"Thanks for the save," Tilly breathed as I closed the door to my room.

"Sorry about that. Mom will be Mom."

We sat on the bed with our back to the wall, eating cookies while searching for anime on Kissanime.

"How are you and Eli?" Tilly asked while wiping some chocolate off the corner of her mouth.

"We're fine," I shrugged. "Have you seen 'Snow White with the Red Hair'?"

"Just fine?"

Tilly, please let it go.

"Yeah. There's nothing really going on."

"I guess four years will do that to you. I don't know how you and Eli do it. You two are so different."

"I know."

Just drop it. I've had this lecture too many times.

"Aaaaanyway, have you see this anime already?"

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After binge-watching half of the first season, we had to give our emotions a break.

"Where's my Prince Zen, Lyra?"

I laughed. I knew the feeling. Even though I've watched this anime before, it still had me yearning for the kind of romance that Prince Zen and Shirayuki have.

"I want to be Shirayuki. She seems so sure of herself. And I love her hair."

Tilly gave me her famous arched eyebrow.

"We can make that happen."

"Make what happen?"

She gently tugged on my wavy hair.

"You're not cutting my hair!" I laughed, shoving her playfully with my shoulder.

"Who said anything about cutting it?"

My jaw dropped.

"You're definitely not dyeing my hair!"

"Why not? I think it'll look really good on you!"

"My boss would give me grief for it."

Tilly shrugged. "They said you could do whatever you wanted with your hair. Remember, you told me that was the most surprising thing they told you at the interview?"

"Yeah but that's because it was so random. Anyway, stop talking about it. You're making my scalp tingle."

I scooted off the bed and stretched.

"Do you want any water, juice, milk, alcohol?" I smiled as I said the last word.

"What do you have?"

"Red wine, hard lemonade, hard cider, and light beer."

"I'll have whatever you're having. But you better hurry or else I'll start the next episode without you."

I gasped dramatically, placing my hand on my chest. "How dare you? What kind of a friend are you?"

Tilly laughed as she sprawled out where I was sitting, placing the remaining cookies on the nightstand.

I quietly descended the stairs, unsure whether Mom was still working or have crashed early for the night. I opened the fridge and grabbed two hard lemonades. My back pocket vibrated. I chuckled as I reached for my phone, predicting that Tilly sent a playful text about taking so long. Instead, Eli's name appeared on my lock screen.

Eli: haven't heard from you all day. Are you ok?

Lyra: Yeah I'm fine. Had work and Tilly's spending the night.

Eli: okay. Have fun. I'll talk to you tomorrow.

While making my way back to my room, I couldn't help but miss the honeymoon stage of our relationship. I knew the rose colored glasses would come off eventually but I didn't think it would feel like this.

"Your drink, Your Highness," I said teasingly as I handed Tilly the lemonade.

She sat up and took the cool bottle.

"Bottoms up," she smiled as she used my covers to help twist the cap off.

"Very classy," I said as I did the same.

"I'm just joking."

She clinked her bottle against mine and we both took a refreshing sip of the tart liquid. I clicked onto the next episode.