A loud beeping noise woke Ellie up. She turned over and shoved a pillow over her head and tried to ignore it. But she couldn't drown out the noise. I was her first weekend off work in over two months and all she wanted to do was sleep in. Ellie threw the covers off of her and stumbled across the small hall. She was wearing one of Jay's shirts that she "borrowed". Ellie figured since she did the laundry she had the right to "borrow" what ever she pleased.
"Jay! Damn it Jay, get up!" Ellie yelled as she walked into his room. Jay was stretched out on top of his blanket and dead asleep. He was only wearing a pair of blue boxers' shorts and it even looked like he was drooling.
"Jay, wake up!" Ellie repeated walking around the bed and turning off the alarm clock. Ellie shook Jay but he just mumbled something and rolled over. This was a normal routine with them except Jay usually woke up after Ellie nudged him. Ellie thought for a moment then jumped on his bed. She jumped up and down yelling "Get up!"
Jay jerked awake kicking his feet out and tripping Ellie. Ellie came crashing down on top of him. "Well it's about time." Ellie laughed.
"What do you want Red? Is that my shirt?" Jay mumbled gently pushing Ellie off of him.
"Maybe, now get up or you'll be late for work." Ellie playfully hit jay in the stomach before walking out of the room. Jay did as he was told and shortly left for work; leaving Ellie alone.
A year ago Sean left Ellie, leaving her alone, and with the rent. Around the same time Alex broke up with Jay (but oddly enough they are all still friends) and he got kicked out of his parents' house. It actually worked out perfectly because Jay and Ellie ended up finding a really great deal on a two bedroom apartment. It took them several months to adjust to each other but they eventually learned to get along.
Ellie spent the rest of the day cleaning the apartment. She even managed to get to Jays room. By the time Jay got home it was passed midnight and Ellie was already in bed.
"Damn it! Not again!" Jay yelled from inside his room. He walked across the hall and into Ellies' room. "The pipe in the apartment above ours broke again." Jay informed her.
"So?" Ellie mumbled half asleep.
"So my bed is soaking wet." Jay replied.
"And?" Ellie mumbled again.
"And I have to work tomorrow so I have to get some sleep." Jay said.
"So go sleep on the couch." Ellie replied rolling on to her back.
"No way I'm too tall for it and besides you don't work tomorrow so you should sleep on it." Jay said.
"Yeah right, and let you have my bed?" Ellie laughed.
"Ellie come on." He yawned.
"No way!" Ellie insisted.
"Fine then, I guess we're sharing." Jay replied kicking his shoes and socks off.
"Dream on." Ellie replied stretching across her double bed.
Jay took off his shirt and then his pants leaving only his boxers. "I'm coming in." He warned. Before Ellie could protest Jay dived in landing on her leg. "I warned you" Jay laughed as Ellie pulled her leg out from under him.
"Fine, just stay on your side." Ellie demanded turning her back to him.
The next morning Jay began to shift around waking up Ellie. Ellie was laying on her side with Jays arms around her waist. Ellie slowly pushed Jays arm off her causing him to wake up. "Sorry." He mumbled sitting up. Jay slowly waked out of Ellies' room and into the bathroom.
The next few weeks continued at the same pace. It took the super attendant two days to fix the pipe. Jay and Ellie fought over the bed on a nightly basis but in the end they always ended up sharing, and it seemed every morning they woke up in another compromising position.