For those of you that read Reese Returns and were traumatized I'm sorry but this should make it better and if it doesn't go read the first four chapters of Seven Days at Disneyland because that definitely will.
Ch. 14 Among the Young
(OWEN)
Her head sort of falls onto my shoulder, her breath tickling my skin, deciding that can't be a comfortable way to sleep I put my arm around her so her head is now on my chest. It isn't long before I'm ready to sleep myself so I remove a pillow from behind my head so I can lie down. Clare starts to stir when I do this and I worry she's woken up a little and is about to turn away from me but she doesn't, she turns into me draping her arm over my stomach. I turn off the TV and fall asleep within a few minutes.
Feeling the warmth of her body leave mine is what wakes me up, she's sitting up, yawning and stretching. I sit up to get a better view and show that I'm awake too. She looks back at me, blushes a bit, bites her lip and looks away again as she gets out of bed. I move to the side of the bed and sit on the end, she stretches again and I enjoy watching her.
"Sorry I fell asleep on you." She apologizes bashfully.
"Remember how I said you didn't have to apologize for kissing me, you never have to apologize for falling asleep on me either." I tell her and she giggles.
"I'm gonna go get dressed in the washroom." She says going to her bag and pulling out some clothes.
When I hear the washroom door close I go to my closet to get dressed. I open my top dresser drawer to get out boxers and a thought occurs to me. I'm certain this won't be the last time she's at my house for a few nights this summer knowing her parents, maybe I should clear a drawer for her and some closet space or it that moving too fast? What am I saying we're not even dating! Then again Tori has clothes and stuff here and she lives just a few houses away. Granted she and Tris have known each other since second grade and my brother is gay so there's no chance of anything remotely sexual, still if I bring it up that way to Clare maybe she won't get too freaked out. When she comes out of the washroom I'm dressed, she smiles at me as she puts her pajamas in her bag.
"You know Tori is here so often that she has clothes here, Tris gave her some room in his closet and she has a toothbrush and stuff that she just leaves here. So anyway I was thinking if you wanted I could make you some space in my closet and dresser, since I'm sure this won't be the last time you're here for a weekend or a night over the summer." I suggest slowly while scratching my head uncomfortably.
I've never been so nervous around a girl before, not even Anya. Usually I'm cocky and overconfident, which explains the type of girl I usually hook up with. Clare and I are already friends; we've already kissed and sleep in the same bed, so why do I get butterflies in my stomach every time I see her? Oh right because I'm falling hard for the girl! You know those old war movies where they're torturing prisoners of war and they set the glass of water just outside of his reach, he can just barely graze the cup with his fingertips but can't actually grasp the cup? That's what this feels like, I have her but I don't. When I proposed this damn deal I never thought I'd even like her so much as a friend let alone fall for her. I never thought we'd be spending so much time together or that my family would fall in love with her. Don't get me wrong I'm happy everything turned out the way it did, that we are friends, that we do spend so much time together and that so many people think we're dating so I can hold her and kiss her and stuff without worrying that she's going to get scared off. Still it's torturous, have I mentioned that someone up there must hate me?
She smiles, bites her lip and looks thoughtful for a minute. "It would be nice not to have to live out of a bag when I'm here." She says finally.
"We can go to the drug store to get you your own toothbrush and all that after breakfast. You can leave the clothes you brought here and bring more next weekend when you come for the wedding." I say.
"Sounds good but you might wanna go to the washroom and fix your bed head first." She points out with a giggle.
I smile and go into the washroom to brush my hair and such, when I come out I hear noises in the kitchen so I go out to find Clare mixing batter of some kind with Tori and Tris.
"Clare's making waffles again, we said we'd help." Tori smiles.
"We begged I've been craving them since we had them on Tuesday." Tris says.
