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Clementine kept tossing and turning, she couldn't quite find the right spot for her to get comfortable. She would keep looking over at AJ's bed, thinking she would see him there but she knew very well that he was in Tenn's room having a 'sleepover'.
Thinking back to when AJ asked her, all excited with an even more excited Tenn behind him brought a smile to her face. With how excited they were she couldn't say no.
But she didn't think it was going to be this hard to be alone in their room. Sure she had been on her own before but now, this time she had AJ, she always had her goofball. But he was growing up, and she is happy that he made more friends. He at least deserved that for some kind of childhood.
But she wasn't going to lie to herself she was, just a little, struggling with it.
She sat up quickly, she knew she wasn't going to get any sleep like this so she decided to go for a walk, maybe check up on the boys and see if they had fallen asleep yet. From how dark it was outside she knew it was late.
She tiptoed to Tenn's door and opened it just a crack. There they were, asleep on the amount of blanket and pillows they could find all piled up on the floor. She giggled a bit at the sight of the two boys. They were sprawled out on top of their mountain of pillows and AJ's foot was basically on top of Tenn's face. She shut the door quietly so not to wake them up. She was satisfied knowing AJ was okay. But she knew there was no way in hell she was going to be able to get any sleep on that cold bed.
As she was walking back to her room she bumped into something that sounded a lot like a certain blonde she knew. Clementine took a couple steps back to see Violet rubbing at her head where Clem had obviously head butted her.
"Oh god, I'm so sorry are you okay?" Clementine asked concerned, holding either side of violet's head examining the bump growing on her forehead. Violet chuckled at her worried girlfriend trying to get a better look at the bump.
"I'm fine, honest Clem. It's just a bump it'll be gone by morning" Violet reassured her taking Clem's hands in hers. Clementine smiled at her softly with apologetic eyes.
"I'm sorry" Clementine looked down at their entangled hands.
"Hey, it's okay. I've been through worse" Violet laughed, lifting up Clem's face with her finger.
"So let me guess, couldn't sleep knowing AJ wasn't in the same room as you huh?" Violet smirked with a raised eyebrow.
"What? Nooooo...okay yes. I'm just protective that's all" Clementine argued. Making Violet laugh again.
"Yeah I know, That's one of the reason why I like you so much". It was Violet's turn to look down shyly. Though Clem's head shot up quickly at what she said, she softly smiled at the blonde, placing a kiss on the top of Violet's head where the bump was growing. Violet's face turned a crimson colour at the small kiss. But she looked back up at the brunette with a smile.
The two girls stood there for a couple more minutes, swinging their hands slightly and looking into each others eyes, until Clementine came to a realization.
"Wait, Why are you up so late?" Clem asked, tilting her head a little. Violet suddenly went even more red at that question like she was caught out.
"Oh uhh, I was just getting some water" She lied. But Clem saw right through it.
"Really?" She asked, it was her turn to raise an eyebrow.
"Uhhh...fine...I...just had a nightmare...I couldn't go back to sleep andddd I was kinda coming to see you..to..to check up on you, yeah." Violet looked up, trying to play cool, but Clementine saw through it again, obviously. She let out a small laugh at her girlfriend's blushing face, That melted Violet's heart.
"Aren't you sweet" Clem giggled. Violet shyly smiled again.
"Hey um, you could always come back to my room since we both can't sleep, only if you want to obviously. Totally okay if you don't want to, it was a dumb idea anyway" Violet rambled already walking away before Clem could answer.
"Wait Vi!" she whispered called, not wanting to wake any of the other kids. Violet turned around instantly, "Yes, I'd like that." Clementine walked back up to her, grabbing hold of her hand. Violet was shocked at Clem's answer but her mouth went into a huge grin.
"Oh uhh great!" Violet answered. Clem smiled back at her and then looked over Violet's shoulder, hinting to go to the room.
Violet caught on and started leading her to her room. She opened the door for Clem to go in first, she smiled at her for the cute gesture making Violet grin even more. Violet shut the door, then started to take off her jacket. Clem did the same and out of habit reached for her hat, but she had left it in her room. Obviously she had only put on her jacket when she left, Forgetting her boots too.
Clem sat down on the bed waiting for Violet sit down next to her to take off her boots. She was smart, Clementine had thought, beacause it was freezing in the school since it was winter and there was no heating in the building now. Her feet were freezing even with socks. Once Violet took off her boots she looked over at Clem with a smile. It instantly fell awkward since the girls had never slept in the same bed before, not knowing what to.
Violet scooted up to the head board, resting against the pillow she had. Violet gulped, swallowing anymore nerves she might have had left.
"Y-you want to come over here?" Violet asked shyly, her arms raised out a little for Clem to come cuddle with her. Clementine smiled with a shy nod at her girlfriend. She then scooted up against Violet, wrapping her arms around the blonde's waist. Violet wrapped her arm around Clem's shoulder and rested her other arm on Clem's arm that lay across her stomach.
Both girls sighed with content, Clem resting her head on Violet's shoulder and Violet rested her head on top of Clem's. They slowly scooted down a little so they could lay down properly.
