How it Began

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"Hal." He hears a voice whispering in his ear, followed by a kiss on his cheek. "Wake up, Hal." He opens his eyes slowly and looks over to see Alice smiling at him. "Good morning, sleepyhead."

"Good morning indeed." She laughs and kisses him softly. "You look really gorgeous." He tells her, watching as a blush comes over her skin, travelling down to her neck. That's when he notices she's wearing nothing but the bed sheet. The memories from the night before flood his head, Part of him thought he dreamed because he felt it was just too good to have actually happened.

But there she is, beside him, in his bed, wrapped in his bed sheet, kissing him and touching him. He feels like the luckiest man in the world.

He looks over at the clock on his nightstand and sees it's still early. "You know, we still have a bit before we have to get up."

She smirks. "What are you getting at Coop?"

"Oh nothing."

She giggles and kisses him. "I like what you're thinking." She moves herself into his lap as he sits up and she lets the bed sheet fall away.

He focuses his attention on her bare chest so she takes the opportunity to slide down onto him. He gasps and grips her hips tightly. "Fuck, Alice."

She smiles and meets his lips again, wasting no time in slipping her tongue past his lips. He holds her hips as she moves and moans into her mouth.

"Harold!" His mother's voice rings from downstairs.

Alice pulls away from his lips quickly and stops her movements. "Fuck is that your mom?"

"Yeah." He sighs and his head falls back. "Fuck." They both hear her footsteps coming upstairs and she gets off of him, wrapping herself up in the bed sheet again.

"Where are my clothes?"

"I don't know! You threw them somewhere last night."

"Hal?" His mom calls again.

"Fuck, there's no time to find your clothes, just get in the closet." She glares at him but does as he says.

He pulls on a pair of boxers and just in time too as his mom turns the doorknob. He's quick to stop her from coming in. "Ever heard of knocking mom?"

"Sorry honey, I just came to wake you up. You didn't answer."

"I didn't hear you." He lies.

"You're up awfully early. That's not like you."

"Oh, uh, yeah. Couldn't sleep."

"Probably because your room is freezing, why is it so cold?"

"I uh, left the window open."

"Well no wonder you couldn't sleep, it's cold outside. Close your window."

"I will mom. Now can I finish getting dressed please?"

"Breakfast is ready whenever you are."

"Okay. Thanks." He closes his door and locks it before walking over to the closet.

Alice is still wrapped in his bed sheet and looking very unimpressed. "I really don't enjoy hiding in your closet."

"Would you rather her catch us?"

"Well no, but come up with a better hiding spot for me."

"So there's going to be more times you're going to be hiding in my bedroom."

"I think that's a definite possibility." She kisses him softly. "Now help me look for my clothes."

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"Hey Cooper!" One of Hal's friends calls for him as he gets out of his car. "How was your night?"

"Good." Hal smiles as he remembers it. "Really good."