I'm New Here

I slowly opened my eyes and immediately my head was pounding. I don’t really remember what happened last night but good God. I was laying on something soft that was tickling the back of my neck. It wasn’t my bed or Lyra’s bed. I should probably call it our bed with how often we sleep together in it. As I slowly took in my environment, I quickly realized what my head was resting on: Lyra’s lap. I felt a blush working across my face. Lyra was staring at the TV screen watching a TV show while one of her hands idly stroked my hair. I loved these views, especially when she was playing video games. She gets this super focused and serious look on her face.

“Good morning Sleeping Beauty,” Lyra said without removing her eyes from the screen. “How did you sleep?”

“Good morning,” I groaned. “Slept awful how about you?”

“I haven’t slept,” Lyra said. “I’ve been up all night.”

“Lyra!” I gave her a dirty look. “Why not?”

“First off, you were cute looking sleeping. Secondly, I couldn’t sleep sitting up. Thirdly, I didn’t want to carry you upstairs to bed. And fourthly, I couldn’t move without waking you up,” Lyra admitted.

“Oh okay,” I let out a groan. “What happened last night?”

“Let’s see,” Lyra propped a finger on her chin. “You got drunk, tried to have sex with me, got slightly upset when I said no and then fell asleep on my lap.” My eyes slightly widened. I didn’t remember any of that.

“Why didn’t you?” I asked quietly.

“Why didn’t I what?” Lyra asked with a raised eyebrow as she finally looked down at me from her show.

“You know. Have sex with me,” I blushed slightly. Lyra’s smile turned into a glare.

“Do I really seem like the type of person to have sex with someone who’s drunk?” Lyra demanded.

“Uh no?” I offered weakly.

“Good. Because I’m not,” Lyra turned her head back to the TV. “And the reason I didn’t is because you were clearly drunk. If we had sex, I’d want you to be able to consent without alcohol encouraging you. Plus, I’d want you to at least remember it.”

“Thats a pretty reason. Sorry for last night by the way. What did I even do?” I asked. Lyra smirked at me and I shivered nervously. Hopefully it wasn’t too embarrassing.

“Nothing really. All you did was touch my chest and that was it,” she reassured me. “You fell asleep shortly after that.”

“Oh okay. Thank God it wasn’t that embarrassing at least,” I sighed in relief. “What are you watching?”

“Ancient Aliens,” she said simply. “It’s a fascinating show. Lots of intriguing theories, like how aliens made the pyramids and such. Oh and The Bermuda Triangle. That place is freaky as hell. I’d never fly in it.” I rolled my eyes and immediately regretted.

“Ow,” I groaned. “Sounds good Lyra.” Lyra shot me a concerned look.

“Want me to go get you some ibuprofen? You have an insane hangover I bet. Typical for a lightweight to get drunk off three glasses,” Lyra smirked.

“Yes please,” I grumbled. I had a feeling this headache wasn’t going away anytime soon. Lyra gave a nod as she slid my head off her lap and I watched her walk off. I never really paid attention to her body before. For all her junk food eating and pop, she certainly takes good care of her body. I’m completely going off of that based on her hips and how thin her waist is.

“What?” Lyra asked as she set down four pills and a large glass of water.

“What?” I repeated her question in confusion.

“You’re staring. Is there something on my shirt?” Lyra asked.

“Oh uh nothing!” I said hastily as I tossed the pills down and drank a decent amount of the water. “Nothing at all.”

“Okay,” she sat back down. I instantly placed my head back on her lap. It took a bit but it was surprisingly comfortable. “Comfortable down there?”

“Uhm yes,” I admitted hesitantly. Lyra rolled her eyes and turned her show back on. “You should totally do the hand thing again.”

“The hand thing?” Lyra asked with a raised eyebrow. “What the hell does that mean?”

“When I woke up, you were playing with my hair. Do it again,” I admitted. “Please.”

“Oh okay,” Lyra shrugged as she dropped one of her hands into one of my curls and started twirling it around her finger. “I didn’t think you would be into it to be completely honest.”

“I’ve never had it done before. This is my first relationship after all LyLy,” I explained. Apparently LyLy was a nickname Derpy had for her that I quickly adopted. I still preferred Minty but meh.

“Fair enough,” Lyra said. “Do you believe in aliens?” I blinked in surprise. She could bounce from topic to topic so fast. She could go from flirting to being completely serious to making dirty jokes and back. It took a bit to get used to in all honesty.

“I’m not sure. I believe there may be life out there but I think it’s best if we don’t contact them,” I finally said as I rolled my head over and watched the TV.

“Why not?” Lyra asked eagerly. At least Lyra always was eager to hear my side and respected my reasonings. The first time I disagreed with her about something similar to this, she was completely okay with it.

“Because what if they have a stronger military technology that we have never seen before? We wouldn’t stand a chance and we would all die,” I answered.

“But what if they were friendly and shared their military technology with us? It would boost our countries military capabilities by a landslide,” Lyra pointed out.

“The US already is a leading competitor in military assets Lyra. I don’t think anything else could boost it further,” I shot back.

“Fair point. But other countries could be developing tech we don’t even know about or come close to understanding. Having alien technology would help us combat them,” Lyra retorted.

“And if the aliens secretly worked against us all to bring us down?” I asked. “Then we would all die once again. What if you died and I survived or vice versa? Then I’d be without the person I love.” I quickly covered my mouth nervously. We have never said that word yet. Lyra stared at with a startled expression.

“You actually love me?” She asked in disbelief as she removed my hands off my mouth.

“Well duh. You’re kind, funny, entertaining to talk to. Oh and you give the best hugs,” I said immediately. Lyra smirked and kissed me quickly on the top of my head.

“I love you too.”