Ashlee's p.o.v
I open my eyes and yawn, stretching out. I find my phone and check the time. It's 8am. Good, it's early, I have all day to- I leap out of bed when I remember. Cora's leaving in 2 hours! I rush to get changed. I shove everything into my bag and race downstairs. Stiles is sitting at the table with Scott, both eating breakfast before school.
"Ash?" Stiles asks at the state of me.
"Come on! We have to go! Cora's leaving in a couple hours! You have to drop me off!" I say, trying to catch my breath. Damn. I'm unfit.
"It's only 8-" Scott starts.
"I know, it's late. Quick! Hurry up!" I order, dragging them to the jeep. They both sigh but get into Stiles' jeep. I hop into the back seat.
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"I'm here!" I yelp, running into the loft. Cora looks up from her own breakfast. She smile at me and I plop down beside her, once again out of breath.
"What'd you do, run all the way here?" Cora asks.
"No, Stiles drove. I just ran up the stairs" I tell her. She chuckles.
"You'll get used to them"
"That's what I thought a month and a half ago" I laugh.
"I know that voice" I hear Laura say. She walks out of her room. "It's the troublemaker" she teases.
"I am no such thing" I say in mock hurt. Laura laughs and sits down with us.
"You okay? We didn't have time to check on you last night" Laura asks.
"I'm fine" I say, waving her off. "Jennifer's the one that needs checking up on" I say.
"Never seen you so angry before" Laura says. "I have to say, i'm glad you got angry. She really did deserve that" Laura smiles and I grin back. "Just sucks you had to get arrested"
"John and Mum weren't very happy about it but they'll get over it"
"What about your brothers?" Cora asks.
"They were more concerned about Derek" I tell them. They give me confused looks. "Oh. I told them we were..something" I say, not sure what to call it.
"Something?" Laura asks.
"Something" I confirm.
"Well, looks like Derek's still an idiot" Cora chuckles, Laura nodding in agreement.
"Shut up. We'll figure it out..eventually" I smile.
"Okay Ashlee" Laura laughs.
"Where is Derek?" I ask, he's not downstairs.
"Still sleeping" Cora tells me.
"I have to..um..check my..room" I say, trying to think of an excuse to go upstairs and see him. They both nod. I start walking up the stairs.
"Tell him his sister's leaving soon as well, thanks Ashlee" Laura says knowingly. Dammit. Am I that bad of a liar? I knock on his door a few times before opening it slowly and walking in. He doesn't wake up, doesn't even stir.
"Derek?" I call out in a whisper. "Derek?" I try again, shaking him a little.
"I'll be down soon Laura" he mumbles into his pillow. I chuckle a little at how adorable he looks.
"I'm pretty sure i'm not your sister" I say. He rolls over and looks up at me a little confused. God damn, he's shirtless. He rubs his eyes for a couple seconds.
"Ashlee?" he asks sleepily.
"Correct" I smile, sitting down beside him.
"What time is it?" he asks.
"8:30. Cora leaves at 10" I tell him.
"So we have time" he yawns.
"Time for what?" I ask. He wraps his arms around my waist and pulls me into bed. I pull the covers over my head and bring my lips to his, letting his tounge slip effortlessly into my mouth. I don't think i'll ever get enough of his lips. Or him. We pull back and I cuddle into him.
"For more sleep" he smiles, resting his head between my shoulder and neck.
"We should go downstairs, we don't see her much" I say.
"We'll go down when one of them comes up and gets us" he says.
"We both know that isn't going to happen in the next hour" I say.
"I know" he grins, hugging closer to me. How can I say no to that face? Exactly. I can't. That's why I find myself falling asleep again.
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Bang, bang, bang.
"Wake up!" Cora sings out. "I'm leaving in 10 minutes!"
"One day, i'm going to kill her" Derek says half-heartedly.
"Come on" I say, smacking his bare chest and sitting up. "We're up!" I call back. Cora chckles and walks back down the stairs. I turn back to a almost pouting Derek. "We'll have the loft to ourselves in a couple days. We'll have plenty of time to sleep and cuddle and do whatever" I say.
"Whatever?" he asks.
"Yeah" I say, leaning down and kissing him. He tries to pull me back into bed but I pull back.
"No, we need to get up and take Cora to the airport" I say, heaving him out of bed. He nods and finds a shirt, pulling it on. I leave him to wash his face and wake up a little while I go downstairs. I pout at Cora.
"What?" she asks.
"I don't want you to go yet" I say. "I didn't even get to spend much time with you"
"I'll be back soon enough" she says, throwing an arm around my shoulders.
"You better" I say, poking her in the ribs, making her giggle. Derek comes down and sees us. It makes him smile and it's the most beautiful thing i've ever seen. Oh god that was so incredibly cheesy. Cora checks her phone.
"We should go" she says.
"We're all coming with you" I tell her. She smiles at that. She's already packed up her stuff so we all file into the car. Cora drives her car, Laura in the passenger's and Derek and I in the back.
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It always sucks saying goodbye to her. She's taken her car to the drive in part and come back to us. She hugs me first.
"Take care of yourself Ash" she says. I nod and rub her back. She moves to Laura. "I'll be coming home again soon" she smiles as her older sister tears up. "Rock your business trip" she encourages.
"You know I will" Laura chuckles through the tears. Then Cora moves on to Derek. Everyone knows that Cora's got a weak spot for her brother. Even Laura knows, she's the one that told me. I reackon it's the same vice versa. Derek's just a little bit more protective of Cora because she's the youngest.
"I'll miss you" she says to him.
"I'll miss you too" he smiles. They pull back and Cora wipes her eyes with her sleeve.
"Look after her" she says, pointing to me.
"I will" Derek says, bringing an arm around my waist.
"And have that talk" Cora winks at me. "I expect a proper title by the time i'm back" Why must she do that right in front of Derek? "Okay, i'm going" she says, grabbing her bag from Derek's other hand. He insisted on carrying it for her. "Bye!" she calls out, walking into her terminal.
"Bye!" we all yell back. Laura blows her a kiss and Cora catches it. We wait until Cora's plane has taken off before we decide to finally go home. Laura goes into her room, always needing some time to herself after her little sister leaves again.
"I'm going for a run" Derek tells me. I nod and he kisses my cheek before leaving. He needs a little time to himself as well. Well me, I have work. I call out to Laura, telling her i'll be home later before leaving.
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Bye bye Cora :( What should the two get up to while Laura's away? Favourite, follow and review!