[Q.Supplies] The Day After The Night Before

[Russell Haynes]

"Night, night.

Russ couldn't help but find a smile on his face, "It's barely midday, Jennifer," he said with a chuckle. Bringing the tip of his index finger to her nose, he gently pushed it in as if it was a button, "Boop," he said with a laugh. So his childish side was coming out again, he couldn't help it. He watched as she closed her eyes, "Night," he whispered as he pulled the covers over her. He left himself uncovered so as not to invade her personal space, it was bad enough that he was making her share his bed with him... however odd that sounded.

Russell watched as she breathed for a while. He noticed how comfortable she seemed and he smiled. In no time, his eyes felt heavy before they closed and he let himself be taken over by sleep.

The things that boy dreamed about. Jen, her smile, the way she laughed, the way her forehead crinkled when she was angry or upset. All those traits and qualities attracted him to her and he didn't know why. It was almost as if he was drawn to her.

It was maybe a half hour later when he found himself more aware of his surroundings. He hated waking up, that was for sure. The way he woke up, however, surprised him. Jen was cuddled up to him and his arm was draped over her as if he was holding her only moments ago. It was not how he fell asleep. Russ didn't want to move for two reasons; he didn't want to wake Jen up and simply, he just didn't want to move.

[Jennifer Queens]

“I’m aware of the time Russell, but your the one who suggested the nap!” she reminded him in a high tone, before giving a small giggle. It was then that Russell seemed to shut her up by pressing her nose and making a funny noise. Jennifer scrunched her nose up and gave a sleepy smile, realising how tired she actually was, a nap would be good, just for half an hour or so. Giving a yawn, she closed her eyes and seemed to fall straight to sleep almost as soon as her eyelids met each other. She heard Russ’s voice but sleep was taking over and she couldn’t reply.

Jen dreamt weird things normally, and this was no exception. Her and Russ were wearing bright pink suits and top hats and were tap dancing for Daniel Hubbles of all people. Complete with canes, and choreography to make the finest tap dancers jealous, they performed infront of him, the rhythm getting faster and faster until Jen couldn’t keep up and fell over. Looking up, Dan helped her up, and they began to kiss. Confused as to why this was happening, she pulled away and turned around to Russ who had his back to her.

“Russ...Russ I don’t know what happened. I love you, not him!” she panicked, putting her hand on his upper arm, but he violently pulled her grasp away and stood silently, with his hand to his mouth. Open mouthed she looked back at Dan to see him now kissing another woman, neither her, Nor Dia. Utterly gobsmacked, she stamped over to Dan.

“What about Dia!” she screamed at him, but he just ignored her. She stood inbetween the two men, and neither of them were paying any attention to her. Looking from Dan to Russ and back again, she dropped the cane and threw her hat down and screamed, jolting herself awake.

“Huh!” she gasped, eyes wide as she sat upright. Turning around, she realised she had cuddled up to Russ in her sleep and he was awake.

“Have you actually been to sleep?” she smiled.

[Russell Haynes]

Russ watched as Jen continued to sleep, however he became a bit worried when she didn't look as if she was having very good dreams. He furrowed his brow and shrugged it off, its not like he could do anything about it, it was her dream, not his. With a sigh, he kissed her forehead softly, "You're beautiful," he whispered before he returned to his sleeping position and closed his eyes.

He couldn't sleep anymore now but he tried. Instead he just relaxed and laid there as Jen slept. He still couldn't help but sense that her dreams weren't as pleasant as his. Those thoughts were confirmed when she shot up in bed.

"What's wrong?" he said as he sat up next to her. "You alright?"

She asked a question and Russ nodded, "Yeah, I slept but not that long. But I did have a crazy dream. You were trying to kill me," he said with a smile, "Your shearing scissors were in your hand and they were pointed at my heart. Jennifer Queens, are you planning on killing me?" he asked with a raised eyebrow before he broke out in laughter. She was still sitting, as was he so wrapping his arms around her once more, he pulled her back down.

[Jennifer Queens]

Turning around to look at Russ, Jen wiped the sweat off her brow and took a deep breath in before releasing it. Rather confused at her dream, she couldn’t quite figure it out. Maybe it was her confusion over Russ and whether she was chasing a rocky road yet again.

"I just....I just had a strange dream" she said, frowning a little at herself before giving Russ a small smile. As he talked about his dream, she crossed her legs and listened intently and giving the odd giggle here and there.

“Eek Eek Eek!” she laughed, pretending to jab a knife in midair. It was a funny dream, but she would never kill Russ, no matter how much of a dork he was. She smiled at him and tilted her head a little.
“I couldn’t kill you Russ, Your too cute” she said in all honesty.Just as she said that Russ pulled her back down and she let out a little gasp, shocked at the sudden change of position. Landing next to him, his arm was under her head, and she felt so comfortable and at ease there. It was so weird, she’d not even known this guy for two days but she felt so at home with him, and close to him.

She began to think of all the things she didn’t know about him, the simple things that people should know.
“What’s your middle name?” she questioned, playing with her fingernails.

[Russell Haynes]

"Well I hope you weren't trying to kill me in your dream as well, then I'd be a little skeptical of you, Miss." Russell was feeling a little warm so he pulled off his now paint-splattered t-shirt and threw it in the corner of his room.

Russell chuckled as Jen demonstrated a rather foolish version of herself trying to kill Russ. "Funny, very funny, Jennifer," he said running his hand over her head to mess up her hair. "Too cute, huh? Well maybe you're just too beautiful to murder someone like me," he said with a goofy grin. "Or maybe you just like me too much and to keep me quite you have to kill me." Russell was kidding with Jen. She definitely didn't look like someone that would hurt another.

Russ laid himself back down on his back and put his hands behind his head. "My middle name?" he asked as he looked at her. With a smile, he turned his attention back to the ceiling, "Anthony, why?"

[Jennifer Queens]

"Maybe I should kill you, at least i'd finish your painting in peace" she grinned cheekily, Jennifer laughed and rolled her head on the pillow to look up at him, and stick her tongue out at him before rolling it back so she could look at the ceiling. Hearing him say his middle name, and ask why, she looked back to him and raised her eyebrows.

"Just because...I want to get to know you more, that's why" she said rather quietly, yet still audiable. Sighing, she looked back up to the ceiling and carried on playing with her fingernails, taking off the small splatters of paint that had made their way onto them from Russ messing about. She thought about all the things she wanted to ask him, but there was so many things running through her head that they all jumbled up and if she spoke now, it would all come out as a jumbled up mess firing out of her mouth, which Russ would probably think was hilarious, Jen getting tongue-tied.

"Is there anything you want to ask me?"