Para 2

Watching the girl clean up the mess, Teddy moved the Sprite bottle from his hands to the counter, cleaning that up as well. “I didn’t even know you knew Chris, if that’s who invited you.” He smiled at her and was beyond pleased to see her there. Observing her glossy eyes, he assumed what was obvious. “What are you having?” Taking the red solo cup he glanced in and immediately was greeted by Coke. “Jack or rum and Coke?” tilting his head to the side, he smiled again at her. “I do need another drink. I was gonna combine vodka and Sprite until it exploded on me and I bumped into you.” Teddy put his hand softly on her shoulder and chuckled, “Sorry again, I didn’t ruin your outfit or anything,” His eyes scanned the front of her body briefly for any evidence of soda, and enjoyed it to much. Returning his eyes to hers, he went for the Coke bottle as an excuse to get his eyes somewhere else. “I’ll just follow you.” Pouring both drinks into a new red solo cup, he dropped some new cubes of ice and took a quick sip of the concoction. “This is great.”

“Chris? Yeah, we’re friends! We met at some party a while back, he invited me out. I didn’t know you knew him, how funny!” Lennon answered, nodding happily. She leaned against the counter, tilting her head to the side as she watched him glance in her cup, a warm smile spread across her rosy face. “Rum,” she laughed. She carefully observed him for a moment, taking in the reality of how tall he really was, and the stark difference in height between them both. Lennon had to tilt her head up to take a look at his face, it almost fascinated her. She smiled along, nodding at his explanation, “Sounds unfortunate,” she laughed again, only teasing around. “No, it was an accident! Kinda glad it happened, though, I wouldn’t have known you were here if we didn’t literally run into each other,” she continued, her smile softening. Heat traveled to her cheeks as she caught him eye her outfit for any evidence of spilt soda, his hand lingering on her shoulder making her involuntarily glance over with more warmth attacking her face. She quickly covered it up by clearing her throat and tearing her gaze away from his fingers on her nearly bare shoulder, smiling back up at him and shoving the brief flutter of butterflies away from the pit of her stomach. “Right? Isn’t it?” she grinned, taking her drink and bringing it up to her lips for another sip. She peered at him for a moment, head tilted curiously before she spoke up again over the music, “Couldn’t get Cam to come out with you either?” She didn’t exactly want to leave the conversation– she wanted to stay, chat with Teddy. She liked his company, liked how endearing he was. He made her smile and laugh, a feat most couldn’t exactly accomplish that easily. “We can stick together for the party,” she smiled cheekily before bringing the red solo cup back up by her lips. Pausing before taking a sip, she spoke back up– “Only if you want my company, though. It’d be fun if you’re down.”

