Between Friends

The sound of the shower shutting off snapped you back to the present. You stood and stretched and surprisingly, it made you feel more weak and tired. You trudged your way through the kitchen, then the dining room and into the front of the house, which was one long room, but the spaces were seperated into different functions.

To your left was a sitting space with built in, shoulder height bookshelves and big comfy chairs and some lamps on small tables; perfect place for reading or talking. To your right was a couch and love seat set in an L shape and a modest sized TV set on the diagonal in the corner next to the fireplace and opposite the furniture set up so that you could see the TV wherever you sat. A big, square, coffee table sat in the middle of everything there.

You rounded the loveseat, grabbed the afghan off the back and plopped on the couch, spread the afghan over your lap, switched on the TV and found that Winnie the Pooh was on; your favorite cartoon. You tugged your sweatshirt hood over your head, most of your (h/c) strands hanging out, you curled your legs up to one side, folded your arms and leaned on the couch arm to the other side. Your eyes kept wanting to shut.

You heard footsteps approaching from the kitchen. Once they sounded like they reached the room, you turned your head just enough to look up see Sebastian's crazy bed head peaking at you from around the wall. He was blinking slowly. "Want coffee, Doll?"

"Ehnm--", you paused only for a second. You usually like to put food in your stomach first, but a warm cup of liquid sounded nice right now. "Yes, please." You smiled. He winked lazily at you and padded back toward the kitchen.

You heard cups clanking, the fridge open and close, the coffee pot being taken out and put back in the coffee maker and both the guys talking to each other, but you couldn't make out what they were saying.

Chris came through and made his way around to you and bent to give you hurried kiss on the head before straightening again. "How'd you sleep, hon?"

"Like the dead.", you smirked. "Probably the best sleep I've had in a while."

Chris chuckled, "Did you get sick?"

"No, thank God. I probably would have if you hadn't given me a drinking time out. Thank you.", you gave him an appreciative smile.

Another chuckle, "I'm glad you didn't." His eyes turned soft and the corners of his mouth pulled up subtley, "And I'll always take care of you." You felt your heart quicken for a beat and your expression instinctively matched his. His tone lightened a hint, "I'm gonna grab some breakfast, whadda you want?"

"Where from?"

"Micky's"

You scrunched your nose in thought, "Just eggs, thank you."

"You got it.", he turned and headed out the door.

Sebastian reappeared with two coffee cups and made his way to you, setting the cups on the coffee table and then promptly plopping onto the couch, laying himself against your side and curling his arms around your waist, trapping you.

"Enh!", you whined, trying to escape his weight and reach for your cup. "Seb! Coffee!"

"The coffee toll is being my pillow until Pooh is over.", he mumbled sleepily, staring at the yellow bear on the TV. "Why doesn't he wear pants?"

"What are you even doing up? You drank way more than me.", you scoffed.

"I have no idea.", he grunted and sat up, then handed you your coffee. "Your favorite creamer; I bought it yesterday.", he smiled softly, picking up his own cup and taking a drink.

You sat up, pulled your hood off your head, cupped the mug in both hands and held it under your nose, drawing in a long sniff, "Mmmm, amaretto. Thank you." You took a sip and smiled, laying your head on his shoulder. He kissed your head and his lips lingered longer than they ever had, like he started a kiss and then forgot what we has doing.

"You fall asleep up there?", you asked.

"Nope.", he mumbled against your head and then broke the contact of his mouth, "Your hair just smells really good."

You felt a stirring inside you and closed your eyes and hooked your hand over his arm as they both were resting on his knees. You didn't really have anything to say to that, so you just said what you felt with your actions. Actually you did have something to say, "I really missed your smell while you were gone last week.", you murmured softly.

You still had your eyes closed. The only movement you sensed from him was a slow, deep breath, then he rested his cheek on the top of your head for a long moment and placed a hand over yours.

The two of you just sat together like that, watching cartoons in silence and sipping your coffee until Chris got back.

You all headed to the kitchen, Sebastian flipping the TV off as he passed it.

Chris set the bag of food on the island and divvied it up, "Seb; eggs, pancakes and bacon."

"Thanks, man.", Sebastian gave Chris a pat on the back and headed to the table.

"No problem, Bro. (Y/N); eggs," Chris pulled something else out of a grocery bag, "and an avocado."

"Aw, you didn't have to get this. Thank you!" You loved avocado and eggs together.

You got up on your toes and kissed his cheek, trying to grab the avocado, but he hid it behind his back. "Go start on your eggs and I'll cut this for you.", he smiled down at you.

You took your eggs and coffee to the small round table and took your usual place next to Sebastian and gave him a scrunched nose grin. He grinned right back as well as he could with stuffed cheeks. He was nearly already half done.

"Geez, are you even tasting it?", you inquired with a cocked eyebrow.

He chuckled between bites, "Yes."

You realized Chris hadn't even had any coffee yet and that you and Sebastian could use a refill, so you grabbed yours and Seb's cups, then you got up and headed to the coffee maker

"Hey!", Seb grabbed after his cup, but was too slow. "Where you goin'?", he asked, "You need to eat."

"I'm getting coffee for everybody."

Chris headed to the table with his own food and your avocado on a plate, "Hon, I can get it.", he set everything down and took a step away from the table.

"Sit!", you barked. "You've done enough. I got it."

He sat at his spot across from Sebastian and they looked at each other wide-eyed with surprise at your loud command.

"Wow. Yes ma'am.", Chris was nearly whispering and then the guys both laughed.

You smiled over your shoulder and got Chris a cup out of the cupboard, poured more creamer in your own cup and then filled them all. You carried them all to the table and gave them to their rightful owners. You sat, with the guys on either side of you and finally ate.

After you all were finished, you sat around drinking more coffee and talking about what each of you might do that day or maybe what you could all do together.