Dominic jerks awake, startling me.
"You okay?" He rumbles, his voice rough with sleep.
"Yeah, I tried waking you up but you were out of it," I explain to him.
He nods and takes his arm off me. I slowly stand up, stretching my arms above my head. I wince when it pulls on my ribs. I wave off Alec's concern.
"Ok. Who's waking Luc?" Dominic stands up.
Everyone says 'shot not' so I drop down beside Luc.
"Wait, Angel—" Mase starts, scrambling to get up.
"Hang on, Mase," Alec murmurs when I touch Luc's arm. He grabs my wrist. It’s painfully tight, his eyes still closed.
“Luci,” I say quietly, wary of the low grumble coming from Luc.
"Alec." Mason growls when Luc doesn't let go. I feel his grip soften. His thumbs rubs a crescent moon shape into my wrist.
"It's okay, Mase," I tell him.
"He's not hurting her," Alec points out.
"Luci," I say again, brushes a few stray locks of blond hair from his face. "Time to wake up, sweetie. The movie finished."
His eyes open, disoriented. He takes in me kneeling beside him, his hand gripping my arm. He quickly lets go.
"Did you wake me up?" Luc asks when he sees the guys dumbfounded expression.
"Yeah," I say, standing up when my ribs start to ache.
"Holy shit," Luc rubs his eyes tiredly.
"None of us can wake him," Jace fills me in.
"I usually wake up swinging," Luc says nervously. I think he's worried about my reaction.
"Ok," I tell him simply.
"Wait. Really?" Luc asks confused. I shrug, not knowing what else to say.
He pulls me in for a tight hug and I rest my head on his chest, feeling pretty tired.
"Thanks, Butterfly," he whispers in my ear.
"No problem, Luci." I smile softly. His reaction hurts. I hate that he’s worried about that.
"Looks like Rory's good at dealing with all our demons." Mason's words linger with me. They’re good for my demons too.
"Ok!" Dominic announces. "I'm going to bed."
His words trigger everyone to start yawning and we all go our separate ways. The guys say goodnight and I head for my room.
Jace follows me down the hall. We brush our teeth in the bathroom before Jace walks me to my room. We stand there looking at each other.
I smile tiredly at him. His eyes search mine like he can't believe I'm really here.
"Me too," I whisper.
