Forever Rivals

The Letter

Alex's POV:

Sunlight started hitting my eyes through the open curtains of the window and I rolled over, grunted slightly. Feeling a body facing me, I opened my eyes. Christen's face was a few inches away from mine, her nose basically brushing against mine. She looked beautiful, as always. Her eyes were shut, but her lips twitched a little as if she was waking up too.

Leaning up, I saw the time was 7:39. Ugh that's too early. I leaned back down and closed my eyes again. I was tired. Which makes sense because I didn't get much sleep, for certain reasons.

A few minutes later I heard a light, intentional cough and I twisted a little, my eyes opening to see Allie standing at the door, room key in hand. "Don't mean to interrupt, but uhh...."

"Too late." I grunted, turning onto my back and rubbing my eyes.

"You know what? I'll just go down to breakfast now and get my stuff after." Allie smiled a little and turned back around. "But you guys need to come down, apparently Jill is gonna say a few things."

"Thanks, Allie. Now leave."

"Already on it, bud." Allie winked at me, backing out of the room, shutting the door behind her.

Christen mumbled and dug her head into the pillow. "Five more minutes, mom."

"Not quite your mom." I smiled, leaning closer and kissing her forehead softly.

Christen's eyelids fluttered up to reveal her green eyes, which squinted at me before smiling. "No, I guess not. Better, though." She bit her lower lip before leaning towards me, placing her lips on mine briefly. "Did you sleep well?"

I pretended to think. "Hm, not really. Every time I tried falling asleep, I would get really distracted."

"You don't say, by what?"

"By a very obnoxious, annoying, persistent girl who wouldn't leave me alone for some reason." I said matter-of-factly and Christen's eyebrows raised.

"Obnoxious, really?" Christen smirked and moved closer to me. "Persistent, I agree with. But I think you're projecting when you say annoying." She started kissing my collarbone and I bit my lip.

"No, it was definitely this girl. And she was super aggressive too." I added, holding in a moan as Christen moved, throwing her leg over me so she was straddling me as I laid down.

"Mhm," Christen mumbled as she connected our lips.

As it got more heated, I pulled away gently. "But seriously, Allie said we have to be at breakfast. Jill wants to say something."

"We don't have to be on time."

I looked at the clock; 8:12. "We should go."

Christen didn't respond, just kept kissing me as her hands traveled down my stomach, making me moan slightly. "Whatever you say, Alex."

She started to move off of me, but I grabbed her waist, pulling her back. "We can be late."

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"How nice of you to join us, ladies." Jill mentioned as Christen and I walked past her into the dining hall. 8:32.

"Sorry we're late." Christen replied quickly.

"Yeah, sorry." I said, walking over and sitting down at a table with Kelley and Allie.

"Well you two... look tired. Long night." Kelley commented, sipping her coffee. Like she needs more caffeine.

"You look tired yourself, Kelley." Christen retorted. "Visit Sonnett last night by any chance?" At that last comment I almost spit out my waffles.