You allow yourself a smile as you take in a huge whiff of her hair, of the girl currently asleep in your arms.
Yes, you're aware that it's the exact same shampoo you just used on your own hair, since you're having a sleepover at her house and all. But it's just different, smelling it on yourself versus on someone else. On her. That is when you realized that Beck was a lucky man, when he held you and sniffed your hair like that.
He's no longer that fortunate.
Now that honor's all yours, and you're surprised at how easy the entire process of "getting" her had been. The toughest part of the entire thing had been you, apparently.
Once you've managed to convince yourself the crazy feelings that had been brewing in your chest was worth a try, whether it was to spite Beck and show him what he was going to miss out on, or just to see an adorable jaw drop open, it hadn't really that difficult. And forcing yourself to go through with it reluctantly after thinking of a backup plan, in case she rejected you. The plan B, which involved a bunch of roses, a pair of scissors, a huge bottle of gin you stole from your father's stash, after a planned monologue of how the entire thing was just a prank, thankfully never had to be executed.
Of course, walking up to her front door with said flowers, barging in only after having knocked once to see two shocked faces, and pushing the bouquet into her arms and demanding that she become your girlfriend while a bowl of popcorn clatters to the floor beside you from the couch hadn't been that easy. After all, you had to deal with the other annoying Vega screaming her head off and running out of the house in terror after you gently suggested she kept her trap shut with your shiny silver scissors.
But all the planning and uncertainty was worth it when she took your hand and told you she had felt the same way for a long time and wanted to try this with you. And everything falling into place when she told you to spend the night, nuzzling into your chest and wrapping her arms around your waist.
You are surprised at how easy it has been to be with her.
Just like how she casually grabs your hand and intertwine your fingers when you walk down the school hallways together, how she wraps an arm around your shoulder to push you nearer to her and tell everyone that you're now together, and how she sneaks chaste pecks to your cheeks when she thinks you're not looking.
Most importantly, how she makes sure that everyone knows she's yours, when she responds to a guy asking her out by pushing your face to hers and slipping her tongue into your mouth.
Now that you've nestled deeply and settled comfortably in her abyss, you think you may never want to get out again.