It wasn't my intention to have a sleep over with both Lynch brothers back to back, but really? I'm not complaining.
I woke up bright and early this morning at 6am. This was a whole new level of early for me. My body never sees this much sunlight during the day. I heard a faint snore coming from someone in my apartment. I turned around hoping to see Ross next to me, but he wasn't. The snoring continued and I finally peaked my head up all the way around the room and brought my attention down the ground, and there he was. All wrapped up in one of my blankets, snuggling one of my teddy bears, and sleeping peacefully.
He even looked beautiful at six in the morning, and that was a lot to admit about a man.
I tried to tippy toe quietly around him but I failed without even noticing. He lifted his foot in front of mine, making me trip over it and falling down right on top of his warm body.
Ross laughed extremely loud and held me in between his arms so my fall wouldn't be as bad. I tried to fight him off giggling and pleading, "let go of me!" He squeezed me in tighter and finally let me go. I stood up carefully, watching him for any other tricks. Ross continued to laugh.
"Thank's for letting me stay here, Mari," he chuckled.
I began my way over to the bathroom, feeling my stomach to see if I truly needed to use the bathroom or not. I can't be the only one who gets embarrassed about going in front of guys, right?
"No problem!" I called out while walking into the bathroom. I closed the door behind me and sat on the toilet, knowing I couldn't get away without getting rid of all that pizza we had last night. I put the volume up on my phone extremely loud, hoping he couldn't listen.
"It's a good thing too. Rocky just told me he had some girl over last night and they did not leave the living room," Ross yelled back. This made me peak my eyebrows up and scroll immediately onto his instagram profile. Two nights in a row? And he said Ross needed to learn how to tone it down a bit...
Rocky had an instagram story waiting for me to open, and that's exactly what I did. It was a picture of him holding up a wine glass over the view of the city. He captioned it, "What a night."
I scrunched my eyebrows, pressing down on the screen with my thumb. "Oh, yeah?" I replied, still staring at the story.
After a few minutes I finished up in the bathroom and brushed my teeth. I placed my hair up into a semi-messy bun, feeling really accomplished about getting it done on the first try, and stepped out into the rest of the apartment.
"It was the pizza, huh?" Ross chuckled, giving me a goofy smile. He was still in his hoodie from last night, having his head strung in tight underneath the hood. I blushed embarrassingly, putting a strand of curls behind my ear.
"Yes," I said, managing to start a small laugh.
Ross finally lifted himself up and walked over to the window beside my bed. "New York City is really the best sight to see at 6am... well that and you falling," he teased, motioning me to come over. I just know my falling face couldn't be as pretty.
I accompanied him over by the window and opened it outwards. We peaked our small heads outside, looking around at what the city had to offer at this time of the day. People were shouting, cars honking, while still maintaining the fresh smell of hot dog stands and bagels. A lot of different things in one setting, but still the same old city that never sleeps.
"I always try to get up as early as I can. Can't waste no time, you know?" He turned his head over to meet mine, but I always already looking at him before.
"Yeah," I nodded. "Busy up in Vancouver, shooting a television series and making music. You need every hour you can get." I peaked my head downwards, frowning a bit. "I have literally no reason to be up at this time. I was never even up this early for class, and now I don't even have that either."
I walked away from the window and crashed onto my bed, feeling a bit sorry for myself. He turned towards me after a few more moments of looking out the window and sat down next to me. "You'll find something. I think you already have," he implied, giving me a small grin.
"Do you have an extra toothbrush?" He asked, walking over to the bathroom.
"Under the sink," I directed. He gave me two thumbs up and walked in the bathroom.
My phone vibrated against the bed after a few moments and I reached over to check what it was.
Vivienne: Rise and shine, loves! Meet us at the brother's hotel for some of the best room service breakfast you'll ever have. See you at 9 ;)!
Vivienne had put us all into a group chat, including Rashaad and Nathan. They had to leave early from our lunch date yesterday and mentioned the possibility of all of us meeting up again today. I wasn't opposed to it of course.
I assumed Ross was still on the toilet as he texted, "See you then!" The toilet flushing echoed around the room as he then turned on the faucet. After a few moments he was done and made his way back over to the counter, sitting down.
"Hey, do you have some coffee?" He asked, looking around the kitchen area.
Forcing myself up with all my strength, I made my way over to the kitchen and revealed my coffee maker. It was old and rusty, just like every Latina grandmother's. I made him coffee as we chatted about meeting up with the others later on. It was about 7am by now.
I set up the coffee in front of him with a piece of bread with butter. Ross gave me a puzzled look before beginning to chuckle. "Oh, I know. Cafe con pan?" He asked in a cheesy Spanish accent. It was very minimal but kind of there, and definitely really cute to hear.
"Yes," I chuckled. "Try it, you're going to love it!" I watched him dip the bread into the coffee as his face automatically lit up, making me smile.
"Such a great little addition to some morning coffee," he grinned. I made the same set up for myself and was already almost done with my first bit of bread, reaching for another one.
"Maybe I can make you dinner sometime, some rice and beans?" I suggested, taking a chance.
Ross smiled sweetly at the thought of this and nodded his hooded head, "I would like that."
We did as much talking as anyone could in the morning, still definitely feeling a bit tired and in need for more sleep. He talked to me all about his family in LA, and what they all have going on in their lives. It was so great to get a little peak of what his family life was like outside of Rocky. He talked very highly of their older brother, Riker, and his gorgeous finance, Savannah. Everyone in his life seemed to have something going for them. They were truly set up for greatness.
Once it was time to head over to the Millennium, we walked side by side with my arm under his, safely tucked in. We caught up with Rashaad and Nathan outside the hotel, waiting to be let up. Ross lead the way over to his hotel room and we were met with Vivienne, banging onto their hotel room door.
"Rocky! Let me in, they're coming soon!" She yelled, knocking loudly on the suite door. Vivienne noticed us sneaking up behind her and rolled her eyes and the door, banging on it again. "They're all here now!"
I hugged her from behind and questioned, "What's going on?"
Ross swiped his card against the detector to let us in and we were forced to face a half dressed Rocky stumbling over towards the door. A woman was gathering up her things on the cough behind him. He brought his lips to a firm line, sighing. "Hey, guys..."
Well, I'm not too sure how I feel about this.
