Working Together *Robsten Fanfiction*

-i completely understand-

     *robert*

     I think I've actually gone mad. I stopped acting like a child and I asked her out to get coffee tomorrow morning. Our conversations we had that evening were ones that I had never told anyone, only Kris. I felt so open talking to her and it seemed like she felt the same. 

     When she fell asleep, she was on the very corner of the bed, almost as if she didn't want to be near me. I didn't think too much of it, so I rested my eyes in attempt to fall asleep. The only problem is, I couldn't. It's like Kris was messing with my head and just the thought of getting to know her made me happy (not like that, she's quite a bit younger than me).

     As I was about to fall asleep, I felt something hit my shoulder. It was Kristen's head. She moved slightly closer muttering something I couldn't quite understand until she started saying them more clearly. 

     "Michael stop!" 

     Michael? Who's Michael?

     "Rob didn't do anything. Don't touch him!"

     She was dreaming about me. Granted by the sound of it, it sounded like it was something horrible and had something to do with someone named Michael. But she was still dreaming about me. 

     "Dammit Rob!" She woke up startled and I wanted to make sure she was going to be safe and not have a panic attack

     "Kris, are you okay? You said my name and something about Michael. Is everything alright?" I was genuinely worried that she didn't feel safe. 

     "Yeah, yeah I'm okay. Don't worry about it." She laid down and her breathing evened out.   

    She moved even closer and her arm slung over my stomach. I don't think it meant anything because she was asleep, but she was right beside me, clinging on to me as if she was scared. I pulled her even closer and drifted off into a restful sleep.  

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     *kristen* 

     "Who the hell was he?"  I was back at our old apartment. He looked at Robert with anger and hatred. Michael stormed in his direction and started yelling at him, except i couldn't hear anything he was saying. I only saw that his face was red and he wanted to hit Rob.

     "He's my friend and I really care about him! So stop yelling at him!" At this point tears were streaming down my face. 

     "I don't want to hear the friend bullshit okay?! What'd he do?! Did he touch you? You're only seventeen!" At this point he was punching Rob in the face. "Michael stop! Rob didn't do anything! Don't touch him!"

     It was this point that I woke up and it was still dark in the bedroom. I looked to my left and Rob was still there and had a worried look on his face. Had I woke him up?

     "Dammit Rob!" I didn't know what to say to him, I just wanted to hug him and make sure he's alright. I know it was just a dream, but I don't know what I would've done if it were real.

     "Kris, are you okay? You said my name and something about Michael. Is everything alright?" Good job Kristen, now hes all worried about you. He looked upset and I wanted to tell him everything, but I was just so exhausted. I would just tell  him eventually.

      "Yeah, yeah I'm okay. Don't worry about it." I felt my eyes get tired, so I let the sleep take over and I fell asleep rather quickly. 

*skip to the morning*

     When I woke up, I felt warm. I realized that my arms were around Rob's abdomen and my head was on his chest. I got up rather quickly because I didn't want to face the embarrassment of waking up in the arms of your new co-star. Robert started to stir.

     "Crap. Did i wake you?" I felt bad that I had kept him up and now i was waking him up. 

     "No you're good, I've actually been up for a little bit. I didn't want to wake you. You just looked so comfortable... and now I realize that it sounds kinda creepy. Sorry." He was getting shy and found that adorable.  

     "It's okay. Don't worry about it. I'm gonna go see if Cathy has two other toothbrushes. I'll be back." Being my clumsy self, I got out of bed and tripped over my feet towards the door. No wonder I landed a apart of the most clumsy teenager ever. When I got out of the room, I knocked on Catherine's door and she was getting ready.

     "Hey Cath, Rob and I were wondering if you had some extra toothbrushes."

     "Oh yeah, here you go." She handed me two toothbrushes. "So what are you doing today?" Uh-oh...

     "Oh, uh... Rob asked me to grab a coffee with him." I already knew what she was going to say.

     "What? You guys can't do that. What do you think the press will say? Kris you're seventeen! He's 21!" And... bingo.

     "No, I completely understand." I turned around and walked back to the guest room to tell Rob what Cathy had just told me. I took a seat next to him on the bed "Hey Rob, I kinda need to talk to you. I kinda told Catherine about our coffee date and she wasn't too happy and she thinks that we shouldn't go out." I looked down at my lap and i just felt frustrated. I finally found someone that I cared about after mine and Michael's breakup.

     "No I get it. Don't worry. We can just grab coffee  as... friends." I could see that he was hurt too. "Don't worry, come April 9th and we can go on an actual date."

...xxxJesse