Voice. LH Au

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Arden's POV~

"Damn it !" Michaels loud voice echoed throughout the near deathly silent apartment startling Jess and I .

Until Mikey's sudden outburst , the only sound that could be deciphered was the snow gracefully pelting against the windows , and jess' muffled snores (as she was peacefully having one of her infamous pre dinner naps) .

Key word there being WAS.

I myself was lost in a daze of tranquillity softly sketching jess' sleeping figure :  however whatever figure that had once resembled her , was now unrecognisable from a jagged black pencil line tearing through it due to being jump scared , and deafened.

Jess' groggy voice emerged slowly as she uncurled from her previous position. 

"What the hell - are we being robbed ? I  pray to god we are otherwise, whoever woke me up better have a seriously good reason and a coffin at the ready ". She grumbled rubbing her eyes.

"Don't look at me I like my life - why would I risk it ? That's like willingly poking a bear repeatedly with a stick" I muttered shooting daggers at Mikey. I'm very protective of my drawings , and essentially he just hurt my baby.

Ignoring Jess's empty threat Michael proceeded to cuss under his breath glancing down at his laptops screen , furiously typing on the keyboard.

"I'm done for. I'm so freaking screwed." He deadpanned, placing his head into his hands. "It's my last day to email my professor my song and the god damn programme just froze."

He groaned loudly once again. " If I don't get this to him today  I'll fail my entire course and  I'll be more of a failure than my parents already think I am ! ".

Jess tutted before getting up and placing her arms around Mikes waist ,  before placing a gentle kiss onto his neck in reassurance. She wasn't a huge fan of pda : nor am I myself  (although I've never had a boyfriend for this to be an issue)...

Jess' argument opposing pda is fairly simple - ' unless you're not going to see each other for a long period of time, (ie. jack and rose situation) , then and only then is it acceptable. However , if you really feel you can't last 5 minutes apart from eachother , can you please not kiss in doorways or in places that may inconvenience others (I.e McDonald's).'

Fairly reasonable rule if you think about it. So for her to express such a meaningful act here, just proves how much she hates feeling that she can't make her pouting boyfriend smile again.

My heart ached at the touching moment unfurling infront of me, yet I couldn't help but feel a strong twang on my heartstrings when Michael spoke of his parents. Let's just say that one hits close to home.  But let me tell you now there's no worse feeling than being unable to help someone when you know exactly how they feel.
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Michael and Jess had now long since given up on reviving his laptop much to his dismay. Having now proceeded to retreat into jess' room to binge watch Netflix , after many failed attempts of trying.

I myself was now mindlessly watching re runs of modern family, haphazardly sprawled across the sofa, a blanket covering my legs. Luke had messaged me beforehand saying he couldn't get home due to the crappy new york snow after his shift , to which I replied :

Better find another caring  stranger to bring you hot chocolate then ;-)

You're a meanie. I was going to ask if you wanted starbucks but you don't deserve it now.

I giggled at his response , only to jump at the sudden knock at the door. As soon as I clicked the lock of the door open, an extremely cold looking Luke tackled me into a tight hug, making me stumble backwards slightly shocked at his sudden affection.

"W-well this i-is n-new" I laughed awkwardly wrapping my arms around the lanky boy. Lukes teeth chattered as he spoke.

"Thank god you opened the door when you did - I swear any longer out there and I would've froze my balls off". He chucked lightly into my shoulder, subsequently making me shove his arms off me.

"Always t-the g-gentlemen h-hemmings" I smirked snickering to myself before slumping back down to my sofa crease. "Get r-ready to e-experience the wonders t-that is the b-best tv show in t-he apartment".

Luke raised an eyebrow in confusion, " why not world? Why only in the apartment ?"

"Jess and Michael will h-hear and I'm n-not g-getting into another a-argument over the Simpsons!" I sighed face palming. My life ladies and gentlemen.