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Towards the end of their band rehearsal, Seth received a text message from Gia asking if he’d like to come over. Boy, would he. Anything the beauty asked of him, he did it and he did it with gusto. She says jump and he asks how high. “I’ll be there straight after rehearsal! I promise. :)” He texted back almost immediately. He never liked to leave her waiting and he hardly ever. The boys finished up and parted ways, freeing Seth to be with Gia for the remainder of his evening.

The curly-haired male stopped by the bodega for the pretty lady’s favorite snacks, knowing they were going to watch their favorite movie together. He picked up a few bags of chips, candies, and their favorite drinks. “Movie night with Gia again, huh?” Pedro, the cashier, asked with a smirk as he continued to ring up the younger male’s items. Smiling, he thanked Pedro who he’d become good friends with and headed over to the girls’ shared apartment.

As Natalia was on her way out, Seth was heading in and asked where the brunette was headed. “Not with Tommy again, right?” He saw her blush and knew she was off to meet up with the older male again and shook his head. “Seriously?”

“Thanks, dad. Off to pretend to not be in love with Gia again?” She sassed back, running down the hall before he could question her any further.

“You get sassier the more you guys hang out!” He tried to yell after her but was greeted with deaf ears. He wasn’t pretending. He was respecting her wishes. There was a difference.

He slipped into the apartment, closing the door quietly behind him and headed straight to Gia’s bedroom, knocking softly before gaining clearance to enter. “Brought the provisions,” he smiled and lifted the brown paper bag of snacks proudly. He set the bag on her nightstand and walked over to her bed when she motioned for him to join her. He removed his shoes and jacket before climbing into bed with her.

“Scream?” One word was all it took and the two fell into their assumed cuddling position, watching the movie together for the what must have been the 10th time. He never knew anyone else that could quote the movie front to back until he met Gia and was one of the reasons he was so smitten with her. After the movie ended, the two watched a few episodes of American Horror Story: Murder House. By episode 3, he noticed she had fallen asleep in his arms and for fear of disturbing her sleep, he stayed. He gently brushed back the stray pieces of hair away from her face with his fingers and admired her beauty. He couldn’t understand how someone so beautiful could exist but here she was. So beautiful and yet so unaware of it. His heart felt like it could burst out of his chest.