Ordinary & Unordinary ✔️

chapter eighteen

Alice
I wake up to darkness.

I can feel Jonathan's arms around me, and my head buried in his chest.

His chest moves slowly up and down, indicating he's still asleep.

I lift my head up and looks at his nightstand table clock.

3:46 AM

Dang it.

I was hoping it was at least 4.

I look to Jonathan as my head lays back down on his pillow.

He's so pretty.

His soft hair is scattered around his pillow, but there is a section covered half of his face.

I move it out of the way with my fingertips.

He looks so peaceful when he's sleeping.

It's almost like he's an angel sent from above.

That's weird, I know, but it's true.

My finger takes control and very lightly (almost not touching it) brushes his jawline.

His jaw is literally unreal-

I trace up to the end of his left eyebrow, then down his nose.

His skin is so soft.

My finger traces a little scar above his right eyebrow that I had never noticed before.

I go down his cheek and to his lips.

They are so plump and perfect.

I slowly trace his top lip, then bottom, and back again.

I look back up at him after a moment and see his sleepy eyes watching me.

My finger flinches away. "Sorry." I whisper.

"Don't-don't stop." He whispers back.

My finger slowly goes back to his cheek, making his eyes flutter closed.

Once I finally get back to his lips, I notice that he's already asleep again.

I lean up and kiss his forehead and snuggle into his neck, his arms instinctively tightening around me.

I go to sleep listening to Jonathan's slow and steady breathing.
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The next morning Jonathan wakes up before me.

"Good morning." He says in a deep raspy voice that I didn't know I needed to hear.

"Hi." I smile and stretch my arms out.

"How'd you sleep?" He brushes some loose strands of hair off of my face.

"Perfectly." I play with his hand.

I did sleep almost perfectly.

I didn't have any night terrors, and I only woke up once in the night.

Jonathan kisses my cheek before hopping out of bed and running to his bathroom.

"Wow!" I say sarcastically.

"Gotta go when ya gotta go!" He yells, and I can hear his pee hit the water bowl.

I laugh, and get out of bed.

This has been the best 24 hours I've literally ever had.

I go over to his desk, where there are lots of papers piled on.