Ehh..Love

Ch. 12

"So do your parents know you're here?" Braxton asks me while fixing both of us a plate off pancakes, eggs, and bacon.

I had already took a shower and put on some clothes that he sat out for me. Now I'm just at his kitchen table waiting.

"My dad doesn't." Is all I say. I don't wanna talk about my mom at all.

"And your mom?" He asks me and looks at me curiously.

I just ignore him. I don't ask him about his parents so he shouldn't ask about mine.

"Here." He says and puts a plate in front of me.

I look at the plate and everything looks normal except he made chocolate chip pancakes. I thought he was making regular ones.

I cut mine up and taste them and they are delicious. This DEFINITELY isn't the box kind. If it is I need to know the brand.

"What brand of pancake mix is this? These are incredible." I say and start stuffing my face.

"I made them." He says with a shrug and starts eating too.

"Yeah but what brand are they?" I ask him again

"Homemade." He says lowly.

Hold up.

"You made these from scratch?" I ask him looking extremely confused.

"Yes." He says and then bites his bacon harshly.

"I thought you couldn't cook." I ask him with my eyes squinted.

"I lied." He says without looking at me.

"So I got burned and cut for NO REASON!!" I raise my voice a little.

"I didn't mean for that to happen." He says looking a little remorseful.

"Why would you lie?" I asked him and then eat some of the eggs.

He doesn't answer he just continues to eat. If he thinks I'm letting this go he's mistaken.

A couple minutes later we are both done eating and cleaning up.

"So we're am I sleeping?" I ask him. I'm tired and it's 1am.

"Guess room. Come on." He says and leads me upstairs into a room with a bed and a tv in it.

"This is nice." I say looking around.

"Yeah. If you need me just text." He says

"Sure. Night." I say to him with a smile.

He's definitely sobered up from earlier.

He says night back and then shuts the door. I sit on the bed and turn on the tv. Then I go brush my teeth with the toothbrush he gave me earlier.

I fall asleep almost instantly.

4:29 AM:

I am abruptly woken up in my sleep. Someone or something is screaming and yelling.

The only ones that I know that are here are Braxton and I. I get out of the bed quickly and walk towards where the screaming is.

It's coming from Braxtons room.

I open the door and all I hear is screaming from him. He's telling someone to stop and leave him alone.

He must be having a nightmare. Because he's also thrashing around in his bed but he's definitely still sleeping.

I quickly walk over to his bed and shake him.