When my alarm goes off far too early the next morning all I want to do is burrow further into my bed.

To stay as close as possible to the very warm, incredibly handsome body beside me.

To forget about everything else I need to do today and tomorrow, school and the competition.

To just be able to savor each and every moment I can with this man before he is gone.

Like a dream.

My beautiful dream.

His arms tighten around my waist after he reaches to shut off my alarm clock.  "Shann, are you up?? I should start getting ready."

I just shake my head, hugging his torso tighter as I press kiss after kiss to his bare chest.  "Uh uh.  I won't let you.  Even if I have to chain you to this bed.  I don't want you to leave me."

A low chuckle rumbles through his chest as he moves his hands down my bare back, settling them firmly at my waist. I don't resist when he pulls me closer, so that I am laying on top of him.  He hooks a finger under my chin, raising my face so that I can look up at him as he replies.

"Don't make promises you can't keep Shannon.  Because if I knew you had a bondage kink earlier I would have totally exploited that."

The smirk is clearly evident in his voice.  And his eyes.  Those green eyes are sparkling with delight despite the ungodly hour of the morning.  I move to get off of him now, rolling my eyes but he just clutches me even tighter. He's stronger than me and uses that completely to his advantage as he spins us around on the bed.

I can't help the small gasp I let out as my back hits the mattress. His grin is almost predatory, those wonderful green eyes are deliciously dark as he lowers his face to mine. "What was that Pretty Girl?  I didn't quite hear you..."  His kisses start off soft but grow increasingly needy.

I'm trying to control my breathing as he nibbles and sucks on the tender flesh of my neck. I half gasp, half moan out my response as he reaches my collarbone. "Honestly Sebastian. You are insatiable."

I can feel the smirk against my skin.  He pulls back slightly to look at me again, "Love, you're not pushing me away though." My hands which were clutching his shoulders instead reach to drape around his neck. I pull him closer to me and wrap my legs around his waist as well, pulling him as close as possible to my body. He lets out a small groan as our skin touches in every place possible. My voice is breathy. "Bastian, why would I push you away? You're playing into my plan of not leaving this bed until Sunday."

His eyes goes wide as he backs away slightly, now kneeling on my bed between my legs.  His voice is unsteady, the words coming out in a desperate whine.  "Princess you are evil.  Pure evil.  I'm just a young, impressionable boy, and you're preying on my primal urges.  How dare you."

The smile I give him is shy, sweet but my eyes, my words show my true feelings on the matter as I sit up some and attempt to pull him back down. "Sebastian, are you really passing up me right now? Me, naked and here for just you on my bed. Come back Sebby. We can have fun. Get away from everything. From everyone. Just like we both wanted."

I can almost see his mind working through the thought process as he sits there, trying not to look directly in my eyes.  I'm biting my lip, hand moving down to trail fingertips across his chest.  "Well...."  He sighs, leaning forward to press one, small chaste kiss to my lips before he moves away completely, dislodging himself from my grasp and sliding off the bed.

I furrow my brows at him and give him a sultry pout.  "Sebastian...  Sebastian, s'il vous plaît, je vous veux..."

He blinks, pupils fully blown as he looks at me.  His hands clenched at his side as he works to control his breathing.  "You're really not being fair, you know that..."  All I do is smile sweetly at him, crooking my finger, motioning him closer again.  He gives a firm shake of his head and grabs for my wrist, pulling me out of bed.

I gasp my feet hit the ground and he holds me close to his body.  "Bas??"  It is his turn to laugh softly, his fingers running gently up and down my spine.  "Love as much as I would so enjoy just spending forever in this room, in that bed with you, we just can't.  We both need to get ready for school.  And you have your Nationals competition tomorrow.  Which I will totally be there to see you kick ass at.  So how about we go shower, have some dirty fun while getting clean?"

So with that I allow him to lead me into my bathroom, my shower.  Where all my thoughts melt away in the warmth of the water, the scent of coconut and Sebastian's tender caresses.

Sooner than I would like he is fully dressed in his Dalton uniform, hair gelled to perfection.  This kind of reminds me of the morning after Valentine's Day when I watched him get ready to leave me, from the foot of my bed, wrapped in nothing but a towel.  That seems like a lifetime ago.  My mind isn't so cloudy now, I know perfectly well what I am doing.

Yes, being with Hunter is fun, freeing.  But there is a part of me, a rather large part of me that just wants to spend forever watching the beautiful man in front of me prepare for his day.  That I could see myself doing this every morning of my foreseeable future.  Just Sebastian and I...

"Pretty Girl?  I'm ready."

He reaches out with sure yet gentle hands, drawing me off the bed and to my feet.  Fingertips tracing down the side of my face, lifting my chin and dipping down to catch my lips with his own.  Wordlessly he leads me out of the room and down the stairs, picking up his bag on the way.  Once we are at the front door he turns back to me with open arms which I immediately rush into.

