Trapped in a Zoom Call ↬ Jason Waud

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Aurora takes her bag from the passenger seat of her mom's car, before getting out of the car. Just forty minutes ago, Cat told her that Jason wasn't doing well and without hesitation she made her way to his place. This was the first time she came and she wished it was under better circumstances. Without hesitation she walks up to the front door and knocks, waiting for someone to answer.

"Oh, good afternoon Mrs. Waud." Aurora smiles, at the woman. The twins look so much like their mother, that she didn't have to question herself at the sight of her. "I'm Aurora."

"Oh, it's a pleasure meeting you Aurora. Come on in." Mrs. Waud opens the door up wider to allow Aurora in. "I'm sure you're here to see Jason. His room is right down the hall."

"Thank you." Aurora beams, before following her directions to Jason's door. She knocks on the door nervously.

"Come in." With a deep breath, she slowly opens the door. Peaking in she notices that the only light source came from the gap between the curtains.

"Jason." She calls out softly, making him turn around from where he was lying on his bed to face her. She walks into the room and closes the door. Dropping her bag on the floor she walks up to his bed. "Hey, how are you?"

"I'm okay. Cuddles?" He asks as he opens up his arms, making her chuckle as she removes her shoes before getting in the bed with him. Jason makes sure she is well rugged in under the blanket before pulling her close to him.

"Joe told Cat that you weren't in a good mood, so I had to come see you. You don't have to tell me what's wrong. I just wanna be here for you." Aurora mumbles as she rests her head on his shoulder.

"Thank you, Rory." He breaths out.

"You're my best friend, I'll always be there for you. Now. How about a nap? I'm feelings like a nap." She muses, causing him to chuckle.

"It's 6pm, if we take a nap now,  we might wake up either later or tomorrow." He points out, making her shrug. "Won't your parents get worried if you don't come home today?"

"No, they know." She assures him as she snuggled closer to him.

"Okay. Can I at least have a bedtime story?" He asks teasingly, causing her to snort as she shakes her head.

"What are you? Six years old?" She asks rhetorically, before sarcastically saying. "Now, which story would you like to hear? Cinderella or Sleeping Beauty?"

"I hate you." Jason huffs, making her giggle. "Maybe a nap is a good idea. At least then I don't have to put up with you for a while."

"Wow. Jason, this is how you treat your friends, alright imma go." Aurora says teasingly as she goes to sit up, only for him to pull her back down. A squeal escapes her lips, before she starts giggling.

"You ain't going anywhere." He says, making her giggle even more. She looks up at him, and her breaths gets caught in the back of her throat. Their noses were barely touching. His eyes slowly trail down from her eyes to her lips, before going back up. Her heart skipped a beat, as she leaned a little closer. He seemed to understand what she was thinking, when he leaned and closed the space between them.

The whole world froze for Aurora, her heart rate sky rocketing. They weren't in the most comfortable position right now to be doing this, with Aurora being sprawled across him, but it didn't matter, all that mattered was the tingling feeling on the their lips. What was only a few seconds, felt like hours to them. Pulling away to catch their breath, Jason rests his forehead on hers.

"So, the nap?" Aurora asks jokingly, making both of the chuckle.

"In a few minutes." Jason breaths out as he leans back down to kiss her.