Chapter 25

I woke up on a couch with my arms wrapped around Lexi, her head tucked under my chin, with one of her hands, unsurprisingly slipped under my shirt all the way to my chest.

My head was pounding.

I made a pained sound at the back of my throat, which in turn probably woke my Pumpkin up because she let out the same sound, snuggling into me more.

"Aaaaaaah, paaaaaain," she said in a muffled tone against my chest.

"Shhh, please don't talk," I replied, pressing a hand to the back of her head.

"SHUT UP," someone yelled a little further away from us in the room.

Lexi and I both flinched at the sound. In pain again.

"Ohgod," Lexi moaned, pressing her face even more against me.

We stayed quiet for a few more minutes. We weren't both going back to sleep though. Now that we were sober but hangover, the couch did not offer such a comfortable sleeping option.

"What time is it?" Lexi whispered.

I fished around for her phone, taking it out of her jeans back pocket, and looked at the time.

"Seven in the morning," I replied just as softly.

"Dear lord, why are you even talking to me, let's sleep," she whined, the hand still in my shirt digging a little bit more into my skin.

"I don't think I can sleep again. I need my bed. And a shower. And I need to brush my teeth," I admitted.

My breath disgusted my own self. I might have puked at one point of the evening. Or maybe it was just the alcohol and the fact that I hadn't brushed my teeth in too long.

Either way, Lexi reluctantly agreed to leave.

Eventually, we managed to both sit up on the couch, side by side. We both sort of leaned in forward, our elbows on her knees. We turned our heads, looking at each other, and chuckled a little at our posture.

"Could you booooth juuuuust shuuuuut uuuuuup," Trevor whined on the floor not too far from us. He was still holding on to his spray water bottle, like it was a teddy bear.

We both laughed at him, and then got out of the room, hand in hand, trying very hard not to step on anyone or make too much sound.

Once we got out of Jessica's house though, and outside, we flinched like we were vampires seeing sun.

"Oh Jesus, kill me now," Lexi whined, hiding her face with her arm.

I fake sobbed as we walked back to my car.

It was a chilly morning, a nice one in other circumstances, but the sun was killing me, and I just wanted to be in bed with my girlfriend, and try to survive the hungover.

I hadn't been hungover in so long. I did not miss it at all.

We both sat in my car in silence. I turned off the radio immediately and got my hands on my sunglasses right away.

"God, how can the sun be thiiiis bright?" Lexi whined beside me, and just grabbed my jacket from the backseat and hid her face under it.

She actually fell asleep like that, and I had to wake her up once I got home.

Lexi followed me, her hand in mine as we made our way to my room.

"We should have grabbed something to eat on the way here," she said as we walked up the stairs.

"Driving us back home in one piece was the only thing I could focus on. Forget about making pit stops. Anita will have something for us to eat after we sleep."

"We can't. We leave for the Creek at one," Lexi reminded me.

I let out another pained sound. Right. The Creek. "We can okay, we can," I said a little desperately.

"We can't. They'll leave without us," Lexi reminded me.

"This is why I don't drink," I whined again.

"This is why Alex is always on everyone's ass saying we can't drink before a trip to the Creek," Lexi added.

I sighed, running a hand through my hair. "Look, go take a shower first, and I'll go leave a note to Anita begging her to make us food for once we wake up. I'll put a clock for like ten. That gives us about two hours of sleep."

"I'm very sorry that I made us drink this much," Lexi said, pouting.

"You're definitely going to have to pay for that," I agreed, and headed back downstairs.

I was a lot slower than I usually was though.

Once in the kitchen, I grabbed a post it and left it on the fridge for Anita with a scribbled demand.

I headed right back to my room.

Lexi was still in the shower when I got back, so I let myself fall face first on my bed and just waited like that for my Pumpkin to be done.

I almost fell asleep like that.

"Your turn," Lexi said, as she got out, crawling into my bed.

I took a deep breath, and pushed myself up, dragging my feet to my bathroom.

I brushed my teeth first and felt like a new man.

I stayed standing up in the shower staring at the wall for a little too long, just zoning out.

I was really not built to drink and party.

This kind of reminded me why I used to do it before. It really was to make myself suffer.

Eventually, I got out of the shower, put on some boxer briefs and headed back to bed.

I felt a little better now, being cleaned, and in my own stuff. I kinda hated going to sleep without being clean. I felt like I never could properly rest that way. It was one of my little quirks.

I snuggled beside Lexi, closing my eyes.

"I really missed the opportunity of the century to just sneak in the shower with you," Lexi mumbled.

I shook with silent laughter. "I can't drop my guards at any point in time. Lexi Grayson, always ready to pounce."

"Always," she replied, snuggling against me.

My head was still pounding, but at least I didn't really feel like puking. I just felt like all the sleep I hadn't had in the last week had caught up with me in one evening.

