Page 31 of The List of Things

“Take care of Archer for me. We’re out for the night. See you around Kamryn,” Griff pulls Jade along and leaves the door open for me.

“Bye!” I wave to the two of them, watching them walk down the long hallway.

I start to walk in the door without watching where I'm going and run into something hard... Someone hard, actually. I look up, horrified I’m going to find Lawson, but luckily finding Bellamy instead. I sigh in relief, and he smirks.

“So excited to see me...” He jokes, and moves me inside his apartment, kicking the door closed behind us.

“I thought you were Lawson, so I got nervous,” I admit.

“That reminds me...” He turns away from me. “LAWSY!” Bellamy screams, and I flinch away from his loud voice.

I step around Bellamy, finally getting a view of his apartment. It’s narrow, two stories. There’s a catwalk above us that gives a view of the entire living room. The couch is large and dark blue and has no pillows… What else should I expect from three college boys? There’s no tasteless decor though, which is something I can appreciate. I hear a loud crash from above, and out of the bedroom on the far right side of the catwalk above comes a dirty blonde idiot, falling out of his doorway.

“I’m up!” He yells and that’s exactly what it looks like.

He just woke up, most likely due to Bellamy’s screaming.

“Good, now leave,” He tells him, and I swat Bellamy’s arm.

“He doesn’t have to leave,” I whisper.

“It’s fine Kamryn, I was leaving anyway. Your grumpy ass boyfriend knew that, he’s just been an ass all day,” Lawson says.

I nod my head and look at Bellamy.

“I haven’t done anything,” He argues.

Lawson shuts his door behind him, and walks across the catwalk toward the stairs, still having not brushed his hair.

“That’s not true. He had us clean the whole apartment the entire day, he even made me clean my bedroom!” Lawson complains like a child, and I smirk. It’s obviously Lawson isn’t as put together as his friend. I find it oddly charming though.

“Well, I didn’t want it to look bad,” He defends himself, which makes my smirk turn into a smile. I watch as Lawson slides on his shoes, and walks past us, pushing Bellamy away from him. “Going to pick up Sienna?” Bellamy asks and Lawson shoots daggers at his roommate.

“No. I’m not seeing Sienna at all…”

I have no idea if he’s lying. Sienna hasn’t said a word about Lawson to me.

Lawson’s eyes move to me, “I’m happy you’re here, but don’t fuck on the counter, or the couch. Bellamy, you have a nice bed, please use it.”

He speaks to both of us, and I just stare at him, not surprised at how blunt he is. College boys, they’re all the same. Except for Bellamy.

“You know we’re not really dating…right?” I ask as he opens the door.

“Yes, I’m very aware of that,” He nods and then walks away, closing the door behind him.

I look at the closed door, and I'm turned away, and toward Bellamy, the first time he’s touched me today and held on.

“What did you tell your friends?” I ask him, not offended that they know, but curious.

“Exactly what happened between us. The arrangement, all that. So they know what we are,” He tells me, and I nod. “Did you not want me to tell them?”

I shake my head instantly.

“No it doesn’t bother me, I was just curious.”

He keeps hold of my shoulders.

“Alright. So, I know we’re still trying to get used to this… arrangement, so I figured we could cook together. That way we’re more comfortable with each other for the next two weeks, you know?” He asks me, looking me up and down now.

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