Breaking Point

Dream-catching Lullabies

"Oh that was so amazing!" Jennifer exclaimed when her and Maribelle finally entered their hotel room after a concert. Jennifer let herself fall on the bed and closed her eyes, exhausted. "I don't think I could ever get tired of dancing on that stage."

Maribelle laughed. "I can, that was exhausting!" she said, and Jennifer laughed.

"But Belle, don't you love the feeling of... of... of exhilaration when we perform? It's intoxicating!" Jennifer said dreamily.

"I do, but exhaustion wins over once we stop moving." Maribelle joked, and Jennifer sat up to throw a pillow at her.

"I'm serious! I can dance forever." Jennifer said, taking on that dreamy tone once again, and Maribelle laughed.

"I bet you can, you practice the most out of all of us combined!" Maribelle cried, but before Jennifer could respond, her phone rang. "Hello? Oh hey!"

"Hey Lover Boy!" Jennifer called tiredly, and Maribelle threw a pillow at her to silence her, but it only made Jennifer laugh.

"No, we're not doing anything, wanna come over? Okay. See you soon. Bye." Maribelle said in her phone, and threw another pillow at Jennifer, who laughed.

"Looks like Lover Boy is gonna get lucky." Jennifer teased, and Maribelle threw her last pillow at Jennifer, who threw it back.

"Shut up before I call Justin over here too."

"Oh, I'm so scared." Jennifer said sarcastically, and Maribelle narrowed her eyes at her. "Whenever we hang out, he mostly just watches me read, so by all means, I'll invite Celeste and Austin too!"

"You're the worst!" Maribelle cried, and jumped over her bed to attack Jennifer, who was laughing so hard her stomach hurt. Jennifer managed to grab a pillow to cover her face while Maribelle started beating her with another pillow.

"Rape! Please Mister, I'm underage!" Jennifer screamed, laughing, and Maribelle stopped hitting her and started laughing. "Whoo, glad that's ov-no Mister please, I'm underage!"

Both girls were laughing so hard and so loud that they didn't hear when someone knocked at the door. Finally, when they had to resort to literally kicking the door, Jennifer and Maribelle quietly went to the door, and Jennifer opened it a little to see Alex, Justin, Celeste, and Austin waiting there with their overnight clothes and pillows.

"Belle, we have company." Jennifer whispered, loud enough for everyone to hear. "Password?" she said clearly.

"Open the door please?" Alex said nicely, and Jennifer slammed the door shut, both girls laughing uncontrollably.

"That was the wrong password!" Jennifer yelled, and everyone was laughing. She opened the door a crack again. "Wanna try again?"

"How bout you open the door before I stomp your face in?" Celeste suggested playfully.

"Wrong passwor-OW!" she screamed when Maribelle hit her with a pillow, knocking her over and opening the door for everyone. They started laughing, and Jennifer grabbed another pillow and ran at Maribelle, who's back was to her and smacked her across the head with the pillow.

Pretty soon, everyone was laughing and throwing pillows. When they'd calmed down a bit, Jennifer grabbed her pajamas and ran to the bathroom before anyone else could, laughing so hard her stomach hurt at their reactions.

Once everyone had settled down and were ready for bed, Jennifer had immersed herself in her book and music while Maribelle and Celeste played cards, and the guys were just watching the girls, fixated on their activities. Justin leaned on Jennifer's bed, and watched as she read, Alex and Austin were telling the two girls the other's cards, all three girls aware of the guy's attention to them.