We all know the story of how Alex Vreeke was sucked away from our world and into the game Jumanji. But what about when a character from the game gets sucked into our world...
My second 'Jumanji' story! Theresa Ross is a teaching assistant at Brantf...
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The next morning when she rose from a deep sleep she found that she had shifted over considerably. She was rather comfortable and gave a content, groggy sigh as she snuggled closer. Glancing upward, she was met by his face, content in sleep, just above hers, hers which was pressed into his chest, her hand resting against his neck, fingertips slipped beneath the collar of his shirt.
Oh God...
She had rolled over in her sleep and right into his embrace without even noticing, and she guessed that he in his sleep had wrapped his arms around her. It had felt so natural to them both that neither even realized it.
With a yelp that startled him awake, she jumped out of his arms and, being the ever clumsy person she was, she fell back off the cot and onto the ground with a thud.
He sat bolt upright with a start, looking confused and disoriented, just as she was stumbling to her feet.
"What happened?" he cried.
"We were sleeping together!" she blurted. "Well not really - well, yes, but not like - oh never mind! I mean - we were cuddling..." Sure, she was definitely more comfortable around him now, but this was moving a little too quickly for comfort...
"Oh..."
"Yeah... I'm sorry, that was probably an overreaction. I just, wasn't expecting..." Stop talking, stop talking right now! You've embarrassed yourself enough! The cuddling was kind of nice, to be perfectly honest, she just hadn't given herself much time to enjoy it before freaking out.
"I-I'm sorry..."
"For what?"
"Uh, waking you..." Shut up! She was only making it worse. "And startling you... Sorry." Good Lord she was awkward. "Am I always this awkward around you?" She had to ask.
He chuckled. "No."
"Oh. Good." This was true though, she hadn't been this awkward last night when he was telling her about them. She would even say she had been a little flirty at times.
They met eyes for a moment before both laughing a little.
"Well, now that we're up-" He stood.
"Yeah..."
He was staring again. "Sorry. It's just - I'm worried you're not really here, that it's just my mind playing tricks, or the game messing with me."
"No, I'm really here. Well, mostly, still working on the memory part. And you were just holding me, so I'd say that's proof."
"True."
They both left the tent at the same time this morning. After both trying to step out at the same time and bumping shoulders, he gave a sweep of his arm and let her go first.
