Unlovable

Chapter 18

ELLIES POV:

I wake up and open my eyes to see I'm still in Jackson's arms. I softly remove myself from his hold and get out of bed. I check to make sure I didn't wake him. He rustles in bed a bit but he's sound asleep.

"This apartment is filthy" I think to myself.

I begin going around the bedroom and the rest of the apartment cleaning up cups, bottles of water, and clothes thrown all over the place. Once I get the apartment clean, I expect Jackson to wake up but he's still asleep.

"I could cook breakfast for us" I think to myself.

I make my way to the kitchen and clean the dirty dishes, then start on breakfast.

Waffles, bacon, and eggs. Sounds pretty good to me.

I finish cooking, clean the pans I got dirty, and plate the food.

I walk to the bedroom to wake Jackson.

I softly move his hair out of his face and give him a small kiss on the cheek.

"Wake up sleepyhead" I whisper in his ear.

He slightly opens his eyes and gives me a small smile.

"How did you sleep?" He asks me with a tired voice.

"I slept good" I say as I stroke his hair.

"Come lay back down" he says with his bottom lip puckered out.

"Guess I'll just leave the warm breakfast for later" I say playfully.

He gives me a confused look.

"You made breakfast?" He asks.

"Yes I made breakfast. So, wake up" I say playfully and throw a pillow at him.

He begins stretching and tiredly gets out of bed.

I begin fixing the bed as soon as he gets up.

"I can fix the be-" he stops when he realizes the mess in the bedroom is gone.

"Did you clean too?"

"Y-yes.. I hope that's ok" I say nervously.

"Yes it's ok but you didn't need to. You're my guest and it's not your job to clean for me" he says walking towards me.

He wraps his arms around me and gives me a small kiss on the forehead.

"I didn't do anything for you last night... so I wanted to repay you I guess" I say shyly.

"You don't need to repay me. I enjoyed what I did last night" he says smiling at me.

"Well let's eat. Don't want it to get cold" I say

We walk to the kitchen, and I grab our plates and set them on the table.

"This looks amazing" he says in a surprised tone.

He immediately begins eating and scarfs it down.

"I'm going to take a shower. Care to join?"

"I don't know" I say looking down.

He walks over to me, and I wrap my arms around his stomach and stare up at him.

"You don't have to, but I'll be lonely" he says.

"I'll just stay here and clean the dishes"

"Suit yourself" he says with a chuckle.

He makes his way to the shower as I bring the dishes to the sink.

"Stop being so shy" I think to myself.

Maybe I could take a shower with him...

I make my way to the bathroom and open the door.

"Ellie?" Jackson says.

I begin getting undressed and open the shower curtain.

He sees me and his eyes widen.

I begin feeling nervous and he notices.

"Come on" he almost whispers as he grabs my hands to help me in.

"What the hell am I doing" I think to myself.