The Trouble With Two Seasons

Chapter 31 : Drunk & Dumb

Continued...

Lacey Smith tapped away on her MacBook, occasionally stopping to sip some cold juice from her Stanley.

For some reason cold drinks kept her going,when she was exhausted.

She still had a few pages of her thesis report due the next day to edit and she was wrapping it all up.

Her brother's car pulled up onto the driveway, jolting her from her position bent across the laptop screen.

She made her way up from her study desk then to the foyer to get the door.

"Is everything okay?" Lacey asked, watching her little brother carry his unconscious girlfriend into the house.

"She went out cold, she's been drinking most of tonight." Asher explained.

His sister shut the door behind them.

"Try to make little noise as possible, Mum and Dad are asleep upstairs." She advised and her brother nodded.

"She can stay in my room, I'm going to be up studying anyways." Lacey suggested,derisively motioning to her study desk laden with her books and pens.

Asher paused mid walk to think about it for a while.

He finally replied,shaking his head.

"She will freak out if she wakes up in an unfamiliar room." He explained progressing up the stairs.

Lacey followed behind them, drawing Asher's room door open when they reached it.

"Thanks." He said as Lacey closed the door softly behind them.

                                ***

Day broke and sunlight drew in softly  through the binders. It fell on Summer's face.The rays made her eyes flutter open.

She stirred on the comfy bed, rousing quietly from slumber, blinking her eyes to adjust to the light.

She scanned her surroundings and noticed she was in Asher's room.

The door drew open, snapping her attention to Asher who had walked out from the bathroom.

He was shirtless,his briefs hung dangerously low and a towel was slung casually around his shoulder.

Water dripped down his blonde locks and he lifted the towel to his hair,a blush creeping up his cheeks on realizing Summer was awake and gawking at him.

Summer on the other hand wouldn't mind waking up to this sexiness every morning.

"Morning,Love." Asher greeted leaning in to place a kiss on Summer's forehead.

"Good morning handsome." She managed a smile, rising up from the sheets.

Her eyes caught sight of a warm glass of lemon water on the nightstand.

Asher explained," Lacey brought it in earlier this morning to help with your hangover."

"Oh,thank you." Summer nodded taking a sip, immediately feeling  relaxed.

Her iPhone pinged with a new message and she reached for it on the nightstand.

She scanned through her messages as Asher emerged from the bathroom where he'd gone to dry his towel.

"I texted your Mum with your phone last night,told her you were sleeping over at Courtney's. Courtney volunteered to cover if your Mum called." Asher explained as the previous evening's events came flooding back to memory,albeit hazy.