All in the name of

9. Once lost

"So Eddy, your plans for today?"

"Um.. I've got ... lectures.. from noon onwards..."

Eddy replied in between yawns.

Brett smiled.

"Why don't you go back to bed and have a bit of a snooze before you venture off?"

"Hmm.. tempting but I'm worried I may oversleep"

"I'll set a lot of alarms for you. How many more hours do you want to sleep?"

"Um.. maybe.. two..?"

Eddy was indeed still very sleepy. He ended up only having a whiff of his coffee then he put it back on the kitchen bench. He staggered back into Brett's bedroom and crawled back into bed. He was out like a light within seconds.

Brett set three alarms on this phone, 5 minutes apart, to go off in about 2 hours.

He then gulped downed the rest of his coffee and joined Eddy in bed. Brett wasn't particularly sleepy. He had enjoyed the best sleep in days. He was content, just lying next to Eddy and watching him sleep.

"Hey Eddy, time to wake up.."

Eddy did not even stir an inch. Brett gently tapped his shoulder.

"Eddy..?"

Nope. Brett shook Eddy's shoulder.

"Eddy..!"

Finally, a very slight stir and...

"...noooo"

Brett chuckled hearing Eddy's very childlike whine.

"Oh c'mon Eddy..."

Brett tried to roll Eddy out of bed.

Eddy instead rolled right on top of Brett and pinned him down.

"..I.. need.. more.. sleep.."

"Oh c'mon Eddy, you've already slept through 3 alarms..!"

"Noooooooo"

Eddy nuzzled into the crook of Brett's neck.

Brett fidgeted awkwardly as he felt the weight of Eddy's body and the tickles from his nuzzling.

"Eddy.. um.. oh geez, you're..um, look, you're gonna miss your lecture.."

"Bugger that.. I'd rather be here.. with you.."

Brett ran his hand through Eddy's dishevelled hair and sighed.

"Look... I do feel the same way but.. really.. you said you were going..so you should go"

"...noooooo"

"Oh c'mon Eddy, stop being a big baby"

Brett hooked one of his legs around Eddy's and swiftly rolled him over and ended up sitting on top of him.

That woke Eddy up. He was stunned.

"Brett.. what did you just do to me?"

"What? Oh no, are you okay? Did I hurt you?"

"No.. but, where did you learn how to do that?"

"Oh.. um... oh, it's Keith. He'd shown me a few moves."

"Keith..? The security.. bouncer?"

"Yeah.. he told me yesterday that we'd known each other for years.. that's right, I used to train with him a fair bit."