Believe You Me

I woke up the next morning, my body warm, but my heart cold. I rolled over in my bed to see that Jaime was still sleeping next to me and had stayed all through the night. I looked over his sleeping body, my eyes roaming over his bare chest. I immediately felt guilty and got up, shaking away all the thoughts that were racing through my mind. Stumbling out of bed, I walked to the door as quietly as I could, careful not to wake Jaime. As soon as I stepped out into the hall, I ran into Tony, who looked ready to walk out the door.

“Good morning.” He said, sounding a little shocked. “I didn’t expect to see you actually up this early. Mike said you were up pretty late watching movies with Jaime.” My heart stopped at the sound of Mike’s name, and my breathing stopped for a second.

“Oh… Is that all that Mike said?” I exhaled. A puzzled look formed over Tony’s face when he noticed how uncomfortable I looked.

“Yeah… Why, did something happen that I don’t know about?”

“No, oh no, I was just curious. Anyways, where are you heading off to so early?” I asked, quickly changing the subject. His puzzled look disappeared before he spoke again.

“Vic’s getting ready to go in for surgery. I was getting ready to head down there so I could be there when he wakes up. Mike’s already there, he left early this morning to meet his parents there/” My eyes widened, remembering that Vic’s surgery was today. In the middle of all my selfish problems, I had completely forgotten about Vic. I was an awful friend. “Don’t look so guilty, Evie, I wasn’t going to let you miss it. I was just on my way to wake you up when you walked out. Don’t beat yourself up.” He gave me an assuring smile, and I felt the corners of my lips begin to fold up in a grin. “I’m gunna head out. Can you wake up Jaime and get him dressed? You know better than anyone how he is in the morning.” I nodded my head and gave him a faint smile. “Great,” he said while turning towards the stairs. “I’ll see you there then.” he started down the staircase and turned back with an afterthought. “And no morning sex, just get to the hospital!” I rolled my eyes at him and turned back to the bedroom.

I walked in quietly to see Jaime still sound asleep, so I crawled into bed carefully, turning on my side to face him. I placed a kiss softly on his forehead and drew my hand up to his cheek, stroking it softly. A faint smile formed on his face, while his eyes stayed closed. I traced my fingertips over his dimples and laugh lines, memorizing every detail of his smooth skin. A few moments later his eyes fluttered opened and his smile grew wider when his eyes met mine.

“I could get used to waking up to this every morning.” He murmured softly before pressing his lips to mine. I smiled into the kiss while he brought his hand up to meet mine on his cheek, intertwining his fingers with mine. We sat there for a few moments in silence before I finally broke it.

“Jaime, why did you stay all night? You didn’t have to. You shouldn’t have, honestly…” I whispered to him, looking deep into his eyes and searching for answers.

“Eve,” He started, sitting up in bed and propping his head up on his arm. “I love you. I do, more than anything in this world. Sometimes I don’t know how to show it, and I’ll be honest, sometimes it scares me, but at the end of the day I realize that you’re the most important thing to happen to me. I’d do anything to make sure you’re happy. Staying with you last night was the least I could do. I may not know what got you down, but I’ll sure as hell be here to pick you up, every time.” I threw myself onto him and kissed him hard, holding back the tears from his words while I did. He kissed back equally as hard, wrapping his arms around my waist and pulling me tightly against him. We both pulled away from the kiss breathlessly, staring into each other, faint smiles worn on both of our faces.

“We need to get ready to go.” I said softly, my voice barely above a whisper. “We have to meet everyone at the hospital so we can be there when Vic wakes up.”

“Okay, but when we get back tonight, I just want to waste the night away looking at you.” My heart fluttered as he flashed me his dimpled smile.

“That sounds perfect to me.” I kissed him once more before getting out of bed. I sat on the floor next to a pile of clothes and began to dig through it, looking for something to wear. “I can’t find a single decent outfit to wear.” I sighed to Jaime, who hadn’t moved an inch since I got up.

“Just wear one of my hoodies and some shorts. We’re only going to the hospital.” He finally rolled out of bed and stumbled over next to me on the floor. I looked him over and suppressed a giggle. His hair was a curly mess and his eyes were still stuck in a sleepy haze. He caught me looking at him and cocked his head. “Why are you staring me like that? Is it my hair?” He asked and immediately went to pat down his hair.

“No! No, it’s not your hair. I mean, yes, it’s a mess, but that’s not it. It’s just…” I started, but cut myself off. I thought over telling him everything about last night, about what Mike said, the kiss, everything, but looking at his face, looking at the way he looked at me, I knew I couldn’t tell him. Some things are better left a secret. “I’m just ready to go home.” I finally said. “I think I’ve had enough Huntington Beach to last me awhile.”

Jaime smiled at me softly, taking his hand and grabbing one of mine. “I’ll tell you what, as soon as Vic’s all settled and good enough to travel, we’ll take him and the van on home so he can rest there and we can help keep an eye on him, make sure he recovers well. Does that sound okay with you?” He asked, stroking my palm gently with his thumb.

“That sounds good to me.” I told him, smiling back at him. “I hope it’s good with Vic too. I mean, I’m sure it will be, I have a feeling he just wants to be home too.”

“I think so too.” Jaime said. He gave my hand a squeeze before letting go and standing up. “We should get ready to go. I’ll meet you downstairs when you’re ready.” He kissed the top of my head and turned to walk out the door.

“Bring me one of your hoodies when you go down!” I called after him. He didn’t say anything in response, but instead waved his hand at me on his way down the stairs. I threw on a pair of black leggings I had and an old Warped Tour tee from the last time I had gone. After throwing my hair up and deciding to skip the makeup, I was ready to go. I jogged down the stairs, not expecting to be pulled aside before I reached the bottom. I looked to see Jaime standing in front of me, looking extremely desperate.

“Does my hair look okay?” He asked urgently.

“Oh lord, Jaime, honestly? Just throw a beanie on, we’ve got to go. Where’s my hoodie?” I asked after rolling my eyes and crossing my arms.

“It’s lying on my bed. You know, the one I never sleep in because of you.” I rolled my eyes again and took off down the hall towards his room.

“You enjoy sleeping in my bed and you know it!” I said back to him. I quickly grabbed his hoodie and a beanie for him and took off back down the hall and downstairs to where Jaime now was.

“Ready?” He asked me while picking up his car keys. I handed him his beanie and slipped my shoes and his hoodie on while he put the beanie on and fixed his hair.

“Okay, ready.” I said. He grabbed my hand and opened the door, pulling me behind him to the car and drove us to the hospital.

Notes

Surprise!! I'm back!! It's been a long, rough couple of months, but I survived and now I'm here! I'm trying to ease myself back into this story, so please excuse the fact that this is a short update, but it's still an update nonetheless. I should be writing more regularly now that I'm a full time loser that's not in college anymore.
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Title Credit: I Don't Mind- Defeater