Finding Love

Epilogue 1

Becca's POV

"AJ" I mutter, but all it does it earn me a groan-

Then a hand comes and covers my mouth.

I narrow my eyes. This fucker.

He uses the arm he has around my waist to pull me closer, until my back remains closely pressed into his front. "Shh, sleep.." He whispers, already sounding half asleep again.

I scoff in response, annoyed at both him and myself. I got up and showered around an hour ago. Stupid little me made the mistake of getting too close when I tried to wake this asshole up.

Now here we are.

I pull his hand off my mouth. "I need to get up," I mutter. "And you have work," I remind him.

Humming, he holds me tighter.

I scowl in response. "AJ- you simply cannot sleep forever".

"Let me try".

Rolling my eyes, I pull his arms off me and get up. I stand up quickly before he has a chance to drag me back down.

I glare at him, while he groans, rolling onto his back. He uses his forearm to shield his eyes. "Fuck you" He scowls.

"You want to sleep all day?- fine, do it alone" I say in response, and he rolls his eyes, slowly sitting up. "It's not fun alone.." He mumbles, rubbing his eyes tiredly.

You'd swear this is a man who has barely slept- but no, he gets ten hours most nights.

And still has the nerve to yawn and act exhausted.

"Fuck my life.." He whispers.

I roll my eyes and have to fight my smile at his dramatics as I walk to my closet. It's quarter to nine, and I have fifteen minutes to make myself presentable.

The second I'm in my closet, I feel a body behind me. A hand gently brushes my waist, while his arm stretches out and grabs a shirt off the rack in front of me.

"Morning.." He whispers close to my ear. I hum in response. "You've remembered you love me now, hm?".

He scoffs, gently pinching my side in response.

I fight my laugh and grab a pair of black combat trousers from the drawer, before tugging them on. After my shower, I just threw on a bra and underwear. You see, the plan was to wake up AJ before getting dressed. I didn't take into account I'd get ambushed.

I button my trousers, and turn around to see AJ now dressed in his usual worn work trousers, paired with a black shirt.

I step closer to him, which draws his attention to me. Reaching a hand up, I flatten his messy hair. "I'm going to be late, you know? As are you" I remind him quietly, although I'm not as mad as I pretend to be.. in fact I'm not mad at all.

His hands find my bare waist, and he pulls me flat against his chest. "You're going to be late to walk downstairs and meet your sister and dad in the kitchen?" He asks, and I narrow my eyes at him while he smiles a bit, seeming amused.

He leans his forehead against mine. "And who's going to give out to me for being late? Lynn?". He snorts at that.

I roll my eyes. Lynn and AJ starting their own business has made his punctuality worse.

Years ago, AJ did retake senior year, despite not exactly wanting to. Lynn took it a step further, and retook junior year as well. She actually enjoyed school.

They both remained working part time in their job at the mechanics, and when AJ graduated he did full time.

Lynn copied once she graduated, and last year, when their boss announced he was moving to Florida with his family, they bought the garage off him.