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Reasons Why We Are... - Part 17

Lilac's P.O.V

The living room was dark besides the shine from the laptop and a little lamp in the corner. The camera could just about pick us up enough so everyone watching could see us. Mitchell and Bianca had fallen asleep about 3 hours before on either end of the sofa and me and Jordan saw no reason to wake them. We were all tired but I was determined to make it and even though I had said to Jordan that he could go sleep, he refused every time. After the fourth try I stopped asking. He's as stubborn as I am.

"We've got 15 minutes to go Ditsy. Anything you want to say to everyone watching?"

"Well funny you bring that up Lil, I've been watching the chat get progressively more tired so how about we wake them up." He said. Before I could possibly question anything he kissed me on the cheek.

And that did the trick, as the chat began losing themselves.

"Damn it guys cool it. Good job, now everyone in the chat has lost their collective sh*t."

He gasped before exclaiming in a very surprised tone of voice,"Princess, how dare you use such provocative language on this form of online entertainment free to the open air public! Apologize to your fellow subjects this instant!"

I giggled as childishly as I could before simply stating no.

He punched me lightly on the shoulder, only for me to shove him back. He pushed me pretty hard and after that I just went full force and flattened him. He was warm and snuggly. He picked me up to my complete surprise and sat me beside him again but with my legs on his. He chuckled kind of nervously I think.

"And that's why you don't want to fight me when I'm tired." I said smugly.

He placed an arm around waist and replied,"Because if I do, I'll be flattened?"

"Exactly, consider yourselves all warned!"

"Hey Princess? There's two minutes to go, I think we need to say goodbye and good night. As soon as you turn off the camera I'm gonna faint."

"Well you do that. Thanks for watching guys, I'm dead inside and Will, you can suck it because I made it!" I said sticking my tongue out at the camera before turning off the stream.

"Night." Jordan said behind me laying down in a ball on the couch, closing his eyes.

"I'm not going to bother with the other two, but you can have my parents bed upstairs if you want."

"Seriously? That'd be great."

We headed up, pulling each other up the stairs due to our tiredness. This wasn't new. Nobody ever got enough sleep in school. The first thing you'd hear from most people would be 'I'm so tired' or 'I'm dead inside' and not good morning.

We made it to the top landing with as little stumbles as possible and I came and sat on my parents bed with Jordan. I crawled to the headboard and hugged a pillow closing my eyes. I could smell my mum's perfume, making me miss her. A scent that while always comforting, you could never really tell what it was. It was fresh and bright, not sweet like most perfumes. It baffled me for years but it most certainly didn't stop me from stealing some for school partys and discos.

After about an hour of trying to sleep and failing I dug out my laptop. Jordan seemed slightly startled by the screens bright light. He wasn't asleep but at least trying to settle with his eyes closed, so I apologized and offered that we watch something.

We were most of the way through a rewatch of '13 Reasons Why' and though it's not the best thing to be watching late at night, we continued none the less. We were very close to one another, foreheads almost touching. We watched, myself somewhat struggling to keep my eyes open.

The two leads were finally kissing and I was smiling faintly at the screen, my heart rate increasing slightly. I knew what this scene was trying to build up to them doing and I felt extremely awkward being next to Jordan in that moment. I had never been before and I looked over to see how he was handling the scene.

He was looking at me now, obviously noticing that I had turned to face him. He started to try and lean in. I knew what was happening in that moment I thought. I thought. I thought.

The Prince wants a fairytale and freedom.The Princess wants fun and family.

And to those who are blind, what they want sometimes stares them in the face so long it eventually must get their attention by taking a new angle.

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Hey... I know it's late but I sprained my ankle, went on a trip, and then just this morning I had to go back to the hospital because I burst and broke all the ligaments in my other ankle.

But I will say, if you watch miraculous ladybug you might wanna check out the new book I published on it. It's stupid but entertaining. It's different from what I've done before but I wanna extend my content. And give myself more work when I should be doing homework.

Summer's soon so that may be the next time I update. I'll do my best.

Sleepy Skye