Now, though, we both must have fallen asleep and cuddled together on the couch throughout the night.
I wake up in Sebastian’s arms and snuggle closer to his body.
He’s warm and wrapped all around me like a perfect blanket.
When the door opens, I expect it to be Harriet, so I don’t move out of his arms.
She knows more than enough and probably won’t be surprised to find us cuddled up together.
What I don’t expect is Sebastian’s whole family to enter the apartment.
His brother, mother, and father are all standing in the entrance, taking in the sight of their son and brother cuddling me.
“Well, well, well. Isn’t this lovely?” Joseph, his older brother, exclaims.
I quickly try to pull out of his arms, but Sebastian is still half-asleep and tightens his hold on me.
“Sebastian, wake up!” I whisper-shout.
Oh my God.
At least I know them from growing up close to their house and from seeing Luke and Sebastian running around. Joseph is three years older than Sebastian, and five years older than me, so he was too cool to hang out with us.
Still, whether we’re acquainted or not, this situation isn’t ideal.
I finally manage to get out of Sebastian’s hold and stand up.
At least we are fully clothed. Imagine if we had actually crossed that line and they found us naked.
Now, that would not be good.
“Lily! Such a pleasure to see you again.”
His mother comes over and hugs me.
Finally, Sebastian wakes up.
Who knew he was such a heavy sleeper?
“Mom? Dad? Joseph? What’s going on?” He rubs his eyes before standing up from the couch and greeting his family.
“We wanted to surprise you! But it seems like you surprised us,” his mother says, the joy radiating off of her as she looks at me again.
God.
Why did we have to fall asleep this time?
His family seems to be getting all sorts of ideas about catching us snuggled together.
I don’t know what to do or say, but Sebastian doesn’t seem to be bothered by his family.
“Yeah, you all know Lily. She’s doing her sports psychology project on me. We fell asleep watching a movie.”
He makes it sound so domestic and friendly, which I’m grateful for.
It’s also the truth.
His family doesn’t seem to buy the story, though.
