Turning around I squint into the bright light trying to figure out who just opened the door. After my eyes adjust to the bright light I scowl at the intruder whose name just happens to be Grace. Seeing my scowl I push past her and continue back down to the dining room where I see that dinner has now gone cold. Grabbing my plate I take it into the kitchen and place it into the microwave ignoring my father the entire time. Grabbing the plate and the cutlery off of the table I stalk back up to my room. Reaching my door I realise that Meghan and Grace are not in or near the broom closet. Ignoring that observation I close my bedroom door, sit on my bed and start eating. When I look up next I see my father has just shut the door. Oh, crap now I'm in for it.
+ Meghan's P.O.V +
Grace starts asking me what's wrong and what happened as soon as Will leaves the broom closet. Telling her that he was just expressing his strong dislike at me for sitting at the dining table I give her a hug and thank her for everything she has done. Slipping into my room it is only then that I notice Andrew Bill didn't come down for dinner. Just as I'm about to enter my room though i catch his eye from his doorway and give him a small but forced smile. Grabbing my journal out from the bottom draw of my dresser I write everything in it that happened today. After putting it back and concealing it beneath the numerous sweatshirts I grab my towel and head into the ensuite for a nice warm shower. Taking my phone with me I blast out some Little Mix and sing horribly along with it while I wash my hair. Turning the shower off I step into my room to see the fluffiest pair of pyjamas with matching slippers, dressing gown and blanket strung over the end of the bed with a note hanging around the bedpost. Picking the note up it reads;
Meghan, I thought you would need some fluffy warm PJs to comfort you. I'm really sorry about earlier in the broom closet I hope you can forgive me.
P.S I stole these from my sister's room. Trust me she won't mind she has this set in over ten different colours. I picked out the blue set for you as they match your eyes perfectly.
Will ...
Astounded that he would do something like this and grateful for the apology and the pyjamas I settled down in them and found that they really were very fluffy. Plugging in my headphones I leave my room and head down to the freezer for my ice cream. Then taking the ice cream I go and sit outside on the bench in the rose garden. Before long I start to feel sleepy and before I can get up and go back to my room I find myself laying down on the bench and going to sleep.
# Wills P.O.V #
After dad leaves my room I feel so guilty and horrible for what I said to Meghan. I know that I need to do something for her to say sorry. What does she like? Chocolates? No that's what you'd give a girl if you went on a date with her so I guess that rules out flowers as well. Food? No, she can just walk down to the kitchen and have some food anytime she wanted. Then it hit me so hard and so suddenly that I wondered why I hadn't thought of it first. So waiting until my sister goes to the shower I sneak into her room and look through all of her pyjama sets. Finding the fluffy pale blue ones with gold flecks all over them I grab the set and race back to my room. Finding my calligraphy set I sit down and write Meghan an apology letter. But I get stuck just on the name. Apologies have never been my strong point and then I realise I have never even written an apology letter. Meghan ... The name sounds so formal and you could say it so many ways that it could be interpreted as sarcasm. So I quickly resolve to the nickname, Meghan. Sweet, simple, short everything she is.
Oh my goodness I sound like a lovesick puppy. I'm not but I know that I have to apologise to Meghan no matter what I do. So finishing the letter i walk across the hall and put an ear to the door. All I hear is running water, Little Mix songs and Meghan's gorgeous voice singing along to the music. Sneaking into the room I place the pyjama set onto the bed, tie the note around the bedpost and place the slippers on the floor. Just as I stand up I hear the water stop so I quickly hop over to the door and leave the room. Just as I shut the door I hear her ensuite door open and I let out a breath I didn't even know I was holding in.
Going back to my room I sit at my desk and finish some of my homework as I had a few assignments due tomorrow. Picking up my history book I started on my assignment. About five minutes later I hear her door open and shut again. I quickly tiptoe to my door and peer out. A smile graces my face seeing her in the pyjama set I just laid out for her. Well, she wearing everything but the blanket obviously.
She heads down the stairs and I close my door and return to my desk. Twenty minutes pass and I realise that Meghan hasn't come back upstairs. Thinking she's just sitting on the couch watching something I put my homework aside and look at the clock. 10:45 pm it reads and my eyes open considerably. I'm not normally up this late. Although I have the so-called "bad boy persona" I never really stay up this late unless it's in the holidays. Considering I already showered I place a pyjama shirt on and walk out onto the balcony. I look down at my rose garden, the project that took me six months to organise and complete on my own as I refused any help from the groundskeepers, friends or family. Looking down at the bench that I placed in the centre of the garden I spot pale blue and realise that Meghan is laying on the bench out there. Not even thinking I throw my bedroom door open and race downstairs.