I make myself a cup of coffee and then Clare asks me for one, so I make her one. I sit at the table waiting for breakfast to be done as cooking is not my strong suit. By the time I can smell the waffles cooking I'm starving and I whine for them to hurry up. Clare scowls at me and tells me to set the table, so I do. Finally she sets a large plate of waffles on the table, Tris gets out the whipped cream and Tori puts out berries and we sit down to eat.
"I'm so excited for the wedding next weekend!" Tori squeals. "Have you seen our hotel it's gorgeous! I wonder if Rachel will remember me? I haven't seen her since I was five."
"You're kinda hard to forget Tor." Tris replies.
Ignoring my brother's snarkiness she turns to Clare. "There's a bunch of adorable boutiques we'll have to go shopping!"
"Sure." Clare nods.
"The island is also totes romantic so I'm sure you two will have lots of fun." Tris comments wiggling his eyebrows and Clare blushes a little.
"Awesome like this wasn't torture as it is; we'll be in our own hotel room with a king bed in a very romantic location! Oh well at least everybody there thinks we're dating, it'll just be keeping my hands to myself in the room that may be a problem. Maybe she'll get tipsy…no bad Owen! You're supposed to protect her not seduce her! It'll be fine; we'll just avoid the room yeah that's it. I mean the weekend is filled with activities right? I know there's a brunch and like Tori said the girls will probably go shopping. Yeah it'll be fine…just fine."
I look at Clare, she's biting her lip and looks thoughtful, I wonder if she's worried about sharing a hotel room? It's not that different than sleeping in my room but there is something about staying in hotels, you do tend to do stuff you wouldn't at your own house. When we're done eating the four of us clean up before Tris and Tori disappear into his room. Clare and I get ready to go to the drug store and I call to Tris that we're leaving; there isn't really a drug store in my neighborhood so we have to drive a bit. As we're driving Clare is silent and looking out the window, she looks sad or thoughtful I'm not too sure.
"You okay?" I venture.
"Yeah sorry just wishing I didn't have to go home to my mom tomorrow." She laments.
"You don't have to if you don't want to, you could stay." I offer and she smiles at me.
"That's sweet but I have to go home. Mom thinks I'm on a church retreat she expects me back tomorrow. I'll be fine and anyway I'll be gone all next weekend too right? It's just the week I have to get through and she'll be at work during the day and we'll be out most nights right so it'll be fine." She assures me.
"So what are you going to tell your parent's about next weekend?" I inquire as I park at the drug store.
"Well my dad won't be there next weekend like he should be since he's moving into his girlfriend's…I mean whore's house. We leave Friday evening so I'll leave a note for my mom that I'm spending the weekend at Alli's and get out of the house before she gets home from work. I doubt that she remembers that Alli's in India all summer or where Alli even lives for that matter." She tells me as she begins picking stuff out to keep at my house.
"I'll pick you up Friday morning." I tell her and she smiles at me.
She picks out all the stuff she needs, girls need a lot of stuff apparently and she insists on paying for it so I let her, mostly because she smacked my hand when I tried to get out my wallet. We get back in my car and drive back to my house to get ready for Scott's pool party.
(ADAM)
Drew slipped in just before curfew last night and I waited until he was awake this morning so I could ask him about the party before leaving for Eli's. Okay so I feel kind of guilty for having my brother unknowingly spy on my best friend for me but I'm kinda worried myself and if it keeps Eli from trying to track down Owen and fight him it's worth it. I hear Drew go to the washroom and when he comes out again I leave my room and follow him downstairs. Mom and Dad are out running errands so it's just the two of us in the house. Drew pours himself a glass of juice and puts a bagel in the toaster, then seems to notice me as he looks over and smiles.
"So how was the party last night?" I question.
"Pretty fun except B started drinking right when we got there and got drunk pretty quickly." He says grimacing a bit.
"Did you see Ho…Clare and Owen there?" I ask. I gotta stop almost calling her Hot Legs.
