Convincing her

After Jen came out of her shower, she quickly wore a t-shirt and went to search for Lucas who was already done with the dishes. When she realised that he was missing in his room she went to search for him in his study and she found him there completely focussed on his work. She silently closed the door and let him be as she too decided to study a bit more before going to bed.

After another two hours, Jen couldn't keep her eyes open much less read the words she was writing so she just closed her laptop and left it on the sofa and went to check on Lucas in the study.

Lucas looked up from his documents when he heard the door open and saw a sleepy Jen standing there looking back at him.

"What is it?" he asked as he removed his glasses.

"Aren't you tired?" she asked as she rubbed her eyes that were already half closed from sleep.

"Not really, besides, I have to complete this today" Lucas said as he leaned on the back of his chair.

"I'll go sleep first then, I'm tired" Jen said with a yawn that distorted her sentence.

"Mmh, i'll be done soon" Lucas said as he watched her rub her eyes again.

"Goodnight" Jen said and made to leave the study. However, she was stopped by Lucas who had gotten up from his seat while she was not paying attention.

"What is it?" Jen asked when she felt him pull on her hand.

"My goodnight kiss" Lucas said as if he was a creditor.

Jen could not muster up the energy to laugh at his jokes so she just grabbed his face in between her hands squishing it in the process and puckering his lips and planted a heavy kiss on his unintentionally puckered lips.

"Goodnight love, don't take too long" Jen said and left the study. This time she was not stopped by Lucas and successfully went to the bedroom. Lucas smiled in satisfaction and went back to his desk to resume his work.

It was after midnight when Jen felt Lucas crawl into bed and she automatically turned to his direction hugged his waist and rested her head on his shoulder and continued sleeping. Lucas wrapped an arm around her shoulders and rested his other hand on her bottom that had stuck out involuntarily because one of her legs was on top of his and after pecking her forehead, he too fell asleep.

The following day, Jen was woken up by the alarm as usual and the couple went through their 'daily' routine. After Jen had kissed Lucas goodbye, she decided to go and check on her friends before she went to university.

Jen picked up her phone and called Laura as she looked at the time. It was a little past 9am and she was ready to go to university. After a few rings, Laura picked up the phone and Jen heard her groggy voice on the phone.

"What?" Laura said once she answered the phone in a whiny voice.

"Good morning to you too" Jen said with a chuckle as she loaded the dishwasher. She was feeling lazy to do the dishes that morning.

"Hi, aren't you supposed to be studying, or passed out from exhaustion because of your very healthy looking boyfriend?" Laura asked her voice husky with sleep.

"I'm coming over, you better wake up. If you don't, I'll just talk to the hotel to open your door" Jen said and hung up without waiting for a response from Laura.

She picked up the large bag that she carried around when she had classes and left the house to head towards the suite where Laura and Rachel were staying.

She pressed on the doorbell outside and waited for a few seconds before the door was opened by a half dressed Laura.

"Come in" Laura said and went to lie down on one of the living room sofas. Jen looked at her friend who was wearing a slightly tight t-shirt and a pair of lace underwear, her red hair was sprawled all over the throw pillows on the sofa that she had thrown herself on.

"Are you that bored?" Laura asked as she turned her head to look at Jen who had settled herself on another sofa.

"Yes" Jen answered as she was looking around with furrowed eyebrows.

"What is it?" Laura asked when she could see the telltale signs of Jen nitpicking in the next few minutes.

"Where is Rachel?" Jen asked in confusion. Normally Rachel would wake up early, it was just how she was so not seeing her around was a surprise for her.

"I don't know, she suddenly left late at night, I was too drunk so I don't know if she came back, just check for her in her room" Laura said feeling too lazy to even turn her head. Why did Jen have to pick such a time to come and bother her

Jen stood and walked towards Rachel's room. She knocked on the door but there was no reply at all. After a few minutes of not getting any response, Jen opened the door thinking that something could have happened to her light sleeper friend.

"Is she still sleeping?" Laura asked from the sofa.

"Ah~ she isn't here" Jen replied and turned to look at Laura.

"Check the bathroom, and the closet, maybe she's in the shower" Laura said with not much concern.

Jen furrowed her eyebrows and went to the bathroom but the neat bathroom was completely empty.

It didn't even seem to have been used that morning since it was completely dry. At this point, she could not help herself but worry. She then went to the closet but the closet was also empty.

What was even more worrying was the fact that she had not even carried her wallet as it was sitting on the bedside table.

"I don't think she came back last night" Jen concluded as she left the room. Although she looked calm, the concern in her voice could not be hidden.

"Don't panic, just call her" Laura said as she too sat up on the sofa. Although she was carefree, she knew when to get serious about her friends, especially Rachel since she had been babysitting her for a few years now.