Hi5 Family

Morning After

I woke up the next morning and saw that I was wrapped up in Gunner's arms. I watched him sleep softly as I rested my head on his chest and listened to the steady beating of his heart. I took his hand in mine and laced our fingers together. I rubbed circles in his hand and thought about how right this felt and how safe I felt as I kissed his hand. I leaned up and kissed his cheek before getting out of bed and heading down to the kitchen. I started to make us some breakfast and after about another half hour Gunner wandered down to the kitchen. "Morning sleepy head." "Morning." Gunner said. "How did you sleep?" I asked with my back turned to him. "Best sleep of my life." He said and I tried to hide my blushing face. "Sorry for waking you last night." I said as I remembered the events of the night. "We should talk about it." He said as he poured himself a cup of coffee. "I don't really want to it's extremely personal." "I think after last night personal shouldn't be a problem for us." I heard him chuckle and I turned to face him. "What's that supposed to mean?" I asked as I saw the smile fade from his face. "I just mean we shared a bed sooo..." "So what? You think we are dating or something? Just because I like a warm body in my bed doesn't mean we are dating." "Well then why me and why not Tanner." He asked and I smirked. "Well that's actually a great idea. I already have his shirt I might as well call Tanner now and ask him to come over tonight." I grabbed my phone and started dialing Tanners number. "Wait!" Gunner said as he walked over to me. He took my hands in his and I looked up at him. "I...um..." "Yes?" I said looking at him as he kept looking away. "I...uh...really enjoyed last night, and I would like it if maybe that ever happens again in the future that it's me you call and not Tanner." "Why? Is somebody jealous?" "Me? Jealous? Never." I laughed and looked up at him. "Fine I promise you that you will be the first person I call." I rolled my eyes at how sloppy and pathetic this was. "You have to pinky promise or else it doesn't mean anything." He held out his pinky. "Are you serious right now? How old are you five?" He looked at his pinky then at me. "Ugh fine! You're such a child!" I wrapped my pinky around his and promised he'd be the first person I'd call. I let go of his pinky and backed away from him. "I uh hope you don't mind my new style I needed a new scent." I said smiling as I backed from the kitchen to the stairs. Gunner looked down and realized he was wearing Tanners shirt and then he looked back up and saw I was wearing his shirt. "I'm going to need that back!" He said walking toward me. "You'll have to catch me first!" I said and took off running up the stairs. I heard him chase after me as we ran through the halls and the room. He finally caught me and wrapped his arms around me. "Gotcha!" He said as we fell onto the guest bed. I looked up at him and he looked down at me. He stood up and cleared his throat. "But you win so I guess you can keep it." He says as he stood up and straightened himself up. I walked to my room and sprayed it with my perfume to make sure it smelled like me before I got dressed in a tank top with jeans and a cardigan with some flats. I fold up his shirt and hand it back to him. "You can have it thanks." He smiles and hands me the shirt back. I watch as he takes off Tanners shirt. I glance at his abs and his body, but I quickly look away before he notices. He takes his shirt and puts it back one before handing me Tanners. "Thanks." He says. I suddenly feel my mouth go dry as I manage to mumble out a little "mhmm." He smirked and took a step towards me but I pushed him away. "Come on we'll be late for work." I walked down the stairs and smiled to myself as I tried to hide the blush I could feel creeping across my face. I grabbed my protein shake and keys as Gunner and I got into zero and drove off to work. Gunner played relaxing music during the slow LA traffic. "Ugh I have no patience for this!" "I would assume most east coast wouldn't!" I playfully hit him. "Ow!" He said acting hurt. "Oh please I think your bicep hurt my fist more than my fist hurt your bicep." "Oh so checking out my muscles are you?" He said flexing and if I hadn't been so dead set focused on the road I probably would've crashed. "You mean the ones that aren't there sure if that's what you'd call muscles." I say laughing to myself. "Oh come on I'm mostly arms." "Okay whatever you say pretty boy." I rolled my eyes. "So you think I'm pretty?" "I think you think you're pretty." "I think you're pretty." The car got quiet and I looked over at him as I could see a blush start to cover his face. "Shut up." I said punching his arm playfully. I rested my hand back on the gear shift and a few moments later I felt Gunner hook his pinky around mine. The rest of the car ride was filled with gentle morning music and pinky holding as we sat through the daily California traffic just trying to get to work. Like all good things though they must come to an end as I parked in front of blue base and let go of his pinky as we went our separate ways.