Beauty Sleep

He knocked on her door.

Lawrence didn't have much time left. He had left his pack for a long time, and for some reason, all he could think about was… 

"Lexie," he breathed. 

"What are you doing here?"

"I'm keeping my word, the day's not over yet and you wanted to spend the entire day together, no?" 

She lifted her brow, "I didn't know you would be so adamant and come visit in the middle of the night."

"The night's not over yet, there's plenty of things we could do."

Rolling her eyes, she questioned, "Like what?"

"For one, I could tell you what you missed at the picnic." 

"What would be so important that you'd come all this way to tell me?"

"That's not the only reason I came here," Lawrence announced to Lexie, looking the other way when she stared blankly at him. 

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They fell onto the bed, heaving and panting. 

"So, you're telling me I missed Xavier's proposal when I declined to join you guys?"