Open Your Heart (Ben Bruce Fan Fic)

Give Me All You Got

Song: Not The American Average by Asking Alexandria

Ben

I loved having Lila stay over at our flat. Her presence brightened up our place more than any window or lamp could ever do. Having her laying in my bed next to me with my arms around her made me want to never leave this place even if that meant giving up music. I just wanted to stay with her forever in my bed and never leave.

I slept better than I ever had that night and woke up with Lila's head on my chest. I wished I could wake up like that more often. She was literally the light of my life. I had only been awake a few minutes when I heard my phone vibrate twice against the wood of my bedside table. I carefully reached over the sleeping beauty next to me to see what my new notification was even though I already had an idea of what it was.

Just as I had suspected, Erica had texted me of course. "Babe I miss u soooooo much. Y won't u pick up when I call." the text read. I was still extremely irritated that she wouldn't just spell out all the words. I was still extremely irritated that she was trying to contact me. I thought she might get the message that I didn't want to talk to her if I ignored her for a few days, but it was looking like I was wrong. I guessed I needed to set things straight with her. I unlocked my phone to text her back. "We're fucking done Erica. I don't want to talk to you. Stop calling me," I typed back. As I sent the message, Lila's alarm on her phone went off, waking her up. She reached over me to grab her phone and turn off the loud obnoxious noise. He hair was sticking up everywhere just as usual.

"Good morning, love," I greeted just as my phone vibrated again. She let out a yawn and started to sit up in bed. I wished she didn't have to go to work, so we could have stayed in bed all day.

The new message on my phone read, "U can't really mean that babe. We have something special." I wanted to barf. We had never had something "special." We had had a terrible relationship. She was just one of those people who needed a boyfriend at all times to keep her busy. I just locked my phone, thinking that I would just text her back after Lila went to work.

Lila then started to climb out of my bed, tossing the blankets away from her small body. "Stay in bed a bit longer," I insisted in a whiney tone. I grabbed her arm as she started to stand up and pulled her gently back into bed.

She let out a giggle. "Ben, I have to go to work," she responded. She turned back to look at me with a smile. Even though her makeup was smudged from sleep, her beauty was still overpowering.

"What the fuck are they gonna do if you're late? Fire you? You're already quitting soon," I pointed. After we were done recording the record, which would be in another two months, she would have to quit her job so she could come on tour with us and do merch. So, if they fired her now it wouldn't be that big of a deal.

"I'm not quitting for at least two months. I'm gonna need to pay rent somehow between now and then. Kelsey would be pissed if I didn't give her my share of rent. I can't get fired," she informed. I had been thinking about asking her if she just wanted to move in with Danny and I especially now that her and Kelsey and her were now longer on good terms. If she did move in, I wouldn't mind covering her share of the rent if it meant that we could just hang out in bed all day.

"Why don't you just move in here then?" I asked hopefully. She gave me an uncertain look, telling me she wasn't sure if that was a good idea. "I mean, you and Kelsey aren't really friends anymore, right? She's always fucking pissed off at you. Wouldn't it be nicer if you moved in?" I added. I just wanted to be able to spend as much time as possible with her. We had all those years to make up for.

"I don't know, Ben. I mean, Kelsey can't afford that place on her own and even though she's not exactly my favorite person right now, I don't want to put her in that situation," she told me, still looking hesitant. She was such a damn nice person. If I had a fight like that with one of my friends, I would be thinking of ways to fuck them over not looking out for them.

"Will you at least think about it?" I questioned. I would absolutely love for her to live her. Waking up next to her everyday, eating breakfast by her side, kissing her goodbye before she went off to work, would be amazing.

She gave me a nod before trying to wriggle her wrist free from my grasp. My grip was too tight for her to set herself free, though, and I pulled her back into bed. She fell back on the bed next to my body with a smile on her face. I reached over to plant a kiss on her perfectly plump lips. I thought she would pull away because she had to get ready for work, but instead she kissed me back harder and deepened the kiss. I soon pushed my tongue through her lips and into her mouth. Our tongues battled for dominance for a moment before mine overtook our love fest. I then put my hand down her shirt and started massaging her breasts. A moment passed before she began to sit up and all too soon she finally did pull away. This time I let her stand up, knowing she would be late for work if I kept her any longer even though I would have loved to fuck her right then. When she made it to the door she turned around to face me. "You coming?" she asked sexily. There was something about the way she was eyeing me that told me that she also wanted to have sex. I just nodded eagerly and followed her obediently to the bathroom down the hall from my bed room. I guess she didn't care about being late for work.