Out of Bounds

Chapter 10: Somebody's Got You

"Baby" whispered a soft voice. I felt my ears tingle as the voice whispered "Baby time to get up" My eyes opened to see Brittany leaning on her side, staring at me.

"Morning" My eyes squinted slightly and I tried to will my sleepiness away. "What time is it?"

"7" she responded. I nodded. I felt around my pillow until I found what I was looking for. When Britt turned away to look at her phone, I popped the mint into my mouth. As ridiculous as it was, I really wasn't ready for Britt to experience my morning breath so early in our relationship.

"How long have you been awake?" I asked as I found my phone.

"A few hours" She shrugged, "Rachel and Quinn are still sleeping. I figured you'd probably like to wake up before they did this time."

"Thanks" I nodded. Brittany was looking at her phone again, "Are you okay Britt?" She had this sad look on her face as she watched her phone. At my words, she tore her eyes away from her phone.

"I'm fine" She said. Her voice seemed faraway and I didn't want to push her.

I nodded at her and then laid back down sleepily. Without giving it much thought, I shifted my head onto her shoulder until I found that spot in the crook of her neck. Her body stiffened momentarily before she wrapped an arm around me. I could see why people enjoy cuddling like this. When her arms wrapped around me, it brought forth this safe feeling. I sighed in contentment and leaned my body further onto her. A small smile tugged at her lips and Inwardly I fist pumped.

Sharing a bed with her has only made me wonder how I went so long without doing so. I had no idea how I could go back to sleeping by myself.

"Today is my moms birthday" she said softly. I didn't know how to respond, so instead I snuggled more into her neck before grabbing her hand and squeezing it. "It's the second one...without her" She admitted, her voice cracking slightly. I froze for a second after realizing what she just admitted. I knew her mom had passed away, but was unaware just how recent it was.

"Britt-" I started as I leaned forward a bit to look at her.

"I'm not ready to talk about it yet, but I think I will be soon." she whispered, placing a hand over my cheek. I nodded in understanding before leaning my head back down. I was still surprised she even mentioned this at all. Britt never talked much about her life back in New York. We stayed like this for another 20 minutes before we heard Quinn and Rachel stirring.

"Rachel, please tell me your hand wasn't there the entire night" Quinn whispered.

"Wha- Oh god." Squealed Rachel, "Sorry Quinn" Britt and I giggled at this and enjoyed our morning together cuddled in each others arms. 

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After checking out of the hostel, we found a place to eat before we made our way to the train station. Our train was set to leave at 11:45AM and would be arriving in Barcelona around 6:15PM.

"I can't believe we will be traveling for almost 7 hours" groaned Quinn.

"This was your idea" I reminded her. We were in the train station, having already picked up our reserved tickets via Eurorail.