I run out into the garden and scoop Meghan into my arms not even bothering about picking up her ice cream. I make sure her phone is in my pocket before I walk back inside, shut the door behind me and trudge upstairs. I didn't realise how cold it was out there until I started walking up the stairs. I open her bedroom door and place her on the end of the bed while I pull back her bed covers. Picking her up very gently and placing her on the bed I drape the bedcovers over her and fix the fluffy sky blue blanket over the bed. I'm about to leave when I notice the pinboard above her bed covered with photos of her and multiple other kids. Some kids stay in most of the images but others disappear and are replaced by others. I figure that she worked at a daycare or something like that before she came to work here for us. Shaking my head and realising that I shouldn't be snooping I leave the room and shut the door behind me quietly.
I go back to my room and get ready for bed. I'm about to get into bed when I hear a strangled cry coming from somewhere across the hallway. I race out of my room and back into Meghan's room and find her in a screaming fit in her sleep. I shake her very gently and slowly she starts to drift back into reality from her sleep.
+ Meghan's P.O.V +
I awake rather slowly from the nightmare this time. It's the same one as last time which surprises me as I have never had them twice in a row before. My eyes open groggily to see a concerned-looking Will looking at me. Oh no now he knows something isn't right with me. Oh my goodness this isn't good.
"I heard your screaming and I came to wake you up. I think ill go now that your awake." I gave him a half-smile and thanked him. Then he just left the room.
After that, i couldn't get back to sleep and from the light that was shining from under wills door, i could tell that he couldn't sleep either. When it got to 2:30 am I couldn't take it anymore. I got out of bed and walked across the hall to Wills room. I could hear noises coming from his room and I had to stifle my laugh. He was playing Candy Crush Saga all because he couldn't sleep. I knocked on his door and I heard the sound of him turning off the screen of his phone. Next thing I knew he had opened the door gave me a half-smile and ushered me into his room.
"I'm really sorry for coming over here Will but I couldn't sleep and I saw you couldn't either ..." and then I stopped talking because I knew that what I was going to propose next was crazy and stupid and I should just go back to bed. I apologised for disturbing him at such an early time and went to leave when he grabbed my wrist. I turned back towards him and was surprised that he looked as tired as I felt.
" Blossom I know why you're here. It's because you can't sleep and neither can i. Just stay and watch a movie with me please considering we can't go to sleep please?!" a smile graced my face and I couldn't help the next thing that popped out of my mouth.
"on one condition." when he didn't say anything and just looked at me to continue I asked the only thing that was in my head. " what's with the nickname blossom?" he looked at me for a second and neither of us could help it we started laughing.
"that's your nickname because I found you asleep on h bench under the rose blossom arch." I couldn't help but smile. Blossom was a cute nickname and I loved it so much that my subtle smile turned into a wide grin. "well then you're nickname is now night because I would be freezing my ass off if you hadn't of seen me!"
Before I knew what was happening I was sitting next to him under his bedcovers watching Deadpool with me snuggling up into his chest. The last thing I heard before I drifted off to sleep was his voice over the movie
"goodnight blossom sleep well." and with that, he kissed my forehead and I snuggled into his chest inhaling his scent as I fell asleep.
# Wills P.O.V #
After she falls asleep I only last another five minutes before I myself fall asleep. Just as I'm about to fall asleep I wriggle down and lay my head on a pillow. Just as I'm about to fall asleep she snuggles in closer to me and whispers "you're my knight don't ever leave" and before I drift off I make a pact in my head and a promise in my heart that no matter what ever happens I will never leave her.
I wake up the next morning and start to panic I lift my head and look over at the bedside clock and see that it's 11 am. I'm about to jump out of bed and get to school but I realise that there is a weight on my chest, some hands wrapped around my waist and some legs tangled with mine. my heartbeat starts to quicken as I wonder what I've done but then everything from the night before floods into my mind and I look down and smile tenderly at my little blossom.
I grab my phone and text the school telling them that my father forgot to call them to tell them I was unwell today. I also told them that I would email all of my due assignments to the teachers by the end of the day. Putting my phone back under my pillow I watch as my blossom sleeps in my arms and snuggles her head into my chest every time i play with her hair.
A half-hour later she awakes and stiffens. I bet she having the same thoughts I had. Then as she smells my cologne she slowly starts to soften up again. Then she pokes me and starts freaking out.
"oh my goodness I'm sorry i stayed here ... You should be at school oh my goodness oh no what if we were caught I need to go I'm going to get into trouble maybe even fired oh no I'm sorry I'm really sorry I fell asleep." she finally finishes her rant and goes to jump out of my bed when I grab her wrist and tell her to stay.
She looks back at me with a questioning look. " I only woke up a half-hour ago. I called in sick at school today. There is definitely no point in going for half of the day, so I thought that maybe we could actually finish Deadpool now and then we could do something else?!"
She had a thoughtful look on her face and just as I thought she was going to accept she blurt out with " what will your girlfriend think... She going to think I'm some gold-digging bimbo oh no this is bad this is very bad!" she looked at me with an expectant look on my face and i just smirked.
"yes that probably what she would think of you ... If i had a girlfriend ... Just don't worry about it blossom if i had a girlfriend you would have known by now.!" with a sigh of relief she crawls back under the covers and snuggles up to me like last night while i restart the movie.