two doors down

outage

y/n pov

lizzie got up and answered the door walking back over a minute later with our dinner. but right as she set it on the table the lights switched off and the power went out. mattie came running over to me never really being a fan of the dark and clung to my legs.

power outages were not uncommon especially in our town but they're still inconvenient. as our eyes adjusted to the darkness lizzie handed me a lighter to light some candles as she went outside to try the box.

mattie ran around the house collecting all the different candles lizzie had as i got to work lighting them all and spreading them around the kitchen and dining table. 

"no luck" she said coming back in and i nodded. we all worked together setting up the food and taking our seats.

"how was the visit?" she asked i kept quiet but mattie talked.

"it was okay, they didnt have many nice things to say to us which was very mean. but i was told to go to my room so y/n and her dad could talk" he trailed off "i dont know what happened after" i felt lizzies gaze fall on me as i acted distracted by the food infront of me which in reality didnt interest me at all.

i dont know if its cause the aircon was turned off but it started to get really hot in here and the hoodie i had on was not for the hotter weather.

"y/n? what did you and your dad talk about" lizzie asked softly and not demanding.

"the usual?" i shrugged, i wasn't lying anyway.

"i heard a thud" mattie continued and i gave him a look to stop talking he sighed taking a bite of his dinner. "thank you again for taking us to the museum. it was really cool" he changed the subject thankfully.

"it's no problem" lizzie told the boy but her eyes flicked too me at the end of her sentence. i could tell she was wondering something but didn't say anything.

"can i try some of yours?" mattie asked me after finishing his dinner quickly. i nodded and slid the dish over.

i was rubbing my arm still sore from my fathers grasp. i guess i couldn't hide my pained expression aswell as i thought.

"is your arm okay?" she asked and i nodded watching her face in the flickering candle light.

lizzie and mattie had finished eating and i said i'll have mine for lunch tomorrow so we shoved everything in the bin or the fridge before moving all the candles to the lounge room.

mattie sat beside me as i was in the middle but we were all on the same couch. i was so close to falling asleep.

they talked about school and all that while i stared at the flickering flame of the candle. i didn't want to give in and go to sleep so i was fighting it as best i could.

3rd person pov
10 minutes later y/n had fallen asleep her head resting in her knees. mattie was jumping in his seat exited to talk to lizzie about some things he's doing in school.

the movement caused y/n to fall into lizzie's side. lizzie was surprised at first but moved her arm so y/n wasn't breaking her neck against it. the teen repositioned and got comfy falling into a deep sleep.

"mattie what do you think the thud was earlier" lizzie asked the boy.

"if i say what i think it was her dad might get in trouble again" mattie said playing with his hands. this concerned the woman.

after a minute or so of silence the power turned on. which was good and definitely made it one of the shorter power outages.

"anything you want to watch before bed?" the woman asked now they had power again.

"i don't mind" he said shrugging. but the boy quickly got up and ran to the other side of the couch wrapping lizzie's other hand around himself seeing how at peace y/n was even if she was sleeping.

lizzie's heart swelled and they watched the parent trap since it was one of her parents. mattie seemed to be enjoying it too.

"y'know they're only one actor" lizzie said pointing to the main characters before returning her hand to hold y/n.

"how" the boy questioned and she explained it all as he listened taking in every word. "cooool" he dragged out zoning back into the movie.

half way through it mattie was like half asleep " i want to sleep but the movies too good" he complained throwing his head against the back of the couch.

" you can go to bed whenever you want, we can watch the rest of the movie tomorrow morning"
"thank you lizzie" the boy smiled saying goodnight and rushing off to bed.

lizzie ran her fingers throu9/6gh the teens hair just sitting for a second relaxing into the couch before getting up and lifting the girl into her arms again.
taking her to bed she gently throws the covers over y/n before turning the light off and heading to her own room.

y/n pov
i woke up to mattie shaking me awake. "y/n/n i had a bad dream, please wake up"
"what was your dream mattie" i said through shut eyes and lifted my blankets for him to climb in.

wait when did i even fall asleep in the first place

and wasn't i in the couch.

i didn't read into it and listened to mattie as he explained a normal childlike dream before the characters turned into people he knew and got quite scary even compared to my dreams.

i assured him everything was okay and he quickly fell asleep again beside me. but know i was up i couldn't fall back asleep.

a/n i worked on this ljke 4 tiens and i still don't like it