Which was quite the painful experience.

I put on an alarm for ten o'clock, and then let myself fall asleep.

I mostly just dozed off though.

Eventually, I did feel kind of rested.

My alarm hadn't rang yet.

Lexi was kind of brushing her fingers against my back. In most circumstances, it would have been a comforting gesture.

The thing was though...

Her lips found mine. We'd been kissing all night long yesterday. This just felt like the continuity. But now we didn't have Trevor to ruin the moment.

We kissed slowly at first, my hands slipping under my shirt she was wearing, pressing her against me.

And then we kissed with more fever, the tension building between us.

I was acutely aware that there was very little clothing between us at the moment. I'd been too lazy to put a shirt on.

This was my own mistake. But also.

It was too much clothes for me right now.

And I'd been stopping myself for long enough.

I took my shirt off of her. Lexi did not stop me.

And this time, I could look at her properly.

I'd only seen her breast when she had flashed them at me.

Fuuuuuuck, I was in trouble.

I pressed my lips to her throat, one of my hands slipping up her torso, trying not to throw myself at her breasts like the hormonal teenager with very little self control I was.

Eventually my lips found her breasts, kissing skin I'd never kissed before, one of my hands going around the other, kneading the skin there, my tongue flicking against her nipple, going absolutely mad with the fact that I was doing any of this.

Lexi gasped, letting out a small moan, her legs wrapping around me.

My whole body felt on fire.

Our bodies moved against each other like they knew very well where this would usually go.

The only thing between us now was her panties and my boxer briefs and that really wasn't enough.

It wasn't enough. But it was still too much.

Lexi was dragging her nails against my back, breathing too loudly, and I wasn't stopping my lips on her skin, and—

The alarm rang, making us jump.

Fuuuuuuuck.

Save by the bell? Honestly, I wished I had forgotten to put an alarm. I wished I could have continued what I was doing.

I really really liked it.

"You know, we don't need to go to the Creek," Lexi said in a voice that barely sounded like hers.

She was good to be able to say anything, because I really couldn't.

I tried to calm down for a second, and eventually managed to say. "We should go. And I should go take another shower."

Lexi was just lying there in my bed, without a shirt on, and yeah... fuck.

Out of here. Now.

I got up and hid in my bathroom.

Lexi came at the door and knocked. "Blake, I would really like you to do this again."

"Me too," I admitted.

"Great."

"Just not right now."

"Little bitch," she replied automatically and we both laughed.

"Go put some clothes on now, so I don't combust on sight," I commanded.

Finally, I got out of the bathroom, and Lexi was wearing decent clothes, ready to leave this place.

We went to the kitchen and ate what Anita had made for us in silence, looking at each other and feeling the fire rekindle just as fast.

This might become a problem...

Once we were done eating, it was time to leave.

We had both prepared our stuff for the trip to the Creek in advance, which really turned out to be a smart move on our parts.

That way, I just grabbed my bag and cooler and put it in my car, and now we just needed to stop at Lexi's house for her to grab her stuff.

Her father was sitting in the living room once we got to her house and said as a greeting, "So, how did the night of fornication go?"

"There was no fornication dad. We stayed at the party all night. There was no fornication to be had. Trevor made sure to spray anyone that kissed for too long," Lexi told her father.

And we'd been sprayed a lot last night.

After the bathroom episode, we'd basically started to make out anytime I found a surface satisfying enough to push Lexi against. Which was like... any wall really.

I was suddenly thinking about last night and my hands under the back of her shirt, pulling her against me, kissing her like no one was around. About the other night in my car. About this morning in my bed.

And now I really needed to stop thinking about that when Lexi's father was staring straight at me.

My face must have been flaming red.

"Blake? Anything to say? You're usually a little bit more honest," he asked with a satisfied grin.

"No fornication. No fornication what so ever," I replied automatically.

"Yeah dad, you really should be proud of him. He's the one cock blocking me all the time," Lexi said, and headed for her room to grab her bag.

"Jesus Christ Lexi," I mumbled, covering my face while her father burst into laughter.

I followed her, and helped with her stuff, and then we headed back to my car, saying bye to her father on the way out.

"Your father will probably kill me soon," I pointed out, as I started to drive away, my sunglasses still on. The sun remained my painful enemy.

"So, you better make it worth it when he does," Lexi replied with a grin.

I laughed shaking my head, and grabbed her hand in mine, holding it as we drove to Alex's house.
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Happy Monday my little Pumpkins!

So sorry about this late upload! I fell asleep before midnight and basically just woke up now realizing I hadn't put up the chapter.

I hope the content of this chapter will help you forgive me. ;P

Anyway! Keep your eyes open this week. Fun stuff should be happening.

Going back to sleep now! Byyyyyyyye! Love you all! See you guys again next week! <3