Matteo's POV

I felt so amazing after finally mustering the courage to kiss Sage. I thought she would finally let me sleep in bed with her, after all that couch killed my back. "Hey Sage, do you think I could sleep in the bed with you tonight?" I say hesitantly. I didn't have any experience with women besides on nightstands. I was so anxious trying to start a conversation with Sage.  

"You think just because we shared a kiss that you can sleep in bed with me? Think again," Sage says. She flicked her hair back slightly and rolled her eyes. 

She seemed irritated with my words. I know she wants me in there with her, but she's a stubborn girl. She has to set boundaries, and maybe that's for the best.

Sage's POV

I woke up with a loud buzzing coming from my phone. I reached over and turned my annoying alarm off. I dread waking up in the morning especially to go to work. I slowly lifted my body off of my comfortable bed I looked in my bed and debated calling in sick to work. 

I couldn't do that though, I needed the money to support Sadie in college. So I grabbed my scrubs from the closet and dressed for work. I put on my scrubs, did all my skincare, and started on my hair. 

I have naturally curly hair, so when I wake up, it's a frizzy mess. I decided to put curl cream in it and pull it up in a claw clip. I pulled out some pieces of my hair to frame my face. My natural hair wasn't curling properly, so I decided to curl my front pieces. 

When I was curling my hair my hand accidentally slipped and hit my head with my curling iron "Ow, fuck" I yelled quietly at least I thought.

I hear footsteps quickly running in. "Are you okay? What happened?" Matteo says in a deep sleepy voice. 

"I just burnt my forehead. It's ok go back to sleep" I say.  

"Wait you work today?" Matteo says ruffling his hair as he's leaning in the doorway. 

"Yeah eight to five, in ICU," I say while curling the last bit of hair. 

"Alright'll see you later then," Matteo says as he returns to the couch. I look into the mirror and realize there is now a big red dot on my forehead. "Dammit," I say under my breath. I grab some concealer to try to cover it up. It didn't fully cover it but it was okay. I walked into the kitchen and grabbed my bags, water, and iced coffee. I ran to the door pulled my Hokas on my feet, and headed off to work.