semi-automatic ; j.d

fourty one ; the definition of light cuddles

"are you doing anything tomorrow night?" asks zach, his voice quiet and the only other sound in the large room besides the rhythmic noises of hundreds of fingers typing on keyboards.

mia's mind drifts away from the thoughts of her assignment as she looks over at the expectant boy. "no, i don't think so."

his green eyes shimmer with excitement. "there's a party on woodshire. you in?"

"i don't know..." she trails off. campus parties are only fun for her if she's not sober, and is that really such a good idea?

"c'mon, it'll be fun," zach leans over and pokes her knee. "eli can't go, and I need a drinking buddy."

eli, she's learned, is zach's boyfriend of two year and four months.

the persuasive look on the boy's face is enough to make mia cave. "okay, fine, i'll go."

he grins broadly. "you're the best."

zach calls everyone 'the best'. last week he referred to the girl that gave him the four cents he was shy of for lunch, and in his response he made sure to add how she was the best.

"yeah, yeah," mia responds dismissively and when she sees that their professor is practically looking into her soul with a watching glare, she goes back to typing her assignment.

yoshua💕 : i have an hour before soundcheck AND there's wifi

yoshua💕 : skype me?

mia gets this text while she's sitting on the edge of the bathtub doing her makeup. within a few minutes she retrieves her laptop from her room and places it on the counter before starting a video call.

"hey!" greets josh once the call goes through. he's sitting in the back lounge with one of his earbuds in.

she smiles back, the corners of her lips tugging up almost instantly when she sees josh. "hey to you, too."

"how are you?" he asks, leaning back against the couch.

mia nods her head slowly. her hands are idly playing with one of her eyeshadow brushes. "i'm good. what about you?"

josh gives her a dazzling smile. "great now that i'm talking to you."

"that was so cheesy," she laughs and goes back to putting her makeup on.

he doesn't even try to argue with that.

josh watches her for a few quiet moments before asking, "are you going out, babe?"

mia nods. "yeah. zach wants me to go to this house party with him, so i figured i'd get my good deed of the month out of the way."

"good deed of the month," repeats josh with an amused smile playing at his lips. he shakes his head, just for the simple fact that his girlfriend is quite possibly the cutest person on the face of the planet. "that's cute."

"you're cute," she says back in a sassy little tone. "now hush, if i don't do my eyeliner right then my entire existence will be meaningless."

by now, josh is used to her dramatics.

the tour has been going on for a total of nine days, and so far josh has been able to video chat with mia twice. it's a lot less than he'd like, but it's better than nothing.

"i think you look great," he says with a small shrug as he watches her create a thin line of black on her top eyelid.

her focused brown eyes look away from the mirror and glance at josh. the corners of her glossy lips twitch upwards. "yeah?"