We finally got back home on Monday night. The plan was for us all to go sight seeing on Monday morning and pack all our things before we got onto the flight which was at around six, but that seriously did not go well considering we all pretty much slept until four. We were all so exhausted from the wedding, me especially due to the fact that I hadn't slept in about two days because of my fear of fucking flying.

I didn't remember much of last night after I had gone downstairs. I remembered Jordan and Eliza teasing both Levi and I calling us cute and everything. I remembered that I had finished Clockwork Prince, being extremely frustrated about the ending, and anybody who had read the book would have understood why. I also remembered telling Levi that as soon as we got home we were having another study session because I really needed the next book in the series. But that was all I remembered, the next thing I knew was that I was in bed with my book on the table besides me.

We were all woken up at four by my  phone alarm which blared around the small hotel room, and let me tell you right now, if it weren't for my annoying phone we would have all missed the plane. I jerked awake and despite expecting Eliza to also be awake by the extremely loud noise, I still basically pulled Eliza off the bed. We then came to the conclusion that she would wake aunt Jen and that I should wake the boys. We had decided that because apparently she would be too nice to wake up the boys, who no doubt needed more than a whisper to wake up, and she was too nice to scream in their ears like she suspected I would do.

I didn't scream in their ears, I didn't want them to turn deaf.

So I did the next best thing.

I poured ice cold water on them.

I stole two bottles of water from their mini fridge, I looked at the price and realised it cost eight dollars for the two of them, but I decided that this would be worth it. And it was. It was honestly the most hilarious thing on earth, I think they both screamed at the exact same time. I dropped the plastic bottles on their heads and fell to the ground because I was laughing too hard. I couldn't breathe and I was clutching my stomach to stop the pain.

"What the hell Juliette?" Jordan screamed, jerking awake and sitting upright. He was soaked in water, his hair basically dripping like an endless waterfall.

"I'm sorry! But when will I ever get this opportunity again?" I wheezed, laughing too hard.

"You do realise that I am an extremely light sleeper? A whisper could have woken me!" Levi muttered angrily as he ran a hand through his messy wet hair.

"I couldn't have poured water on just Jordan. That's just mean" I smiled, attempting to stop laughing.

I failed, miserably.

I burst out into giggles and I couldn't stop. I watched at Jordan came towards me, backing up to the wall when I had realised how menacing he looked. He grabbed me before I could make a run for it and threw me onto his bed, not before messing up my hair though. "My hair!" I screamed angrily.

"I know, you're just lucky I don't have a bottle of water around me" He shouted as he causally strolled out of the room.

I looked across at Levi who was just smiling slightly. "You're not angry at me, are you?" I asked in an innocent voice, knowing immediately that he wasn't. The smile across his face gave that away.

He rolled his eyes "I was, and then you giggled, and then I realised how much I liked it when you laughed, and now you're forgiven"

I couldn't help but smile at his statement.

"How did I get to bed last night?" I questioned suddenly, allowing curiosity to get the better of me as I realised that I had never stopped thinking about it.

"You fell asleep on the bean bag, so I took you upstairs to your bed" he shrugged, sitting up slightly. As he sat up I noticed how wet his hair really was, much like Jordan's it was dripping.  "You look cute in my shirt" he continued, looking at my sleeves which I had to roll up in order for it to fit.

"It's huge" I answered holding up my arm to show him how huge the sleeves really were.

He chuckled "You're just tiny"

I rolled my eyes before smiling "Your hair's all wet" I said, walking over to his bed and putting my hand through his hair.

"And your hair is not, what a surprising turn of events" He muttered sarcastically, grabbing my hand from his hair and clutching it between his hands.

"I'm really sorry" I muttered, smiling slightly.

"I can think of a few ways for you to make it up to me" He murmured in my ear as I blushed. His hands cupped the side of my face, leaning forward and placing his lips on mine.

Before his lips fully were on mine however, Jordan's voice echoed around the room, causing me to pull back out of shock and embarrassment. "My eyes! My eyes! I'm blind, kill me now!" He screamed, covering his palms to cover his eyes as I rolled mine.

"You're such a child" I muttered, my cheeks reddening

"Yeah, but I'm you're favourite child" he grinned

"You're really not" I muttered

"Okay wow that's rude" he muttered, feigning hurt "get out the room, you hurt my feelings" he demanded, pointing towards the door.

"You're so annoying" I groaned, getting off of Levi's bed and walking out of the room.

