The next few days were a little rough. I was getting bogged down with schoolwork and trying to keep up a decent GPA. Sidney, on the other hand, wasn't having much luck himself. He had skipped practice today with a sore groin, and when I called him later that night he said he was still feeling pretty crummy. So being the good girlfriend that I am, I closed up my books and made my way over to his house to try and cheer him up a bit.
It only took me about 20 minutes to get to his house with some traffic. I pulled into his driveway and pulled the hood of my sweatshirt over my head to cover my ears which were getting redder by the second. A cold wind pierced through my sides as I made my way up the front steps and rang the doorbell. I pushed a piece of my dark brown hair out of my face, but the wind just blew it right back. I sighed lightly just as Sidney slowly pulled open the door. He smiled through his grimacing as he took a step closer towards me and pulled me into him for a warm hug.
"You okay babe?" I mumbled into his black Penguins shirt.
"No, my leg is killing me. Like even when I walk it hurts...ughh this sucks."
I turned my head up and gazed into his big hazel eyes and could see all the pain and frustration he was going through. "It's alright, trust me you'll be fine. At least you don't have a 10 page paper due by the end of the week."
"Well did you start it at least? What page are you up to?" He asked pulling me inside and closing the door behind him.
I rolled my eyes and laughed a little as we made our way into the living room. "I'll tell you when I actually finish page one." I continued laughing and Sid soon joined in with me. He collapsed down on the couch to the side of me and stretched out his leg onto the ottoman. He sighed loudly as he attempted to readjust his leg into a comfortable position. I smiled down at him and he lightly grimaced back the best smile he could force out through all his pain.
"Awww, you poor thing," I cooed running one of my hands through his thick curly hair. Without thinking I bent down to take a seat on his lap and on the initial contact of my weight on his bad leg Sid let out an excruciating scream and jerked back to get me off of him.
"Oh my god Sid I'm so sorry! I'm such an idiot I don't know what I was thinking sitting right on your bad leg like that! Oh my god! I'm so sorry Sid, I really am! I have no clue what I was thinking! Ughh I'm such an idiot! I'm so, so sorry the last thing I want to do is make your injury even worse. I honestly can't believe I did that! I'm sor--"
My mindless apology was silenced by a pair of warm lips colliding against mine. I was too caught up in apologizing that I didn't even care to notice that Sid had blown it off, got up and was standing next to me mostly the whole entire time. His hands instinctively wrapped around my center sending chills up and down my spine with every touch his fingers made beneath my sweatshirt against my bare skin. I giggled and felt his lips curl into a smile against mine. His lips gently continued to caress mine as my hands found their way around his neck. My fingers rolled through the tiny curls at the bottom of his hair which caused me to smile again. I always loved those little curls. We simultaneously pulled away and he rested his forehead gently against mine.
"It's okay Leigh, I forgive you," he whispered leaning forward and placing a soft butterfly kiss on the edge of my jaw.
I giggled again and felt my cheeks rush a bright shade of red. My hand found the side of his face and I pulled him down to me for another quick kiss. "You always do, and I still don't fully understand why."
"Do you really wanna know why?" He asked grabbing my hand and leading me back to the couch.
"Yeah just a little," I answered taking a seat next to him on the opposite side of his bad leg.
"Cause I love you, and I think if you love someone they deserve to be forgiven."
I smiled and leaned closer into his side. "I agree totally Siddo, I love you too. And thank you."
He turned his head slightly confused to the side, "For what?"
"For forgiving me and basically loving me despite I could quite possibly be the worst girlfriend ever."
He rolled his eyes and ruffled his hand through my hair. "See this is what I tell you about all the time Leigh. You think so low of yourself, and you shouldn't. I don't think you realize how amazing you truly are."
"Sid please I don’t--"
"Stop saying that...I'm tired of hearing you say you're not good enough or you don't deserve it. Because you do Leigh, I mean that." His arm wrapped around my side pulling me up against his chest. He leaned down and gently kissed the top of my head causing me to let out a small smile.
"You're too good to me, you know that?" I said barely above a whisper.
"Don't say that. You're perfect to me, just the way you are."
"I love you Sidney," I managed to mumble into his shirt before a few tears started to trickle down my cheek.
"I love you too Leigh, and are you-? Leigh don't cry, what's wrong?" He lifted me up from his chest so I was about eye level with him.
"It's nothing," I said wiping a stray tear off my cheek. "It's just...I don’t know, I've never had anything like, like...like...this, like us before ever in my life before. And now that I do, it's almost too good to be true. Like when I'm with you, I still have to pinch myself sometimes to make sure I'm not dreaming all this. I could've never imagined in a million years that this would be happening to me, and not in a bad way. You’re like, the best thing that's ever happened to me."
Another tear slid down my cheek as Sid smiled down at me. "I know, I know that was absolutely pathetic and stupid and--"
I was silenced again with his warm lips collapsing down onto mine. I blinked the last tear out of my eye as one of his hands came up to cup the side of my face. His hands ran deep through my hair as his lips continued to gently caress mine. My lips curled into a smile as he began to deepen the kiss a little more. About a minute later we both pulled away for air and he lay down with his back on the couch and me resting perfectly on top of him.
"Hey Sid," I mumbled into his shirt tracing circles along the side of his chest.
"What babe?" He answered placing his hand lightly on the small of my back.
"I don't just love you," I said placing my hand on the center of his chest to lean up a little bit over him.
"What do you mean? I don't get it I thought--"
"I'm in love with you," I smiled while interrupting him. His smile too grew wider as he realized the strength of what just came out of my mouth. "I didn't really know what love was, until I met you. I mean you're the first and last thing I think about everyday. No other guy has ever had the big of a hold on me, so if this isn't love, then I don't know what the hell it is."
Sid leaned up against the back of the couch and pulled me close to him. His head rested on my shoulder, and he leaned forward a little so his lips gently graced the side of my ear. "Well guess what Leigh," he whispered, barely. I could feel his lips curling into a smile behind my ear and my whole body grew a couple degrees warmer.
"What Sid?" I turned around and sat Indian style in front of him.
"I'm in love with you too."
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awww, that was cute!!!
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