Drew nods with a sleepy yawn. "Yep they didn't drink. Did you know Hot Legs can actually kick butt if you piss her off? B wanted to dance with her and these two guys tried to touch them. One of them picked B up over his shoulder and the other one put his arm around Hot Legs and she elbowed the guy hard and dumped her soda on his head. Then she kicked the one holding B really hard, he dropped B but I caught her. I didn't know Hot Legs had that much fight in her, that was the most exciting thing to happen all night. We did see Sav and he wanted to know why Hot Legs and Owen were hanging out but he's leaving for University in a couple weeks and isn't going to see Alli before he leaves so he's not telling her." Drew tells me and I notice he's taken to only calling Clare Hot Legs which I don't think I like.
"He just doesn't want to tell Alli because he knows she'll blow a gasket. She still despises Owen for Vegas night, not that she's all too fond of you either." I point out.
Drew looks ashamed as he gets up to get his bagel. "Yeah I messed that up but I'm better with Bianca anyway."
"Well I should head to Eli's, tell Mom and Dad I'm having dinner there." I say heading to the door.
"Hey Adam," Drew calls when I have my hand on the door and I turn to look at him. "She is your friend you could ask her some of this stuff yourself." He scolds.
"Yeah I know I just don't know how much she'll actually tell me. I haven't exactly been the most supportive friend lately spending all my spare time with Eli. She says she understands and he needs me more than she does right now but still." I say a little regretfully.
"Yeah well I don't mind spying for you but I still say you should talk to her yourself." Drew admonishes.
"Yeah I will, see you tonight." I say as I'm leaving to walk to Eli's.
At least there isn't too much to tell Eli today, she wasn't drinking and she fought off those two guys. I doubt Eli will care that Sav was there and I'll leave out the fact that Drew only refers to her as Hot Legs as he might try and fight Drew in lieu of fighting Owen as he does know where we live. When I reach Eli's he opens the door, apparently he's been waiting for me. We go to his room and he sits down on his bed looking at me expectantly.
"What did your brother say?" Eli questions as soon as I close his door.
"Not much, Clare didn't drink and she saved her and a drunken Bianca from two guys. He did know he was spying for me though." I tell him.
"That's it? Next time get more details." Eli scowls.
"Like what?" I ask.
"I don't know, was Owen touching her, were they flirting, did he try anything? Stuff like that." Eli exclaims.
"Eli I really don't think Owen is trying to take advantage of her. They're friends and that's all, she swears it to me every time I talk to her." I tell him.
"But what if she's just telling you that because she knows you'll tell me," Eli says, "maybe she knows you'll talk to me and so she's not telling you everything. You should go see her tomorrow, call her and ask her to meet for coffee at the Dot." Eli insists.
He's starting to look and sound as crazed as he did when Fitz first came back but I'd rather he not show up at her house or try and track down Owen or something. Besides I am feeling pretty guilty for not spending anytime at all with Clare, so I sigh and pull out my phone.
"You can't be calling to scold me again we didn't do much at the party last night and I didn't have any alcohol." She says when she answers her phone.
"I know Drew told me, even said you fought off two guys that were trying to touch you and Bianca. I was actually calling to see if you wanted to meet at the Dot tomorrow for coffee, say around four? We really haven't seen each other since school let out and I don't like getting all of my info second hand from Drew." I tell her.
She laughs a little. "Sure Adam coffee would be nice I'll see you tomorrow."
"Cool tomorrow then bye Clare." I say, she says bye and I hear Owen in the background. I hang up and look at Eli. "I don't feel right spying on her, she's my friend too."
"We're not spying, we're protecting her. Clare doesn't always know what's good for her." Eli says.
Deciding he needs a distraction from Clare I turn on the game system.
(CLARE)
"So I need to have you home before four tomorrow so you can meet Adam for coffee." Owen states.
"If I'm leaving all my clothes at your house you can just drop me off at the Dot just before four, I can walk home from the Dot afterwards. It's summer so it won't be dark by the time I leave." I tell him and he nods as we pull up to Scott's house.
