Bonfire novel Chapter 7

"Well you seemed to be doing a good job yourself." Piper replied.

The two of them rolled over onto their sides facing each other. It was quite dark, but they could be feel the other looking back at them.

"Shit. I'm still wearing my glasses." Alex said as she sat up. "Do you mind putting these on the window ledge?"

Piper couldn't really see, but she sat up and reached for Alex's glasses. She got her hand instead. The two of them stayed their, Piper holding Alex's hand. They both felt an intense connection. Their hands touching felt right.

What is this? What am I feeling? Piper asked herself. She moved her hand and took the glasses and put it by the window.

The two lay back down again.

Piper turned over to her side to face Alex again. "This oddly feels right." She said as she moved closer Alex, resting her head on her shoulder.

It was silent for a while. Alex felt Pipers breathing slow down. She was asleep. Alex on the other hand, lay there wide awake.

"Yeah. This feels right." She whispered.

Alex was never one who wanted to be vulnerable. She didn't want to look it. She didn't want to act it. She didn't want to be it. She had grown use to acting like someone who didn't care about what other people think.

Alex had gotten use to being treated so horribly that she knew she couldn't be vulnerable. She got so use to being judged that she got use to peoples judgement, and stopped caring. But even after years of getting use to it, she was still a very vulnerable person.

Alex was someone who was tough, and could hold her own. She didn't take anyone's bullshit. This is who people see. But that isn't just who she is. She is also a very loving, and kind person.

She had such an image that she never thought that anyone would ever bother to see if there was anything more to her.

Piper had been the only one who had ever bothered to get to know Alex. It was unusual for Alex to even let anyone close to her. All of this was very unusual. But not only had she started to let Piper in, she had let herself be at her most vulnerable around her. She had been willing to go to sleep knowing that beside her was someone she barley knew.

Piper had fallen asleep leaning on Alex's shoulder, but by morning Alex's head was on Pipers chest. Pipers arm was around Alex, her head leaning close to the brunettes. The two of them were both asleep when Alex's mother came home from work.

Nicky had woken up when she came in.

"Oh shit I'm sorry. I didn't mean to wake you up." Diane said as she closed the door. It was about 8:30 in the morning.

"Its fine. The light was starting to bug me anyway." Nicky said as she sat up. "You can open the blinds if you would like."

"Maybe in a bit. I'm fucking starving though. I gotta eat." She walked into the kitchen and opened the fridge. She pulled out a few eggs. "What are you doing sleeping on the fuckin' couch anyway?"

"Right, a friend from Alex's school came over last night. There were limited sleeping options so, she's in Alex's room." Nicky got up and walked into the kitchen. She got out a glass, and filled it with water. "You know, I don't know why I never slept on the couch before anyway."

"It's because I always get in so early in the morning."

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