Chapter 14

"Em," Ali whispered in her girlfriends ear, "We really gotta get up, babe."

Emily groaned, keeping her eyes closed.

Alison chuckled, "Sleepy girl," she slipped a hand under Emily's singlet, stroking her stomach softly.

"Mm, sleepy," Emily murmured, pulling the covers tightly.

"We're going to be late for English, baby," Alison murmured gently.

"I can already speak English just fine," Emily yawned, still refusing to open her eyes.

Alison chuckled, "That's true, you can."

"Don't need any stupid English classes," Emily turned around to face her girlfriend, nuzzling into her chest, "Just need more sleep with my pretty girl."

Alison couldn't help giggling, "I knew it was too late for you," she teased gently, "You need your beauty sleep."

Emily nodded, "Yep, need sleep."

Alison rolled her eyes, "Fine, we can skip English but you know you have that math test later."

Emily smiled; victory! She thought, "Okay, shh now, no more talking, just sleeping."

Alison laughed and withdrew her hand from Emily's back, "Does that mean no snuggling too?" she whispered.

"Snuggling is okay," Emily mumbled, "And you can put your hand in my hair if you like."

Alison laughed again as she ran her fingers through the brunette's hair, "I like very much," she whispered, "Now get some more sleep, you adorable girl."

Alison tugged at her girlfriends hand as Emily trailed behind her, dragging her feet.

"You are such a child," Alison scolded.

Emily pouted, "I'm still sleepy."

"I know you are," Alison spun around to face her trailing girlfriend, "But you need to be a grown up now and take your math test."

"I'm not a child," Emily growled.

Alison quirked an eyebrow, "Prove it."

Emily bit her lip and quickly wrapped her arms around Alison's waist pulling her close, "Sure, but right here, on the street?"

Alison pushed lightly at Emily's chest, "That was so not what I meant," she claimed with a laugh.

Emily licked her lips, "Bull."

Alison took Emily's hands off her waist, holding them in her hands, "It really wasn't," she said, "You need to get to school, Em and then we can sleep as long as you want."

"Or I can show you how grown up I am," Emily shot back quickly, a grin on her face.

Alison laughed, "Yes, you can," she pecked Emily's lips as they arrived at the school, "Now, go ace this test baby."

Emily sighed, nodding, "Alright. Kiss for good luck?"

Alison smiled, pulling Emily close by the hem of her shirt, "Of course," she murmured, pressing her lips softly to her girlfriends. She felt Emily melt into the kiss but pulled away before it got too heated, "Good luck, baby."

Alison flicked a page over, reading slowly. She ran her fingers through her long blonde hair lazily as her intense eyes flitted across the page. She was jutted out of the moment when a weight crashed down next to her.

"Jeez, so dramatic, Em?" Ali rolled her eyes.

Emily huffed, "That stupid test was hard."

Alison smiled raising a hand to Emily's face, brushing under her eyes, "You still look tired, sweetie."

Emily nodded, "I could barely keep my eyes open let alone do algebra."

Alison kissed her lips quickly, "You really didn't sleep well, did you?"

Emily shrugged, "Ali… " she bit her lip.

Alison frowned, "What is it, Em? Talk to me."

Emily pursed her lips before sighing, "I just had a bad dream, that's all."

"Okay," Alison nodded, "Well, I know what that's like… you should have told me, babe."

Emily shook her head, "I didn't want you to worry."

"I'm your girlfriend, we're meant to worry about each other baby," Alison kissed her cheek, "Do you want to talk about it?"

"It wasn't anything, really," Emily shrugged, "I can't even remember most of it now, I just woke up with this feeling… of dread," her shoulders slumped, "After that, I couldn't get back to sleep."

Alison squeezed her girlfriends hand, "You could have woken me up," she murmured, "I wish you had."

Emily's lips curved upwards, "I cuddled you," she smiled, "It made me feel better."

Alison smiled, "Good," she nodded, "But next time, wake me up."

"Ali?"

"Yeah?" Alison rubbed her thumb in circles over the back of Emily's hand.

"Can we go out of the library so I can kiss you properly?"

Alison laughed, "Never stopped us before, did it?" she murmured.

Emily giggled, looking around but their special spot was secluded as usual, "No, I suppose it didn't," she licked her lips.

Emily lent forward and moved her face closer to Ali's, first nuzzling her nose against Alison's cheek before pressing her lips to Alison's. She felt Alison's lips respond hungrily as their lips moved together.

"Maybe you're right. We should go somewhere a little more private," Alison stood up, offering her hand to her girlfriend.