The next time it happened, I was sitting in the lounge, working on some things for school. It'd been difficult trying to maintain a healthy balance with my school life, personal life, and work life. It didn't help matters that after the dream, I'd been on edge around Jess. She'd noticed a few times and asked if I was ok, but I skirted around the conversation, blaming it on school or work. Today was an especially difficult day. I'd had school and then work immediately after, and had only just gotten home and had to try to squeeze out two assignments before the next morning.
I was going through another moment of pure annoyance when Jess had walked in. Her mere presence changed the atmosphere completely, and I couldn't maintain my focus as she walked over, sitting down next to me, grabbing the remote, and turning on some random channel. I wasn't paying attention to that. My laptop was still on my lap, the page that contained my math assignments still open and waiting, but my focus was now on my best friend.
She'd only gotten more beautiful since the last dream I'd had of her, her hair an almost golden brown cascading past her shoulders in curly waves, and a small but very prominent crooked smile on her face as she watched the television with focus I only wished I could have.
She must have felt my eyes on her, because she turned towards me, a look of curiosity showing in her eyes. "What?" Shaking my head, I turned back to my computer, trying to focus again on my homework, knowing it was a moot point. My thoughts were already tainted by her: her face, her body, her very existence.
After a few moments of just staring at my screen, listening to Jess laughing at something on the television across the room, I decided I couldn't take it anymore. Setting my laptop on the table, I turned towards Jess, my hand going to the side of her face, quickly turning her face in my direction and kissing her, softly at first.