#sparkway

♪ - For a short drabble about my character singing yours a lullaby. 

"Do it." 

"No." 

"Do it." 

"No." 

"Do it." 

"No, Thomas. Stop!" Olivia snapped, turning to push him away by extending her arm and he only responded with a chuckle. "I’m trying to sleep. You should too." She said, in a softer tone this time as she turned her back at him again and fixed the pillow under her head. She had been trying to convince him for what seemed like the twentieth time that she wasn’t going to do anything except for sleeping in the next few hours—or at least. Needless to say she was exhausted and Olivia knew he was too, except for the fact that he was going through the syndrome were he was so tired he couldn’t even sleep. Both of them had spent the entire day on the road, continuing with their plan to drive from coast to coast during the rest of the summer. And while that was incredibly fun, her back was definitely paying the debt. Especially in the mattress they were both sleeping in that definitely wasn’t the semi-orthopedic one she had at home. She even judged herself for sounding so spoiled, but both of them accepted the fact that there were no Four Seasons near where they were at the moment. For the past hour or so, Thomas had been tossing and turning relentlessly worse than a tornado and Olivia was losing her patience, even though it wasn’t entirely his fault. He just continued to insist that she had to help him and his suggestion was far away from what she was expecting.

"Liv, please. Just once. You owe me." Thomas insisted in his usual teasing tone and if she hadn’t had her eyes closed she would’ve rolled them. Olivia could feel Thomas looking over her shoulder, knowing that she was far from asleep. Apparently he wasn’t going to give up. 

"I owe you nothing. That was a mistake." She said, giving up and facing him again. "You are so annoying sometimes. Just because you can’t sleep does that mean I can’t sleep too?" She complained, frowning at him. Thomas smiled down at her and nodded. "Thanks for letting me know." Liv replied with a heavy sigh. 

"So, are you going to?" He said one more time, breaking the silence. "You know, maybe this could help to you…snappiness." 

"I’m not being snappy." Olivia countered, giving him a surprised look. 

"Oh, yes you are. You’ve been like that since the moment I told you were in the men’s bathroom." He shot back while trying to contain his laugh again. 

Liv glared at Thomas. “Can you not remind me of that? Those were the most embarrassing three minutes of my life. And in my defense the sign was broken.” 

"Come on it was funny." He said between laughs, and after rolling her eyes she accepted it and began to laugh along with him. "See? This is why you should help me sleep. You do owe me." Thomas added, hoping she’d oblige. 

Olivia groaned. “Having me singing a lullaby to you isn’t going to make you sleep. It’s going to give you nightmares. Plus, I don’t even know any lullabies.” She responded, looking at the sealing while crossing her arms. “You really can’t sleep?” Asked the girl, looking at him sideways. Thomas could feel her surrendering, so he shook his head in response. “And you’re really not going to let me sleep until you make fun of my voice?” She added.

"I would never make fun of your voice. I’m offended." He said, pressing a hand against his chest, pretending that she had hurt his feelings. Yeah, right. She thought.

"Fine, I’ll do it." Liv sighed, giving up on the fact that it was that or having him zapping through the channels on the tv like there was no tomorrow.

Thomas grinned at her. “Can’t wait to see what you’ll come up with, Callaway.” He said.

"Shut up, come here." Olivia replied, motioning for him to rest his head on her lap. "Let’s get this over with. Like I said, I’ve never been sang a lullaby before so this is bound to be a disaster. Don’t laugh or you won’t get any in the next one hundred miles." She spoke while figuring out what could she even sing. 

"I’m waiting." Thomas insisted after a few seconds of silence, still wearing that smug smile that only he could pull off. Liv just shushed him and said: "I think I got it." 

"I’m having trouble sleeping, you’re jumping in my bed. Jumping in my bed…leave me." Olivia began to sing in the lowest voice possible and a small smile threatened to form on her sleep. She was about to continue when Thomas interrupted. 

"What kind of song is that?" 

"Who cares? It’s about not sleeping." She responded with shrug. "Okay, I’ll try something else." Liv said, thinking of another song. "Oh. Talking away, I don’t know what I’m to say. I’ll say it anyway. Today isn’t my day to find you. Shying away. I’ll be coming for your love, okay?" At the end she finished with a chuckled and looked down at him. 

"You’re giving me some the 80’s greatest hits now?" He asked. "Don’t. I’m about to give up. I’m not good at this." Liv smiled sheepishly. "Why in the world would you want a lullaby from me. You know I can’t even deal with karaoke." 

"I guess I just wanted something to make fun off while having insomnia." He replied. "That and—I do think you have a lovely voice." Thomas send a wink at her. 

Olivia remained quiet after that, feeling herself smile like an idiot. “Okay…”

"But since you suck at lullabies, what about a movie?" 

"You’re going to search through the channels for the next hour?" 

"Probably."

"What did I do to deserve this?" Liv whined.