❛ SUPERMARKET FLOWERS ♪ ❜ - z. herron

twenty-nine: fluidly.

"How the fuck-" Christian says, looking around at the now clean living room while I cook breakfast. Emerson then trails in behind him.

"Kira is a beast in the morning." Daniel answers for him. "Girl gets everything cleaned and cooked before 8 am."

"Toast?" I offer him with a smile. He takes it out of the plate, and I place it back on the countertop, continuing to make breakfast. Just as I put down the dish, I hear the doorbell ring. I open the door to see an excited Franny with 8 cups of coffee in hand. Daniel runs over to go help her.

"Shit, I didn't even need to bring coffee." Franny says, placing the coffees on the island, "Who made breakfast?"

"Kira, who else?" Jack replies, taking a bite out of his french toast.

"Good morning Franny." Emerson says, kissing her cheek.

"What was-" Franny says, pointing to Emerson as she begins to make rounds.

"Don't question it." Corbyn says as Em kisses him. "Good morning Emerson," he quietly says to her but continues on, "It happens every morning. I thought it would eventually stop but turns out she's just programmed this way." Franny's eyes follow Emerson, who kisses a confused Christian.

Emerson does her usual dap kiss with Daniel but ends it with, "Good morning. Your girlfriend's hotter than you so I kissed her instead. Moving on," causing the boy to laugh.

When she reaches Jonah, she salutes, "A fallen soldier. May our relationship rest dearly in your heart." she kisses her hand and daps him up.

"No fucking way." I gasp. "You asked her out?"

"Yeah, last night. After Em stopped asking her random questions,"

"I was simply making sure she was alright enough. Still don't like her." She interrupts.

"Like I was saying, She had a flight to catch and I didn't want her getting on it without being my girlfriend." he smiles at us.

"What's her name again?" Daniel asks.

"Gianna but she goes by her middle name, Naomi."

"Be careful about the girls that go by their middle name." Zach yells from down the hall. 

He probably just woke up.

"I go by my middle name." I yell back.

"Exactly my point." Causing everyone to burst out into laughter.

*

"So wait how was the party with the pretty boys?" Isa asks.

It's our first real conversation in a while. Between her busy schedule and me only coming into the dorm to work, it doesn't give us much time to just talk.

"Nate showed up."

"Shut up." she gawks. "After 3 weeks, just out of the blue."

"Yeah, and y'know the voicemails I had been leaving him." She nods me yes. "Turns out, had them the whole time. Just didn't want to do anything about it."

"You're lying."

"I wish I was." As I finish, my phone starts to ring,

Incoming call from Nathan Anderson 💘...

"Speak of the devil," I wiggle my phone in front of her. "I'll be right back." I walk out into the hallway to pick up his call.