lover <3

five

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i laid on my side sleeping, hearing emily mumble words,"are you watching me sleep?" my voice still raspy and deep.

she took a a second before answering,"yes."

i let out a small laugh before pulling the covers higher up on my body,"don't do that. it's creepy."

"we'll get used to it, because i get to watch you sleep just as long as you don't go run off and get married."

i scoffed,"please me get married? i'll just deal with you watching me sleep," she was still staring at me when i went to go close my eyes again,"i wanna go back to sleep."

she sighed,"i cant sleep with you next to me."

"why not?" i looked at her again.

"because there's, like this, rumbling. and it rumbles and rumbles." she let out a breath as and rolled onto her back.

"emily are you trying to say i snore?"

again she faced me and grabbed my hands,"i just wish we could get married."

i gave her smile,"me too, love. however i'd be a terrible husband."

she furrowed her eyebrows,"how could you say that? you'd be great."

"i wouldn't be able to get a decent paying job to support you and i mean, i couldn't give you children. which as we know is what a husbands job is."

"alright i see your point. but," she started playing with my fingers,"i bet you'd look great in a suit," i gave her a small smirk before she continued,"here's an idea."

"what's that?"

"let's just run all the way to the edge of the earth and just...fall off."

i kissed her forehead,"there's an idea."

there was a small knock at the door and emily covered herself with the blanket. sue peeked her head in,"good morning you two."

i smiled at my sister while emily huffed indeed the covers. she looked at the two of us,"i really don't understand how you two can sleep comfortably in that small bed together."

sue just looked at me with a smirk. i knew what she was doing. she was trying to hint at something with me and emily but i wasn't going to give in that easy.

austin popped his head over sue's,"morning ladies. um emily, shouldn't you be helping mother?"

she finally pulled the covers down,"nope. that's why we got a maid."

we all jumped when we heard the bell ringing from the kitchen,"fire! fire!"

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reluctantly, emily and i got up from the bed and went downstairs to see what happened. we ran down the stairs and was met with a cloud of smoke.

we coughed and i tried to see through the cloud,"jesus what happened?" emily leaned against my side as we watched the chaos.

mrs. dickinson waved a towel around,"maggie burned the bread."

the dickinsons hired maggie not to long ago as their maid. and i've gotta be honest, she's pretty cool.

maggie threw her towel over her shoulder,"just the first loaf madam," she looked at us with a smile,"old irish custom."

emily smiled,"oh, that's kind of fun. i love that!"

mrs. dickinson tsked,"well let's hope you're not accident prone."

"i've only killed four husbands," she said as she winked at us.

soon after vinnie walked in with two buckets of water,"morning everyone, i got the water."

her mother smiled at this,"thank you vinnie. now emily, would you help maggie bake a new loaf of bread please?"

emily groaned and walked toward the center of the kitchen,"mother, what part of 'we got a maid' don't you understand?" i bit the inside of my cheek to hide my smile.

her mother looked at her offended,"i beg your pardon?"

emily nodded and made her way back towards me,"the whole reason we got maggie was so i don't have to do chores. so i can just have time to myself." she rested her arm on my shoulder even though i was taller than her.

her mom scoffed,"time to yourself? to do what?"

"to take dictation from god."

i snickered at her response before looking at maggie,"emily's a poet."

maggie's eyes lit up,"ah poetry. i've written some poems meself."

emily got excited and squeezed my wrist,"ow emily a little tight."

she let go an walked over to maggie,"have you?"

the redhead nodded,"ah yes. mostly limericks. the limerick scene in dublin is pretty wild."

the girls finished up getting breakfast ready while emily subtly linked our fingers. i smiled down at our heads then looked up at her.

"um y/n?" emily and i separated and i turned to see sue at the entrance of the kitchen. luckily from where she was she couldn't see our hands.

"what's up sue?"

"i was wondering if i could speak to you for a moment before breakfast?" i nodded and followed her onto the porch.

"so what did you wanna talk about?"

"how'd you sleep?"

i was a little thrown off by her simple question,"um fine? why?"

"i'm just asking because i know how uncomfortable it can be sharing that small bed with emily. unless you two have found a way to make it work."

i scoffed at my sisters words,"i know what you getting at sue. i told you, there is nothing going on between me and emily."

she nodded but gave me a look,"hmm, so then you wanna explain the hand holding in the kitchen?"

"what?!" my voice was high pitched and a little louder than intended. i cleared my throat,"wh-what are you talking about?"

"i'm not blind y/n. i was standing in the doorway a little before you had seen me. i saw the whole interaction. you guys are cute thinking your could get away with this."

i groaned and ran my hands down my face,"sue please don't say anything. i'll tell emily that you know and then have her talk to you. and don't you dare tell austin."

she grabbed my hands,"y/n relax. i won't tell anyone. i'm so happy for you. i've been waiting for you two to get together for the longest time. i'm here for you no matter what. and um treat her good ok? emily's one of the good ones."

i let out a breathy laugh,"yeah i know. and i am happy. the happiest i've ever been."

she smiled knowing i meant what i said,"so, how long have you been a thing?"

"um a few months. i think almost 7."

"have you um you know?"

i looked at her confused,"i'm not following."

"jesus y/n have you two," she got closer and lowered her voice,"done it?"

i let go of her hands and covered my ears,"jesus sue! why are you talking about this? i'm not going to discuss that with you!" sue went to go talk again but i turned around and started going inside,"i cant hear you!"

"god you're older than me but you're the immature one."

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