Alex & Imogen

chapter VI

20th December Wednesday part 2

[Imogen's pov]

The bell rang

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"Who's that?"

Ah you're up. I answered . My dad brought us some soup. "Oh that's nice of him." I opened the door. He handed me the soup and asked Alex if she's alright. After making sure we didn't need anything else he left.

"Your dad is so freaking nice" haha he is I answered. He has been taking care of me since mom died. I know it's been hard for him, it's been hard for the both of us actually. But he didn't show any of his sadness around me. All he did was make sure I'm happy.

"I am so sorry for the both of you, I can't imagine what it must've been like" Alex said with a concerned face.

It's okay, I'm fine now.

"Btw" Alex said "you are quite a good pillow" I know she was trying to cheer me up and believe me it worked I must be blushing like crazy.

"No one ever said anything like that to me, thank you." I replied.

Alex started laughing. And so did I. You are quite a good blanket yourself I said. Now Alex was the one blushing.

Before we forget you still have to eat your soup. "Oh that's right I almost forgot". I walked to the kitchen and warmed up the soup for Alex. Where do you put your bowls? "Third cabinet,'' she answered. "And the spoons are in the first drawer on your left." Thanks.

I handed Alex the soup. "This is really good, did your dad make this?!" Yes he did, but I helped him. "Maybe it's better if I eat at the table I don't want to spill soup on our new couch" while standing up Alex tripped on a blanket. She didn't fall, but did accidentally spill some soup on my sweater.

"Oh shit I'm so sorry" don't worry it'll wash out. "You can borrow one of my sweaters" don't worry I'm fine. "Imogen it's literally 4° outside. And inside the house isn't it much better. We just installed a new boiler but I don't know how it works." That explains why it's so cold. I said. "Yeah"

Alex went upstairs to get me a sweater. She's a little taller than me but even for her this sweater was too big. "I like oversized sweaters" . Thanks, I said it's very cozy. "You look cute in it...you know what you can keep it." Are you sure? "Yes of course you can keep it. I don't need it and I don't really like it any more. it suits you way better than me" Thank you!

My phone went off

It's my dad. "Hey honey I gotta go to work, there's an emergency so you should come home" oh okay then I replied. "You can stay the night if you want." Alex then said. "Oh you know what if it's okay for Alex's parents that'd be great." "My parents said yes," Alex yelled from across the room. "Well I gotta go now see you tomorrow honey." Bye.

Your parents aren't even here. "I know, does it matter if we can have a sleepover now. Christmas vacation starts tomorrow so we won't have to worry about school" that's true. I smiled.

[Alex's pov]

Let's go upstairs so we can watch a movie. "Okay" Imogen answered. So what genre do you prefer? "Nothing too scary please" oh well then what about a Disney movie? "YES!" Imogen looked really happy. Disney it is.

After we watched a few movies it was starting to get really late...and cold.

I'm freezing. "I have an idea," Imogen said. "How about we build a pillow fort we can sleep in?" That's actually a good idea. I'll go downstairs to go and grab some more pillows and blankets. "Okay while you do that I'll already start building" Okay sounds good, I answered Imogen's idea.

I opened the door to my room but couldn't find Imogen. "Imogen?"

"BOO!" She walked from behind the door and threw a pillow at me.

"AAAHH" i shouted

I grabbed the pillow and threw it back. "This is war," I said in a serious voice.

About half an hour later we both fell on the floor. "I won," Imogen said. "I'm pretty sure I'm the one who won," I answered, turning my head to face her. She did the same. I was looking at her eyes. And I'm pretty sure she was looking at my eyes too. Her bleu eyes were so beautiful. "I Like the warm Brown color of your eyes, they make me feel safe. It's like these eyes tell me that everything is gonna be fine no matter what's going on, your eyes are beautiful by the way." Imogen said.

T- thank you, I said

*did I just stutter?*

"I like your eyes too, they look like the sky on a spring day when there are small clouds in the sky but the sun is shining bright."

"Thank y- you"

Now she was the one who stuttered.

"Let's start rebuilding the pillow fort. It got destroyed during our pillow fight," I said while standing up.

"Yeah" Imogen said

About an hour and a half later the pillow fort was done.

"I think it looks pretty good," Imogen said. Her voice filled with confidence. "As long as it doesn't collapse on us while we're asleep I'm okay with how it turned out" I then answered.

"I'm a little thirsty I'll go grab us some drinks" "okayyyy" Imogen looked like she was about to fall asleep. "I'll be right back, why don't you just go to sleep" "mhm" Imogen answered.

When I came back Imogen was already asleep. The pillow fort was quite small so I slowly laid beside her to make sure I didn't wake her up.

I was about to fall asleep when suddenly Imogen put her arm around me and pulled me closer. She was still asleep.

I put my arm around her and I fell asleep.