Cherry || Owen Joyner

ten

Nineteen hours later, I was wiping my tears. It was two in the morning and we literally spent all day watching the Harry Potter series.

Our friend group spent the day at the pool while we watched tv. I was honestly exhausted from being up for about thirty six straight hours.

I stand up as the credits roll. I stretch, yawn, and wipe a couple tears.

"That was honestly really fun. Thank you for doing that with me." I tell him as he weakly smiles.

"Me too. I just didn't know having a movie marathon would make me exhausted." He laughed.

He stretched on my bed as I look at him. "I'm exhausted too. It's two in the morning so I bet Kira and Nash are sleeping at your suite."

I bet Kira would be staying with Charlie and Nash is for sure sleeping in Owen's room.

"Is it okay if I sleep over?" I nodded as he smiled. "I'm gonna go to my suite real quick and take a quick shower. I'll be back."

Owen got off the bed and went to his suite. I did my whole cleansing routine for my face and went to my bed.

After about ten minutes, a tall blonde walked in. He had changed and showered so he came into my bed with me.

"I'm never staying up that long, again." He groaned in my pillow. I turned the lights off so we could get comfortable.

I don't know how we did it. If we didn't have the energy drinks and snacks, we wouldn't have made it.

"Neither am I." I groan. I start to get comfortable as I feel an arm slither around me. My heartbeat rises as he does so.

He pulls me closer to him and I feel his chest on my back. "I hope you don't mind. I'm exhausted." He whispered down my neck.

His breath tickled my back and sent shivers down my spine.

"I don't. It feels nice." I need to stop talking before I say something stupid. "Goodnight, O." I mumble as I close my eyes.

"Goodnight, cherry." I smiled at the nickname as I slowly fell asleep.

I don't remember most of my dream from that night. It felt like I was asleep for years.

Up until I heard someone talking. "I almost don't wanna wake them up." I heard Charlie whisper.

"Me either. They look too cute." Kira whispered to him. "I'm gonna take a picture real quick." After a few seconds, I heard a click from a camera.

They both started giggling. "If you two don't shut up and let me sleep." I groan towards them.

"It's noon. We wanna hang out." I open my eyes to see them standing at the foot of the bed.

I felt two strong arms wrapped around me which made me feel safe. "Can you at least give me about twenty minutes to wake up?" I ask them.

I could feel Owen stir next to me. "What's going on?" Owen rasped. I've never heard his morning voice before.

And I like the sound of it. "This." Charlie stuck his finger in his mouth and then stuck it down Owen's ear.

Owen sat up rather quickly, letting me go from his death grip. He wiped his ear as I sit up.

"I fucking hate you." Owen glared at his best friend. "Come down to the pool whenever you're ready. We're all gonna be down there." Kira smiled.

They turned around and quickly walked out of the room.

I look over at the blonde to see him still trying to wake up. "They're annoying." He groaned as he stretched.

"I agree. A hundred percent." He looked at his phone and went through it for a moment.