Behind closed doors

Chapter VII: A Month of Mornings (Jane's POV)

I woke up, my arms wrapped around Amy. I loved being like this with her, but unfortunately, I had a test later in the day. I untangled myself from our night-long embrace and started to get ready for the day. I tried to be quiet as I showered, got dressed, and packed my things. On my way out I remembered that I had forgotten my umbrella in my room. When I went back to my room to grab it, I saw Amy. She was all curled up in my bed.

I didn't want her to feel completely alone when she woke up, so I got some sticky notes off my desk and wrote her a few little notes. "Sweetheart, theres leftovers in the fridge. If you don't like it, anything else you want in the fridge is all yours." I doodled with a little smiley face. "My shift at the record store starts at noon, if you wanna swing by you're more than welcome. P.S my house keys are on the kitchen counter, lock up for me please." I quickly scribbled down, fearing I wouldn't get out of the house on time.

I rushed out of the house and drove to my class. After I wrote the test Jace walked up to me ecstatically. "Girl, how was it?!" he inquired. "Eh, it was okay." I grumbled. "Are you tired because you were up all night, with Amy." he joked, giving me a wink. "Well..." I paused. "Girl, the scoop is too big for you to spill here. Let's go to this coffee place down the street, and you can tell me everything." he suggested. I nodded in agreement, and we walked over to the shop.

When we arrived at the coffee shop, I immediately spotted a familiar face. It was Amy's old friend we saw the other day; she had a bunch of books and papers in front of her. "Hello, Danika." I greeted. "OMG, Danika!" Jace exclaimed, as he ran over to her. "Long time no see, I saw Amy the other day and mentioned that I hadn't seen you in a long while." Danika giggled. "Amy is actually the reason why we're here." Jace remarked as he sat down at her table. "Jane, sit down. Right now." Danika jokingly demanded, as her focus completely shifted from her work.

I sat down, and immediately Jace wasn't planing wasting any time. "Do you remember Amy? Well my friend Jane here has the biggest crush on her." Jace said, throwing me under the bus. Danika choked on the coffee she was drinking and turned towards me. "You like her?! I fucking knew it!" she exclaimed. "Well now that everyone at the table knows, what do I do?" I sighed, with a defeated tone. "I think you should go for it honestly." Jace commented, looking over to Danika to support his suggestion. "Oh, yeah. Jane you should totally go for it." Danika agreed, continuing to sip on her coffee.

"Okay, let's say I do it...how do I even approach this whole thing..." I stammered. "Like you could always be direct about it." Danika hesitated. "No, wait. Before either of us help you with anything you're going to tell us what happened with you and Amy after I left yesterday!" Jace demanded, while Danika's jaw dropped. "Jane?! Did Amy spend the night with you?!" she exclaimed. "Well..." I mumbled. "What happened!?" Jace exclaimed.

"So I told her, she could go study in my room. While she was studying, I made her dinner. When I walked into my room, I saw Amy asleep on my bed. Later we ate and she fell asleep at the table, I carried her to my bed, because I was planning to sleep on the couch, but she woke up and begged me for cuddles. Then...yeah..." I rambled, feeling Jace and Danika's gaze directed on me. "You cuddled with her?!" they both exclaimed, shocked.

While I was telling them to keep their voices down, an idea struck me. I figured out how I was going to confess to Amy...

After we finished talking about the whole Amy situation, I left, to go to work. Through the entire conversation I was being criticized for being unsure if the cuddles were a romantic thing or not. When I arrived I saw Amy outside, waiting for me. I ran up to her, not thinking, and gave her a hug. "Are you okay sweetheart?" I inquired, tightening my embrace. "I'm feeling better, Jane. Thank you." she said, returning my affection.

We walked into the store, Amy almost immediately scurried off to the backroom. "Amy, wait! Why don't you sit up front with me for a while..." I asked, hoping she'd stay with me. She gave me a smile, and gave me an unexpected hug. "Thank you, Jane..." she whispered into my chest. I returned her embrace, as she looked up at me with her deep green eyes.

We spent the rest of my shift just talking. It was just casual conversation, and I liked it. After my shift, I drove her home. While I was walking her to her apartment she looked nervous, like she wanted to say something. We got to her door and she was about to walk in, she then suddenly turned around and looked at me before I was about to go. "Jane, do you maybe wanna stay over watch a movie, with me?" she stammered.

"Oh Amy, I would love that." I replied smiling down at her. She walked me to her VHS tape collection, telling me that I could any movie I wanted, while she made popcorn. I scanned the shelf of tapes before me, thinking about what Amy would like. As the popcorn started to pop a particular tape caught my eye. "Intruder." I felt like I was intruding at the moment, so it felt fitting.

Amy returned with a big bowl of popcorn and we walked over to the living room together. I pushed the tape in to the VHS player's tape compartment. I then sat down next to Amy, to enjoy the movie. To my absolute delight and Amy's total dismay, I accidentally ended up choosing a horror movie. Amy was so easily startled, the first jump scare caused her to grab me out of terror. After every little scare Amy would grow physically closer to me, until she was sitting on my lap her legs and arms wrapped around me, facing away from the TV. She squeezed me tighter with every sound she heard.

I wrapped my arms around her, so she would feel more at ease. The next morning we woke up, on top of each other. This cycle of spending the day together, then going to either of our homes, then sleeping in the same bed, couch or even on the floor together, and waking up with our bodies intertwined, kept happening almost everyday for the following month.

During this time I was working on something for Amy, I wanted to give her something to show my appreciation. I hope she likes it...

A/N first iff IK TIME SKIPS ARE CLICHE BUT TRY BEING EEPIE AND HAVEING A MONTHS WORTH OF SHIT TO WRITE NUHUH ITS ALMOST BAQUETTE TIME BUCKLE UP 🫨🫨🫨