Come Break Me Down

Chapter 9

Morning came fast and we had a very long flight back to LA. I knew it would be a pain in the ass to adjust to California time and wasn't looking forward to it. Jared suggested that I change my watch to LA time and stay awake. He said it would be easier to adjust to the time change and I knew that would mean we would both be up for many hours.

He sat next to me, looking out the window and yawning before the plane was even in the air. I hated to think about staying awake all that time and knew it would be a struggle to keep my eyes open. Shannon was seated next to his brother and leaned over to whisper into his ear. I frowned when I heard his words. "No sex games on the plane!"

Rolling my eyes, I leaned forward and flipped him off. He and I always had a playful relationship, but he had his moments and I knew that if I ever needed Shannon, he'd have my back.
He elbowed Jared. "That's not nice. You see that bro? Control your woman." He tilted forward, "You want me to tell you what you can do with that finger?"

He glared at me and I leaned across Jared to respond. "When did I say that I was nice?" I laughed and added, "I don't need your ideas for what I can do with my fingers, I have plenty of my own."

Jared chuckled at whatever Shannon mumbled under his breath and then relaxed in his seat. He understood it was all in fun and we eventually settled down. It was a long flight and I passed the time by listening to music and trying to think of how amazing it would be to sleep in my own bed. I had no idea how Jared did it, handled traveling and changing time zones.

I was so tired and rubbing my eyes half way through the flight. Jared, Shannon, and I talked, we listened to music and I still ended up dozing off for a little while.
After catching our connecting flight, we would be home in just a few hours and I couldn't wait. Shannon looked at me, once again picking on me. "So, is this the longest you've gone without having sex with my brother?" He looked at me smirking.

"You're just jealous that you don't have anyone to have sex with!" I stuck my tongue out at him. I absolutely loved to pick on Shannon and remind him of the endless relationships he entered that never seemed to work out.

He looked back at me frowning. "And maybe you just don't know me at all... You think because I don't bring her around to play freaky sex games with, that I'm alone? Maybe I just sneak her out before you ever have a chance to see her." He shoved his sunglasses back on and walked ahead of me.

I looked at Jared, who glanced back at me nodding. "It's true, he's seeing a nice one this time."

"You've met her?" I was shocked.

He grinned, "I have and he might keep this one around for a while."

Making our way through the airport, I walked behind them all the way outside, busy texting my sister the whole way. Just a 40 minute ride from the airport and we would be home. It was bright and sunny and not yet noon in LA, but I was so ready to crash.

Jared would never go to sleep. I knew that once at home, he would find something to do and keep going until he was so exhausted, he couldn't keep his eyes open.

After dropping everyone off, we finally arrived at home. All I wanted to do was climb into bed and go to sleep. Jared could see how tired I was and nudged me. "Are you going to try and sleep now? I'm going to try and stay awake so that I can sleep tonight."

I wanted to spend as much time with him as possible before he was gone again.
"I'll stay awake with you." I dropped my bag on the floor inside and rubbed my tired eyes.

He walked up behind me wrapping his arms around my waist and kissing my neck. "Baby, you can sleep. I don't want you to feel like you have to stay awake with me, I know you're tired."

"No, I'm good, I'll sleep later." He let go of me and let out a deep breath as he paced back and forth.

"So, I have a meeting in an hour. That's why I said for you to just sleep for a while." He stopped to look at me, knowing that even while I was used to the way he was always going, I hated when he didn't rest enough.

I folded my arms, "How long will you be gone?" I tried not to sound upset, but we just got home and he already had a meeting scheduled.

"Not really sure, maybe a few hours. Sorry that I didn't tell you, I just thought that you would be asleep and I'd be back before you woke up. I did it to get it out of the way so that the rest of the week, I can be home with you. I didn't plan anything else, but I do have to go to this meeting."

Now, how could I be mad at that? He was actually going to have a whole week with me. I couldn't wait. "I'll try to sleep. Go to your meeting, but please wake me when you get back if I'm not up."

I peeled off my clothes and took a quick shower before climbing into our comfortable bed. He changed clothes and gave me a kiss before walking out and closing the door.

I must've slept for close to three hours and when I sat up to look at the clock, I realized he wasn't back. I walked around the house to find his bag was by the door, right where he left it when we got in.

I headed out to pick up some food and upon returning, I found him sitting on the bed. His eyebrows were missing and his green hair looked like it could glow in the dark. I stopped, my eyes must've been huge and the only words he said were, "Don't you dare laugh at me!"