COME BACK ↳ cher horowitz

01 | SLEEP SCHEDULE

ROSALIND MONROE'S POV

i layed in bed and stared up at the ceiling debating how i should spend my day. i wonder what cher is doing. i should take her out on a date.

"alright rosa get the fuck up, school starts in less than a week and you haven't even fixed your sleep schedule yet!" lilac yells, bursting into my room.

"be quiet, you don't want to wake mom up!" i whisper yell to her, sending her a death glare aswell.

"oh i'm already awake. but you seriously need to fix that sleep schedule of yours. who goes to bed at 3am and wakes up at 12? you're missing breakfast!" mom says, walking into my room behind lilac.

"almost every teenager on the face of the earth? mom it's summer!" i complain but she sends me a glare that quickly makes me shut up and apologize.

"well it won't be summer in 5 days. so you need to fix your sleep schedule before you miss the first day of school" mom says, crossing her arms over her chest in a sassy attitude before the two of them strut out of my bedroom, not without lilac flipping her hair though.

i mean they are right, i seriously do need to fix my sleep schedule before it's to late. i guess no more late bike rides with my friends.

5 more minutes, that's all i need. it's 9:25 right now so i'll get up at 9:30.

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i heard a soft knock and footsteps walking into my room, seconds later i feel a finger tap my face. huh?

i open my eyes to see cher sitting on the edge of my bed looking at me, how did she get in?

"rose its 11:30, you should get up" she says, stroking my hair so it's not in my face. i'd do anything to have cher stroke my hair as she wakes me up every morning.

"can we cuddle" i ask, completely ignoring what she said before.

"no, you need to get up"

"cuddle or else i'm not getting up"

she groans and rolls her eyes before laying down next to me. i wrap my arms around her waist and smile to myself on how smart i am for getting her to cuddle with me.

"wanna have a picnic later?" i whisper in her ear, hoping she'd say yes.

"if your mom is okay with it" she responds.

"yes, yes she is" i tell her. i don't know if she is but i mean she probably won't say no, she knows how much i love spending time with cher.

"alright perfect. what time should we go out?"

"12:30, i'll drive you there. wait how do you know your dad will be okay with it?" i ask her, pulling my head back from her neck to look at her.

"he's on a business trip and doesn't care what i do unless it isn't dangerous and he has to know beforehand, i could call him right now if you want" she asks

"do whatever you want. i'm going to take a shower and get ready" i tell her as i stand up, leaving her to lay in my bed.

CHER HOROWITZ'S POV

as i finish up my phone call with my dad and i hear the water in the shower start i debate on what i should do as i wait for her to finish.

all of a sudden i hear the door open, i look over and see lilac.

"ros- oh hey cher, when rosa gets out can you tell her to tell mom that i'm not the one who's responsible for the cigarette butts left outside on the outdoor patio downstairs and that i have no idea who left them there? alright thanks" lilac says before closing the door and walking away, wait what.

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"uh rose, lilac said she wanted you to tell mom that she's not responsible for the cigarette butts that were found on the outside patio downstairs" i tell her, and all of a sudden her eyes go wide before walking out of her bedroom. is something wrong? why did her eyes go wide.. don't tell me she's the one responsible.

i gasped audibly, she's the one who's responsible!

or maybe i'm just overreacting.

published; july 7th 2022