Non Verbal

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Lottie's POV.

I don't even know why I woke up. I guess because when you've fallen asleep on a sofa when you shouldn't have your body knows that somethings up.

Or maybe it was because I could sense that someone else was up.

I hadn't realised we had all fallen asleep until I properly sat up and moved out from under the blanket I was sharing with Fran, and saw River passed out on the next sofa, mouth open, face relaxed. He's an ugly sleeper, it's great. Fran was also asleep and I am pretty sure it was Sutton who was snoring, his head hanging over the arm of the chair he was curled up on.

Ouch, his poor neck.

Rowan was nowhere to be found though, but his missing presence didn't stress me out too much. There was a breeze coming through the house, the back patio doors tied open. I left the blanket on Fran although I sort of wanted to take it and I headed to go and find Rowan.

Once I head outside, I realised he had fallen asleep indoors too, but he must have woken up and come outside. His hair was a mess, he was sat on the steps that go down to the beach, watching the ocean through the dark.

"What's the time?" I ask quietly as I walk to him.

He checks his phone and shows me. It was twenty past two in the morning.

"Do you need to go home?" I ask. "You want me to wake everyone up?"

"Nah it's ok." Rowan says and moves over a little to indicate that I can sit.

I wrap my arms around myself and hold tightly, it's cold as hell out here now.

"You sure?"

"Mm." He hums quietly. "I take all my medication in the morning. I just need to go home in the morning at some point."

"You have pain medication here though, yeah?"

Rowan nods.

"Okay." I say.

"Unless you want us to go?" He says quietly.

"No, I don't plan on waking them up, they're out for the count."

"You ok with us staying then?"

"Yeah, I invited yous round to sleep anyway."

"You invited Sutton round." He corrects.

"Yeah well you and Fran come as a attachment to Sutton." I joke. "I am used to it."

His lips tug up. "I'll have you know, we actually met first."

I am cold so I wrap my arms around my legs, shivering but I am smiling. "Yeah I slightly remember that."

"Not traumatic or anything." Rowan says, his voice light.

"I didn't find it traumatic." I admit. "Not really. I felt like a hero. I don't know if you've noticed, but I like helping people."

"Yeah I've noticed." He chuckles.

"But that wasn't why I was interested in you, you know that right?"

"Hm?" He says, looking at me this time. "You're cold. You wanna go in?"

"No." I say. "Wait let me just grab a blanket or something."

"My jumpers on the side." He says. "Could you grab it for me?"

"Yeah of course."

I jump up and go and run to grab myself a blanket, him his jumper. But the time I am back Rowan is standing.