Make My Way

Chapter Twenty-One

Aria's POV

Now that we were all staying the night, we had to figure or sleeping arrangements. I volunteered for that. "She has six bedrooms including hers and her parents' and some people can sleep on couches. Well, Adrian and Easton can take the couches downstairs. There's a kids guest bedroom upstairs with bunk beds that Xavier and Merrick can take. Laine and Everly can share the guest bedroom upstairs and Vivian and Aura can sleep in Stella's room. Both rooms have queens so that'll be fine. Stella's parents room has a king and a couch so how about Neil and Stella in there. Then there's a guest bedroom on this floor and one in the basement."

"Well Blake and Aria can share the downstairs bedroom," Easton suggested and I gave him a funny look.

"Well that means that Liam and Willow get the only bedroom on this floor. It has one queen. I guess so does the one downstairs but eh." I rose my eyebrows at Willow and smirked. She smiled sarcastically and her eyes had a murderous glint in them.

We talked for a while longer before dispersing. The guys stayed in the living room while the girls went up to Stella's. A few of us change into some more comfortable clothes, borrowed from Stella. Vivian decided to stay in her clothes since they were comfortable. I tried to get Aurora to wear something halfway normal but she decided otherwise. She paired some tropical themed leggings with a orange and black zebra print shirt that she had given Stella a couple years ago. Willow just borrowed some joggers and kept her shirt. Stella was wearing her dads old oversized Harvard Law crewneck sweatshirt without a bra and black spandex that you could barely see because the sweatshirt was so long.

Laine and Everly stayed in their leggings and old t-shirts because they said that's what they wear to sleep anyway. I changed into some simple, dark gray spandex with a thin, mint green tank top with one inch wide straps. I left my bra on because there were guys in the house and the tank top was kind of fitted.

We went back downstairs and Stella said, "I'm going upstairs. There's TVs in most if not all of the places you're sleeping. We have movies in that cabinet over there." She pointed to a wooden cabinet by the TV. "Goodnight." She went upstairs with Laine, Everly, Vivian, and Aurora. After a minute or so, Neil, Merrick, and Xavier went up too.

When no one else made an effort to move, Willow and I looked at each other and shrugged before sitting down. She sat down nicely next to Liam while I, on the other hand, took a few steps back and got a running start to jump and land on top of Blake. He groaned and then laughed. I smiled at him and sprawled myself across the chair so that my head was on one arm, my body was on him, and my legs were dangling off the other side.

We talked for a while about random things and elementary school. At about 3:45, Adrian and Easton decided to go to bed. Then it was just me, Willow, Blake, and Liam. We talked for another 30 minutes before Willow and I decided we were tired. "I want to watch a movie," I proclaimed.

Willow yawned and said, "I don't I'm too tired."

"I'm with you," Liam said.

"Well you two go to bed and Aria and I will watch a movie downstairs, then," Blake told them, pushing me off his lap and towards the movie cabinet. Willow and Liam awkwardly stood up and disappeared into the bedroom, shutting the door quietly behind them.

I high-fived Blake and we turned to the movies. We looked through most of them, overlooking most Disney films for now, and picked out the Marvel ones to see what Stella had. She had quite a few, but, in the end, we decided on the original Iron Man.

I carried it downstairs while Blake got us some water from the kitchen. I popped the movie in and waited for him to come in. He brought the water and set them on the bedside table. He went to shut the door and after he did, he turned to face me dramatically. He ran and jumped onto the bed, making me bounce.

He grabbed me and tickled my sides. I laughed and laughed, trying to turn over and get him back. "Ow! That hurts!" I said and he stopped, looking at me suspiciously. I flipped over and jumped on top of him, tickling him back. Sadly, I wasn't strong enough to hold my ground and he had me in no time.

I strategically stopped fighting him and calmed myself down. When he stopped, I flipped over on top of him. It didn't last long. He kept the momentum going and ended up on top of me again. Stupid football player.

He stopped tickling me and rammed his lips into mine hard. I kissed back with everything I had been holding in since the last time we kissed. I felt his hard, defined chest through my shirt. His hands ran across the hem of my tank top.

I don't know how long we were making out but I finally pulled away. "We should probably start the movie," I say in a hushed voice. He smiled and nods as he pulls away and sits up against the headboard.

I grabbed the remote and sat next to him. Still shirtless, he pulled me up against him so that my bare arms touched his chest. I pressed play on the remote. He rubbed my arm and I rested my head on his shoulder and he rested his head on top of mine.