Faith Healer // JB

3.) Favor

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Julien's POV:

Vera and I were talking until very early in the morning, maybe 3:00am or something? I'm not sure. But I did end up falling asleep in the spare bedroom with her, which in itself wouldn't be weird but we've known each other for a week. I only realized when I woke up at around 7:30 this morning. I got up and checked the living room. Phoebe and Lucy were still sleeping like I'd thought they'd be.

I'm the 'designated cook' of the friend group, because I'm the only one who's actually good at it. I'm not sure is Vera is good or not. Anyway, I decided I'll make pancakes for everyone. I've just finished mixing the batter and pouring a few pancakes onto a pan when I hear footsteps coming from the left of me. I was expecting it to be Lucy, she wakes up earlier than Phoebe does, but it was Vera.

"Oh hey, good morning," I say, turning away from the pancakes. "How'd you sleep?"

"Pretty good. When d'you leave the room?" She asks. I was hoping she wouldn't bring it up.

"Uh 7:30 or so. Sorry about that by the way, I really didn't mean to fall asleep in there."

"Please, it was fine, don't worry about it at all. 7:30 huh? Didn't get much sleep then." I was so relived when she wasn't weirded out.

"Yea, I don't usually get a lot of sleep, maybe 5 hours on a good day so this is pretty normal." I reply. It's true, I'm not a very good sleeper, I always manage to wake up early even if I fell asleep super late.

I turn back to the pancakes, flipping them and letting them cook on the other side. "Do you want any? I have plenty more coming up." Vera agreed to having a couple. She took a seat down at the kitchen island. I could feel her eyes on me. I was about to turn around and ask her about it before I heard both Phoebe's and Lucy's voices travelling from the living room to the kitchen.

"Ooh pancakes!" Exclaims Phoebe, while simultaneously getting a "sweet" from Lucy.

After a few minutes I had served everyone pancakes, we were spread out around the counter, eating quietly. Phoebe paused, looking around. "Hey where's Bo?"

"He left around 1am or so." Says Vera before taking another bite. Phoebe replied with a simple hum. Everyone finished their meal, a scattering of some small talk included.

"We should do something again today." blurts Lucy. Phoebe and I agreed and so did Vera after confirming that she wasn't scheduled to work today. We all discussed what we should do. We brought up lunch but nobody was really in the mood as we had all just finished eating. Phoebe brought up the fair that is in town and it was a raging success.

It was decided that we'd go around 1pm, giving us all time to actually wake up and chill for a bit before getting ready. I look at the time. 8:21am.

"Does anyone want to come with me on a Dunkin run?" I ask the group, feeling the lack of sleep start to weigh me down. I could tell it was hitting Phoebe and Luce because they're already back slumped on the couch.

"Ooh yea sure," accepts Vera, "I need coffee in my system asap."

"Alright," I laugh. "Let's change out of our PJs first though." Vera walks into my room before pausing. "Julien I need a favor, I don't have any clothes." she says, both of us forgetting she had to borrow sleep clothes for the night.

I tell her not to worry, that she can just borrow some of my clothes again, given that we're pretty similar in size, other than the couple inches she has on me. She picks out a pair of jeans and one of my random band tees and takes them into my bathroom to change. I change into a pair of black jeans and a black Carhartt shirt, something I wear often but if it works, it works.

Vera comes out of the bathroom as I'm rummaging around my room for my car keys. "Watcha looking for?" she questions.

"My keys I swear they run and hide from me." I breathe, a little frustrated. "You left them in the kitchen JB." She says. I can hear a faint giggle between her words. We eventually end up leaving the apartment after I found my keys, (they were in the kitchen) and confirming with the other boys that they want what they usually get.

We slip on our shoes and head to my car, pulling up a playlist on the way. I connect my phone to the aux after slipping in the driver's seat, pressing play and mindlessly tossing my phone into the center console. The opening notes of Silk Chiffon by MUNA as I'm turned around in my seat to look out the back windshield, with my hand on the passenger seat to steady myself, getting ready to back out of the driveway.

Phoebe's verse comes on right as I pull onto the road. After a couple seconds I hear a confused, "Is this Phoebe?" come from Vera. I confirm that it is Phoebe while she's nodding along to the song. 

"That lyric really fits. I feel like Phoebe would definitely be high and anxious in a CVS."

I burst out in hysterics when she said that. I managed to choke out, "where do you think the lyrics came from?" between my fits of laughter. This gets Vera going too, and by the time the giggles fade we're already well into the next song and almost at Dunkin.

"Go in or drive-thru?" I ask right as we're about to pull up to the lot. "Let's go inside, we're not really in a rush and we have a few drinks." Vera answers as I'm pulling in, so I swing a left into one of the few open spots.

We go inside and place our order. Vera tried to insist on paying. I say tried because as she was pulling out her phone I tapped the machine with my smart watch. "I'm getting it next time. I stayed over last night and I'm borrowing your clothes so I owe you." She says, sounding sarcastically defeated. The four drinks come out, two hot drinks for Lucy and me, and two iced for Vera and Phoebe.

We head back to my house, the car ride being pretty much the same; someone saying something funny and the both of us laughing almost all the way home. We get inside and give everyone their orders. it's almost 9am, giving us about 4 hours to chill until we need to get ready.

It's now been a couple hours since we got home, all drinks are finished and we're all sitting in the living room watching a random episode of Grey's Anatomy. Vera flips over her phone to check the time. 11:12am. She mutters a small "shit" under her breath while standing up off the couch.

"What is it?" I ask, looking over. "I totally forgot I am wearing your clothes and all my shit is at my apartment."

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