Come out and play Pt1
A/N: Wow so Iâm gonna kill some of yall w thisđââď¸đââď¸
Y/n is a Christian girl going to university struggling to balance religion and her studies. She has no time to think about love and definitely not love that displeases her savior.
Mornings have always been slow and sloppy for me. Headache and flimsy legs dragging me around. Dry lips and dryer eyes protesting against even the idea of waking up and a desperate prayer said solely to get me out of bed.
This morning is not different. My alarm goes off, I let it ring a few seconds too long already starting to feel my headache before my eyes even bother opening and it makes me squeeze them together as tight as I could with as weak as the human body is in the morning. Discomfort and dull pains from my awkward sleeping position set in and my fingers scratch at my exposed hip. I lift my head from my pile of pillows, light instantly hitting my eyelids like a warning before I open them.
A heavy sigh slips past my dry sticky lips and I bow my head.
âThank you for another day of lifeâ I pray before peeling my blanket off of my body.
I make my way to the bathroom rubbing the sleep out of my eyes. I turn on the light and Iâm instantly hit with reminders in bright colors written on sticky notes.
âHappy is the one with a clean body and mindâ written on a baby blue sticky note on my shower door. The message rings in my head as I strip to bathe.
Pastor Willous says itâs important to have the word of God in every part of your day, as a means of reassurance and confidence in his ways.
Though in some moments, tired moments, his word begins to feel taunting. More like laws than love, like heâs watching, in waiting for the moment I slip. Nonetheless I turn my shower head on.
The shower soothes my aching muscles while making me fight back sleep even harder. I slowly lower myself to the floor, pulling my knees to my chest as warm water someway, somehow still finds itself in the crease of my skin and I let it.
It eventually clumps my eyelashes, heavy with the water accumulating and only then do I stand up to bathe.
The morning flows slowly but smoothly. Lessons dragging on. Professor angels even had a lot to say⌠and heâs communications. I could only pray for the patience to get through my morning classes.
âLord please lend me unshakable patience to make it through my morning lectures, amenâ-
âClass dismissed.â Mr Lincon concludes his speech about memorizing the new organic chemistry chemical reactions.
In other words something I couldnât care less about.
I like to think God knew exactly that.
As Iâm walking off campus to get some lunch I trip over an entire person. As Iâm falling I catch her book subconsciously making sure my thumb marks her page before bracing for impact.
I feel a shuffle and then a slight damp hand around my wrist pulling me to my feet. As I gain my balance rushed apologies and panicked pleas distract me from making eye contact with the person I had just inconvenienced.
As I look up I find deer like brown eyes. A glaze over them that makes my breath catch and my gaze settle. Beautifully done delicate curls framed the girls face, flowing over her cheeks as she also rushed out her words.
She brushed my sleeves off of any grass I had recovered from my fall and I feel her hand rest at my wrist taking her book, careful not to lose her page. She looks up and her expression shows one of shock and a hint of maybe amazement in her irises?
âDamn.â She said breathy through a sigh. She lingers near my body inspecting my face like she had just made a groundbreaking discovery.
I take a step back noticing our close proximity and something about the distance feels cold. Her fingertips retract from my wrist and she clears her throat brushing her shirt off.
âWow. Youâre like.. really pretty.â She says shaking her head slightly in disbelief.
I pause.
Look beside me.
Then back at gods work shown through a girl and my eyes widen.
âMe?!â I say slightly louder than I had intended.
âI mean who else?â She says laughing at my tone and volume almost just as disbelieving as she was.
I pause again looking at her. Really looking at her.
Sheâs got eyes tilted upwards following her cheekbones flawless while still staying round and big. Eyebrows straight and thin enhancing her soft features. Her lips plump glossed and tinted pink, my gaze lingers there a little before I snap myself back into the moment.
âOh! Well so are you, youâre like gorgeousâ I say with softness after regaining my composure.
âUm well Iâm really sorry again maybe I could make it up to you- Actually, whatâs your chipotle order?â I say looking down at my phone to write her order down in my notes app.
My finger tremble as I fight the urge to look at her face again scared of the thoughts that might come. Her face sending me into a place I wasnât familiar with. One only seen as anything but moral by my gods standards for sure.
She lowers my hands while speaking.
âOh, babe thatâs not necessary. It was an accident, it happens.â She says in such a suave tone.
I want to hear it again.
âWell could I have your name? Iâll try to avoid ever falling over you again when I can put name to face.â I say through light giggles not doing anything to conceal my nervousness.
âManon.â She says nodding her head
â..and your is..?â She hesitates wanting me to finish the sentence.
âY/n.â
âWell it was clumsy meeting you. Letâs do it againâ she says laughing too now.
She grabs my phone typing her number in instead of her intended chipotle order.
I inhale sharply through my nose not knowing how to take the interaction as she walks off.
She was so pretty. So nice and elegant in the unmistakable way only a miracle could explain.
Wow. Someoneâs prayers were answered just with her existence.
I found myself thinking about her over my burrito bowl.
How could someone be so beautiful. She felt bold yet so gentle. I canât explain it. I somehow can still feel the sensation of her fingertips against my wrist.
I shove my hand in my pocket and begin praying. Afraid of what I might begin to become the next day,not prepared for the morning to feel just as slow knowing sheâs on my campus.





















