i remembered little things, like taking alex's hat, being upside down and a lot of hugging, but the more i thought about it the more embarrassed i got.

i shuffled through the bathroom cabinet for painkillers, dry swallowing them because i didn't feel like eating or drinking anything. i walked past alex's room, and i saw that he was still sleeping. i placed the container on his nightstand and went back to bed.

my head still hurt when i woke up, but it was a lot better than before. i dragged myself out of bed, stopping for a second since my vision went spotty.

it was mid afternoon the earliest, but i wanted coffee so i made some. i heard rummaging in alex's room, so i imagined that he was up. he had mentioned to me how he liked his coffee, so i made him some too.

i took out my phone, replying to some tweets and liking them. i wasn't very active on social media, mostly because i was very new to it, but for the most part the community was cool. of course, some people can't mind their own business and are assholes for no reason, but that wasn't everyone.

i opened a dm from someone named dream. i was pretty sure i knew about him, but i couldn't remember any details about him.

hey, i've noticed we have mutual friends

and i figured i'd introduce myself.

i'm dream, or clay, whatever's easier.

hi, i'm reyna! it's nice to meet you :)

i decided that dream was nice to do that, even though he seems to be the most famous out of everyone. he was nice enough so far.

"good morning." alex groans.

"it's 2 o'clock." i have an amused smile on my face. alex's hair was all over the place, and his beanie was no where to be seen. he only had one sock on, and was wearing a hoodie and sweatpants. he had heavy bags under his eyes, and my admiration of eye bags wasn't helping my fluttering heart.

"oh." he pauses. "good afternoon."

"please tell me you don't have to stream today." i really wasn't feeling like hearing any sort of yelling.

"oh god no." he sits down next to me. "today is a movie day." he points to the window.

i hadn't realized that it had been raining. the glass had raindrops racing down the screen in front of a grey sky. the sky looked like one giant cloud.

"nice." i finish my coffee. alex had taken a few sips of his. i asked him if he wanted anything to eat, and he told me he'd just have some chips.

"what movie do you want to watch?" he asks, opening a bag of doritos.

"i don't know, i haven't seen a movie since i was seven." alex tends to forget that i haven't had a 'normal' childhood.

"true, true." he mumbles. "do you like action? horror? romance?"

"do i look-no, okay i don't care, pick anything." i didn't really have an opinion.

"oh! karl has been begging me to watch the harry potter movies." alex remembers.

"isn't that like, twenty hours of movies?" i ask, stealing a chip from him before sitting on the counter.

"yeah, but it'll be fun!" alex seems enthusiastic about it, so i figured i'd suck it up. worst comes to worst i'll just take a nap.

we had huddled around the t.v. with blankets, pillows, snacks, drinks, and anything else we could possibly need. alex posted a picture of us on instagram, and i took a bad picture of him and put it on my twitter.

i didn't think i'd actually like any of the movies, but i found myself enjoying it. at first, i made fun of a lot of the scenes, but i started to really get into it.

by the end of the last movie, it was around 10:30. alex was crying into a wendy's wrapper while i attempted to comfort him. i facetimed karl, and he picked up almost instantly.

"did you guys li-" he was cut off by alex crying loudly. it was a joke, but i could tell he genuinely got a little emotional with the ending.

"fred?" karl asks.

"yep." i respond, sharing a look with the boy on my phone. "please help."

"you got this, reyna! go be a supportive e girl!" he hangs up. i sigh, turning to alex.

"d-did he just call you an-"

"shut up."

surprisingly, watching movies for almost 24 hours really tires you out. alex went to go make the both of us cereal, and by the time he was back i was asleep on the couch.

alex didn't know what to do. he had a feeling he should move, and stop watching the girl on his couch, but he couldn't seem to look away. he hadn't remembered a time in his life where he wanted to be around someone as much as he did with reyna.

he wanted to know her better than anyone else. he wanted to be special to her. because reyna was definitely special to him.

alex thought it was cliche to think of reyna as 'unlike any girl he's ever met', but she was.

alex had never had to deal with being homeless, with her family situation or anything like that. he couldn't comprehend living without his family, they were a huge impact on his life. he thought she was the strongest person he'd ever met, and he admired her for that.

he admired her for a lot of other reasons too, but lets not get into that.

reyna's curly hair fell on her cheeks gently, and her eyelashes brushed lightly against her skin. she cuddled with a blanket, holding it against her face.

alex didn't know how someone with such a foul mouth could look so angelic.

reyna wasn't rude or mean, she was just defensive. alex knew that, he knew her better than he thought, but seeing her so peacefully, so unbothered by life, it made him stare.

she was beautiful.

and alex didn't know how to show her that.