/ / Madeleine's POV
"Aww look at the happy couple, so cute." Ian says walking over with Jason and Ty. They each grab some sort of food. Soon enough I feel Mitch's hand on my back again. It feels more relaxed than last time.
"Yeah, I should really get a girlfriend." Jason states.
"You should dude its pretty great," Ty says smugly, his girlfriend and him had just moved in together.
"Oh shut up," Jason says. Mitch mutters something under his breath and guides me away from the table to the rest of the group. The couches were all full so we sat down leaning against the coffee table. For about two hours everyone plays DDR and hangs out. Zoe and I bomb it at Wannabe by the Spicegirls, a personal favorite of us both, and an old Jonas Brother song that makes the boys cringe. Soon enough its almost midnight and Zoe is passed out on the couch. She wasn't very stable without sleep.
"I think we have to go, Zoe would kill me if she knew I let you guys see her sleeping." I say poking her. She stirs but doesn't wake up.
"You guys can crash here if you want, we've got plenty of room." Mitch suggests.
"Yeah, half the people here aren't sleeping here." Jason says. I take a last look at Zoe. She won't be waking up anytime soon.
"Okay," I agreed, "Where should I put her?"
"She can take the empty bed in my room ," Jason says. I try to lift her but I'm about as weak as a daisy.
"Here I'll help," Jason says picking her up piggy back.
Within about twenty or so minutes, Palmer, Noah, Preston, and Sara had left to return to their hotel rooms. Now Jerome, Jason, Ian, Sky, Rob, Mat, Mitch and Zoe and I were left. Zoe had woken up to all the goodbye screams so everyone was in the kitchen. I was making tea for her and I. Thankfully, they didn't want to break out the alcohol before their much larger party tomorrow, so all were somber. It was quiet in the kitchen, everyone was on their laptops making sure their uploads for the day had processed. Zoe and I sat on the couch sipping chamomile.
"You sure you're okay sleeping here? We can still grab a cab back to the hotel." I said.
"Its fine," Zoe says, "I'm just worried about what I'll sleep in." She was wearing a mint-green collared dress.
"I can hook you up if you need." Jason says walking over to us, "I'm sure Mitch has a t-shirt for you too."
"Thanks!" Zoe says cheerfully but she looks exhausted. Jason laughs, "I'll grab you one and then I want you to sleep, okay? You can't look tired tomorrow."
"Whats tomorrow?" She says hazily. Oh god shes almost out. Jason is already helping her up and explaining on the way. Now that I'm alone I get a moment to think. I didn't even know where I was sleeping tonight. This is so irresponsible, our parents paid for our hotel we should be sleeping there. Mitch interrupts my thoughts,
"So we are short a bed, but you can sleep in mine and I'll take the couch."
"Why don't you guys just sleep together? I mean you've been six months away from each other. I don't get the lack of PDA." Adam says emerging from the kitchen. Mitch looks at me blushing, i guess its my decision.
"We've held back, come on lets sleep." I say before strutting to Mitch's room. I couldn't believe how good I was with this.
"Do you need a shirt?" Mitch says, he must have heard the conversation earlier.
"Yeah, that'd be nice." He throws me the periodic table of minecraft shirt. I walk to the connected bathroom to change. The shirt hangs a little lower than my butt, but it was not modest. I peek out of the door to check if Mitch is looking, hes changing as well. I have a perfect view of his abs. Once he turns his back I dart back into the bedroom and jump under the covers. He turns around with is eyebrow raised but doesn't question me. He turns the lights out and gets into the bed.
"Sorry about getting you into this." He says uncertainly. I turn to face his face. We are inches apart. I notice his gold necklace on is bare chest. I reach up to grab it,
"What is this?" I ask curiously.
"My dads dog tags from Iraq. He gave them to me when he got back, I wear them every day." He answers softly.
"Oh" I say quietly. I look into Mitch's eyes, they make me melt. My heart was beating a million times a second and before I know it he leans in and kisses me. It was light and soft, like his eyes. It lasted a few seconds, but felt like hours. His hands reached my jaw, tracing the lines of my ear to my collarbone.
"Goodnight Madeleine," he whispered pulling me close. I closed my eyes and slept more peaceful than ever before.