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made my way around to her door, opening it softly. I cringed when it squeaked loudly, but she never stirred.

I picked her up and carried her to the house, trying not to jostle her. Just as I reached the door, Jordan opened it.

“It’s about damn time,” he said as he looked out at us.

“Shhh, she’s asleep. Move so I can carry her upstairs.”

He held the door open for me and I passed through it and up the stairs to our room. I laid her down gently on the bed and pulled her shoes off. After tucking her in, I stripped down to my boxers and crawled in next to her; holding her tightly in my arms, not wanting to fall asleep and miss a minute of this. My mind was heavy as I finally gave up and let my heavy eyelids slide shut.

I awoke the next morning to Chloe crawling back into bed with me. I peeked up at her through my sleep filled eyes to see her watching me with a sad expression on her face. She had obviously just come from the shower; her hair was still wet and I caught the scent of her shampoo as she moved around on the bed.

When she noticed that I was awake, she gave me a tiny smile, but I could still see the sadness in her eyes. She was dreading today as much as I was.

“Morning baby,” I whispered.

“I didn’t mean to wake you; I was just watching you sleep.”

“You didn’t, but stop watching me sleep. That’s stalker tendencies and I might have been drooling,” I said as she poked me in the ribs.

“I’ll be your stalker any day, even if you have a massive pile of drool under your head.”

I rose up far enough to check the pillow. She was lying of course and I laughed at her. “You’re so full of shit, I don’t drool.”

I propped myself up on my elbows and pulled her down to me, kissing her hard on the mouth.

She pulled away breathless, and looked down at me. “You don’t play fair, you know that right?”

“Never said I did,” I said as I threw the covers off and stood up. I walked over to my bag and grabbed clean clothes before heading to the bathroom attached to our room. I glanced back at the bed to see her watching my every move.

“See something you like?” I asked.

She threw a pillow at me as I laughed and ran into the bathroom, closing the door behind me. After stripping out of my boxers, I stepped into the shower, letting the hot water engulf me. I took extra-long in the shower, knowing it would be the last one I would be able to enjoy for a while. Showers in a cramped bathroom of a bus wouldn’t exactly be luxurious, but at least we had one.

I finally finished and quickly toweled off before dressing and making my way back to our room. Chloe was still sitting in the exact same spot on the bed looking depressed as she played with the rings on her hands. I picked up the pillow from earlier and threw it at her.

It smacked off her head and she turned to glare at me. “Hey! What was that for?”

I gave her a pointed look. “Quit moping, you’re only making us both feel bad. It seems like a long time right now, but a few weeks will pass in a blur. Before you know it, we’ll be back together again.”

“I know, I’m just going to miss you so much. What time will Jade and the guys be here to pick you up?”

I glanced at the clock and my eyes widened. It was almost three in the afternoon; I couldn’t remember the last time I’d slept in that long. I’d practically slipped into a coma. “Shit, they’ll be here in about an hour! I need to get my stuff packed up.”

I started grabbing my personal items and clothes from around the room and threw them into my bag. Chloe stood up from the bed as she slipped her shirt over her head and threw it at me. It hit me in the face and fell to the floor as I stared at her almost naked body. While she had a pair of boy shorts on, she had skipped the bra this morning and I felt myself standing at attention at the sight.

She laughed as she walked to the dresser and pulled a tank top and shorts out