sleepovers with sissy

over the years,
we have had many sleepovers.
usually proceeding the excitement and/or heartaches of life.
good dates, bad days, first kisses, hard tests, scary movies, breakups....
we always ended up snuggling under the covers together.
sometimes giggling until three in the morning.
sometimes crying until much later.
sometimes with so much to say we fall asleep mid-sentence.
sometimes holding hands because there just aren't words.
always to wake up to my sissy squealing in the bed next to me.
and an unexplainable mess of sheets and blankets practically suffocating me.
(I can sleep on my own and barely mess up the bed. with her, it's a whole different story)

this week has been hard. --oh wait, it's only Tuesday :/
and I have been stressed with tests and papers and projects
so last night when I had the opportunity to curl up in bed at 10
I JUMPED on that opportunity.
until my phone went off and I heard my favorite voice say my favorite words
"sleepover sissy?"

she is getting married this week,
and I was already emotionally planing our last sissy sleepover.
you could say i'm a little bitter about being replaced.
you know, as a sleepover buddy....
so this was the best surprise!
and yes we stayed up way too late.
and yes we woke up giggling and squealing way too early.
and yes my bed was a horrendous mess of sheets and blankets by morning.
(not to mention we have never had a sleepover in a twin sized bed before)
but it was one of the best nights ever.
because I got to share it with my best friend in the world.

and I feel safer with her than without her.

it won't be our last,
but I realize they will be few and far between from here on out.
what I wouldn't give to take back all those years
of wishing I had my own room
and enjoy all the times I got to have sleepovers with my sister.
dang it mom! you were right again.

i love you k-twa!

#sissysleepover