para 2 | oops i did it again

The dim lights and heavy air that hung above every moving body in the house only seemed to further intoxicate Lennon. She’d already downed a drink (or was it two? She wasn’t keeping track), and whatever was in it was strong. She wasn’t drunk enough to be swaying, but if someone had unintentionally bumped into her, it’d take her a second to regain her balance– thank God she was sitting instead of standing right now. She was a giggly, smiley mess overall. The loud bass of the music that vibrated through her head and crawled over her bones was felt from every inch of her skin, and she relished every second of it. She’d been sitting in the back of the living room with her friends for most of the party, though, the lot of them gossiping about one thing or another, and Lennon piping in with a joke or two to earn giggles from the group of friends. But soon enough she’d grown bored, she came to party and socialize. Two things Lennon Ramos knew how to do best. With a quick excuse of “I’m gonna go grab some snacks,” Lennon stood up with her drink of Coke and Rum, shuffling her way through the crowd until she could breathe easily away from the clouds of marijuana and heavy scent of alcohol. She’d managed to maneuver her way through the countless bodies without tripping (she was a clumsy little thing, it was a miracle she hadn’t spilled her drink yet), and entered the kitchen. It was still packed with huddled groups of people, but much easier to move through compared to the living room. She took a breath of relief, pulling out her phone to quickly text Cam back– her best friend who had insisted she could stay home from the party. Of course Lennon tried her hardest to get Camile out, but with her friends’ protests, Len couldn’t win. So she’d resorted to texting her updates and upholding a conversation with her friend throughout the party– just so she wouldn’t feel lonely and left out. As she was taking a sip of her drink and typing a reply back with one hand, Lennon’s body bumped into someone else’s back from in front of her, causing her to stumble back a bit. Her gaze darted up towards the broader person’s body as soon as she regained composure, shooting a glare to the back of their head. Thankfully she didn’t fall, or spill any of her drink, but with one quick glance down at the floor, she saw that whoever this was had managed to make a mess already. “Hey, you should watch–” she began, but quickly cut herself short as soon as her jade stare met the familiar blue hues she’d been unable to tear herself away from just the other day. “Oh, shit,” she laughed, her temporary sour mood uplifting towards pure joy and excitement. “Teddy!” she chirped happily in reply. Looking back around him at the mess on the floor, she glanced back up at him with another joyous giggle, “You spilled something,” she nodded towards the floor, eyes trained on his. “Here,” she began, not bothering to finish her text to Cam as she shoved her phone back into the hem of her skirt, setting her drink briefly onto the counter from over the puddle of soda. “Let me help,” she nodded, flicking her hair off her shoulder as she reached for the roll of paper towels just behind the snacks.  Ripping off a portion, she simply dropped the paper towels onto the puddle, allowing the liquid to soak up in the tissues. With another nod of approval, she glanced back up towards Theodore with a beaming smile, “Didn’t think I’d see you tonight,” she continued as she briefly looked him over. “But I’m not complaining that you’re here. Need help with a new drink?”

Watching the girl clean up the mess, Teddy moved the Sprite bottle from his hands to the counter, cleaning that up as well. “I didn’t even know you knew Chris, if that’s who invited you.” He smiled at her and was beyond pleased to see her there. Observing her glossy eyes, he assumed what was obvious. “What are you having?” Taking the red solo cup he glanced in and immediately was greeted by Coke. “Jack or rum and Coke?” tilting his head to the side, he smiled again at her. “I do need another drink. I was gonna combine vodka and Sprite until it exploded on me and I bumped into you.” Teddy put his hand softly on her shoulder and chuckled, “Sorry again, I didn’t ruin your outfit or anything,” His eyes scanned the front of her body briefly for any evidence of soda, and enjoyed it to much. Returning his eyes to hers, he went for the Coke bottle as an excuse to get his eyes somewhere else. “I’ll just follow you.” Pouring both drinks into a new red solo cup, he dropped some new cubes of ice and took a quick sip of the concoction. “This is great.”

Writing a mental note of her name, Lennie, Teddy smiled at her softly and looked at his three week girlfriend that went on about her ride to Red Robin, or something along those lines. When it was necessary, Teddy laughed at Camile’s jokes, even if they weren’t. He smiled at the brunette that sat next to him, as she went on and on. Then his attention was pulled when Lennon spoke. “I d-do both. Work and go to school.” Theodore tried his best not to stutter when he replied to Lennie. It was his nervous tic that happened every time he tried to throw words together, but couldn’t speak. “I’m pretty sure Cam told you we met at a party we have a mutual friend with, right?” He glanced over at the brunette that seemed as if she had her head in the clouds. “What about yourself?” The blonde replied back, “Do you go to school? What do you do for fun?” Theodore threw that last sentence in just to keep the conversation going. As she spoke back to him, Teddy found himself lost in her eyes. Sparkling kaleidoscope of color. A pool of beauty you could stare at all day long, but be sucked into and lose yourself. Teddy smiled when she finished talking and rubbed his bicep, trying to distract himself from staring to long. He never knew he could ‘love at first sight’ with eyes. It usually wasn’t his favorite thing about a girl, their smile was what attracted Teddy to girls. When he met Cam, she had the biggest whitest smile. Almost child-like. Her eyes were… what color are they? He thought to himself. Moving his head towards Cam, chocolaty brown floated around her pupil. Shrugging to himself, while Cam and Lennon made small conversation, the blonde took the opportunity to observe Lennie without her knowing. The hair, dark brown or was it black? From where he sat, it looked like silk. Teddy started to reach to touch it, subconsciously, but stopped and reached for a cup of water instead. “Thirsty,” He muttered. Sipping on the water he continued, her eyes were the best part and her smile was worth a million words. She was sort of perfect. “Are those your real eye color?” Without thinking, he threw out the words like vomit. Teddy mentally dragged himself outside and kicked his own ass for asking such a stupid question. Trying to smile his awkwardness away, he gulped the whole cup of water back and tapped his foot on the ground. “Don’t be yourself,” Wise words from his roommate came back to him suddenly like a ton of bricks. It wasn’t a bad thing to say what was on your mind, but with Teddy, when he thought it, it was usually said out loud… no matter what it was. Another nervous tic.