Scott doesn't live all that far from Owen actually, we're out of the neighborhood with gigantic house's like Owen and Tori's but the houses here are bigger than mine. It's an upper middle class neighborhood, most of the houses and yards look to be about the same size as Adam's some of them a little bigger. It's just after 2 and there's already about 10 cars outside of Scott's house. Although I'm assuming Tommy and Sherry came over early to help. Scott's house is grey-blue and three stories, the yard out front isn't very big but I see a nice fence that wraps around and I know he has a pool as we're here for a pool party so I'm assuming the back yard is a decent size. Owen knocks on the door and Tommy answers wearing only board shorts.
"Hey everybody's out back." Tommy says stepping outside so we can come in. We follow Tommy through the house and the inside is reminiscent of Adam's too.
The back yard is smaller than Owen's and mostly taken up by the pool which is roughly the same size as Owen's. There's a good sized deck that we step out onto there's a couple deck chairs up here and long table that was set up with food, soda and water. Thankfully Scott was smart enough not include alcohol at the pool party where we would be swimming. There's a large glass patio table with four chairs around it and four kids sitting in the chairs. Tommy takes us down the steps from the deck to the pool, as I said most of the backyard is taken up by the pool, there's about 4 feet of cement around the pool with a few chairs and currently it's littered with beach towels, bags, flip flops and sunbathing kids. Along the sides of the cement are two strips of grass about two feet wide. Tommy whistles and Sherry who was sunbathing on her stomach pops her head up, she pokes Cinder who is sunbathing next to her and they both get up and come over to us.
"Yay you guys made it, come set your stuff by ours we saved a couple of chairs for you." Cinder smiles taking my hand.
Cinder is wearing an emerald shaded bikini and has her hair up in a ponytail. Sherry has a red bikini with black trim but her hair is down. We follow them over to where they were lying down and they point to chairs next to what I assume to be Scott's chair, as its next to Cinder's and has a boy's shirt on it, it occurs to me I haven't seen him yet. As if he could read my thoughts he suddenly appears, he hugs me and says hi to Owen as we start setting our towels on the chairs. Once my towel is laid out, we strip down to our swimsuits and I decide I better put sunscreen on as I will burn. Owen does the same and then he gets my back for me, rubbing it in well and I do the same for him. Having thoroughly protected myself from the sun I put my sunglasses back on and lay back on my chair and close my eyes to enjoy the warm summer sun. On either side of me Owen and Scott are doing the same thing although they've started a conversation about sports with Tommy even though he's laying two chairs away on the other side of Sherry.
It occurs to me that we've become fairly good friends with the four of them and they think Owen and I met right at the start of Summer on the beach and that we've actually been dating that long. I mean actually dating not just friends, but a couple. If we keep hanging out with them this summer we might have to come clean to them.
"Hold it this isn't working." Tommy says suddenly interrupting my thoughts.
I'm enjoying the sun too much to pay attention to what he's talking about though. I hear Scott get up and I think Owen does too then some noises and all of a sudden my lounge chair is lifted in the air. I shriek a little and grab onto the sides of the chair as I suddenly feel like I'm going to fall. All three guys are laughing because I shrieked; Owen and Scott carrying my chair on the sides and Tommy lifting it from the back.
"Next time warn me would you?" I request.
"Geez you guys trying to give her a heart attack?" Sherry scolds as the guys put my chair down next to hers where Tommy's chair was.
"It was too hard trying to talk to Owen and Scott from where I was so we decided Clare and I should switch places." Tommy shrugs.
"Didn't mean you to scare you Sweets." Owen apologizes kissing me softly.
The boys go back to their chairs and resume their sports talk. Now that I'm next to the girls we can start our own conversation.
"What are you guys doing next weekend? We should all do something." Cinder says.
"Sounds great but we'll have to make it the weekend after next. Next weekend we'll be at Owen's cousins wedding. Oh and we'll have to do it on Sunday because Saturday is the company picnic for his dad's company." I inform them.
