The Spies Who Loved - Elams (with E_musician)

Chapter 14

(John POV) 
Why is Eliza being so snappy all of a sudden? Especially when Alex needs our support. I wonder what happened. Alex cuddles closer into me now that Eliza is in our room and we finish the movies. "Why would he trust the Shadow Man anyway?" Alex asks. Always with the questions.

 I decide that I’ll ask her once the movie is over and Alex should be asleep by then. Breakdowns can take a lot out of you so he should probably get some decent rest. It’ll help improve how he feels. Once the movie ends and Alex is asleep, I get up to go check on Eliza.

I notice her cuddled under the blanket with a box of chocolate in her hand. Where did she get that? Doesn't matter. Focus, John. I walk over to her and get in bed beside her. "What's wrong Lizzy?" I ask. She shrugs. "Just let me watch my movie." She mumbles.

 “Please talk about it, I want you to feel better. Why’d you snap so suddenly?”, I ask. She just mumbles under her breath and turns the other direction. “Pretty please with a cherry on top can you tell me?”, I say.

"You're such a child." She mumbles and cuddles into me. That's when I notice the heat pad on the nightstand. Ohhhhh. "Can I get you something?" I ask. She shakes her head. "Just cuddles."

 I lay down and cuddle with her. “I’m sorry”, I say. “Not your fault that women get punished monthly”, she responds. “Still I’m sorry you have to go through it”, I say while making sure she’s comfortable.

"Where's Alex? I feel bad for snapping at him.." she says and looks up at me. "He's sleeping on the couch. Passed out before the wedding scene." I chuckle and kiss her head. "You can apologize in the morning." I promise her.

 She nods and gets comfortable. “I don’t know how he can sleep on the couch”, she says quietly. “I don’t know either”, I respond. But before I know it we both doze off and sleep until morning. 

…

I wake up to Eliza trying to get out of bed frantically. I have no idea why. I check where she was sleeping and there was no stain. Why is she panicking? Then I hear a crash from the kitchen. That makes me jump up out of bed and run to see what happened.

 Alex tried to operate the coffee machine with his broken arm. I don’t know what was going through his mind because that does not seem like a very Alex thing to do also the coffee machine broke so that’s not very great either.

This is great. Now Eliza and Alex are going to be grumpy. Eliza only drinks coffee when she's on her period so this makes things worse. "Let's just go to Dunkin." I mumble and pick up the coffee machine pieces then add coffee machine to my grocery list.

 We all get ready then head to Dunkin. Coffee and donuts should cheer them up. Both of them are in pain so the misery is understandable. I’ve broken an arm before so I know how Alex feels but I’m not going to try to compare anything to how Eliza feels.

"So…" I mumble as I drive to Dunkin. The silence is making me miserable too but Eliza is in pain so she doesn't want to talk, and Alex feels bad for breaking the coffee machine so he doesn't want to talk either.

 I shouldn’t ask how everyone is feeling because I already know but then again I feel like I should. It’s this awkward silence I feel like I have to say something but shouldn’t at the same time.

"Have you ever thought about painting a turtles shell like a baseball?" I say randomly to break the silence. "Shut up." Eliza mumbles and stares out the window. Ok then…

 The rest of the ride to Dunkin is in complete silence. I park the car and we all go inside. I really hope that the coffee lightens their moods I don’t think I can go all day with both of them like this. “I can pay for a new coffee machine”, Alex says quietly.

"No Alex, it's fine." I promise him and hold his hand as we order. Eliza clings to Alex and hugs his arm gently. I guess she's cuddly when she's in a bad mood. We get our drinks and snacks/breakfast and we all sit down to eat.

 They both calm down after having some coffee and breakfast. Im glad because that would’ve been a really long day otherwise. “So what do you two want to do today?”, I ask.

"Sleep. We don't have work again anyway." Eliza says and sips her iced coffee. Alex nods. "I'm down for a nap if maximum cuddling is involved." He says and they both look to me. "Whatever you two want." I smile.

 We head home then go back to bed even though we just woke up not too long ago but as long as they feel better is all that matters.