At my Lowest

Dakota

I woke up and ran a hand through my hair.

I turned my head and saw Ethan next to me sleeping peacefully.

I hopped off of his bed and went downstairs to the kitchen.

"Oh, good morning Mrs.Banks"

I took a cup from the cupboard and turned to smile at Ethan's mother.

"Hello Dakota, another sleepover?"

I chuckled nervously and prayed that someone would come to save me.

Just then Jen walked down the stairs and strolled into the kitchen.

"Hi Coco"

"Hi Jen"

I smiled at Jen and filled my cup with iced coffee.

"Mom, why are you so mean to the poor girl? We Banks ladies need to stick together"

I blushed at her comment and she winked at me.

The thought of marrying Ethan was something I'd never thought of before.

It was long off though, so I'm not worried.

I sipped my coffee and chatted with Jen and Mrs.Banks.

Mrs.Banks was slowly warming up to me as I talked with her.

"Wait, so she said she owned the hotel that Mr.Banks was staying at?"

"Oh yeah! When I went to talk to her and said I'm his wife she revealed she was a worker there who had a crush on him!"

Jen and I started howling at her joke and we must've woken up the guys.

"Morning ladies" Mr.Banks walked into the kitchen.

Ethan followed behind him.

They looked terrible, the girls and I had coffee already but compared to them they were the before to our after.

"Morning sleepy heads"

Jen smiled to herself at her comment.

"Oh, whatever Jen. There you are Coco I thought you rolled under the bed or something"

His dad snapped his head at us.

"She slept over?"

"No Dad, she just came in pajamas for fun"

Ethan's humor is one of my favorite things about him. Though if his dad doesn't like me it's gonna be bad.

"Ethan, lose the sass"

"Well, my sass is already brewing now"

Mrs.Banks turned around and gave Ethan a look.

He raised his hands in surrender and kissed my forehead before walking back up the stairs.

"As Ethan's older sister, I've seen him have many girlfriends but he's different from you"

I awkwardly smiled at the family and got up to chase after Ethan.

"The tension down there is THICK"

Ethan was already dressed and ready when I walked in.

I quickly hustled into the bathroom to get ready.

I put on a pink sweatshirt with jeans and white Airforces.

I walked out and grabbed my school bag.

I leaned on the wall and waited for Ethan to finish whatever he was doing on his phone.

"Ethan, we're late!"

He looked at me for a bit and turned back to his phone.

"Sorry Coco, A lot is happening right now"