"Sheesh your summer is busy. Okay so the Sunday after next the six of us will hang out. We'll talk to the boys and see what they feel like doing, when they're done talking about sports." Cinder says the last part loud enough for the guys to hear.
The guys stop talking and look over at us. "Did you need something Babe?" Scott inquires, lifting his sunglasses to look at us.
"We were just saying the six of us should do something sometime but since Owen and Clare have a very full summer it'll have to be Sunday after next. If you guys ever stop talking about sports we can talk about what we want to do." Cinder replies.
"I don't think that far ahead." Tommy says in a slightly whining voice. Then he looks at Scott and Owen with a mischievous look on his face. "But I know something we can do right now." Tommy comments getting up and taking off his sunglasses.
Owen and Scott do the same and they start walking over to us. I know something's coming I'm just not sure what. Cinder, Sherry and I are all looking at with the same suspicious look on our face; we've all taken off our sunglasses too. Just as I'm about to get up and start running Owen beats me to it, running to my chair and picking me up. I put my arms around his neck, Tommy and Scott pick up their girlfriends and the boys run to the pool and take flying leaps into it. All three of us girls shriek until we hit the water and are silenced by plunging into the pool. Owen and I surface and I'm totally soaked but he is still holding me which is impressive. I wipe the water from my face so I can see and then I scowl at him. He gives me a sheepish smile and he catches my lips with his in a wonderful kiss that lasts several seconds.
"Hey lets set up the volley ball net. The four of us plus Owen and Clare can be one team, who else wants to play?" Scott shouts.
"I'll help Scott set up the net." Owen says setting me down.
He gets out of the pool and I watch as he and Scott set up the net which goes across the middle of the pool and sits about a foot off the water so the top of the net is about three and half feet above the water. I hear three other guys and three other girls say they'll be the other team as Owen and Scott get back in the water and Cinder and Sherry swim over to me.
"Why do we need twelve people for volleyball?" I inquire.
"You'll see, umm you might want to open your legs a bit." Sherry says.
"Huh why?" I question.
"Just stand like this." Cinder says spreading her legs so she's standing with her feet a little more than shoulder width apart.
I shrug and do as they do but I'm still confused. "Why am I standing…eeek!" I'm cut off by my own shriek as Owen goes under my legs and comes up with me on his shoulders.
Now I understand why we need twelve because the guys hold us on their shoulders and we hit the ball. Owen is holding onto my legs pretty tightly so I'm sure that I won't fall, also I trust Owen to not let me fall. I feel quite tall on Owen's shoulders which is a nice feeling considering I'm usually shorter than everyone besides Jenna and Alli. Sherry spikes the ball and the game begins. The other team hits it back and I hit it back to them and the game continues on like that until our team wins thanks to Scott jumping like a dolphin out of the water so Cinder can block the ball and hit it back to the other side.
"I'm starving now let's get some food." Owen says.
"Me too time to eat." Scott agrees.
We hop off the guys shoulders and get out of the pool, wrapping our towels around our waists before going up to the deck to eat. There's the usual potato chips, veggie platter, fruit etc. but there's also potato salad, sandwiches, tortilla chips, salsa and guacamole. There's also cookies and cake for dessert. When I have all the food I want I go back to my chair by the pool as the deck is full. Cinder and Sherry follow me down but the guys are still getting food and I realize I didn't get a drink and I scrunch up my nose at the thought of walking all the way back to the deck and up the stairs.
"What's wrong?" Sherry asks.
"I didn't get a drink." I tell them.
Sherry looks at Cinder and they don't have drinks either so she turns to the deck. "GUYS BRING US DRINKS!" She yells.
I see Tommy grimace at her a bit but they still bring us drinks. I put my sunglasses on as the sun is too bright and straddle my chair with my plate in front of me so I can eat. The boys start talking about guy things while they eat, it seems to be centering around summer movies they want to see. Sherry asks where the wedding is next weekend and I tell them it's on Prince Edward Island.
