Tiff blinked her eyes in the warm sunlight coming from the windows. She yawned and rolled over to glance at the clock. 10am...Wow I'm up early today! She got out of bed and stretched before going into the bathroom to brush her teeth. She noticed how incredibly quiet it was...Melissa doesn't have music or TV on! I wonder what's going on... She finished brushing her teeth, quickly got dressed and then went over to her sister's room. She knocked and waited, thinking maybe her sister was in bed. After she got no answer, she knocked again...louder. After she still got no response, she walked down the hall to Nick's room. Surely Melissa had the brains not to spend then night with him...right? She wouldn't sleep with him after only knowing him a day... She got to Nick's door and could hear the sound of Nintendo inside. She knocked lightly to find that the door hadn't been latched correctly. Warily, she walked inside to find the bed still made and Melissa and Nick on the floor asleep. Both controllers lay discarded on the floor as Melissa somehow managed to use Nick's chest as a pillow while he lounged back against the bed. Her arms were wrapped around him as if he was a teddy bear. Tiff stepped forward quietly and turned off the game and the TV.
"Hi..." came a sleep-dulled whisper. She turned to see Nick blinking his eyes open. He looked down at Melissa and smiled.
"Did you two have a good time last night?" Tiff whispered.
"Yeah..." he trailed off with a slight smile. "Should I just put her in my bed until she gets up?"
"Sure...how late were you two up?"
"She dosed off around 6...I went probably half an hour later..."
"I think you both need to go back to sleep."
"I was planning on it..." He then slowly slipped out of Melissa's grip and slid one arm under her knees and the other around her shoulders, picking her up and laying her on the bed.
"Those pants can't be comfortable...do you have and boxers or pajama pants or anything?"
"Yeah..." he then went to the dresser as Tiff sat next to her sister. I do this too often... she thought with a sigh as she undid Melissa's pants and slowly slid them off. She then put a pair of boxers on Melissa with Nick's assistance, and then took off the button down shirt Melissa had been wearing. Pulling the covers up over her, Tiff then got up to leave. "I'll see you two later..." she said as Nick started to undo his belt.
"Ok."
Tiff then left and Nick changed into a pair of boxers himself and then crawled in beside Melissa. She immediately curled into his side, resting her head on his shoulder. He soon drifted off with a smile on his face.
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Tiff walked down the hall toward her room when room 317 opened and Kevin stepped out. It was evident that he had recently showered, but he wasn't happy about being up.
"Hi..." she quietly greeted as she walked by.
"Hey. Um...I got a question. Do you know how late Nick and Melissa were up? We were supposed to have a band meeting this morning, and I didn't know if Nick was up or not. It's just the five of us, so we can reschedule it and all..."
"They stayed up till 6 this morning...both of them are asleep in his room...Is it necessary for him to be there?"
"Not really...but, what were they doing until 6?!"
"Playing Nintendo. Actually, he said he didn't fall asleep until 6:30 or so. I went over this morning to find Mel and the two of them were dead asleep on the floor. I felt like I was their mother when I put them to bed!"
"I know that feeling. It's like I'm always looking after Nick..."
"I doubt he's half the handful Mel is...our parents are too busy to care what we do..." she ended with a sad sigh. "But anyway...I'd just leave them sleep for awhile."
"Alright...well, since we won't have the meeting...want to grab some lunch in a little bit?"
"Sounds great..."
"I'll meet you here around 11:30 then?"
"Sure..."
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Melissa awoke to the feeling of a soft, warmth below her cheek. She snuggled closer, her arm draped over an object of the same warmth, but it was slowly rising and falling. She blinked her eyes opened and sat up slightly. It was Nick! He was still asleep, his lips in a small pout as he breathed deeply. His hair impishly dangled in his face, and his eyelashes fanned onto his cheeks. She looked down at herself to find her club pants were replaced with a pair of white boxers with green pinstripes. On the chair next to the bed lay her pants and shirt, but something seemed odd. The pants were draped over the back, and the shirt was folded. Who did that?! Wanting more sleep rather than answers, she repositioned herself on her stomach, her head on Nick's arm that was stretched across her side of the bed, her body fitting snug against his. A few moments later she was asleep again.
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Tiff closed her door and then walked over to the bed and collapsed with a content sigh. She just spent two hours in heaven. She met Kevin in the hall outside his room, and they then walked to a near by café. They chatted and ate for about an hour before walking around the city for an hour. They talked about everything from weather to heartbreak to Melissa and Nick. Now I can die happy... she thought with a slight giggle.