Snippet #1691948

The early rays of sunlight filtered in through the closed blinds and cast thin lines of light onto the sleeping face of Aspen Ryder. He was unconscious to the world around him until an all too familiar sound of a pounding fist echoed in the room. Chase, his younger brother. Whenever Aspen was on the verge of sleeping in late, or just enjoying a short nap, the little boy always made a noisy display of waking him up. It sounded like the door would cave in and shatter into splinters of wood at any moment. The redhead turned over on his back and threw the blankets off of his bed with a frustrated sigh. "I'm awake now, you can stop attacking my door!" His throat was dry and the first thing he did was go into the bathroom--he was lucky enough to have attached directly to his room and drank a glass of water. After brushing his teeth he looked at himself in the mirror.

The straight line of his mouth turned up into a smile; he was thinking about Hannah. It was the strangest thing, trying to bring their old friendship back to life and ending up sleeping with her in the process. He realized he wanted to make an attempt at being friends again, he missed her. Sure, he was always surrounded by people everyday, but--as cheesy as it might sound, none of the people in his social circle made him smile or laugh until he started crying like Hannah could. However, he never would have thought they would hook up the way that they had. Sure she had been his best friend throughout his childhood, but he hadn't thought about her in a romantic way until the night he first talked to her since the beginning of his sophmore year of high school. He felt awkward afterwards, not having talked to her in so long.

The rest of his morning routine went by in a blur. Aspen was out the house and headed up the steps with a navy blue messenger bag slung over his shoulder. Inside the hallway he saw his clique gathered around in a circle. Without even really looking in his direction they detected his presence. Aspen looked around for Hannah but she was nowhere to be seen yet, a bit reluctantly, he put on a smile and went to join the circle.