"They have really nice beaches, we went when I was ten and we went horseback riding on the beach it was lots of fun. I bet you and Owen will have a good time, it's super romantic." Cinder says winking at me.
I just smile and I'm pretty sure I blush a bit, is it possible to dread something and be super excited about it at the same time? Because that's how I feel about this wedding. I finish my food and soda and set my empty plate and soda can down next to my chair, lying back on my lounge chair.
"Ugh food coma." I remark as I stretch my arms up over my head and bend one knee up just a little.
Cinder and Sherry also lay back when they're done eating. I realize I better reapply sunscreen and I do so, with some help from Cinder who gets my back. They also reapply and we remind the boys, who are still eating to do so as well, Sherry tosses the sunscreen to them to make sure they put it on. We lay back on our chairs to sunbathe until we hear them whining for us to get their backs so Sherry tells them to come over to us. When we're done they grab our trash for us and get their own and start walking to the deck to toss it. We lay back on our lounge chairs again to soak up some sun.
(OWEN)
I toss mine and Clare's trash in the bag by the food table, turn around and see one of the other boys at the party taking pictures. Not that there's anything wrong with taking pictures but he seems to be taking pictures of Clare, Cinder and Sherry sunbathing in their bikinis. Believe me the sight of them sprawled out on the lounge chairs in their little bikinis was very…almost porn like…let's go with erotic yes erotic that's a good word for it. Clare always looks very sexy in that bikini, sexier than usual and I'm glad that everyone here thinks we're really dating because that means I have fairly free reign for touching. We said minimal PDA when we first started this deal but ever since doing body shots, well minimal kinda went out the window. What the hell was my point? Oh right the perv taking pictures.
"Is that guy taking pictures of our girls?" I ask pointing him out.
Scott and Tommy come over and look and I see them both tense up so I know he is.
"DWAYNE!" Scott yells loud enough for the whole party to stop and look at us.
The guy who was snapping pictures looks up with a guilty look on his face. The girls all look up at us too wondering what's going on.
"Bring us the camera!" Tommy barks loudly.
This Dwayne kid starts backing up and looks like he's going to run, which is pointless as Scott's backyard is fenced. The three of us head down the stairs and start advancing on him.
"Hey guys I was just taking some pictures of the kids in the pool." Dwayne squeaks as we get closer to him. He's pretty small and scrawny and I'm pretty sure I can snap him like a twig.
"Then let us see the camera!" Snaps Scott.
"Guys come on it was just a few pictures, you're girlfriends are super hot, three of the hottest girls here. Share the wealth; it's just a couple of pictures." He says nervously, continuing to back up, a few more feet and he's going to hit the fence.
"If you have pictures of my girlfriend on your camera I'm going to crush you." I warn him.
His back hits the fence, and he looks at the three of us with a frightened expression. He hands his camera to Tommy and tries to leave under Scott's arm but he stops him. Tommy turns on the camera and the first picture we see is of the girls lounging in the sun. He got a slightly upward angle so the girls are mostly boobs. Tommy looks at the next picture and it's one of just Sherry or should I say her chest because that's what he zoomed in on.
"Gee Dwayne you have a good eye, these are real nice." Tommy says.
"Yeah?" Dwayne asks, from his current position with his back to us and Scott's arm around his neck.
"Oh yeah," Scott says in a half sarcastic tone, "you realize we'll have to kill you for taking these of course but you have a real good eye."
Tommy flips to the next picture and it's a zoomed in picture of Cinder sunbathing but it stops at her boobs. Tommy flips to the next picture and this is a zoomed in picture of Clare, he managed to get a mostly upward angle and since one of her legs was up most of the picture is of her crotch with her breasts in the background. And now he's going to die, a lot!
"Erase them, let's kill him." I saw with a clenched jaw.
"Guys it was just some pictures, I mean the girls are lying out there in tiny swimsuits and…" Dwayne tries to defend himself but I cut him.
