Finding Myself

We both eat the delicious pizza in silence. I guess we are both still thinking about what just happened upstairs. I couldn't help myself, I had to say. I had to make her aware that I did notice her. That she isn't a nobody.

"So, what are the next plans?" Riley says, interrupting my thoughts.

"Uh well, I had planned to watch some movies and eat some candy or popcorn unless you want to do something else?"

"That sounds good, I don't really want to go off the plan les again," she says while laughing nervously.

"Do I make it hard for you?" I blurt out.

"Um, what do you mean?"

"Am I too much for you?" I ask.

"No. You're perfect the way you are," she replies with a smile. Her answer makes my heart race and I start blushing.

However, before I can say anything else, my mom interrupts," don't mind me. I'm just grabbing some pizza." Riley and I both chuckle as she quickly runs back to her office with the plate of pizza to finish working.

"So, um, what movie do you have planned for us to watch?" Riley asks.

"I have a few options again. You're going to need to pick one," I tell her.

"Ugh," she groans out and plops down on the couch. She raises her hands in the air as if to shrug, "I don't know what to pick!"

I chuckle and say, "I haven't even given you the options yet. Do you want to watch a comedy or romantic movie?"

She thinks for a long time before answering, "both?"

I roll my eyes at her then go look at my family's movie collection to find a movie that fits. After searching for a few minutes I find Crazy Rich Asians and feel like Riley would want to watch it. I loved the movie so I think she will too.

I walk back over to her and shake her leg so that she can left her head up from the couch and show her the movie. She gives me the thumbs up and I can't help but chuckle a little at how cute and awkward she is.

I quickly make a bowl of popcorn and Riley follows me back to my room. She lays down comfortably on the bed as I put the movie on my tv. Then I make my way to the bed and jump on it, almost laughing Riley to the floor.

"Hey, careful," she says as she hits me with my pillow. I roll my eyes at her and hit her back with another pillow. Then we get comfortable under the blankets and I can't help but be a little nervous due to how close we are. We are barely a couple of inches apart, if I wanted to I could touch my leg with hers or brush my hand against hers as well. But I know better than to do that, so I keep a safe distance away.

The movie starts and we are enjoying it while eating popcorn, but somewhere close to the end, we happen to fall asleep since it's almost midnight. When I finally wake up I notice that Riley has moved closer to me. Her head is gently laying against my shoulder and she is sound asleep.

She looks so cute, all I want to do is gently caress her cheek. I raise my hand to do it, but stop just a few centimeters away. I can't do it, she might wake up and I don't want to have to explain what I was doing. So, I try to calm down and relax so that I can fall asleep.

After a few minutes I feel Riley moving in her sleep and open my eyes. Riley is rubbing her eyes then opens them and looks up at me in shock. She quickly sits up and asks, "Did we fall asleep already?"

"Yeah," I whisper softly.

"Oh I'm sorry, I didn't mean to take up half of your bed, I'll sleep on the floor," she adds. She gets up to move, but I instinctively grab her arm softly and pull her back into bed with me.