Dazed & Confused

[56]

[7:20am]
{Sam's POV}

The loud noises of chatting and Aryia dishing up breakfast fills the room. Navi runs between my legs, asking for pets. I chuckle and start petting her.
"Come get your breakfast, Sammy." I look over my shoulder at Aryia who has his hair up in a man bun as he dishes up some waffles and eggs for me. I quickly pet Navi for a couple more seconds before moving from my spot in front of the arm rest of the couch and head over to the counter, grabbing my plate as Navi happily follows me.
"Thanks Ari." I give Aryia a small nod and he nods back with a smile.
"So what are you going to do to that car of yours." Corey asks as I set my plate down and pull the chair out in front of me, sitting down.
"Nothing really. I already repaired it and everything and replaced the parts so all that's left is the designing." Corey and Griffin nods as I start eating my eggs, Corey and Griffin already started eating before me.
"Is that what you're gonna be doing today?" Griffin asks with his mouth still kinda full of pancakes before looking at me. I cover my mouth for a second, finishing eating for speaking.
"Yeah. And I got some people I need to meet up with."
"What people?" Corey asks as he stops eating and looks at me.
"Classified information brother." I give Corey a teasing smile, causing Corey to give me a jokily deadpanned look. I softly laugh around Corey's reaction.
"Am I allowed to come?" Griffin asks as he starts diving into his sausages. It's crazy how much food Aryia makes for just the four of us. Well, except for in the mornings. Then it's just the three of us. Corey always eats cereal and Griffin gets pancakes, sausage, and eggs. Aryia's probably gonna have waffles and sausage like usual. And I usually get waffles and eggs.
"Yeah. Probably for the best. It's better for me not to roam around alone right now." Griffin nods.
"Like that's ever stopped you before." Aryia teases as he walks past Griffin, softly rubbing his neck before sitting across from me on the table. I grin,
"Fair enough." I tilt my head to the side in agreement. We all eat in silence for a couple minutes, leaving me in my thoughts. I should probably go back to the bunker later today. Better to be there before lunch. As I much as I hate that idea, it's better to just get shit done and over with. Plus if I want to possibly date Colby, I'll need to get used to his blacked out self. I don't hate his blacked out self, he just says and does shit that hurts, I look down at my scrapped hands, literally. I sigh in my head. I fucking hate the fact that I don't actually hate him. Matter of fact I feel the same about him that I do regular Colby. God I hate this.
"You meeting up with people for business or something else?" Aryia asks, snapping me out of my thought.
"Oh, uh, business." I say as I notice I've been playing with my food, zoned out. As well as noticing that I'm tense. Aryia nods and I instantly start looking down at my food, forcing myself to take deep breathes to clear the tension in my body. It goes away for the most part, except for the natural tension from working all night. I roughly rub my shoulders before quickly finishing my food and heading over to the sink, washing my plate before opening the dishwasher and putting it in there.
"I'mma go get dressed." I softly pat Griffin's shoulder as I walk past, hearing 'okays' from all the guys. I jog up the stairs and head into my room, closing the door behind me. I pull my shirt off and look at myself in my body mirror, fixing my hair a bit before observing my torso. I need to work out again. I'll probably do that before I go to the casino. I look down in the mirror at my stomach and pecks, feeling sudden hatred and insecurity towards them, as well as my hips. Whatever, stop looking at yourself. I turn from the mirror and finish getting dressed. I decided to just put on my Jack Daniels cut off shirt and my black basketball shorts as well as my running shoes. I grab my workout out duffel bag and stuff my other clothes in for when I'm done at the gym for the day. I throw the duffel bag over my shoulder and grab my phone, earphones, and the keys to my new car since I don't have my wallet nor my keys to my motorcycle. I head downstairs and see that everyone has finished eating.
"Yo Aryia, can you drive me to the gym?" I set my bag down on the couch, putting my car keys in my bag before looking up at Aryia.
"I can drive you," Griffin offers as he walks down the stairs, still dressed in the same clothes as when I saw him for dinner,
"I was planning on going this morning anyways." I pick up my duffel bag and put it over my shoulder again.
"Okay, let's go." Griffin nods and grabs his keys as we get to the front door.
"See you later Ari!" Griffin slightly yells from the front door.
"See you later Griffin!" Me and Griffin grin amusingly.
"See you Friday!" I yell as well.
"See you Friday Sammy!" Me and Griffin laugh a bit before heading out to the gym.