"And you think that makes it okay? It's a pool party of course they're lounging in their swimsuits. It's not an invitation to take dirty pictures of them! How should we kill him?" I ask Scott and Tommy.
Tommy looks thoughtful a second. "Hold him here a minute I think he needs to cool down." Tommy runs to the house and returns a minute later with a bag of ice. "This oughta cool you down, next time you think of taking dirty pictures of any of the girls here you'll remember this feeling." Tommy says dumping the bag of ice down Dwayne's shorts and everyone starts laughing, well except for Dwayne.
When Tommy's done dumping the whole three pound bag of ice down Dwayne's shorts Scott and I pick him up and toss him in the pool. He's one of the only kids there still wearing clothes and shoes and not just a bathing suit. When he gets out of the pool in drenched denim shorts, shirt and sneakers Scott tells him to get lost and to leave by the side gate. Tommy tosses him his camera, Dwayne leaves and we go back to the girls.
"What was all that about?" Sherry asks.
"He was taking pictures of you girls." Scott tells them.
"Pictures focusing on your breasts mostly." Tommy says.
"What a pig!" Clare exclaims.
"We took care of him." I shrug.
The rest of the party is pretty tame, we stay until after ten, swimming a little more but mostly hanging out and talking with Scott, Tommy, Cinder and Sherry. We help clean up before going back to my house. We go in through my entrance, I drop our bag with towels and sunscreen on the floor and Clare takes her pajamas out of her bag and says she's going to shower. I dump our towels in the laundry and remember that I said I'd clear a drawer for her. Clearing space in my closet is easy as I'm not a clothes horse like my brother, I just push everything over and there's space. As for my dresser clearing out a drawer is a little harder, after a few minutes of debating I combine my t-shirt drawer with my sock drawer. Clare comes out of the washroom a few minutes later with wet hair that smell like roses, must be the shampoo she bought earlier.
"Just toss your dirty clothes in my hamper Janice will do the laundry when she comes on Tuesday." I tell her. "And I cleared some space in the closet and the second drawer in my dresser for you."
"Thanks," she smiles and then yawns, "that will make it a lot easier when I come to stay the night." She says sleepily, she puts the clothes she was wearing in the hamper and picks up her bag starting to toss her other dirty clothes from the weekend in the hamper.
"I'm gonna go take a shower so I don't smell like chlorine." I tell her.
"I may be asleep when you get back; all that swimming and stuff wore me out." She yawns.
She turns to me and she looks exhausted, adorable but exhausted. Forgetting for a second that we're not a couple I lean in and kiss her, then I remember and pull back.
"What was that for?" She questions.
"I thought Tris was watching us." I lie feeling just a little stupid.
"Your door is closed," she smiles pointing to the door.
"Right yeah, so I should shower." I stumble over my words a bit. Did I mention Clare makes me nervous sometimes?
She giggles and kisses my cheek because she's just that sweet and I go into the washroom, locking the door before I start the shower. Her little pajama set always gets to me and for some reason the image of her sunbathing earlier today won't leave my head. After I take care of the fact that I'm all horny thinking about Clare, I wash my hair and get out. I dry off toss the towel over the shower door and go back to my room. The lights are out and I can hear that Clare is asleep. I get in bed and scoot over toward the middle a little and I can feel Hot Leg's hot legs heating the bed. She's in the middle too, sleeping on her back; we always seem to end up in the middle together in the morning so I decide we should just start out there from now on. Giving into my devilish horny side again I lay on my side right next to her and put my arm over her stomach. She makes a sort of deep satisfied breath, turns on her side with her back to me, cuddles into me and clutches my arm to her, sort of like a teddy bear. Unsure if she's asleep I brush some hair from the back of her neck, but she doesn't move, so I kiss the back of her neck, no response she's definitely asleep.
"Sweet dreams Clare." I whisper.
Everybody together now "AWWWWW!" And yes I am having fun torturing y'all with them not being official. All in good time, there is a master plan.
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