No Body No Crime

You'll Always Find Your Way Back Home

The smell of fresh pancakes and eggs greets me when I wake up, stretching my arms out on the bed I hear not one but two cracks of a tired back. I smile softly as a fuzzy feeling lingers in my chest, it isn't long before reality kicks in and I remember that I have a child in a coma. Squinting my eyes at the bright light cascading through the window I reach lazily for a shirt and a pair of boxers. Grabbing my boxers I slip them on and I find a top to cover my chest. I yawn as I sit upright, I don't normally get hungover, I'm lucky like that. I figured this out one morning when I was with an overly excited Katie McCabe and her fondness of beer. The smell wafts into my nose and my stomach grumbles, I've always loved a good breakfast but I often either don't have time or there is no point because Less had already left. When I walked downstairs I wasn't met with Mrs P like I expected.
"Morning," a chirpy blonde Aussie called from the oven plating up pancakes and placing bacon ontop of it. Shit. I don't remember what happened last night, although I don't get the brain splitting headaches I can't seem to escape the no memory part of a hangover.
"We didnt-like-you know?" I ask my voice small and shaky. I can't have done something like this, somethings so immature and irresponsible when my kid is fighting for her life.
"I'm not sure, I remember us kissing outside and you falling asleep but after that was a blur, I slept in the spare bedroom but I don't think we done anything." She says setting the plate on the table. I breathe out, sighing in relief.
"Oh thank god." She laughs cheerfully, walking towards the sink to do the dishes.
"You don't need to sound so repulsed." My eyes widen and I stutter and try to take back what I said.
"No, no I didn't mean it like that, it's just I'm not in the right head space I'm sure it would be fun but-" she cuts in laughing.
"I was joking, you're painfully in love with Alessia and I'm not standing in the way of that." I scoff and walk to the coffee machine, I laugh sardonically.
"Yeah well currently she's standing in the way." She rinses off one of the bowls and looks towards me. I see the confusion etched across her face and I decide to fill her in on what she missed.
"I told her I loved her and she basically said we could only ever be friends." She winces and I nod slowly.
"Yep, friendzoned." She scrunches her face up and I finish up with our coffees. Setting them beside their respective plates I reach for my seat when there's a knock on the door. Alanna goes towards the door but I call out for her.
"Don't worry I've got it." She smiles softly and it's moments like these that I remember just how much I love my friends, they've got my back and are just insanely amazing.
"Proper princess treatment." I laugh and turn the doorknob, my laugh abruptly stops when I make eyecontact with a very unusual Dani Quinn, her hair is a mess and she looks like she's just woke up.
"Oh shit are you okay?" I say reaching for her arm. Dani's always been comforted by physical touch and so by doing this I hope she calms down a little. Instead of crying or panicking she blurts something else instead.
"Alexia and I slept together." My eyes widen and my mouth drops open. I can't help it, after what Alexia told me, I can't believe it.
"Oh my fucking god." I exclaim and she smiles shyly. I grab her hand and pull her into the house not even caring that I'm being incredibly rude.
"Rory, hurry up or else your food will get cold." The Aussie accent reaches my ears as I pull Dani towards the source but she stops in her tracks just outside the door, she looks between Alanna and I and connects dots in her head.
"You-and her. You didn't did you? Oh my God Aurora what about Less." Dani starts to ramble and I take in everything that she's saying I look at Alanna and she's trying to contain her laughter and I can't help it either.
"And she's wearing your shirt! What if Alessia came here and saw all of this?" I snort and she finally stops, lifting her eyes I start explaining.
"We didn't have sex, well we can't really remember but we're pretty sure it didn't happen. Anyway you know about the whole Less thing, we aren't speaking." She nods and looks away but I see something in her eye, again I don't press for answers.
"Well still, she could come to her senses." I scoff and pull out a chair for her to sit down. Reaching for leftovers that Lani made I plate up some for Dani and set them beside her, shooting me a grateful smile she tucks in.
"I'm not so sure Nellie I'm pretty sure there's nothing left for us, I'm destined to be on my own and I'm coming to terms with it." She glances at Alanna and swallows slowly, she runs her tongue along her front teeth and answers.
"Sure looks like it." I ignore her and shift the conversation onto what she came here for.
"Stop changing the conversation, you and Alexia, spill." Alanna chokes on some bacon and I rub her back as she controls her breathing.
"Go you, getting with the queen of football." She mumbles and I smile at Danielle, I motion for her not to say anything about Alexia and I and so instead she just shakes her head.
"What's the problem? I mean you obviously like eachother, I'm surprised you don't orgasim just by looking at eachother because girl, I see the way you eye fuck eachother." She blushes profusely and still just shakes her head, I let her stay in silence for a bit and I can see Alanna itching to say something, I tap her hand and mouth not yet just so Dani can find her words and when she does I'm shocked by what she says.
"I love her Rory, I love her. But I can't forgive her." She mutters and I raise one eyebrow. Forgive what? Alexia never told me anything other than that they weren't talking.
"What happened Nell? Take your time and tell me everything and maybe then I can add a new perspective." And she does, she goes through her entire story how she's looking for answers, answers to everything. The breath in my lungs are clean knocked out and I feel guilty, really guilty.
"Nellie," I pause and collect my thoughts noticing the tears in her eyes, I grab her hand and tell her something, some advice I think might come in handy. What I didn't know was that I needed to take that advice too.
"You and Alexia are made for eachother. You love her and surely that conquers everything I know what she said hurt but you need to talk. Clear the air and if it feels right then it is right. You deserve your forever love." She listens intently and bites into some pancake. She chews, swallows and then starts speaking, her words muffled but in my head they echo clearly.
"What if things don't work out like that? What then?" I don't get to answer because just as she said that my walkie crackled to life. The familiar rusty noise of the static fills my ears before a voice breaks through.
"Phoenix, I repeat Phoenix. She's awake." My heart stops and I drop my fork in the food. Alanna and Danielle both turn to me eyes wide and I rush upstairs waking up Mrs P and rushing to get Nate ready. We need to be together again, like a family. We run out the door together, Nathan in my arms and the brightest grin on my face.
Things have got to work out, they just have to and maybe this is the universe telling me it finally has my back.