Never Too Soon

Court Date

POV: Harper

"Babe, I'm home!" Lauren called out from downstairs as soon as she swung the garage door open.

What part of 'peace and quiet' did she not understand? Those are two very simple words with very simple definitions.

Her heavy footsteps walked up the stairs and I rolled my eyes.

There goes getting any sleep for me.

"Babe? I got you pizza?" Lauren peaked her head into the room before slowly walking in.

"I told you I wasn't hungry and just wanted to be left alone to sleep." I grumbled and pulled the blankets up to my nose.

Lauren sighed and set the box of pizza on the dresser before walking over to my side of the bed and squatting down to my eye level. "I'm sorry, baby. I really and truly am. I messed up."

"I just want to sleep please." I closed my eyes and pretended to be attempting to fall asleep, but I knew Lauren stayed right where she was. She was almost as suborn as me.

"I know you haven't eaten, so I got you your favorite pizza from the place you like." Lauren spoke softly.

"Max went and shot his mouth, didn't he?" I groaned and covered my face with a spare pillow.

"On accident he did, but he did try to back track and lie for you once he realized he was supposed to." Lauren chuckled.

I rolled my eyes at Max's stupidity. He should just know to always say I did shit with him if I say I did shit with him.

"The pizza is still hot if you want some. You can have it straight out of the box in bed, and I can put on whatever movie you want."

"I'm not hungry. I just want to sleep." I kept up my fight despite her reasonings and offers.

"If I wasn't here to make you eat breakfast I know you skipped it, and I doubt you ate an adequate meal for lunch, so skipping dinner isn't an option, love. I need you to eat at least a little bit." Lauren spoke in the same calm tone, that in that moment, pissed me off more than anything.

"I'm not eating shit. You think you can just get me a pizza and then everything is fixed? Fuck. That." I scoffed and did my best to ignore her as she walked around the bed, slid her shoes off, and got into bed beside me.

"What can I do to fix this?" She spoke up after a minute.

"Give me peace and quiet time alone." I answered bluntly. "I've told you that ten times now."

Lauren sighed before getting back up out of bed. "I'll go downstairs and leave you be. I love you."

I heard a little more shuffling before the door opened and closed, leaving me with silence aside from the occasional noise from downstairs.

My phone dinged and I rolled my eyes behind my eye lids.

I blindly reached for my phone only to see a text notification from Max.

Max: So, how are things?

Me: She got me pizza and expected that to fix it. How do you think things are going?

Max: Don't fully blame her for that. That's partly my fault. With men food offerings work every time. I forgot women are more complicated.

Me: If she didn't forget about our date she wouldn't have to do anything.

Max: Where is she now?

Me: Downstairs because I told her to leave me alone.

Max: Baby doll, Lauren is a wreck. She was crying to me. She genuinely fucked up and feels awful.