their head rests comfortably in eleanor’s lap. their fingers interlaced. gabbi’s falling hard and fast, but she doesn’t know where the ground is or when she’ll inevitably hit it. eleanor has easily become one of, if not gabbi’s only safe person. they felt that was a bit intense to admit so .. friend will do for now. if friends meant you kiss occasionally and do whatever they were doing right now, then yeah, best friends.
the movie playing on the screen in the blonde’s living room had been tuned out about twenty minutes ago. all they can do is look around and steal the occasional glance up at eleanor. the look of concentration on her face as she’s actually watching the movie makes gabbi’s heart flutter in their chest.
being caught staring wasn’t that unbearable, just made a light blush come to gabbi’s cheeks. they didn’t advert their eye contact or anything, but they were met with a smile and the words :
“ i’m glad you’re here. ”
that made gabbi feel like someone had just punched her right in the gut, nerves starting to take over. “ i’m glad i’m here too, ” they breathe out, realizing they’ve been forgetting to breathe for a while now. embarrassed gabbi glances back to the tv, giving eleanor’s hand a squeeze.
letting their own awkward tension subside they look back towards her, reaching up to be obnoxious and poke her on the chin a couple of times. “ thanks for having me over, ” they want to leave it at that but then the words keep coming and they just don’t seem to want to stop. “ i always enjoy the time we spend together, because you’re, like, really cool. cooler than you give yourself credit for. ”
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