Borrowed Time

Chapter 111

Sleeping on Micheal's couch had never been particularly comfortable, but it was when she was resting with her back on Esme, being roused with a gentle kiss to the side of the head... God, they were just so fucking sweet.

"Mmmm... G'morning, princess." Esme mumbled and Juliette opened her eyes, looking up into Esme's eyes... Always so pretty to see in the morning, one of the best things to see in the morning.

"Morning." Juliette sighed, her eyes focusing on her surroundings. "How the fuck... Did we fit so many people on this couch?" Juliette murmured, squinting as she glanced around... Sure, it was only four people and Micheal's media room was massive as was his couch... But still. Fitting five people was genuinely impressive.

Esme chuckled softly and kissed her forehead, nudging their chin downward.

"I don't know, all I know is that Tegan is currently curled up on you like a goddamn cat." They murmured, and she looked down to see Tegan curled up on her legs, head resting on her thigh with their arms on either side of her under a blanket. She smiled, reaching down to lightly brush her fingers through their hair before speaking.

"That's the cutest thing in the world." She held out her hand to Esme... There was no way that she wasn't documenting this. "Phone?" Juliette asked, and she felt hers be slid into her hand a moment later.

"Taking a picture?" Esme asked, and she nodded. What else would she do in this situation? Something this sweet and adorable had to be properly documented - she wanted to print out the picture and put it on her dorm wall when she was at Syracuse.

She had a feeling that she and Tegan were gonna be friends for a long time, and she didn't want to not have a picture of her friend for when she left.

"Obviously." Once she got the picture, she tucked the phone away and listened to Esme let out a disgruntled noise... Okay... What did that mean?

"Shit, my back is killing me." Esme groaned, and Juliette sat up off of them so that they could stand and stretch. She couldn't resist the urge to trace her fingers on the skin that was peeking out under the hem of the shirt that they'd borrowed from Micheal to sleep in... It looked good on them.

Everything looked good on them.

"Micheal offered to let us sleep in one of the guest rooms." Juliette reminded them and Esme sighed, shrugging as they did, rocking back on their heels. So fucking pretty.

"Yeah, but I didn't want to put him out, that seemed like a lot." Esme said, and Juliette sighed, looking at them as she shook her head... It wasn't a lot, it was something that Micheal liked doing for his friends.

"Honey..." She squeezed their hand and gave them a look. "No one uses them, it's fine." Literally the only two people who used the guest rooms were Juliette and Shelby, and they used the one closest to Micheal's room so that Shelby could easily sneak in there and sleep in his bed instead if she wanted to.

Esme sighed and nodded, smiling fondly at the couch where Becky, Carly and Tegan were all still sleeping.

"I know... But it was nice to be included like this." Esme rocked on their heels, sighing as they rubbed at the back of their neck with a sheepish sort of smile. "Plus, I knew Penny and Emma would take one." Esme said, and Juliette sighed, nodding. That was very true, but there were still other rooms...

But it wasn't worth arguing over.

"Mhm." Juliette kissed Esme softly, tracing her finger down their cheek... God, they were just so fucking handsome, how was it even possible for them to be real? "It was nice, I had fun last night." Juliette murmured, and Esme grinned, nodding as they cupped her cheek, leaning close again.