Ruby
I could hear muffled voices through the darkness around me, but I was comfortable. I didn’t want to give in and wake up. I wanted to remain asleep, swaddled in the warmth around me.
I wanted to tell the voices to be quiet, but my eyes cracked open regardless. The talking around me stopped. I groaned as I swallowed. My tongue felt like sandpaper against the roof of my mouth, and I sat up, rubbing at my temples.
“You’re awake.”
No s**t, can I go back to sleep?
That’s what I wanted to say to Xavier, but I remained quiet. The moment I had opened my eyes, I remembered some of what had happened. I just wasn’t sure if everything I remembered was from reality or a dream. I inhaled deeply and swung my legs off the sofa to curl my toes on the cool marble floor, my eyes wandering from Xavie
