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Golden, warm sunlight presses through the gap between the curtain and the window as the morning arrives. The sounds of the birds are gentle and quiet, indicating to me that it's still early

The new sunlight in the room allows me to observe that Rob is still sleeping and due to Axel's deep, regular, breathing behind me I assume he is too.

Yes, we did stay in that position all night. Yes, he was lovely to me all day and night yesterday and yes, I am now bordering on some pretty scary emotions.

But, what's even more terrifying is the lack of sleep I got last night. I quickly discovered that sleeping with a broken arm is no walk in the park. I couldn't really turn round due to my small bed and Axel's massive frame occupying most of the space. Plus, whenever I tried to do anything terms of making myself comfortable, pain would shoot through either my arm or my head.

So to say I was tired, would be an understatement.

I realised that because both boys were still asleep, so I could still go back to sleep. So I shut my eyes again and willed sleep to come, again. The feeling of Axel behind me was oddly reassuring and comfy, so I finally felt sleep coming.

Just as I was about to fall into a deep, blissful sleep, there was a knock on the door.

It's fine universe, I don't really need sleep. In fact, why don't you just take my happiness now?

I let out an agitated sigh, a quiet one careful not to wake either boys. Slowly standing up from the bed, due to my injuries, I go to open the door.

I open it to be knocked back by a pair of arms.

"I'm so fucking glad that you're okay!" Squeals my best friend, giving what is possibly one of the roughest hugs in my life.

Emma.

The pain in my arm shoots through me and I such my eyes in pain. I gently pull back from her hug, not wanting to offend her after she has traveled just over an hour to get here.

Wait, why did she travel?

"Not that I'm not over-joyed to see you or anything, but what are you doing here?" I grin, looking at her.

She picks up her suitcase as I stand back to let her in.

"Rob phoned me saying that you were in the hospital, so I came as quickly as I could. I'm glad to see your okay, obviously Rob was over-" She stops in the middle of her sentence as she asses the room.

Here we go.

Axel's still sleeping in my bed, topless.

"Well, this is new." She drawls as she grins mischievously at me.

Rob mutters as he pulls the covers above his head, finally waking up. I look over at Axel in exasperation, seeing that he is still asleep.

How does he sleep through all of this?

Rob pulls the covers back down and smiles. "Emma! Finally, someone else that can third-wheel with me."

"Yeah, yeah." She rolls her eyes, before turning serious. "You may actually want to get out of bed, Rob."

"Why the hell would I do that? It's like what?" He checks the clock on his phone that was resting beside him. "Seven?! You woke me up at seven. Great, I'm gonna fall asleep at three in the afternoon now."

"I came with your parents. They were only twenty minutes behind me." Emma blurts out, staring at me.

"My parents?" I ask in confirmation. Emma nods. "Oh, shit."

"You might wanna wake up Axel for that." Rob nods.

I walk over to my bed and sit on the side. I shake Axel's shoulder and in response, he grumbles and rolls over onto his stomach.

I roll my eyes at Axel before turning to the other two, "Help?"

Rob winks at me before saying loudly, "Damn Skylar, keep your top on."

Almost instantly, Axel turns over in the bed and sits up.

Boys.

He takes in me sitting at the edge of the bed, fully dressed, and his posture relaxes.

"Why on earth are we all awake. Hi Emma." Axel groans, not sounding welcoming at all.

Emma and Rob answer at the same time.

"We're awake because Skylar's parents are visiting."

"They're here in about ten minutes."

I shut my eyes in annoyance as I feel Axel lay a hand on my wrist. "Really?" He asks, his eyebrows furrowing in confusion.

"Yeah, sorry." I say guiltily, giving him a sheepish smile.

"You should probably put a top on." Rob points to Axel's chest.

Meanwhile, I just can't really bring myself to look at it. It's too defined and hot for seven in the morning. The girly side of my brain isn't quite ready to see it.

"Shit yeah, okay. Eh, hold on." Axel rambles, running a hand through his hair as his frantic eyes search the room. "Where's my bag?"

"I threw it in the wardrobe." Emma shrugs, as if she just did the most reasonable thing.

"Why would you do that?" I laugh nervous, fully aware of the minutes ticking by.

"I didn't want your parents to know Axel stayed the night."

