Glossophobia ~ Luke Patterson ~ JATP

Homework and Sleepovers

~FLASHBACK~

AP Lang, AP Calc, and AP Psych were not the highlight of Olivia's high school career. Being only a sophomore in all these classes definitely gave her more homework than she could handle, even though it was only the beginning of the school year. But she was doing fine.

Tired, drained, the whole 9 yards, all Olivia wanted to do was go to bed. And she was about to, until she heard light knocking on her window.

Olivia slowly walked over to the window, confused as to who would be knocking on her window, let alone at 11:48 at night.

As she moves the curtains back, she gasps as she sees Luke lightly crying on the outside of the window.

"Hey," Olivia said lightly as she opened the window, "what are you doing here? Are you okay?"

"Yeah, um," Luke said, his voice hoarse, "um, can I come in?"

"Yeah, yeah, of course," Olivia said, backing up so he can crawl in through the window. "Are you alright? What happened?"

"Um, Y-yeah, I'm alright. Sorry I'm here so late, I just didn't know where else to go," Luke said, wiping away his tears.

"No, don't apologize, I'm always up late doing homework anyways, it's okay, but, d-did something happen? Do you want to talk about it? I- I mean, you don't have to if you don't want to, but-"

"Liv, it's okay. Uh, I got into an argument with my parents. They didn't want me to be in a rock band, the usual, so I just didn't feel like being there anymore for the night. I went to Bobby's, then Alex's, and they were both sleeping, and I know you said you had a bunch of homework, even though it's the beginning of the school year," he chuckled, causing Liv to look down shyly, "anyways, I knew you'd be up, so I came here. I hope that's alright."

"Y-yeah, that's okay, you're always welcome here. I'm sorry that happened, that really sucks, Luke. You can sleep over tonight, if you'd like," Olivia offered.

"Yeah, that'd be good, thanks," Luke accepted.

"Well, I can go get some of Reggies clothes to change into?" Olivia told the boy, causing him to shake his head.

"No, that's alright, I don't wanna be a bother," Luke rejected.

"Luke, it's really no bother. I can be really discreet about it, I steal his clothes all the time," Olivia said.

Luke sighed, knowing she won't give up on this, "yeah, okay. Thanks, Livvy."

Olivia smiled and nodded, "you can sit on the bed for now, if you want. I can grab blankets, clothes and some extra pillows."

"Okay," Luke said, and Olivia went to leave, "Hey, Liv?"

"Yeah?"

"Thank you. This means a lot," Luke said sincerely.

"Of course, Luke. I would do anything for you," Olivia sincerely said back, leaving the room. "Reggie, open the door," Olivia whispered, lightly knocking on Reggie's bedroom door.

Reggie soon enough opened the door, "what's up, Liv?"

"I need a pair of pajamas. Mine are all dirty, and I don't feel like starting a load of laundry right now," Liv lied. Well, it wasn't a total lie.

"Ughh," Reggie retreated into his room, returning with some pajamas for her, "I was having a great dream before you got here, ya know."

"Yeah, yeah, thank you," Liv told her brother, "Love you."

"Love you, too," Reggie replied as she walked away, shutting the door and retreating back to his slumber.

As Liv returned to her bedroom, she started to lay out the blankets and pillows for him, "So, I got a bunch of blankets, and I have more if you need more, same with the pillows, and here are the pajamas-" Liv cut herself off when she looked at the bed, seeing Luke sprawled onto it, fast asleep. Olivia chuckled, tucking the boy in and taking off his beanie, moving his messy hair out of his face. As she went to get up from the bed, Luke grabbed her arm, pulling her back down onto the bed.

Smiling to herself, Liv snuggled into him, falling fast asleep with him, playing with his rings as she felt him play with her hair.

This was only the beginning of this pair's blooming relationship, and they couldn't be happier.