Chapter 6
Joe's POV
I looked at Demi and she just laughed. "Your brother sure is a strange one!" I smiled at her, happy that we seemed to be back to normal and whatever awkward tension that had been hovering around seemed to have vanished. "Let's go check out the room," I said excitedly, "Bet ours is better than theirs!" I pulled Demi down the corridor, until we reached room 820. We stopped and I reached over to put the card in the slot, when I stopped, something about the numbers on the door was really...familiar? I finally figured out what it was and I turned to Demi with a big smile on my face. She was looking at me weirdly, probably wondering why I hadn't opened the door yet. "Hey, Demi, it's your birthday!" I smiled brightly and Demi looked worried, "No Joe," she said slowly, as if talking to someone who didn't quite understand what she was saying, "my birthday isn't for, well ages, I can't believe I'm going to be 18!" She stopped and started to look angry, "I can't believe you don't know your own best friend's birthday! It's only five days after yours, it's not that hard to remember, God you are so-" I placed my hand over her mouth and she glared at me. I laughed and shook my head, "No Demi, really look!" I pointed to our room number, "820, 8/20, see, get it now?" Demi's mouth formed a perfect 'o' and then she smiled, one of her perfect Demi smiles that could practically light up the whole planet, "Cool," she said. "See," I gloated, "I didn't forget your birthday!" I waited for her reaction, but she seemed to be thinking hard about something. She smiled suddenly, "Hey Joe, what room are your brothers staying in again?" she asked. "815, why?" She just looked at me, waiting for me to catch on to her train of thought, which I always did, we just think so alike. I thought for a second. "Oh!" I said, copying her earlier expression, "Cool," I echoed her.
"So, yeah, randomness," she said, "Now can you please open the door, you crazy person!" I laughed and did as she asked. We walked in and saw that are room was the exact same and Kevin and Nick's. I walked into the bedroom and flicked on the light. I called Demi over and we looked at the room, then each other. At the exact same time, we sprinted towards the bed laughing and dived on. Yeah, our room was practically identical to Nick and Kevin's, with one difference, we had one GIANT king-sized bed, while they had two little singles.
I laughed and we landed next to each other. The bed groaned and I turned towards Demi and pulled her close. "You ok?" I asked her, she sighed and looked up at me, pulling away a little, my arms instantly ached to hold her again, "Yes Joseph, I'm fine, why wouldn't I be?" Ooo full name, she so did not want to talk about what was on her mind right now. So I let it go. I smiled, "Just making sure," I said lightly. She smiled at that and wriggled closer again. I wrapped my arms around her and sighed happily. After a few minutes, we hadn't moved and I heard Demi's breathing slow down and become steady. I was sure she was asleep, so I unwrapped my arms and stood up.
I looked down at her. She was sleeping peacefully, still wearing her tank top and jean skirt. I considered waking her up to get in her pajamas, so she would be more comfortable, then decided against it, she just looked so peaceful. She rolled over a little and moaned in her sleep. I hit my head, trying to drive the sudden images of Demi, very awake and moaning, doing things to me that were definitely not legal, not until she was 18 at least. I went and grabbed a spare blanket from the wardrobe and a pillow from the bed, being careful not to disturb Demi, who was whimpering in her sleep. I frowned, wondering if she was having a nightmare. When she was silent again, I decided everything was ok and set up my make-shift bed on the floor. I went and turned out the light and lay down.
I was awoken by Demi whimpering and crying out in her sleep. I sat up suddenly and ran to turn on the light. She still didn't wake up and I glanced at the clock. Half-past midnight, we'd gotten 2 hours sleep. I went over to the bed, wondering if I should wake her or let the nightmare ride itself out. She called out again,
"No, please, don't leave me, I need you!" and then "No, please Trace, I don't want to do that, please don't make me!"
Shit! I mentally cursed. She was literally begging that thing to leave her alone. God that must be one scary nightmare. Her ex-boyfriend just screamed danger, i had hated him, and the way he had treated her, like she wasn't even worthy of him, when the truth was, it was the opposite way around. I had been relieved when they had finally broken up, though she still hadn't told me why, I was determined to get to the bottom of it.
She whimpered again and I decided it was time to wake her up. I placed a hand on her cheek and bent down to whisper in her ear, "Demi, Dems honey, wake up, your having a nightmare."
Her eyes flew open and she looked at me, they were filled with fear, "Tr-Joe." She seemed relieved to see me. She sat up suddenly and looked all around the room, as if checking for danger. I sat behind her and pulled her to me so that she was sitting in my lap. I started to massage her shoulders, something I do when she gets stressed and she leaned her head back against my shoulder. I bent down to whisper in her ear, "Hey babygirl, you ok?" I asked. She had her eyes closed, she shivered at my cool breathe on her hot skin. She started to reply but her words stuck in her throat, she cleared it and tried again, "Yessss," she said huskily, breathlessly, enjoying the feeling of my hands on her shoulders. I continued to massage her shoulders, being careful not to touch where she had hurt herself earlier. She moaned when I got to her neck and gripped my thigh tightly, "Ooohh Joe, yess, right there!"
It was a combination of those words, the ways she said them and the way her hand was gripping my thigh that made me lose control.
O_o Cliff hanger :P I'm sorry, I had to! Anyway thanks to Eme123 for her amazing review! I think I love you a wee bit Eme123 :)
Anyway, off to the oul country to see the relations amárach! Should manage to get another chapter up before the weekends out :D