"Jesus, I...I don't even want to know." Axel grumbles as he heads to the wardrobe.

"It's too early for this!" Rob laughs as he heads to the bathroom.

Axel reappears, a burgundy t-shirt now hiding his drool-worthy chest. He wears black skinny jeans with his top, his hair messy but acceptable.

I suddenly realise that I think this is the first time I've ever sen Axel stressed, his usual aura of confidence and calmness is gone and replaced with a frantic, scared man who quite frankly I don't recognise.

Although, admittedly, it's rather funny.

Rob comes out of the bathroom, now dressed too, as Axel makes a move to go to the bathroom.

Catching his wrist as he turns, he comes back so that we're standing chest to chest. Moving my hand down his forearm, I clasp his hand in my own, intertwining our fingers. The butterflies in my stomach flutter on cue.

"Why are you panicking? Calm down for me." I say softly, not wanting him to stress over something that isn't worth it.

"Sorry," Axel takes a deep breath before releasing it. "I just don't want to mess this up."

I grin at his answer, my mind practically glowing at his answer. No one has ever cared this much for me, never mind someone like Axel.

Unable to help myself , I press my lips to his. Our kiss is gentle, my lips molding to his as he responds to it automatically. Axel warps an arm round my waist, drawing me closer to his body as I keep my one good hand on his solid biceps.

I faintly hear two 'awws' from the corner. I grin, which causes Axel to smile too. Our kiss is broken through our smiling and somehow that seems to represent how happy I feel in this moment.

"I'm very calm now." Axel drawls, keeping his arm round my waist.

I practically let out a sigh of relief at his usual confidence flooding back.

"Better be." I warn, laughing.

Just as our friends begin to send us suggestive looks, there's a knock on the door.

Walking to the door, I turn round to look at Axel. He send me a reassuring wink, to which I shake my head at.

Why did I ever miss his confidence, again?

Opening up the door, I'm engulfed by my mom's arms.

Seriously, does nobody see the bright pink cast?

She draws back quickly, thank goodness, and starts searching my face for any big injuries.

"Hi, Mom. I'm fine." I laugh.

"Calm down, love." My Dad laughs as he draws my mum away. "How are you, honey?"

"I'm okay, a bit sore but nothing I can't handle." I shrug, keeping my answers vague, not wanting them to know about the pounding currently happening in my head.

"Thank god! Can we come in and we can talk more?" My mum asks as she squeeze my upper arm.

"Yeah." I say as I open the door into the dorm. Axel and Rob sit on one bed whilst Emma sits on the other. "This is Rob and Axel." I gesture, awkwardly.

They both stand up and I silently praise them at their manners. My mum comes over and captures Rob in a hug.

"Hello dear, I'm Beth and this is my husband Robert. I don't believe we've met yet." My mum asks.

Rob puts on a charming smile as he stands in front of my Mom, looking the opposite of his usual mischievous, hyper self and resembling more of a boy taking back a good report card to his parents.

"I'm Rob, Skylar's roommate." Rob nods. "It's great to finally meet you both."

My Mom lets him go as he and my Dad shake hands. I go and stand beside Axel, fully aware that his interrogation is next.

My mom comes to a halt in front of us. Pointing a finger at Axel, you can almost hear his heart thumping.

"Now, you. You're the man who's been making my daughter very happy." She smirks in my direction.

Who's idea was this? I think it's time for everyone to go home.

Axel, turning his charm on, replies smoothly. " I think it's the other way round, Ma'am." He smiles.

"Hmm, good answer." She smiles. "I like you."

Axel smiles as my dad comes behind my Mom.

Stopping he quirks an eyebrow at Axel, "Were you the one who made-out with my daughter in the hallway?"

Axel lets out a quiet, guilty laugh before answering, "I'm afraid so Sir."

"Hmm, I'm not quite as easy to impress as Skylar's mother." He warns.

I internally roll my eyes at my Dad's protectiveness, knowing that he likes to do this.

To try and reassure Axel, I slip my hand into his. My Mom monitors the action with her eyes as Axel straightens up at the remark.

"I'm up to the challenge, Sir."

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The return of the parents! When Skylar's father started talking to Axel I was like:

But I think he handled it pretty well :)

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