After that debacle, everything was pretty much running around packing, attempting to make sure we had everything  dragging the boys out of the game room and then catching a cab. We left the house properly at five which was extremely risky because our plane was at six and everybody knew you were supposed to get to the airport at least an hour before your plane leaves. We got to the airport around five thirty which was a miracle but we may or may not have payed the taxi driver extra to step on it. When we got to the airport Eliza was trapped by airport security because whilst everybody else was taking off their earring and other metal accessories, she completely forgot to take off her belt.

We finally got home around one o'clock in the morning which was extremely annoying because, once again, aunt Jen demanded that we all go to school the next day. Jordan and Levi had both stayed over but Eliza and I shared a room whilst Jordan slept in her's and Levi slept in the guest room. We all pretty much fell asleep around two and we were supposed to wake up at seven.

The next day, I was woken up by Eliza's alarm, but for whatever reason it was, I was not tired, or in a bad mood. Eliza was already up and dressed, she sat in front of my dressing table and did her makeup which was a completely surprise.

I was surprisingly wide awake, and had a pretty queasy feeling in my stomach. I had no idea why. I ignored the feeling picking out a black skater dress, with long sleeves, making sure to wear thick tights as it was mid December. I also paired it with my black and white converses before tying up my curly hair.

"Nope" Eliza muttered as soon as she saw me reach into her bad to grab the hairbands she stole from me and never gave back. "Today is your first of school with Levi as your boyfriend, there is no way in hell you're tying up your beautiful curly hair"

I basically didn't even listen to the last thing she said to me, my mind stopped listening after 'first day of school with Levi as your boyfriend' "What?" I said "I have to tell people?". Also, I didn't care what she said about the hair band thing, tying my hair up either way.

She sighed "Of course you do"

"But what if I don't want to?" I asked quietly

"What do you mean you don't want to? You literally have the hottest guy in school as your boyfriend and you don't want to tell anyone? I thought I raised you well" she looked so disappointed.

"You're not helping" I whined "do I actually have to tell people?"

"The real question is, why don't you want people to find out about the two of you?" She asked

"No reason" I denied far too quickly.

She sighed again, putting her eyeliner down. "If you're scared of everybody finding out about you two, them you'll have to go speak to Levi"

"What if he doesn't agree with me?" I asked "the best thing about you, is that I genuinely don't give a shit about hurting your feelings" I joked

She rolled her eyes "Juliette stop stalling and talk to your boyfriend. He's in the room down the hall, you won't get a chance like this again". I nodded, realising that it was the best option, despite not wanting to move my feet at all. "Plus, if you don't tell people  how will you go to prom?"

"Will you shut up about prom?" I asked

"No!"

"I'm leaving now" I muttered.

I walked to the guest room, knocking on the door before I heard Levi say "Come in"

I walked in, nervously fidgeting with my fingers as I sat besides him. He was already pretty much dressed, just tying his shoe laces, he was coincidentally wearing converses too.

"What's wrong?" He asked immediately, looking into my eyes.

"Are we going to tell people about us?" I asked quietly. I hated feeling so small and scared.

His eyes softened "Do you not want to?"

I shook my head "It's not that I don't want to, it's that I'm scared of doing it. Last time Katherine and her girls basically provoked a panic attack out of me for just talking to you. I hate feeling less than them and I hate feeling so powerless, but I can't help but think about what will happen if we actually get together."

"Hey look," he began, tucking a strand of my curly hair behind my ear "I don't want you to ever feel scared about being with me. I hate that you feel this way. If you don't want to tell anybody, then it's fine but just so you know I am always here for you; I'm not going to let some bullies push around my girl"

I was thrown off when he said my girl and despite my internal feminist wanting to tell him I was my own person, I felt myself wrapping my arms around his neck. He seemed a little surprised at first but placed his arms around me anyway. I felt my heart beat increase, and I knew it would take time for my body to adjust with Levi. It took me two years to be able to hug Eliza and one year to hug Jordan, so hugging Levi within a few months was a lot of progress for me.

"You smell like strawberries" he said to me, tightening his grip around my waist.

I smiled "that's my shampoo", nuzzling my head into the crook of his neck.

"I can feel your heart beat on my chest" he murmured in my ear as a chill ran down my spine

"I'll get used to it" I replied, feeling my head get light

He pulled away from me, cupping my cheek softly with his hand "don't push yourself, you'll get used to me one day, I'll wait"

I nodded "do we tell people?"

He smiled at me "That's not up to me, that's up to you. But just so you know, I will be right next to you, holding your hand when we walk through that door. Just think about it, book girl"

Written: 21/10/15
Posted: 26/02/16