cleaning up (ch. 12)

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warnings: a small bit of swearing

today was the day that the wonders' mom was supposed to come home. to no one's surprise, salish was the first one awake that day.

salish's pov

my eyes fluttered open as the sunlight peeked through the blinds. I rolled over and checked the alarm clock, which read 7:04. I wasn't sure what time their mom was coming back, so I decided to get up anyway. 

 I lazily drug my feet down the stairs and into the kitchen to make myself some toast. oddly enough, I sort of enjoy the noisiness of the wonder family. ever since hudson moved off to go to college it has been quite quiet at home. unfortunately, no one was usually up until in the summer eight or nine. 

after making my toast I grabbed out my phone and scrolled on instagram a little. 

nidal's pov

i've been lying awake in bed for about a half hour, I can't fall back asleep. lately the kiss has been on my mind. i'm not really sure where this puts us. obviously we're not dating, but we're definitely not just best friends. 

I don't want things to be awkward with salish when I see her next, but I think that's inevitable. maybe I should just get up for the day, lying in bed won't get me anywhere. 

I sleepily rubbed my eyes as I walked slowly down the stairs. my eyes fell on salish with her back to me. sh!t, I thought. maybe if I just walked back up slowly she won't notice that I came down. as I was turning around to go back upstairs I heard salish say

"hi nidal"

sh!t. now I have to face her. 

"oh hey salish", I said turning back around

"how did you sleep?", she asked

"oh um fine. what about you?", I said reaching for a plate to make toast on. 

"pretty good."

"do you know what time your mom comes home today?"

I peered over at salish and said, "I do not, no, she doesn't"

"I mean um no I don't know when she is coming. to the house that is.", I said

sh!t. I stumbled my words so badly. 

"right.. okay. are you sure you slept good?", she asked

"yeah I think so", I said

I stared at the toaster waiting for the toast to pop up. how was salish acting completely normal after last night? maybe it really wasn't a big deal and I was overthinking it. what if the kiss had meant nothing to her? she seemed to enjoy it, but maybe it really isn't a big deal to her. 

"hellooo, earth to nidal", salish called out to me

"huh?", I spun around quickly and looked at her

"your toast has been ready for like a minute nidal!", salish said laughing

"oh um right, I just figured I would let it cool", I said turning back around

"sure then. i'm gonna go get ready, bye nidal", salish said

time skip to 8:30 am

at this point all the wonders were awake and neshan called a family meeting. 

"as you guys all know, mom's flight gets in at 2 pm today. I was thinking it would be a good idea to clean the house for her.. and possibly take care of my black eye as well before she gets home", neshan said

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