Can't Sleep... Love? (Mavi)

Night Twenty-Five

Home sweet home!

That's what I think when I enter my room and sink down on my own bed. Finally. I close my eyes for a moment but fight the urge to sleep. I have to get up jet lagged or not.

To have something to do, I unpack my suitcase, put away everything. But since I've done it so many times now, I'm finished rather quickly and don't know what to to with myself to keep me awake. Scott had announced that he was going to nap for an hour or two, so I didn't want to interrupt him. After a few minutes of doing sheer nothing I get an idea.

Me: Help me stay awake? Please?

And of course the answer comes almost instantly just as if he had been waiting

Avi: That's something different. Usually you need me to fall asleep. But yeah, I can try. May I come over? Or do you want to come here?

Me: Can you come, please? I'm not driving right now!

Avi: Alright, I'll be there in thirty or so. Take a twenty-minute power nap if you can't stay awake at all, it will help!

I put the phone away and groan. Twenty-minute power nap. If I close my eyes, now I'll probably sleep my ten hours through and it would be two in the morning. I decide to take a shower to do something for my circulation. And it helps a little bit. Plus I'be successfully killed some time. I get dressed in some comfortable sweats and a plain shirt, combined with the one flannel I 'borrowed' from Avi.

Knockknock

"Mitch? You're up?"

"Allie! Of course, come in!"

He let's himself into my bedroom and I hug him immediately, grateful to see him again in person.

"What are you doing here? I thought you were working ridiculously long today?"

Alex shakes his head. "We were very productive and didn't need the whole day so I thought I'd treat my boyfriend and you with a nice dinner once you've taken a nap. But you're awake?"

"I didn't trust myself to take just a nap so I decided to stay awake." I stifle a yawn.

"Why don't you lie down right now, Mitch and tell me when to wake you up? You look like you're about to fall asleep while you're still standing" Alex offers. He really is a true angel.

"Mmhm..." I hum, my eyes already closing once again. "Avi's coming over, though."

"I can let him in, don't worry" Alex ensured me. "Now go to bed and sleep. I'll see you at dinner!"

With that he leaves my room and I lie down on top of my comforter, falling asleep quickly.

~

"Mitch, it's time to wake up!"

Reluctantly I open my eyes, smiling slightly when I look into Avi's green ones. "How long did I sleep?" I want to know, still feeling groggy.

"Almost half an hour" Avi says with a smile on his face.

"Half an hour? Are you kidding me? Why did you wake me up?"

"Because half an hour is the maximum for a short nap. If I had let you sleep for an hour or more you would've woken up more tired than before" Avi explains. It sounds plausible but that doesn't change that I'm feeling utterly exhausted.

"Maybe this will help, Mitch!" He hands me a Starbucks cup.

"You brought me Starbucks? Thank you!" Quickly I sit up and take the iced beverage, sipping at it. It's my usual, yet slightly stronger. "What is this, it's good!"