"My Love, my future Mrs Smythe, have a wonderful day at school.  And a safe trip this evening.  If you want you can call me tonight.  But I will most definitely be there tomorrow, waiting at the venue for you."

I nod, kissing him quickly and then he turns to open the door.  He is halfway down the walk before I call out a soft I love you so much Sebastian.  The smile he gives me could honestly light up the entire town.  He blows me a kiss and then slides behind the wheel of his shiny black sports car.  And in a flash, he's gone.  On his way back to Dalton.

I take extra care to pack my bag once I get back to my room.  Making sure I have all of my makeup and hair products in addition to any shoes and clothing I will need.  I ever slip little Bastian Warbler inside for good luck.  Or to calm my nerves.  Then I focus on my wardrobe and get ready for my day at school.

I honestly didn't know it was possible for a day to both drag on forever and rush by quickly until today.  My attention is definitely not quite up to par in my classes, but I am so far ahead with everything that it doesn't really matter.  Currently I am on track to graduate near the very top of my class, I haven't done the calculations exactly but I know that much at least.  So a day spent spacing out isn't really a big deal.

Before I realize it though the final bell has sounded.  We all gather in the choir room, mainly so that Mr Schuester can make sure that we have all of our things.  Miss Pilsbury is once again in charge of our costumes but it is up to each of us to make sure that our labeled garment bag makes it on to the bus.

"Well guys, this is it!  Tomorrow is Nationals, does everyone have everything they need??"

We all nod.  So he claps his hands again and ushers us all out of the room.  To the waiting school bus in the parking lot.

Silently I climb on to the bus, taking a window seat about halfway back.  Quinn slides in next to me.  Softly I whisper to her, "Is it bad that I feel nauseous now?  I tried to convince Seb this morning that it would be perfectly okay if we just spent the whole weekend in my bedroom.  Hiding from everything and everyone."

She gives me a knowing smirk, patting my leg.  "So you ended up spending the night with Sebastian?  I saw everyone at Breadstix last night and my money would have been on you wrangling Hunter for some much needed sexy time."

"You were there??"

She nods, "On the other side of the restaurant with Britt and Tana."  At the mention of Santana, who is currently sitting a few rows in front of us I blanch.  Things are still a little touchy between the two of us.  Quinn notices my reaction right away.  "Shann, don't worry.  She's honestly coming around.  She saw the three of you last night too.  And even remarked about how sickeningly cute you and he looked while Sebastian was fussing with Rachel.  Which is why I'm surprised you went home with Seb."

I smile shyly, unable to control my blush.  "Actually Sebby came home with me.  Secret though, Hunter and I have like never actually done it in a bed.  Is that weird?"  She furrows her brows at me, looking quite confused.  "You've never, in a bed...  But you have??"

I nod.

"Where then?"

Before I can answer Puck pops his head over the back of our seat and chimes in.  "Clarington's car mainly.  She told me ALL about it at Regionals, when he was up on stage singing his solo about blowjobs."  Quinn's eyes are wide as I smack him gently on the back of his head.  "Geeze Puckerman!  I don't go around broadcasting all of your dirty secrets."  He is smirking like crazy and trying to not laugh.

Quinn still looks shocked.  "Quinny, its not that scandalous.  Just...  Well, we weren't um, how do I put this, we were still hiding things from everyone when we first started to, well you know.  And we're both too young for hotel rooms, the thought of that just seemed so tacky to me.  Not that hooking up in a car is that classy either.  But like I told Noah before, desperate times call for desperate measures.  And his car is really, really roomy."  Quinn shrugs in agreement, Puck reaches across the back of the seat to rub my shoulders.

"Never worry Anderson-babe, you and your Dancer Boy will have plenty of time to explore new locations once you get to that place you're sharing in LA."  I blush, because honestly he is right.  Quinn gasps though, "You're going to be living with him?"  I nod again and she just gives me this look.  "Quinny, don't look at me like that."

She shakes her head, dropping her eyes and then looking back at me again with a softer expression.  "How did you get Sebastian to agree to you living with another guy?"  I sigh, hands nervously running through my hair.  "Well, he doesn't particularly like the idea.  But somehow I convinced him to go along with it.  Better to have me spending my time in California with Hunter than with a worse option that he doesn't know about.  You know, go with the evil that you know type of deal."

The rest of the drive is less eventful.  Filled with endless chatter with everyone and singing along with silly songs.  Anything to distract us from what is going to happen tomorrow.  The last major competition of most of our high school singing careers.  Before I realize it the sun has set and we are pulling up to our hotel, only a ten minute drive from the performance venue.

