❝The way she talked about the things she loved

made the whole room turn to see what shone❞

My dorm ceiling and then, Ethan with his arms crossed over his chest, his muscles flexing and a disappointed expression covered his face, was not something I expected to witness, when I first woke up.

But that something is exactly what welcomed me, when I sat up on my bed, groaning softly.

Confused, I looked around my dorm, ignoring the pain as my eyes fell on him beside me on Maria's bed. Weren't we supposed to go to the practices?

When he saw my confused stare, he spoke up "You clearly haven't slept properly for god knows how long and in spite of having painful menstrual cramps, you still decided to show up at college. Not the wisest of decisions I must say."

My mouth hung open as his voice hit me like a bullet "Ho-How do you know that?" I sputtered.

"Doesn't matter. The thing is how do you not? You were out there thinking about practices and college, when you should be in bed, resting. Jesus, have you seen your face?" He raised his eyebrow at me.

I wasn't wearing any concealer, of course the dark bags under my eyes were more visible than they had been, screaming the secrets of countless sleepless nights.

My head fell back in annoyance as I muttered "Doesn't matter, I am fine now"

"Of course you are, that's why you passed out. I don't know, you are not going anywhere out of here. Stay in the bed."

"Yeah sure" I rolled my eyes getting up from my bed and tumbled when my feet touched the ground, feeling my head spin.

"Did I just not tell you to rest?" He rushed to my side.

"Am just going to the bathroom, calm the fuck down" I cursed under breathe, massaging my temples and moved towards the bathroom's direction.

"Whatever. I am just doing this, because Maria told me to make sure you don't go out" He huffed, running his fingers through his hair.

"Since when did you start listening to Mar?" I looked over my shoulder at him, with a cold expression.

"When she became my best friend's best friend." I heard his voice speak, before opening the door, I sneaked inside the bathroom.

Walking over to the mirror, I stared at my reflection clearly not liking the view. A tired sigh left my lips as I turned on the faucet, the cold water streaming out endless and began to wash my face.

After drying my face, I reached up to untie my hair from the bun, due to the extreme headache I was feeling. The soft locks fell on my shoulder, covering the side of my face messily as I fixed them with my fingers.

Finally done, I swing opened the door, stepping out. He was laying on my bed with Maria's laptop in his lap, his T-shirt was lifted up a little, showing his skin a shade darker than my pale one and the band of his boxers.

"What the hell are you doing?" Closing the door behind me, I grumbled, walking towards him.

He scooted a bit, making some space and spoke up with shining eyes "Come on, we are going to watch a movie"

Standing just a few feet away from the bed, I furrowed my eyebrows as the words came out of my mouth, confusingly "A movie?"

My brain tried to search for the memory of the last time, I watched a movie, but came up with none. It had been so long, longer than I even realized.

He nodded with a small smile and said "Yeah, which one would you like to watch?"

His question rang as the answer threatened to spill from my mouth. Looking down at my feet, I bit my lip, begging myself not to blush, when I whispered "Tangled"

Shutting my eyes tightly, I instantly hated myself for saying it, cursing myself loudly in my head. I waited for him to burst into laughter or maybe make fun of me, but the longer I waited the more silence I got.

"Tangled it is, then" Opening my eyes wide, I quickly looked up at him in disbelief.

He grinned at my expression and I couldn't help myself as a smile painted itself on my face. I smiled brightly at him, making his eyes flicker for a second and his own grin diminished, staring at me in daze.

My cheeks hurt and I wanted to stop, but couldn't. It was a bubble of genuine happiness encasing me. The feeling of excitement of watching my favorite movie after what seemed like eternity was refreshing.

"You plan to stand there the whole day? Come on! I found it" He voice pulled me like a magnetic force as I walked towards him.

There wasn't much space on that tiny bed of mine, but I didn't paid any attention to it.

"It's my favorite" I murmured in glee, crawling on the bed beside him as his warm soft chuckle caressed my skin.

At first I tensed up, when his arm came behind me, wrapping around my body as I realized how close our bodies were pressed together. But, Flynn Rider's cheeky voice made me forget about it and without me even realizing, I rested my head on Ethan's shoulder.

The voice from the movie echoed in the silent room and I could feel his shoulders and chest vibrating from quiet laughter. For some reason it made me feel light headed almost drunk, as my eyelids started feeling heavy.

I tried to stay awake to watch the movie, but when Ethan's fingers came stroking my hair and gently massaging my scalp, that did it. My eyes fluttered, before closing as the smooth laughter lulled me to sleep.

~~~

The sound of water running rang in the room and Maria's quiet singing greeted my ears soothingly as I opened my eyes, still hungover on the sleepiness.

Rolling over to my side, I stretched my limbs, stifling a yawn. My arm automatically went to the empty space beside me, to seek warmth from the source, which was not there anymore.

Sitting up, I rested my head against the hard headboard, feeling ecstatic for some reason. A good sleep can do that to you.

I reached towards the small bedside table to get my phone, when I saw a pink note laying beside it with some words scribbled on it and a big smiley or not a smiley.

Frowning, I gingerly took the note and skimmed the words written on.

Can't believe you made me watch that whole movie all alone, very clever that was. Anyway, hope you slept well and don't worry, your secret is safe with me.

~ Yours cutely

I stared at the note confused, drowning in my thoughts, when a chuckle burst out through my lips, when I realized he was talking about the movie, my favorite movie. Kinda embarrassing, it was, but I didn't care.

Falling back on the pillow, I stared at the ceiling. The bathroom door opened slowly, revealing Maria wrapped in a fluffy baby blue towel and another white one wrapped up around her hair on the head.

Realization changed her features as she looked at me "Oh, you are up! How are you feeling now? Slept well?" She asked.

"I am feeling much better and yeah, I did. Very well, in fact."

Flynn Ryder is the best and probably the hottest Disney character ever, hats off to him. And yeah, in case, by any chance you are interested, Tangled is my favorite movie. What about you?

Altho I don't really watch movies and Horror is the only genre for me, Tangled is an exception.

Also, what do you think about this chapter, it wasn't too boring, I hope?

Take care. Keep smiling because life is a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about :)

Love, Zee..