Bad Boy Good Heart

Chapter 14

Alice's POV
"Alice..." The voice that calls out to me is light and airy, like they really don't wake me. "Alice." There it is again, gently trying to bring me to full consciousness. "Hmm." I mumble still half sleep

"Honey."

Only my mom calls me 'honey...' My eyes fly open to see moms face inches away from mine. She's smiling down at me. "Hey.I'm home from work." She says standing up straight.

I don't know what to say. She comes in and sees me with a boy in bed and all she says is that she's home from work. Conner probably isn't even sleeping right now. 

"Hi mommy. How was work?" My voice cracks. I hope Conner didn't hear that. "Fine." She smooths out her clothes. "I'm going to go make breakfast." No sooner than when she steps over the door frame do I immediately roll over to face

"Does Conner eat eggs and bacon!" Mom whispers into the room. I crane my neck back to see her head only sticking into the room with a goofy smile plastered on her face. I roll my eyes and give my own cheeky smile in return.  Then she's gone again.

"Conner." I whisper.

No movement, no response.

"Conner." I try again. He still doesn't move. He's actually sleeping!

A sudden surge of happiness floods my body. I try to contain my excitement as I slip silently from the bed. He stirs but he doesn't wake, even though the sun is now shining clear on his face. I need him to get as much sleep as possible, especially since he told me he only gets around 3 hours a night.

Searching through my closet quietly, I grab a pair of blue jeans and a grey top. Getting dressed in the other room, the delightful smell of bacon wafts up my nose.

I peak into my room to check on a still sleeping Conner, then head downstairs after to join mom for breakfast. "Oh good honey, I was just about to call you guys to come down." I pull out my chair and wait to be handed a plate.

"Uh actually, we can't call Conner down here yet." She places a plate of 3 bacon strips and eggs in front of me, and the remainder of what looks to be an entire cooked pack of bacon and carton of eggs in the center. "He doesn't get much sleep." I take a bite of bacon. Absolutely delicious. My mouth waters instantly. "He has sever insomnia and he's finally sleeping right now." Her face softens as she takes her seat. Her lips purse momentarily before she takes another bite of her bacon. "Well then I'm glad he is resting honey. We'll leave him be." She pushes her chair back "Thirsty?" I stuff my mouth with a fork full of eggs. "Very."

We finish eating our meal in a comfortable silence before mom declares that she has to get on the move to work or she'll be late. "Maybe we can invite Conner over for something later?" She says as she puts her plate in the sink, making a large clank against the other glass plates. She begins to rinse it,
"I'll wash it, so that you can get dressed. But remember to stay quiet." I warn.

"Yea." She whispers before turning on her heels and climbing the stairs two at a time.

Clean kitchen, food in the microwave, and now I'm just bored. Waiting for Conner to wake up. At a time like this, I really wish I had Marlo to play with. I miss him so much. Tears prick to the back of my eyes and a dash them away quickly. Walking into the living room, I flop on the couch and kick up my feet.

I'm relaxing with my eyes closed when I feel a sudden clamp on my shoulder from behind "Alice,wake up!" Conner whisper yells, startling me out of my lazy stupor.

"I'm awaaakee." I turn to look at him with what I'm sure is bewilderment on my face. My heart thuds wildly against my rib cage while Conner is smirking, looks surly proud of himself.

"And guess what you did?" I say smiling.

"What'd I do?" He says still smiling as he makes his at around the couch and plops next to me. "Other than startle you into oblivion." I slap his arm. "You also ...actually slept. How do you feel?" For a long while he stares at me simply blinking as if he's assessing himself. I check the time on the tv cable box. "You slept for about nine hours!" He looks so shocked right now. His face is priceless.

"Really?! ..." he jumps up "Yea I feel phenomenal!
He pays his body down. "I slept." he says. "I slept!" His smile grows large and he actually starts to jump around from happiness.

Taking my hand, he pulls me into an embrace. His hand cradling the back of my neck. His voice is raw as he gives me a sincere thanks. He releases me and holds me at arms length." I haven't slept like that in years...not since-." His eyes start to water. He pulls me into a tight hug again without a doubt to mask any tears that threatened to fall. Not since what? "Thank you." He whispers in my ear.

He releases me. This is probably the first time I've r ever seen a male almost cry. "How do you feel?" I ask him softly. "Great!" Well great ! "There's bacon and eggs in the microwave for you. They might be cold now. You'll have to heat them up."

He jogs happily into the kitchen. I can't believe he slept. Was it because he was with me? It had to be because of me. He said he hasn't sleep like that in years. What does that mean for us?

"Hey, who made the breakfast." He calls. "Mom did." I join him in the kitchen. "You want some?" He asks as he takes a 3 stack bacon bite. "No." I laugh. "I've eaten already." I pull out a chair and watch him in silence while he eats.

He seems energized and very happy.
His plate clangs into the sink.

"I have to go get showered and dressed. Then after I will come back." He tells me.

"Sure." I says smiling.

He pushes in his chair smiling to himself.

"What do you want to do today?" I ask.

"I have no idea." He walks over to me and stands over my body as I'm still sitting. "I really don't care as long as I'm with you." he smiles down at me genuine.

My heart hammers in my chest.

"I'll be back. I'm going to get dressed." He bends down quickly and pecks my lips before skipping out the door.

He just kissed me...Our first kiss together. And he did it so casually. As if it's something I should be used to him doing.

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Authors note
They finally kissed. They're finally getting somewhere. And Conner finally slept.

What y'all think??