How it started

Sleepover

(Soffia's Pov)
Time jumps to Friday night

I've just gotten back to the house after going to dinner with mom. I enjoyed being able to have some mother-daughter time. I head upstairs to my room and check the time seeing that it's only six o'clock, I decide to sit down at my desk, turn on a show, and start on my homework. Before starting my homework, I pull out my phone and send a message to Bella.

Soffia: Hey Bels! What are you up to?

Setting my phone down, I start on my homework after about thirty minutes, my phone starts to ring. Picking it up, I see Alice's name on the screen. Smiling, I answer and hold my phone up to my ear.

Phone Call

S: Hey Alice! What's up?

A: Hey Sof, I wanted to call and see if you wanted to get together tomorrow to work on the project.

S: Sure, that sounds good. How about noon?

A: Okay, see you then, Bye Sof

S: Bye, Alice!

After I hang up the phone, I look at my messages and see that Bella responded.

Bella: Not up to anything want to hang?

Soffia: Yes! Do you want to come here, or I will come to yours?

Bella: You can come here.

Soffia: Okay, be there soon:)

Turning off my show and turning off my laptop, I put my homework back into my bag. Getting up, I changed into a pair of sweatpants and an oversized hoodie, along with slipping on my sneakers. I head downstairs and kiss Mom on the cheek, saying goodbye as I grab my keys off the hook and head out the door.

I drive the ten minutes it takes to get to Bellas's house, turning off my car, then head up to the door and knock. The door opens and a middle-aged man is standing behind it. "Hi, you must be Soffia I'm Bella's dad. Charlie, nice to meet you," the man says, holding out his hand. "Hi Charlie, nice to meet you too," I respond, shaking his hand. "Hey Sof! Come in!" I hear Bella yell from inside.

Walking past Charlie, I follow where her voice came from and walk into the living area. "Hey Bels," I say, sitting down next to her. "Hey Sof," she says, bringing me in for a hug. I hugged her back. "What do you want to do?" I ask, leaning back against the couch. "I thought we could have a movie night. Could you stay the night?" Bella asked well looking at me.

"That sounds fun! Let me just text my mom and ask," I grab my phone from my pocket, and text my mom and ask her if I can spend the night, and she texts back right away saying it's fine, she has to go work the night shift anyways. Smiling, I look towards Bella. "She said yes," I say excitedly.

Bella and I head upstairs to her room, and I sit down on her bed, "So what is the movie vibe tonight?" I ask, giggling, as I set my bag down on the floor. "Horror movies," Bella says as she turns her television on my eyes widen, I look at her. "Really?"I asks. "You like horror?" I ask as well, resting against Bella's headboard.

"Yeah! Come on, it will be fun," Bella pleads amusingly, laughing. I roll my eyes and get comfy on her bed. "Fine, fine, yes, let's do it, but don't be surprised when I'm clinging onto you in the middle of the night," I say jokingly. Bella laughs and puts a movie in and starts it, turning off her light. She gets in the bed and under the covers.

hours later

It's now midnight, Bella has passed out, and I'm too terrified to go to sleep. Like, seriously, why did I agree to watch horror movies? Sighing, I tightened my grip on the blanket Bella and I were sharing. Closing my eyes and moving closer to Bella, I tried to fall asleep. After awhile of tossing and turning, I feel like there's someone else in the room.

Peaking my head out from under the blanket, I open my eyes and see two eyes staring back at me. crying out I hide myself back under the blanket. "Soffia? "Are you okay?" Bella asks, barely awake, "I'm okay." I stutter out. "Are you sure?" She asks again, pulling the blanket away from my face, nodding toward her as I look around the room.

"I'm sure, just a bad dream," I say softly, pulling the blanket back from her. Bella smiles at me and grabs my hand, rubbing her thumb over it. "Bad dreams stink I'm sorry, but you aren't alone I'm here," Bella says to comfort me.

Smiling at her, I kiss her cheek and lay back down. "Thank you, Bels, I appreciate it," I say, closing my eyes again. "Of course, Sof," Bella says before going back to sleep, as I slowly fall asleep as well.

The next morning

"Wake up Sof," I hear someone say from next to me. Groaning, I pull the blanket up over me and try to go back to sleep. "Seriously, get up," Bella says, well shaking me. Sighing, I pull the blanket down and glare at her. "Why are you waking me up, Bella?" I say, annoyed.

"Well, it's eight thirty, and you said last night you wanted me to make sure you were up early so you can go home and get ready, so I thought I'd be nice and wake you up before you slept the whole day," she says sarcastically while rolling her eyes. "Oh shit, I forgot, sorry, Bels," I respond, getting out of bed and grabbing my bag.

"Thank you for last night, I had fun," I say to Bella, bringing her in for a hug. "Of course, I had fun to, and we will do it again soon!" Bella says happily hugging me back. Giving her a smile, I head downstairs, slip on my shoes, go out to my car, and head home.

As I arrive home, I see mom's car is not here, so she must still be at work. Getting out of my car, I head inside and go up to my room. "Hi Ben," I say to my stuff polar bear, giving him a kiss on the head. Kicking off my shoes, I grab my laptop and get into bed.

"I still have time before I have to get ready, so what do you say, Ben? How about we watch Care Bears?" I say excitedly to him. I giggle to myself as I turn on the movie and cuddle into my stuff animal. Slowly, my thumb comes up to my mouth as I get engrossed in the movie.