out, everyone was warming up. I walked up to the coach and he smiled brightly at me.

"Hathaway, I want you to win today." He said and I smirked.

"I will." I said and he patted my back.

"Do we have a megaphone?" I asked and he frowned.

"Why do you need it" He asked.

"I...just need it. Do we have it?"

"Yeah, we do." He informed me where it was and I went to get it. I placed it on the bench in the locker room.

I then went to practice a bit. The match is an hour away. The rival schools would be arriving soon.

🌿

The whole team was chatting away in the locker room. The last match remained. We were happy because we won three out of four. If we win this last match, we will get the trophy.

I stepped out of the locker room and the crowd cheered. My eyes roamed around until I spotted him. He was sitting alone, with no one to give him company. He gave me a small smile and a thumbs up as he saw me looking at him. I grinned and went where I was supposed to stand.

The coach blew the whistle and all three contestants jumped right in. I was already ahead of them both but I managed my speed. I should not get too cocky after all.

I won.

I stepped out of the pool and the crowd went crazy. I had a cocky smile plastered on my face. Everyone was shouting my name and I glanced at Eli. He was staring right at me with a proud smile on his face. Seeing him smile made me smile even more.

The coach suddenly patted me and congratulated me. I excused myself and ran into the locker room. Everyone inside had already changed and I was supposed to change too. We had to be out there to receive our trophy, in like five minutes.

But instead, I grabbed the megaphone and threw my glasses somewhere. I dashed out and the referee was speaking. I walked up to him and whispered in his ear that I wanted to say something. He offered me the mic but I held out my megaphone. He frowned and stepped back.

"Everyone, I have something to say." I shouted into the megaphone.

Everyone looked confused. Eli stared at me with a frown.

"You all know me, but I would like to introduce myself. I'm Andrew Hathaway" I started, "and there's a person I like." I glanced at Eli and he sat up straight. He had confusion written all over his face. I gave him a reassuring smile.

"The person I like is very special to me. He means the world to me. He makes me feel at home." I heard a few gasps when I said 'he'. I ignored the murmuring.

"I like him very much. I don't care what anyone thinks about me. You can hate me all you want for liking a guy, but all that matters is him and what he feels about me." Some girls whispered and giggled. While some people were looking so shocked.

I took a step towards where Eli was sitting.

"I like you, Silvane. A lot." I shouted into the megaphone and all heads turned towards him. His eyes widened and a cute blush made its way to his cheeks.

I made my way up to him and made him stand up.

"What are you doing?" He whispered.

"I'm announcing that I'm yours now. All yours." I said and pulled him in a hug with my free hand.

"People, I now belong to this beautiful human." I said into the megaphone and he buried his head in my chest. His ears turned read, because of embarrassment.

"We support you." A girl shouted and stood up.

Everyone was now looking at her.

"Gay is yay." She said and everyone chuckled.

I threw the megaphone down and wrapped both of my arms around Eli.

"Just kiss already." Another girl shouted.

"Oh, we will. But not here." I said and Eli smiled against my shoulder.

🌿

We walked into the kitchen and threw my bag somewhere. Eli stood there in the middle of the kitchen awkwardly. I hugged him from behind.

"Do you want to eat something?" I ask and he leaned into me.

"No. I'm not that hungry." He whispered and I saw a tint of red on his cheek.

I turned him around and he blushed more.

"Are you happy?" I asked.

He smiled and kissed my nose.

"I am."

I felt so good now that I had him in my arms.

I leaned in and pressed my lips onto his. He parted his lips and I lifted him up and he wrapped his legs around my waist. The kiss got deeper and passionate as I led us towards the living room. I gently placed us down on the couch, without parting our lips.

We eventually broke due to lack of air. A string of saliva connected our lips. He smiled and I kissed him again. He kissed back with such passion that it was hard for me to contain myself.

So, I pulled away.

"What happened?" He panted.

"I..." I whispered, "You have no idea what you do to me. And I'm scared of hurting your feelings. I know you are not ready and it's completely fine. We can wait. I can wait."

"But I don't want to wait. I was not ready with Tyler, because I didn't trust him enough. But I trust you." Eli said and kissed my forehead, "Heck, you can destroy me and I will say thank you." He chuckled and I grinned.

I kissed him and he wrapped his arms around my neck.

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This is it for now. As I said this book is short (and sweet?).

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