After a long day of establishing normal places to go for shopping, nights out, and just familiarizing ourselves with the layout of the place, we all head back to the flat. Its somewhere around 3:30am and the last place we hit was, indeed the pub.
"Ayy I want a sandwich!" Jamie keeps screaming in the cab. I think I'm the only one who can think straight-ish at the moment, besides the Doctor who, unfortunately, skipped the pub. I could use his help controlling the others. The cab stops and I get out first and fumble with the keys and the stubborn lock. Before I finally put the key in, the door swings open.
"Doctor," I slur my words, all my attention focused on standing properly, "get them in here." Seeing how plastered they all are, he complies. I walk in to the flat, staggering my way into my bedroom, stripping off the clingy jeans and my net-back shirt, replacing them with a hoodie and pajama shorts. Ben comes in and closes the door behind him. I make room for him next to me and he just throws his jeans and shirt at the wall and climbs in bed.
"C'mon, over here," he slurs. I curl up in a ball next to him and he strokes through my hair, his hands are shaky and weak.
"Tired?" I ask.
In a few seconds I get my reply by the sound of him quietly snoring in my ear. I lay there, my head on his pillow too, head under his jaw. I gently move up to his face and give him a gentle kiss before I drift off again.
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Knock knock knock.
Knock knock knock.
Wills?
Oh jeez, what is it now, I spring out of bed, disregarding the sleeping boyfriend next to me. Unlocking and opening the door, Jamie stands right in the doorframe, all the lights in the living room are on and everyone is sitting on a couch. But there's someone else too. Female. Familiar. "You'll never guess who's here."
"Who is it?" I ask a bit concerned. I can think of a few people who I don't want it to be.
"Who else could find you here? Really, Willa? Leave the country without telling me?" the familiar presence, distinct voice and appearance.
"Hannah? "
" Yep, thats right, had to stalk your Facebook location just to find out you even moved. Wills, you need to tell me things. Your mom called me saying you hadn't been seen for three weeks, why didn't you at least tell her? Seriously, nobody knew." She just loves to lecture me about anything and everything I do wrong, ever since the fifth grade.
"Okay, well she didn't talk to me more than twice in the two months since we got back from out west and I did leave a note at least. As long as she's not here," I spit. I love my mother, but when she does pay me any attention, its when I'm in some sort of trouble.
"She's coming to visit in two weeks."
"Excuse me?"
"Bought her a plane ticket, thought it would be nice to have the family back together for a while."
"Hannah, I am living with my friends, their boyfriends, and mine. What the hell made you think this would be a good idea?"
"Should have thought of that before you left Michigan, let alone North America."
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After a few days in the flat without anything to do, Ben and I go searching for some good stores and places to hang out, we find an immense mall with restaurants and pubs galore, so we decide to get lunch.
A cab takes us back to the flat around 7 after we had spent a while stocking up on food and anything else money could buy. Its too quiet, apparently everyone else left. The air conditioner sputters as I walk over to the fridge to put the food away.
"Did everyone leave?," Ben asks from the kitchen as I walk down the hallway. God knows what this boy is about to do.
"Yeah, I think," I say as I go to my bedroom, honestly just hoping to put on sweatpants and go to sleep for a while.
Next thing I know, Ben is pressed up behind me, one hand around my waist, the other on the front of my thigh. His nose nuzzles behind my ear, breath hot on my neck. "We have the whole place to ourselves for once-" he trails off, running his hand up my thigh, closer to between my legs. I feel him press against me with heat. "Plenty of time, nothing but each other to keep entertained."
Okay, you know what, screw sleep.
