"Daria, time to get up!" the crisp tone of her mother's voice floats into her bedroom.
She is about to utter some sarcastic complaint about waking up but closes her mouth in surprise when she feels something touching her back.
"Daria?" the familiar voice of her best friend, Jane Lane, whispers.
Whipping her head around she stifles a gasp at seeing the form of Jane under the covers next to her.
"What? I don't know Daria, lets just get up before your mother comes in."
I am not sure I really want to know what happened last night, she thinks to herself.
Her best friend climbs over her, walks over to the mirror and slips her boots on. Looking in the mirror while brushing her hair Jane sees Daria sitting on the bed looking at her and offers her a dry smile.
"DARIA! You'd better be up now!" her mother's voice screams up the stairs stirring Daria into motion. She hadn't changed into her pajamas last night for some reason or another so she leaps straight out into the hallway.
Helen, her mother, is coming up the stairs, evidently going to check on Daria.
"Good morning," Daria says, in her usual monotone.
"Oh darling, you're up already! Come down for breakfast. My usual 7 o'clock meeting was cancelled, I'm going to make a special breakfast for everyone."
"I-I need to go up and do something first," Daria says, cursing in her head at her stammer.
"Special breakfast, eh?" Jane says, smirking slightly.
"Perhaps. That is if Eric doesn't call her rescheduling this meeting."
Jane nods, looking straight at Daria. She looks as if she's distracted, thinking about something else.
"Uhm, Daria, are we going to talk about, you know, what um happened?" Jane asks nervously.
Daria felt suddenly nervous, "You probably just wanted to crash here instead," she replies, smoothly trying to ease the awkwardness of the situation. She'd never be outgoing enough to do anything about it but her friendship with Jane was getting more and more intimate.
They'd been through everything together, after they both went out with Tom, Daria's quick fling with Trent, both of which were extremely awkward relationships for the two of them.
It'd been at least six months since either of them had gone through any relationship dramas, and Daria had certainly stopped crushing on Trent.
After a few minutes of intensely awkward silence Daria daringly looks into Jane's blue eyes. She looks deeply concentrated, and if she's not being delusional, Jane's eyes are bright with intense longing. Daria hoped that her eyes wouldn't give away her game quite so easily, mind you, she could have just been imagining that look.
The moment is gone in just a few seconds, as Jane whispers goodbye.
"Yeah, uhh, see you at school," Daria whispers back.
Her mother looks at her weirdly when she comes down but Daria finds that she doesn't care. Let her family wonder, they'd never guess why she was so distracted.
All throughout breakfast and her walk to school she keeps seeing Jane's face and her bright, blue eyes.
Usually the two friends would meet up at Jane's house and get to school together, usually walking but occasionally Trent would drive them if he was awake at that ungodly hour of the morning but today neither of them had mentioned it so Daria decided to just make her way to school by herself.
Walking slowly to her locker Daria sees Jane approaching from the other side of the hallway. Daria lifts the corners of her mouth in an uncharacteristically happy smile. Jane's smile back is also unusually happy too.
Whatever happened last night had changed things between the two of them and Daria was pretty sure it was for the good. Telling her family would most likely be the opposite though.
From behind her Jane slammed her locker shut and clutched onto Daria's coat, dragging her across the other side of the hall.
"Daria, c'mon, lets go in here," Jane whispers right into Daria's ear, making her feel weird about her closeness.
Looking around she could see that the classroom was empty. Jane shut the door and turned the lock. Daria raised her eyebrows at Jane.
"So what are we doing here Jane Lane?" Daria asks, feeling some unusual enthusiasm about being in a locked classroom with just her best friend.
"I don't even know myself. Spur of the moment, I guess."
Feeling suddenly brave Daria turns to face Jane and looks straight into her eyes. Jane recoils slightly at the direct stare she's being given but eventually brings her eyes back up to Daria's. She takes a step forward and then without warning Jane has shoved her onto her back on the nearest desk. Her best friend leans in on top of her and presses her lips against her.
A million sparks are going off in Daria's head and her whole body is tingling. She had been thinking about her and Jane for a while now but she might have though things would have gone slowly.
"Mmh, Jane," Daria manages to choke out.
"Yeah?" she replies slowly.
"That was good."
Jane stifles a giggle then leans into Daria again and the two best friends kiss properly.
"Man, what would Trent think?"
"Jane!" exclaims Daria, "What are you doing thinking about Trent right now?"
"Oh god," Jane groans, "Yeah what the hell was I thinking?! But uhm, he still thinks about you that way you know."
Now it was time for Daria to groan, "H-he does?"
"Yeah, I promised him I'd talk to you about it... so um, I guess I told you,"
"Wow Jane, aren't you a great sibling," Daria says, her voice dripping with sarcasm.
"Crap. I feel horrible."
"Don't," says Daria simply and kisses Jane directly on the lips again, blocking out any reply she might have had.
"I hope no one has to use this classroom," Daria whispers in her normal curt manner after another series of breathtaking kisses.
Jane has taken her red coat off and Daria gets to admire her body a lot easier. She's reluctant to take her green jacket off, it has almost become a permanent part of her body but then so has her best friend, and now she wants to take things further with her.
"Janey," moans Daria as Jane caresses her body, still with clothes on. She inadvertently used Trent's nickname for her.
Jane doesn't seem to be bothered by this and keeps pressing on.
After who knows how long Jane stops to take off her own boots, and then Daria's. The bell for the start of the day has probably gone by now but they both know most of what the teachers will 'teach' them anyway. No one would notice their absence anyway.
Jane sits up on the table again looking at Daria with such a look that made her whole body and mind tingle with joy. Being so close in friendship just made all this all the more better.
Daria drags her body up to sit next to her best friend. She reaches out and starts to absentmindedly playing with her hair. She could tell that Jane was enjoying it as she wasn't saying a thing and just looked dreamily at Daria.
A while later Daria pulled her hand away and pulled Jane into an embrace. It wouldn't classify as just a friendly hug as they stayed in each others arms for at least a minute. Jane's lips were pressed into Daria's shoulder and she could feel them moving each time she swallowed.
Something silent that passed between them pulled them apart and they strode over to the classroom door after pulling on their shoes. They wouldn't go all the way this time, and perhaps they never would.
