Caleb awoke to the sound of his phone blaring from across the room. Groggily, he got out of bed and answered it.
"Hello?"
"Dude, where the hell have you been?" said a familiar, sarcastic voice. "We've been calling you forever."
"Uh, sorry I got a little distracted," Caleb smirked as he looked back at his bed. The ribbons of blonde hair that once cascaded over his pillow motionlessly were now being combed through by Sarah's hand. She sat up, covering herself in Caleb's sheets, the only fabric she had on.
"Well, hurry up and get your ass over here!" Reid snapped. "We've been standing in line for the Carnival for half an hour just waiting for you to show up."
"I'll be there in a few."
"Minutes or hours?"
"Later Reid," Caleb said hanging up the phone.
"I guess we're late," Sarah giggled as she got up and began picking her clothes off the floor.
"Then we should be late more often," Caleb chuckled. "What are you doing?"
"I'm getting dressed, you should too," Sarah said as she wiggled into her jeans.
"But I liked what you had on before," Caleb smiled, pulling her into an embrace.
"When I had nothing on?" She said arching her eyebrow.
"Exactly."
"I can always wear that again after we go to the Carnival."
Sarah kissed him, put on her shirt and sashayed out of her boyfriend's room. Caleb stood erect and smiled to himself as he watched the sway of her hips until she was out of sight.
It had been two days since they went out to dinner and Sarah was starting to act more like her old self again. When Kate mentioned that the Carnival was in town, she even agreed to go. Caleb tried to coax her into staying out after dark and Sarah agreed on one condition: that he would stay by her side. Lately, it seemed like Sarah never wanted him out of her sight and he found it puzzling…until today.
When he arrived early at her dorm, Sarah offered that they go to his house to kill time. He had no idea what he was in for but he sure as hell enjoyed it.
"I think you'll need clothes to get into the carnival," Sarah said, breaking Caleb out of his daze. She was standing in the doorway, leaning against the frame with her arms crossed.
"Come on, you know the longer we stay the more Reid is gonna torment us," she said as she exited his room again.
Caleb smiled as he bent down to pick up his clothes scattered across the floor. It seemed like things were finally becoming normal.