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“Michelle, babe, I need you to wake up, please?”
No answer.
“MJ, wake up!”
No answer.
“Michelle?”
“Jesus Christ, Peter, what do you want?” Michelle sat up on the bed and rubbed at her eyes tiredly. Her vision came into focus slowly as she took in her familiar surroundings. To her left, she grabbed her phone and checked the time. “It’s four in the morning, Peter.”
She sat up, pressing his comforter against her body as she reached for his discarded t-shirt on the floor and put it on her as she turned to the boy next to her. She could make out the outline of a smile on his face.
“I love you.”
Michelle blinked, the words sending her into a state of alarm. She was fully awake now, definitely. “I…you’ve never…wow, well, you’ve never said that to me before.”
“Uh huh,” Peter nodded, getting a little close to her. “Well, I thought you should know.”
“How long?” came her quiet voice after a while.
“Since the uh…incident.”
“What? Peter…” Michelle softened, looking at him with a soft smile.
“Yeah? You don’t have to say anything, I just wanted to-“
“I love you too.”
Peter moved closer to her, until he was hovering on top of her, looking down at her lovingly. “That’s great, because I’ve got a few hours until May wakes up for work so…”
“Ugh, stop talking.” MJ rolled her eyes, as she pulled him to her, his lips landing directly on hers.
When they pulled away, air being the main reason, she played with the curls on the back of his head and he looked down at her, his soft smile echoing the mood around them. “How did I get so lucky?”
MJ smirked, “Face it, tiger. You’ve just hit the jackpot.”