"I like this" Violet sighed moving her face a little more into Clementine's hair. Clem laughed shyly,
"Yeah, me too. I think we nailed at being romantic".
Violet giggled at the brunette.
"Yeah, I think so".
"Vi?" Clem asked quietly, making sure the blonde was still awake.
"Hmm" Violet hummed happily.
"I..I love you" Clem basically mumbled not really wanting her to hear it if her reaction was going to be bad. She didn't want to ruin this moment, although she feared she had. But she couldn't hide it anymore, she did love her she had for quiet awhile now. Clem looked up at her slowly to see her reaction. But Violet looked back at her with a goofy grin on her face.
"I..I love you too Clementine".
Clem then had her own goofy smile. She got up quickly to get closer to her girlfriend's face to lean down and kiss her. Both girls smiled into the kiss. Clem deepened the kiss as soon as Violet kissed her back. Once they broke apart for air they leant their heads together. Both girls couldn't stop giggling, then Clem heard moving from the other room, being Aasim's room.
"Shhh, we're going to wake the others" Clem giggled, raising a finger to her lips.
"I honestly don't care, I'm to happy" Violet giggled back, kissing the finger Clem had on her lips. Clementine smiled down at her girlfriend.
"Yeah me too". She kissed her softly one more time before going back into their previous position.
"We should probably get some sleep" Clem sighed as she wrapped herself up in Violet again.
"Noooo, I want to stay up and talk with you." Violet yawned, making it clear she was exhausted. Clementine giggled, looking up at the blonde again, kissing her jaw.
"I know, I want to talk too. But we can talk as much as we want tomorrow okay? I can even tell AJ that he can sleep in Tenn's room again tomorrow night." Clem smiled.
Violet tiredly laughed at her girlfriend.
"Yeah, yeah okay. Goodnight Clem, I..I love you" Violet yawned. Making Clem laugh once again at her tired girlfriend.
"Goodnight Vi, I love you too". They closed their eyes and fell asleep around the same time. They got much better sleep together then they had before on their own.
the next morning;
"Hey little dude, how was the sleepover?" Louis asked AJ once he and Tenn walked through the door in the hall to meet up with everyone for breakfast.
"Really fun! But where's Clem she wasn't in our room when I went to say good morning to her." He kept looking around at everyone to see if he could find her.
"Sorry little man, I haven't seen her." Louis shrugged. "Don't worry though, there was no signs of anyone leaving this morning so she's around her some where".
"Speaking of missing people, Violet's not here either" Ruby added to the conversation.
"I think I know where they are" Aasim added with a tired groan, showing he was woken up late and not able to get back to sleep.
The gang followed Aasim to Violet's room next to his. "Check in there" He pointed to Violet's door with another groan. Heading back to the breakfast hall.
Louis and AJ opened the door slowly finding the missing couple wrapped up in each other on the only bed in the room.
"woah-hooooh" Louis laughed. Making the couple wake up.
"What th-?" "Huh?" The two girls woke up in a instant.
"Look whose finally awake" Ruby smirked. Violet awkwardly smiled and Clem hid her face in Violet's neck.
"Whatcha doing in her Clem, did you get lonely?" AJ asked his guardian, walking into the bedroom. The two girls sat up properly to talk with everyone and explain.
"Uh, yeah I guess I did." Clementine smiled at AJ then at Violet who smiled back shyly.
"Oh well then in that case, I don't have to have a sleepover with Tenn again. I can only sleep in our room from now o-"
"No!" Both girls interrupted him in union. Making everyone laugh but AJ who was the only one still confused.
"No, AJ it's okay. You can have a sleepover with Tenn whenever you want, I'll...I'll be fine" Clem explained, looking inbetween the boy and her girlfriend. AJ still looked confused so she continued to explain.
"AJ, remember when I taught you that thing called love?" Clem questioned, leaning down closer to him trying to get her message across.
"Yeah....ohh" AJ's mouth turned into an O shape at the realization.
"Yeahhh" Clem smiled shyly. Violet smiled at Clem, placing a kiss on her head.
"Cool!" AJ smiled, hugging them both, before leaving the room for breakfast. Leaving the two girls laughing at his sweet reaction.
"Breakfast is ready love birds, once you get yourselves together" Ruby rolled her eyes with a smile just before leaving. Louis simply winked at the girls with a "Happy for you guys" then left for breakfast himself.
"Pretty good reaction so far" Clem giggled. "Yeah, I'll say" Violet smiled, wrapping her arm around her girlfriend again.
"Come on, we better get breakfast" Clementine started getting up but was pulled back down on to the bed.
"Not before this!" Violet laughed, pulling Clem in for a kiss. They pulled away slowly looking at eachother as they did. "Love you" Violet sighed.
"Yeah, love you too, ya dork. Now come on I'm hungry" Clem laughed pulling on her jacket.
"Okay, Okay I'm getting up. Ugh and here I thought we could have slept in a bit longer" Violet sighed, resting her head on her hand.
"Maybe if you eat quick enough we can come back in here before our shifts" Clem said quietly, almost mischievously. She leant down to other girl, winking at her just before leaving the room quickly and leaving her girlfriend even more speechless.
No one had every seen Violet move that fast before than that morning and Clementine being the only person who knew why.