Glancing at Teddy and Camile from the corner of her eye, Lennon knew they were probably a great pair. The way her eyes lit up when she looked back at him paired with her laughter, Lennie couldn’t help but turn the corners of her lips upwards for her friend. Happiness was all that mattered, wasn’t it? Turning back to Teddy, Lennon nodded accordingly. “Really? Me too!” she replied eagerly His slight stutter was endearing, it only made Lennon smile even more. No wonder Cam was so infatuated with her new boyfriend, he really was a sweetheart. “I go to school, yeah, I’m studying art,” she continued, maintaining the eye contact. Maybe it was just her and her strange knack for finding little things in new people, but she could swear the electricity running between the both of them was nearly paralyzing. She could practically feel the energy shooting out from the tips of her fingers. “I’m kind of lame,” she simply said with a shrug. “I paint, read sometimes. Mostly doodle,” she laughed at herself, how boring she must have sounded. Before she could ask him in return what his hobbies were, Camile spoke up from beside her. Glancing back at Cam as she spoke up about something Lennon had painted once, she smiled and nodded slowly, laughing along with her friend. She refolded her hands from underneath her chin, leaning her elbows back onto the table with ease as she beamed back at Cam, but some movement from Teddy caught her eye, causing her to shoot her gaze back towards him, her smile still lingering on her lips. “Hm,” she hummed, studying him and his composure carefully as he reached for his water. Was he nervous? Did Len freak him out? She knew she came off a bit strong sometimes, should she tune it down? Just as she was tearing her stare away from him, he spoke back up. Curiously, Lennon tilted her head to the side, a smile of amusement spreading back across her face as she nodded, “Yeah, they’re real. Do they look fake?” she laughed. “I wear contacts, but I mean, not colored ones,” she added, scrunching her nose a bit as heat traveled to her cheeks. “You’re funny,” she added with another giggle, setting her hands back down onto her lap as she leaned back and smiled warmly back at Teddy. Now that she took the moment to further take in his details, she realized how vibrant his blue hues seemed to be. But she didn’t want to seem like she was staring, so she merely tore her stare away, glancing back down at her menu. But even then, she slyly glanced back at up briefly, looking him over with a smile on her face. Okay, so maybe he was pretty cute, and sure, he was charming and sweet, and had even managed to make Lennie laugh more than once (which was a feat on it’s own,  she wasn’t easily humored). But she figured it was because they were supposed to play nice, for Cam’s sake. Even then, Lennon assumed it wouldn’t be too hard to please Camile with being friends with Teddy. She liked him already.

Theodore took in all the information she gave off. Art, and doesn't wear colored contacts. He couldn’t help but feel like he knew everything there was to know about the beauty. “They d-don’t look fake.” Theodore shook his head with an awkward laugh at the edge of his mouth. He rubbed his bicep again and looked back down at the menu in hopes to stop looking like a creep with his eyes glued to her. Cheeseburger? Salad? Steak? Reciting the entire menu in his mind, he picked the first thing that seemed appetizing. Chocolate cake, no. You’ll make a mess. He thought to himself again. Teddy looked down at the color of his shirt and smiled. Black was one of his favorite colors and the best if you accidentally dropped food on yourself, something he did a lot. Almost naturally, Teddy rose his eyes back up at Lennie, whose eyes were on the menu. She was cute, heck, she was a beauty and it made Teddy feel half guilty. Guilty because it was his current girlfriends best friend, but it was hard to look anywhere else and be interested. Being distracted by Cam’s hand on his shoulder, he glanced over at her and nodded his head at her question. “What are you getting to eat?” 

