Chester Bennington - Unusual Neighbor

Waking up to (un)pleasant surprises

I woke up to the odd feeling of not being alone. Odd, but pleasantly comfortable.

There was an alarm buzzing, disturbing my peacefulness.

Chester's warm body turned around to turn it off and returned to glue itself to me.

"'Morning," he mumbled, still slightly asleep.

I became aware of why I was not alone in bed and why it felt like I woke up in paradise.

"Good morning," I replied, planting a kiss on his bare chest. His skin smells so good. "You should get up."

"Five more minutes," he pouted, making me smile.

"No, you have to go to work. And so do I." 

Chester whined and yawned. He let go of me and stretched his body slowly in an almost sensual manner, exposing his naked torso. My eyes stared at him, my mind echoing inappropriate thoughts. 

"See something you like?" He lifted a brow in a cocking manner.

"Yup," I said carelessly, screeching when Chester threw himself at me and kissed me all over my face. I giggled and tried to release myself from him because he was making my whole body shiver. "What gotten into you?"

Chester stopped his kisses and remained on top of me with his almost naked body between my legs, just staring at my eyes with the most lovely expression.

"I just love the image of waking up with you by my side," he whispered.

"Me too," I replied equally quiet. 

His soft hand brushed some hair away from my face, carefully tucking it behind my ear. He caressed the top of my head, from the roots of my hair, until the ends. His mind went somewhere else, somewhere pleasant because they started glistering out of nowhere and his expression became dreamy. 

"We should get ready, shouldn't we?" He said after some time admiring my features. He wanted so badly to stay in bed with me, all day. Never in his entire existence, he felt so good waking up, nor wanted to stay in bed to enjoy the company of someone. It was one of those moments that you never want to end because you feel like you belong there.

"Yeah, I think we should," I smiled, giving him a peck on his lips. "But first, let's make us some breakfast."

***

"You're in a good mood today. Yesterday you were so broody," Janice interrupted my thoughts. 

After breakfast, Chester and I went separate ways and I came to work. It was a busy morning, still preparing the University's ceremony. I had to call suppliers and greenhouses to make sure they received my order and they will have everything on time. That evening, Id have to travel for one hour to make sure the flowers the University picked were prepared because they were extremely hard to produce and to find - which will cost them a fortune, but who am I to complain?

I lifted my head from the paper I was preparing with everything I needed to get ready that day and furrowed my brows at Janice. That woman has the intuition of a lion and the cleverness of a fox. Even with her age, she is always so perceptive and aware of what surrounds her and she can feel when I'm sad or when I'm happy.

"You were so sad, it pained me to see you that way. That light that you usually have in your eyes was just so dim... And since I don't like to intrude, and I'm sure you wouldn't tell me, I didn't ask what was wrong." I nodded my head, confirming her that I understood her and was grateful that she didn't ask. "You do know that you can speak to me, about anything."