Sinful School Affairs

Chapter 18 - Secret Living Arrangements

I woke up feeling groggy headed. My head was pounding, but in a different way. It felt weirder compared to when I woke up hungover. This time it was different. I couldn't explain the feeling that is until I realized that I was sleeping on the couch. I jolted awake, confused and glanced around. Why was I sleeping on the couch?

I furrowed my eyebrows in worry as I stood up and walked up the stairs. I slowly approached my bedroom. It was closed and I usually don't leave my bedroom door closed when I'm not in it. A slight fear washed over me, thinking that maybe somebody had broken in, but it didn't seem like anybody did.

I quietly opened the door and peeked my head inside. My eyes widened when I saw that someone was in my bed. I bit my lip nervously as I approached the bed. I lifted the covers a little and my eyes widened even more when I saw that it was Catalina. What was she doing in my bed?! Did I bring her here?! Wait... this had to be a dream.

I stood there slightly panicking and wondering how she ended up in my bed while I ended up on my couch until all the events from yesterday rushed into my head. I let out a small sigh. Right, her house was on fire with her grandfather still in the house, so he ended up being burned to death. I took her back to my place, so that she would have some place to stay since she was now an orphan.

I looked down at her sleeping figure. She still had dried tears staining her cheeks. She must have been crying all night long. I remembered that after I left her room and went downstairs, I even teared up remembering her heartbroken cries.

I sighed knowing that the others would disapprove of me bringing her to my house since it was only the two of us in the house, but I wanted to be there for her and let her know that I was here if she needed someone. After the way I treated her this past week, it was the least I could do.

Still, beside the real reason for me bringing her here, I felt a bit happy at the fact that she was in my house and the fact that she was sleeping in my bed made my heart do loops. I, in a way, had her all to myself.

I looked at the time on my phone. It was 7:00 AM. We had a good two hours before school started. I was still tired. Now that I remembered what happened yesterday, I was sure that I got fumes into my lungs. Probably why I was so tired. Since I was up, however, I decided to just remain up and fix some breakfast. I should probably actually make something instead of making her have an energy drink and a chewy bar.

I tried to wake myself up more as I walked into the kitchen and started cooking. I decided to make bacon and eggs, a classic breakfast dish.

By the time I was setting the table, I heard footsteps coming down the stairs. I heard a loud yawn making me chuckle in amusement. Catalina appeared into the kitchen with a sleepy expression. I did my best to keep my composure as I glanced at her and smiled warmly.

"Morning Mr Parker," she greeted me with a sleepy smile as she rubbed her eyes. I couldn't help but gush over her cuteness.

"Morning Catalina, did you sleep well?" I asked curiously as I smiled back at her and turned the stove top off. She nodded slightly before looking at me.

"Thank you for letting me stay here last night. I don't know what I would have done if you weren't there with me," she responded as she sent me a grateful smile.

"You didn't think I was going to let you just live by yourself, did you?" I asked with a teasing smile. She stifled a small laugh as she shrugged. "Well, anyways, you can stay here for as long as you like." She stared at me for a moment before shaking her head. "I don't mind."

"No, I can't possibly let you do that," she protested as she shook her head vigorously.

"Catalina," I replied louder than I expected. She stopped and looked at me with wide eyes. I stepped towards her slowly and placed both of my hands on her shoulders. "You are staying here." She was about to argue, but I stopped her by grabbing a piece of bacon and shoving it into her mouth. She muffled in protest before sending me a playful glare, but eating the piece of bacon anyways. I chuckled in amusement at that. "Go sit down. I'll bring the breakfast out there."