two doors down

being mothered

tw talk about food again

"oh my god! honey do you need ice or anything that looks like it hurts, are you bruised anywhere else? i thought the paramedics said you were okay. here take a seat" lizzie mothered over me. it felt weird if i'm being honest.

i mean i was used to monica doing it but an actual adult woman. "i'm fine, thank you tho" i obviously lied. she saw right through me and grabbed one of those flexible ice packs from the freezer wrapping it in a tea towel.

she handed it over to me with a raised eyebrow. instead of putting it on my head like she expected i carefully pressed the ice pack onto my ribs. that's what hurt the most.

the woman gave me an unsure look but had to quickly save the rice. while she turned around i turned to mattie.

"so matthew what have you guys been talking about" he seemed to notice the lack of nickname and widened his eyes a little. now at a loss for words.

"just school m-mostly. life at home too" he whispered the last part.
"you can't talk about that stuff to strangers mattie" i whispered scared on now what was going to happen.

"i'm just scared y/n/n! you were passed out for most of 4 days!" he raises his voice slightly. i feel another set of eyes on me but refuse to look up.

it's not his fault for talking about it. it's his situation too. i understand he's scared. come on it's fine. i took a deep breath and just breathed.

"well it's all good now okay?" i said tiredly. "i think im just going to go to bed if that's alright"  i mumbled standing up from the stool.

"nope you have to have dinner first" lizzie stepped in-front off me before i could walk down the hall.

"lizzie please" i looked at her with a drained expression and i could tell she almost gave in.

"i'm sorry hun but you have to eat it's not an option" she lead me to sit back down and at this point i didn't have the energy to fight her. she's more stubborn than me.

5 minutes later lizzie says we can all watch a movie as we eat to relax and settle in. she serves up two bowls of the food and passes them to me as mattie was holding the drinks.

once we sat down i gave mattie the bigger bowl knowing he was starving and could finsih it all. i kept the smaller bowl for myself and i knew lizzie meant for it to be mattie's as i had one of the kids forks but i don't care. small cutlery is superior anyway.

we end up watching spy kids through dinner and i managed to have half of my food before being too tired.

lizzie's pov
poor y/n. she seems to be struggling with a lot of different things i'm just surprised how no one noticed before.

she sat on the couch with her knees up taking small bites of the food but i could tell she was exhausted. "you done?" i asked before she fell asleep she nodded and apologised for not eating it all but i assured her it's okay. "you ate something so im proud of you". i grab the bowl off of her putting it on the coffee table and passing the girl a blanket.

she wraps it around herself tucking the blanket around her shoulders and settling into the couch. she tried to stay awake and watch the movie but 5 minters later she was asleep.

"she's never gone to sleep before 2am before. you must be magic" mattie smiled at me thankful for getting his sister to sleep. i smiled at the boy and continued watching the movie i must've seen a million times before.

once the movie finished it was 8pm and i figured that's when kids go to sleep so i sent mattie off to bed who seemed happy to go and started on the kitchen.

washing up only took a couple minutes but after that i walked back over to the teenager. "hey sweetheart come on. sleeping in your bed will be more comfortable" she just hummed keeping her eyes closed.

as cruel as it is i took the blanket off her and she shivered. i helped y/n to stand up before gently guiding her to her and mattie's bedroom.

without hesitation she crawled into bed closing her eyes again. smiling to myself i shift my attention over to the boy on the other side of the room.

"do you need anything?" i asked tilting my head and putting my hands in my back pockets.

"can i have a glass of water please" he smiled and i nodded saying i'll be back. 

going into the kitchen i grab 2 glasses filling them both with water before returning to the siblings.

i hand mattie one glass and set the other one on the table on y/ns side. "goodnight matthew" i smiled at him.

"goodnight miss olsen" he grinned and i chuckled at the formalities
"please call me lizzie"

"then please call me mattie" the little boy smiled with a toothy grin. oh please never hurt this boy. (🤭)

"okay then, goodnight mattie" "goodnight lizzie"

y/ns pov
i wake up feeling disoriented and find myself laying on a bed. i reach my arm up and pat the desk looking for my phone but accidentally knock something over.

i look up and see that i had knocked a glass full of water over. that got me up. i sprung out of bed panicking.

quietly i go down the hall finding my way to the linen cupboard to find the towels. the hallway was illuminated by a single night light plugged into a powerpoint by the skirting boards. opening the cupboard i find a random towel before closing it and sneaking back to my room scared to make a noise.

i pick up the glass and begin patting and drying everywhere the water went. what if lizzie gets mad.

a/n
damn i just wrote this in like less than an hour.