Everyone gathers up their bags as Mr Schue heads in to check us in.  In no time he is back, passing out all of our room keys.  Quinn ends up being my roommate.  But with all of the talking we did on the drive here I'm not up for much more.  So after dinner I retreat to our room, plans of reading for a while just to calm my nerves so that maybe I can get some semblance of sleep tonight.

Oh how I wish Sebastian was here to cuddle with, to help me sleep.  Or Hunter, all hard muscle, but honestly more gentle than he appears.

Sleep does come, even before Quinn returns from her trip to the pool with the rest of the girls.

When my phone alarm goes off in the morning she is still snuggled deep in the blankets of her bed.  I sigh and pull myself out of the warmth and head to the bathroom, hoping that a shower with my coconut scented body products will help to shake off my residual nerves.

Eventually we are both ready and dressed in our competition costumes.  My hair in a deep side part, cascading in gentle waves down my back, one side held back by a barrette.

"Ready girl?"  I nod and we are out the door, the rest of our items in tow.

The ride to the venue takes only ten minutes, Mr Schuester wasn't wrong in his approximation yesterday.  It is bound to be a long day, someone passes me a program as we enter the building.  A few of the other team names sound familiar.  Naturally Vocal Adrenaline is here.  One of them seems vaguely familiar to me yet I'm unsure why, the Musical Cadets from Colorado Springs.  But I shrug it off.

"Hey Shann!!!"

The voice draws my eye across the crowded lobby.  It's Nicky, waving me over.  Sebastian and Jeff are standing beside him.  Jeff's eyes are huge as his gaze flits from me to Quinn still standing beside me.  I can't help but giggle as I notice her blush under his attention.  Sebastian, his eyes travel approvingly up and down my body as he licks his lips.  Quickly I hurry over to them and he hugs me tight, pressing a kiss to my forehead.

Spinning around in his arms, I turn to face the other two boys.  Only then do I notice Thad rushing off towards Brittney and Santana.  "Hi boys."  Nick and Jeff each murmur quiet hellos to me.  Then I look up at Sebastian, "Sebby, I thought you said Hunter would be here too?"  He chuckles, removing one of his hands from around my waist and pointing off to the side.  "He is.  But he found some people he knew."

My eyes follow his motion to see Hunter standing surrounded by a group of boys and girls in full military dress uniforms, minus the hats.  And then it hits me, why I knew that groups name.  They must be Hunter's old team.  His joyful laughter resonates through the din in the room as he looks around and catches my gaze.  A hand raises from his side and he waves.  I am already dislodging myself from Sebastian's hold, despite the whine of discontent he gives off, before those surrounding Hunter turn and notice his movements.

"Angel!!  Come here, I want you to meet some people!!"

I'm halfway across the room before I even realize it, rushing into his open arms as he pulls me in for a rather scorching kiss.  There are whistles and catcalls from the boys in the group.  The girls give off small sighs and awes.  A voice I don't know speaks up before we even separate.  "So you're the girl that tamed the wild beast that is Captain Clarington?  Hunt, buddy, she's super hot.  Just like you said."

I'm blushing as Hunter pulls me securely to his side, "Hands off Parker, this one is mine.  Shann, this is my old team.  Guys, Shannon here is one of the lead vocalists on the New Directions."  The one who spoke before, this Parker, he is the one who answers.  He must be their leader now or something.  "Oooooohh...  So not only did you leave us for some all boys prep school, but you're hooking up with the competition.  Pleasure to meet you my dear, we are the Musical Cadets."  He bows slightly at the waist, reaching for my left hand to kiss in greeting.

Just as he take my hand there are gasps from the girls in the group.

"Is that an........  is that an engagement ring???"

A soft girlish voice squeaks out and then, bedlam.  Or as much bedlam as a group of highly regimented singers from a military academy can stir up.

"Clarington why didn't you tell us!?"

"She really did tame you..."

"Damn, that's major.  I better be best man, buddy."

I'm nervously looking at Hunter and he back at me.  This isn't good this really isn't good.  My voice is soft, almost unnoticeable.  "It's not what it looks like.  And its not from him...  Sebastian..."

Somehow my voice breaks through the discord, even though it was barely above a whisper.  This Parker, he speaks up again, dropping my hand.  "Pardon?  What was that?  Clarington, what is going on here?  I thought she was your girlfriend.  And who is this Sebastian character??"

I'm biting my lip as Hunter looks quickly over his shoulder, turning back he kisses my temple before addressing the crowd of his former classmates.  "Its a long story..."

(A/N: Well for my birthday I decided to gift you guys with this chapter. I hope you like it, I'm quite proud of this one. I enjoyed writing it. We're getting near the end lovelies. Are you ready?? ❤️ Shann)