It seemed that Emma Brookstone had a thing for being up at ungodly hours. She was always awake at midnight, and though no one ever mentioned it, they all noticed. Normally Kai was awake to reprimand her back to bed, but this time Lloyd was up.

The first thing he did when he rolled over was check the bunk underneath him to find that the troublemaker brunette was not in bed. He sighed to himself before swinging his legs over the bed and hopping onto the wood floor, his feet hitting it softly to ensure that no one would wake up.

He exited his room, looking both ways down the hall to see if anyone was coming, and then he walked to the kitchen. Not to his surprise, the girl was sitting at the kitchen table counting the stars again and he smiled lightly to himself at the sight of the beautiful girl. His heart began to beat faster at the sight of her and he could feel his cheeks warm up.

"Stop it, Lloyd," he scolded himself. The girl heard him and turned around, smiling when she saw Lloyd. "Hey," she said, patting the bench next to her for him to sit down. She smiled kindly at him as he took the seat next to her and then returned her glance back to the stars. "You didn't happen to bring a blanket with you, did you?" Emma asked while staring out the window in a daze. Lloyd shook his head, "No, but I've been told I'm pretty warm," he replied with a shrug.

Emma glanced at him, "Is that your pickup line?" 

Lloyd's eyes went wide and he stuttered trying to find a word to say. Emma chuckled, "It was cute," she admitted, leaning closer to Lloyd to take some of his heat. She laid her head on his shoulder and he smiled lightly at the girl before wrapping an arm around her to keep her close.

"Is this better?" he wondered.

"Much better," she responded.

The air grew silent and no one said a word. Not until Emma turned her head to look up at Lloyd and he turned his to look down into her eyes. Out of instinct, one of his hands reached up to cup her cheeks and she gazed into his eyes before he leaned closer. "Can I -- I " Lloyd hesitated.

"-- Can you kiss me?" she finished for him, making Lloyd nod. "Yes," she giggled, waiting for Lloyd to just do it. Finally, after what seemed like a crazy long minute, Lloyd leaned down and connected their lips. 

Emma melted into his touch and reached up to grip his t-shirt, while he held both her cheeks in his hand. 

They pulled away after a moment and just stared at each other as if they were the only people in the universe. And with two smiles, they sat there just looking at the stars.