Heart of Lions

What It Is To Us

Sleeping peacefully, Ariana clenched on tight to her pillow as she continued to keep her eyes closed. As the day slipped into the afternoon portion of the day, Ariana knew that if she woke up, she’d had to endure what came along with the having the career that she had. Interviews and her performance at the Radio Disney Awards, Ariana knew it’d be a full slate of work before she’d see her bed again. Feeling the movement of his arm that was on her waist, Ariana wore a smile on her face as she didn’t have to worry about it all being a dream because it was very much a reality that she could wake up to. Suddenly feeling the sensation from the kiss that he placed on the back of her neck, Ariana quickly turned to face him in the bed.

“Good morning” Ariana said after she leaned in to kiss him

“Good morning” Sean replied still half asleep as he took her hand in his

“This can’t be real” Ariana smiled

“It is, very much so” Sean told her “Actually feels good to not have to worry about us crossing a line, we can just be natural” he said

“Yeah” Ariana said “I didn’t expect you be here when I got back” she admitted as she played with his hand

“Really?” Sean asked “I mean we were going to hang out, I wasn’t just not going to see you at all” he said

“Yes, but the intent was to hang out the whole evening and attend this dinner party together” Ariana said

“Which was basically a test” Sean laughed “I don’t understand why girls give guys underlying messages on top of the message they’re giving” he joked

“I was not!?!” Ariana protested as she tried not to laugh but found it hard to do so

“You were, you so were. I Da Vinci Coded you” Sean replied “This wasn’t just a dinner party” he said as he made air quotes around what he was saying “This was like the set up to the conversation that we were supposed to have, in which we talk about our feelings” he said as Ariana laughed “It was, just admit that” he stated

“Okay, I may have wanted the night to go something like that” Ariana replied

“You even got a new dress and everything” Sean added

“How’d you know?” Ariana asked

“Please, I know you. You were probably all excited and went straight to the mall after rehearsals, bought every dress you liked to be on the safe side” Sean laughed “Am I right thus far?” he asked

“You’re not completely off the grid” Ariana replied

“Man, you were going hard for this dinner, weren’t you?” Sean asked as he teased her

“What? You weren’t exactly easy to read. Things have been so weird, I figured one of us should just make an attempt to figure it out” Ariana said