Chapter 13. I’ll Be Here, Waiting

Keira’s POV

I was going through the last of my assignments when I heard the doorbell ring. Brendon had arrived for our movie night.

I did not think he would make it considering the sky’s downpour that made me want to drink something hot and snuggle in bed. But that was just Brendon; he would show up for anything that involved me. I closed my laptop and opened the front door to let him in.

He was wet and dripping all over my carpet.

"Could you not have used an umbrella, at least?" I ask. "Stay still. You are getting water all over the place."

"I was already halfway here when the rain started," he said as I grabbed a mop, cleaning out maps of water on the floor. "Could not turn around. Your place was closer to mine, and Natasha is not in?"

"She is asleep and would not be joining us. Had a long day at school."

"So it is just you and me, huh?"

I saw a smile on his face, wondering what was so amusing. He moved to sit on a couch when he had