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He reaches out and grabs the box of cookies from my hands. "Just for making me explain I'm eating the rest of your cookies." I concede in our cookie fight, deciding I'll just buy more tomorrow, and sit down next to him. "If I'm forced to watch Netflix with you then you better put on Gilmore Girls like you originally planned." He looks over at me disgusted as he squints, hiding his light brown eyes. "I'm not watching Gilmore Girls ." “Oh , please. If I had walked in two minutes later you'd be entranced with Lorelei and Rory's latest antics. I know you better than you think I do. You never planned on watching Kevin Hart's stand-up." He shrugs his shoulders, turning back to the TV. "Fine. You're right, but I'm not starting it at season one. I'm on season two and I want to see what happens between Rory and Jess." "I could always just tell you. Jess–" "No!" he shouts , turning into me. He leans all of his weight against my tiny frame as his hand covers my mouth. I get a glimpse of the tattoos that cover his arm as the sleeve of his hoodie moves up his forearm. "Don ’ t you dare spoil it for me or I'll tell you what happens next on Lost ." I bite down on the inside of his hand so he'll release my mouth. He winces in pain and pulls his hand away. "You wouldn't spoil Lost for me, Noah. You know how much I hate spoilers." The show has been off the air for several years and I haven't even done a Google search to see what happens. I like to be surprised. Spoiling a show is like skipping to the end of a good book to see what happens to the characters. Why ruin the story for yourself? You want to experience and feel every emotion, every action with those characters. If you cheat and skip to the end you're ruining the experience for yourself. "Oh, I would, so you better not tell me shit about what will or will not happen between Jess and Rory." He's looking down at me with furrowed eyebrows. His eyes are just inches from mine , trying to read what I'm going to do next. I inhale his musky scent from working all day. He smells like his cologne mixed with his natural body odor and dry sweat–something that wouldn't be appealing to most but I love the smell of him. He's my dirty boy...or he used to be. Smiling up at him I start to laugh. He's so serious, his facial expression so stern over a show that was watched by millions of teenage girls. Watching it goes against his rebel persona. "What's so funny?" he asks. His weight is still crushing me and I'm forced to fall and rest my weight on my back because I can no longer hold myself up. He falls slightly with me, his chest above mine as he rests in an uncomfortable angle on the couch. "It's just...you're getting so mad over a show that was aired on a network watched by adolescents. It's cute." "It's not cute. Take it back." His hands move to my sides, sliding against my thin tank top over my lower stomach. "You're right, it's adorable , actually. The rebellious and macho Noah is actually a sensitive guy underneath it all. I get it now. It explains so much." "Oh," he howls out , shaking his head. "You're going to get it," he promises. His fingers grip my waist before he starts tickling my stomach. I burst into a fit of giggles, squirming underneath his hard body as I try to get away from his touch. I'm extremely ticklish and he knows it and is using it to his advantage. Bastard. “Stop … stop ! " I laugh out as the tickles become slightly painful and I have the sudden urge to pee. "Stop, please, Noah." His hands move up my sides, giving my stomach a break. He reaches under my armpits and continues his tickle attack. His weight pressed on top of me is making it impossible to dodge each move. I'm a prisoner and he's the only one who can release me. "Take it back and I'll stop," he orders. I continue to wiggle underneath him as he adjusts his body, trying to stop me from getting any leverage. My hands move to his chest and I try to push him off me, but he's not budging.