Late Nights Get Lonely

Emily sits on the couch, 12:30 in the morning, still waiting for her boyfriend, Darren, to come home.

*incoming text*

D- hey babe, late night on set tonight. Prob. won't be home till 2am. Sorry. xo-Dare

Emily is kind of annoyed by the text but figures she better answer back.

E- hey hun, that's fine. I'll try n stay up until you come home. No promises. xo-Em

She sends Darren the text and starts popping some popcorn. Emily says to herself, "I guess Dare isn't coming home anytime soon, a movie and popcorn night it is." Emily has gotten use to having Darren work late nights on Glee, but sometimes she gets annoyed with the late nights by herself. While waiting for her popcorn to get done Emily opens her twitter app. Emily thinks to herself, 'boring, boring, the royal baby is adorable, I probably should texts Mark and tell him "happy birthday"' while scrolling through and finally composes a new tweet, 'when Dare works late<<< :(' and presses done. Emily finally decides on a classic movie and begins her long night. She gets all comfy on the couch with a few blankets, popcorn, and her and Darren's cat, Nugget. Emily got Nugget as a present from Darren on her 23rd birthday. Nugget has always loved Emily more than Darren, though Darren will never admit it. "Well Nugs," Emily says to her cat, "I hope you're ready for some Grease." and snuggles with her cat. Emily falls asleep somewhere between 'There are Worse Things I Could Do' and the end of the movie. She doesn't hear the door open or the keys thrown into the bowl by the door, a sound she knows by heart. Darren walks quietly in and instantly sees Emily and Nugget cuddled on the couch sleeping while the credits of 'Grease' are playing on the tv. Before he can snap a picture he scrolls through his twitter and Emily's tweet catches his eye. Darren thinks to himself, 'I feel so bad when I work late. I'll have to make it up to her, but first I have to take a picture of this.' Darren snaps a picture of Nugget and Emily and tweets it saying, 'I hate working late, but I love coming home to this. :)' Carefully Darren gets Emily up. "Hey babe," Darren says softly, "how about we go to sleep. I'm off tomorrow so we can sleep in." All Emily does is nod a yes is mumbles for Darren to carry her. "You're lucky you're cute when you're half asleep." Darren says to her as he carries her to their room.