A Dream's Bite

6

       Warmth covered George as he began to stir in his sleep. The blanket beneath him started to slip away. George moved to get more comfortable when a familiar voice spoke up in his ear.

       "Good evening," A voice said, and George could feel lips touching his ear. George held back a shiver and jolted back in shock and surprise. Green eyes followed his every move. "As much as I'd love to keep cuddling, Crow and Nick are waiting in the kitchen."

       A comfortable silences past between them, gazing into each others eyes. George bit his bottom lip softly as Clay looked down at George's lips before looking away.

       "How long was I asleep," George yawned, unmoving.

       "Nearly an hour," Then a smirk creeped onto Clay's face as his hands went to George's waist. "I must be comfortable."

       George glanced down and realized what position they were in. Clay's hands lightly dangled by George's waist as George straddled him while they sat. A hot blush creeped onto George's face. George looked away and started to get up, though Clay's hands held him down.

       "Uh, Clay?"

       "Alright Romeo," Crow called from the kitchen, "Hurry up we don't have all day."

       Clay rolled his eyes, even though George was the only one who could see. He let George up and George turned away blushing.

       What was that?

       "I'm coming, I'm coming." Clay mumbled and went to the kitchen, leaving George all flustered.

       The smell of pizza filled the kitchen as George entered. The cheesy pizza was in the box on a table. Nick grabbed a piece as Crow sat on the chairs, occasionally looking over to Nick and the pizza.

       "You're not eating?" George asked.

       "You slept through me nearly dying," Crow smiled.

       "It was horrifying." Nick agreed.

       "Wait, why didn't you awake me up," George asked quickly in disbelief. Crow gave a small shrug before answering.

       "It was really cute when you and Clay were cuddling, plus you looked very peaceful in your sleep." Crow nodded and George shook his head in disappointment.

       "You were dying and you didn't wake me up because it was cute that Clay and I were cuddling?" George demanded, Crow looked like she was thinking before nodding. "Clay, why didn't you wake me up and what were you doing while she was dying."

       "You looked peaceful when you were sleeping," Clay smirked but George rolled his eyes and waited for Clay to continue. "And I was cuddling with you while she was dying."

       "You didn't do anything?" George's eyes widened.

       "Crow knew what she was getting into when she ate the food," Clay told George. "It's not my fault she does this. It's like the third time this month." George was about to protest but decided against it.

        "Clay, why aren't you eating?" George asked instead, changing the subject.

        "I'm just not hungry."

        Several hours of games and movies flew by. The last movie they were watching was boring and George was beginning to drift off. George and Crow shared a couch while Clay took the love seat and Nick sat in a rocking chair.

       George leaned against Crow as he began to fall asleep. Crow leaned back with a tired yawn of herself. She grinned as Clay glanced at them.

       "You jealous?" Crow asked Clay. Crow watched as a small blush crawled onto Clay's face.

       George glanced at Clay, curious for an answer. In the glow of the TV, George and Clay's eyes met. Crow looked between them and grinned. She stayed still trying to not get in the way of the moment.

       "No," Coughed Clay. "Why would I be?"

       Nick's snore interrupted Crow from answering. George was slightly disappointed in the answers. George's gaze flickered back to the movie. In the corner of his eyes, George saw Clay looking at him. So he cuddled into Crow. Clay's face stared blankly. George turned over to pretend he just caught his gaze. George waved in a mocked innocent expression.

       Clay's face heated a bit when he realized George was teasing him. So Clay innocently waved back and decided to not give George the reaction George wanted.

       A few minutes later, Clay and George fell asleep.

       Crow paused the movie and turned off the TV. It was just her in the dark. She glanced around at her sleeping friend before softly letting George lay on the couch. She got up and with gentle easy, she covered George with the blanket.

       "Mhm?" George mumbled in his sleep.

       "Shh, go back to sleep," She whispered to him,"It's okay."

       George mumbled something in gibberish before drifting back to sleep.

       Nick's and Clay's muffled snores came out of hearing when she entered the kitchen. She grabbed her phone and began scrolling through twitter. Soon hours blurred together as she sighed and began to like tweets.

       The small echo of foot on tile entered Crow's ears. She was surprise she hadn't heard someone get up. She glanced at the time with now blinked with early morning hours.

       There was a short pause and she heard George let out a muffled yawn behind her.

       "Crow?" A voice asked behind her.

       "Can't sleep?" She asked George as she turned around like she had just found out he was awake.

       "Yeah," George mumbled, "I woke up about thirty minutes ago," George shrugged a bit before continuing, "When do you wake up."

       A small silence passed through them and she debated whether to tell him the truth or not. Crow finally teared her eyes from her phone to meet his brown gaze.

       "I haven't gone to bed yet." She finally answered truthfully. "Though, I don't need a lot of sleep in the first place."

       "Oh." George said. "Clay and I made up."

       "I assumed so," Crow smirked before showing him the photo Nick snapped earlier of them cuddling. In the soft light of her phone, she saw a warm pink blush rise to his cheeks. She looked away and wrinkled her nose at the smell of the blood. "You should go back to bed."

       "You should go to sleep too," George argued. But he began to walk away, probably in embarrassment from the photo.

       "I'll go to bed soon," She lied and returned to scrolling on the internet.
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This is kinda a fill in chapter but don't worry, things are about to get interesting 😼