Chapter 6.
Mal groaned slightly as her pale green eyes cracked open. Rubbing a hand over her face to ward the remains of sleep away, she looked over to her right at the digital clock perched on Carlos's nightstand. 12:06 PM. Thank God it was Saturday, she thought sleepily. Then she remembered she had plans with Ben later in the afternoon and the notion made a huge happy smile blossom on her face, waking her up completely. Man, I can't believe I'm so in love, this is crazy, she shook her head, making her purple tresses bounce.
The silence filling the room told her that she was the first one awake. It didn't surprise her much, the boys could sleep like the dead and Evie was anything but an early riser unless circumstances demanded it. Lifting her body so that she could sit up straight, Mal glanced around the room, taking note of Carlos's platinum blond head sticking out from the foot of the bed, being the only part of him she could see in her current position. Turning her head to the left, however, Mal's eyes widened and simultaneously so did her smile, which became so wide, it could easily split her face in half.
With a sharp intake of breath, Mal's hand immediately shot up to cover her mouth before she could squeal and wake everyone up, hence totally ruining the morning for her blue-haired friend, which was the last thing she wanted to do. Lowering her hand in a couple of seconds when she had calmed down, Mal almost giggled in glee, as her eyed roamed over the sleeping couple on the other bed.
Evie lay snuggled up against Jay's side with her head buried in the crook of his neck, her blue locks spilling over his chest and the pillow, while Jay's arm was looped protectively over her waist, his head resting lightly on top of hers. They looked so cute, so right for each other in that moment, that Mal was now thoroughly convinced that they had to end up together no matter what (not that she didn't think so the minute Evie confessed her feelings to her) and that she would go out of her way to help that happen. God, she was so thrilled for her friend right now, she wanted more than anything for her to be happy, for them both to be happy, together, like she was with Ben. And it was clear in her head that no one could make Evie or Jay happier than they could make each other.
Silently creeping to the foot of her bed (well, Carlos's bed technically), Mal sneaked a hand onto the blond's shoulder, rubbing it lightly in order to wake him up gently. When he felt it, Carlos stirred, opening his eyes slowly, and turned his head to look for the owner of the female hand on his left shoulder. Seeing it was Mal, he opened his mouth to speak, but was abruptly cut off by Mal's hand quickly slapping over his mouth before he could make a sound. The purple-haired girl put a finger to her lips, signifying him to be quiet, before shifting her eyes to the other bed and nodding her head pointedly at the sleeping couple.
Carlos's gaze followed Mal's and his eyebrows shot up as soon as it landed on Jay and Evie's forms. Looking back at Mal and seeing the smirk on her face, he too let a grin cross his features, the two of them sharing a conspiring look. They would have to help their friends realise they were meant for each other. With a light nudge from Mal, Carlos got up slowly, gathering Dude in his arms, while Mal got off the bed, and the two of them padded softly to the door, grabbing their shoes along the way, thankful for the fact that all of them had fallen asleep in their clothes the night before. With one last glance back at the other two and another shared smile, both of them slipped through the door, closing it silently behind them.
About an hour after Mal and Carlos had sneaked out of the room (Mal skipping off to Ben's room and Carlos heading for the Computer Center of the school), Jay's eyelids fluttered open and he stirred, not yet fully aware of his suroundings. A low feminine moan made him cease his movements at once as his eyed darted down to the bluenette in his arms, only to find a little crease forming between her slightly furrowed eyebrows.
Evie let out an unhappy groan when she felt her pillow moving around. Was there an earthquake or something? If that was the case, she'd have to jump up and find a good hiding spot immediately. But she was so comfortable… She didn't want to move at all. Her nose scrunched up in discontent and she whined, stubbornly keeping her eyes closed.
Jay couldn't help but laugh in endearment at Evie's childishness. It was very adorable. The sound rumbled deeply in his chest, making it vibrate underneath her open palm.
Yep, it was definitely an earthquake. The whole bed was shaking now. Evie risked to crack an eye open and check if the ceiling was about to fall on her head but instead her gaze was met with Jay's smiling brown eyes. Now fully awake, Evie let out a small laugh, thinking about the ridiculousness of it all. Earthquake, yeah right. She would've probably been embarrassed had it been someone else by her side, but with Jay she had no worries whatsoever.
„Morning, Trouble." He said with a smirk, tugging playfully on one of her blue curls, as they both rised up to a sitting position.
„Morning." Evie yawned and then looked around, noticing the other bed was empty and that they were alone in the room. „Or more like afternoon." She noted, realising that if Mal and Carlos had already woken up and even left, then it must be rather late.
Jay's head was somewhere else though. Looking at Evie, he was now becoming strangely aware of the fact that now that she was out of his arms, he desperately wanted her to be back in them again. It was so weird, it wasn't like they hadn't slept next to each other before, they had, on many occasions, especially while they were still on the Isle. It was kind of a thing they had created over time, whenever one of them had problems or needed comfort, they would sneak into the other's room and sleep together, so that they wouldn't have to deal alone. But he had never felt like this.
Turning back to face Jay, Evie noticed he was looking at her oddly.
„What is it?" She asked, fighting the urge to run a hand over her face and hair. Man, she must look like a total mess.
„Nothing." He hurried to say, which left the girl rather unconvinced. Her hair was probably sticking out all over the place. Well, at least he was considerate enough not to mention it. „Are you hungry?" Jay asked, hoping to change the topic, after seeing that she didn't quite believe him entirely.
„Yeah, let's go get lunch." Evie agreed, dropping the subject, thankful for the fact that she had a comb in her purse.
They both got up and after Jay pulled on his boots and Evie ran a quick brush through her hair, they headed out the door.
A/N: I didn't plan to write this chapter originally, but XxxBrEndAxxX's review on the last one prompted me to add it, so some credit there :)