“floyd,” aspen mumbled, gently nudging the boy’s leg with her foot. her eyelids fluttered open to the sound of his piercing alarm ringing throughout the trailer. she assumed it was an alarm that was forgotten to be turned off off, as it was a saturday morning and of her knowledge, floyd was not one to get up and at it at that time of day. small streaks of light began to creep through the blinds, leaving the room in a lighting bright enough to see, but dark enough that one could still continue to sleep. the alarm was shrill, and rather cringe-worthy. now this certainly could have been a completely normal sounding alarm with a perfectly reasonable volume, but after the events of the night before ( or maybe just aspen’s current sleepy state ) it seemed to amplify in aspen’s head. the girl pulled the fuzzy blankets that covered her body up and over her head, her fists grasping the edge of the blanket. somehow in her state of fatigue, she convinced herself that two layers of blankets should have easily combated the piercing ring that emit the boy’s clock. the two had had a rather late night. they’d met up to grab something to eat, brought it out to the beach, and ended up going back to floyd’s trailer to watch some movies and drink a bit, before ending the night across from one another in a bundle of blankets on the couch. now, aspen began to wake in a blurry haze. as the alert continued, aspen turned over in her spot on the couch. “floyd,” she whispered once more, reluctantly moving the blankets back off of her face to make sure they didn’t block the sound of her voice. she reached her arm out to lightly poke the boy once more, eyebrows furrowing together in an almost sad response at the idea of having to get up. as he continued to appear unresponsive the brown eyed girl slowly sat up, letting out a small, barely audible yawn. she tip toed up and over to the clock, messing with the buttons for a few moments: accidentally raising the volume, lowering the volume, switching the type of alarm, and then finally turning it off. 5:30 am.
aspen leaned forward, her elbows against the counter and placing her head down into her hands. ugh. she looked up and over to the boy who still laid fast asleep. a small smile curved to her light pink lips. the brunette girl was having an internal debate: the urge to bang some pots and pans - for if she wasn’t going to be able to fall back asleep, why should he? or to let the cute boy sleep. she’d let him sleep. he just looked too content to wake. floyd and aspen had a rather interesting relationship. there were a lot of things unspoken, a constant denial that they enjoyed one another’s presence for anything other than humor, accompanied by an endless banter- yet their actions seemed to consistently contradict the things they told one another.