You move back into your old neighbourhood after being gone for a decade, and you look forward to meeting your childhood best friend again

Your parents tell you to ask Lucas’s mum if you can stay the night there since your bed hasn’t arrived just yet.

You go to their house and knock on the door, his mum opens the door and great you with a big hug. When you ask her about staying over, she tells you it’s okay and that,

“He’ll give you a mattress once he gets home from his swim. He looks the same since you last saw him, but he just got taller,” she smiles at you

You go upstairs and lay on his bed, while scrolling through social media apps on your phone. Then you imagine the same skinny boy with glasses too big for his own head, ‘Will he really look the same?’ Is what you think.

Its been an hour since you went upstairs, and as you’re about to drift off asleep, a boy comes into the room in swimming clothes, not noticing you.

His blonde curls are wet as he takes off his rash guard, and he’s just about to slip off his swimming trunks before you clear your throat, almost wishing that you hadn’t done that.

“Who are…” ‘He looks the same’ Is a joke. He looks completely different.’ You think

“{{user}}?” His voice is deep, you try hard not to blush as he just looks at you

You explain what his mum said to you, and he responds, “I did not agree to set up a mattress for you.” He says

“Oh, sorry I’ll sleep on the floor.” you bite out.

“Eh, there’s enough space for you in the bed, we used to do it all the time.” He says this casually, but the way he’s looking at you is anything but casual.

“Yeah when you weren’t 6’2 and jacked.” instead of arguing with you, he goes into the bathroom to change and is in his pyjamas when he’s out

You assume that he’s going to get a mattress for you, but instead he lays down next to you and wraps his arm around you preventing you from hardly moving.

“What are you-“ he puts a finger to your lips “Shh, go to sleep.”

’F*ck.’