Lennon kept her promises– she never went against her word, ever. So when she swore to Cammie that she’d meet her new boyfriend, of course she’d show up promptly. And that, within itself, was rare– Lennie was never on time for anything. Meeting Cammie’s boyfriend was an important thing, of course Lennon had to prioritize it. Leaning against the Red Robins’ table with her hand tucked under her chin, she continued to take short, quick sips of her soda as her jade, glazed-over stare skimmed the countless other familiar faces in the restaurant. “What time did he say he was coming, again?” she asked Camile, glancing at her friend from the corner of her eye. It wasn’t that she was impatient, per say. More like, she knew of a million other things she could be doing at that moment other than sitting there, waiting to meet her best friends’ boyfriend. Time was ticking slowly, a constant tick-tock subconsciously pulsating from the inside of her head. Tearing her stare away from the crowd and subtly rolling her eyes at Cammie’s persistent ‘any second now!’ from her side, Lennon pulled out her phone from her lap to pass the time. “Y’know, I could really go for some–” she began to speak, but was cut short by Cammie’s sudden eager nudging, naturally making the brunette turn her stare back up towards the crowd. “Wha– Shit, Cam, what is it? Is he here?” she unknowingly lowered her tone to a whisper as she leaned in towards her friend, searching for any new face she hadn’t caught earlier. Almost within seconds, her eyes landed on him– tall, broad, blond. She’d recognized him from the few photos Camila flashed in Lennon’s face a few times in the recent weeks, and man. He was even more attractive in person. “That’s him?” she questioned curiously, glancing back at a radiant Cammie momentarily before turning back towards the approaching young man. The closer he got, the more Lennon studied him. She beamed sitting up straighter and giving him a nod of acknowledgment. “Hi,” she greeted politely after Camila with a warm smile. Glancing back at her best friend, she paused for a cue to continue before looking back at the male. “I’m Lennon, nice to finally meet you– Theodore, right?”

“I told you I couldn’t pick up the cat food right now, Daniel.” Theodore rolled his eyes as he looked out the front window from his black Honda. He impatiently tapped his foot freely on the ground of his car before having to press the gas. “Im on my way to see Camile!” The boy yelled into the phone mic. Teddy usually wasn’t aggressive or loud with others, but this is new territory. Having a girlfriend was new as well. All the blonde ever did was work, or play video games, or study. Dating and meeting their “important friends” wasn’t usually on his agenda. “Damn it, Daniel!” Once the Red Robin sign came into view, Teddy sighed and gripped the steering wheel hard. “Dude, I have to go. I’ll call you after. Bye.” Parking in a safe close distance to the restaurant door, the boy clicked off the call and turned off his engine. He sighed and stared at the screen saver of his phone. It used to be him and his black Labrador Retriever, Missy, but now a picture of him and his new boo was there. Closing the phone, he figured he’d make his way. Once inside the resturant he went towards the hostess and said his party was waiting and if he could look. She agreed and let him. Teddy walked into the dinning and looked around for his familiar brunette. That was until they landed on emerald eyes staring back at him. They locked there for a second when he seen waving next to her, causing him to break the stare. “Cam,” He muttered, making his way. “Sorry for being late, my roommate made me grab him food before leaving.” Teddy chuckled and smiled at the emerald eyed girl. “Ahh, Teddy.” He placed his hand on his chest, trying to seem okay with the name. “My dad is named that, call me Teddy.” He smiled at her again and turned to his reason for being here, to which he forgot. He slipped his hands around her torso and sat next to her in the booth. “You’re Lennon, right? Like the singer that died?” Mentally slapping himself, Teddy closed his eyes briefly then opened them and awkwardly chuckled. He turned to Camila, but then clapped his hand once and looked down at the menu.