Small town run away

Part 2

I woke up the next morning in my bed covered up not remembering how I got there. I saw a note on my nightstand. I picked up the note and its from Cal saying that I passed out in the car and that he picked me up and brought me inside but that was nice of him. I put on my glasses and realized I didn't text Derrick back. I grab my phone and open the chat seeing I left him on delivery. So i start typing.

"Sorry i feel asleep after i got in the car" -kayce

Not even a minute later he replies,

"Its alright i had fun" -derrick

Oh my god he had fun he had fun. Ok Kayce don't freak out don't scream. Just reply back like a normal person

I type "I did too"

I put my phone down the scream into my pillow. Its christmas eve the day before christmas and the day after my birthday. The day goes by fast. And now its dinner time.

My mom walks into the kitchen while i'm leaning on the counter drinking hot chocolate and says "Kayce can you make dinner"

"Sure is eggplant parm good" i ask her

"Oh thats perfect" she says

I walk over into the fridge grabbing 4 eggplants down so I can reach for the eggs then i walk over the cabinets and pull out some oil and 2 cans of breadcrumbs. I walk over the the other side of the kitchen and grab a sharp knife and a cutting board and a bowl for the eggs and a bowl for the breadcrumbs. I started cutting up some of the eggplant into circles and poured some oil into a pan turning on the burner. After the oil got hot I started putting the cut up eggplant into the beaten eggs then into the breadcrumbs. As I'm cooking Cal walks into the kitchen and takes a piece of the fried eggplant.

"So Kayce" he says behind me "that was fun with derrick wasn't it"

I try to keep myself from smiling too hard, which I was able to hide it.

"Cal my brother you're trying to get at something and I can't tell what."

Cal laughs at my statement., "well my dear sister i think he might have a tiny crush on you. Little sis"

I let out a laugh saying, "cal wouldn't you know if your best friend had a crush on you little sister"

Cal lets out a sign then a laugh, "your right do you need help with dinner"

I look at my brother knowing I was right about derrick.

"Yes Cal, you can help start by cutting more of the eggplant. I'll do the frying part"

Thankfully Cal listens and stops talking about derrick.

" Hey call are you ready for your wedding" i say

He lets out a sign, "yeah im ready i cant wait i mean i'm about to it's a whole new chapter in my life"

I love my brother. I love Cal. I'm excited for my brother to get married. I like the girl that is getting married too. She is a nice girl and I'm glad she is going to be my first sister in law.

I finished frying the rest of the eggplant. I look over and say to caleb,

"Garb the tomato sauce and the mozzarella slices and the shredded cheese" as I start to pull out two baking pans. I already preheated the oven so I started building the layer in the pans. Quickly finish building the two pans and putting them in the oven for about a half an hour. I look down at myself to realize that I'm a mess. Cal looks over at me and says, "go clean yourself up, actually take a shower, i will clean everything out here." Then he starts cleaning the mess. I walked into my room and grabbed some clothes and then I found a towel and decided to take a ten minute shower. But the ten minute turn inro a thirty minute shower. I realize that because Cal then knocked and told me dinner was ready and he finished making the rest of the meal.

"Cal thanks for finishing dinner for me" i say to cal

He laughs at me saying. "No problem sis"

Dinner is served and my mom turns on tv and plays the santa clause with tim allen in it. After the first santa claus is done. My father said,

"How about we turn this into a marathon and watch the other two movies"

Everyone aggresses and grabs a bunch of snacks, as everyone starts to gather back in the living room. My mom says. "Kayce are you coming"

I look at my mother and say "start the movie i'm making hot chocolate for everyone"

My mom nodes and heads into the living room and I hear the movie start to play. I check my phone and see a text from derrick. It actually was a photo of him smiling and it looked like he just got out of the shower with no caption and no shirt . I almost screamed. Should I text back maybe yes or no. I will send a photo of myself smiling . i take the photo skeptical of sending it but I do it anyway. And I put my phone back into my pocket. So I wouldn't see if he replies. I finished the coco and walk into the living room. And silently give everyone their coco and everyone gives me a nod as a form of thank you and i silently seat down at the end of the couch. For the rest of the movie everyone is quiet and we finish the third one in no time around eleven or midnight.

My father stands up and says, 'ok everyone lets go to bed because tomorrow is christmas and santa is coming."

Everyone goes into their rooms and slowly each door shuts. As i plug in my phone i see derrick has replied to my photo i click on his name. And what did he reply with? He liked my photo and then he replied with a good night beautiful. Oh my god did he really say that. I shut off my phone cause i don't know what to say yet. I plugged in my phone and crawl into my bed and my dogs slowly jumped up and join my bed and layed down and quickly I hear them snores. I can't help but not be able to sleep. I stare up and look up at the ceiling and slowly I drift off into sleep.