AJ Cook's daughters

Chapter 24

Maddie's POV:

I wake up at 6:44 to my phone blasting "Temporary Home" by Carrie Underwood I quickly turn my alarm off before it can wake up AJ and Sadie. I lay in bed remembering all the drama with Sadie that played out a few days ago. I quickly get up and shower getting dressed for the day. I put on some light makeup curling my hair. As I finish getting ready there is a knock on my door. I open my door sighing in relief seeing that it was Maggie and not Sadie or AJ.

"Hey Mags how'd you sleep?" I ask grabbing my studded jean jacket out of the closet to put on

"Alright actually AJ and Sadie came and saw me last night to apologize for self harming again and not telling us." Maggie says sitting on my bed rolling her eyes sighing

"Yeah well Satan and mini Satan tried to come in my room last night I pretended to be asleep." I say laughing as Maggie smirks laughing lightly

"Yeah well I made the mistake of opening the door when she knocked. In my defense I thought it was gonna be you. Once I saw it wasn't I tried slamming the door in their faces." Maggie says shrugging as I laugh picturing it

"So what's the plan are we all gonna go down and have breakfast with Sadie and AJ?" I say rolling my eyes

Before Maggie can respond I hear two knocks on my door. I look at Maggie knowing she is also hoping one of those knocks don't belong to AJ or Sadie. I open the door relaxing when I see Caleb and August standing there. I move out of the way and watch as they join Maggie on the bed before I close my door locking it.

"Did spawn point and Spawnee call you guys last night? Why are you here?" I ask looking at Caleb and August watching as they nod shyly afraid to admit it but knowing they can never lie to Maggie and I we always see through their lies we can read them like open books

"Sadie and AJ called saying you both might need us today. So being your guys's best friends we came over as fast as we could so you guys can talk to us. We left our houses without eating breakfast." Caleb says rubbing the back of his neck nervously as Maggie rolls her eyes sighing

"Well AJ tried to get me to open my door last night and let her in but I ignored it. There is nothing she can say to excuse what Sadie did. She knows she messed up and she is trying to cover it up for her like she used to do when we were younger." I say sadly looking at my ground not wanting anyone to see the tears I'm holding in

"So I was the only one who stupidly answered their knock. I knew I should have texted Maddie first before I opened the door." Maggie says rolling her eyes laughing to hide the hurt she's feeling inside making August smirk as she reads between the lines at what Maggie is just said knowing she's hiding her feelings

"It honestly is really sad how she tried to talk to the both of you like Sadie has any actual reasoning to do what she did. She fucked up trying to cover for lying about it. She just needs to admit it to you guys and prove she will not do anything like that again." Caleb says sighing as I nod agreeing he knows everything we went through when we younger when Sadie would self harm I told him everything the first day we met

"I just wish she'd try to be a little more understanding why we are hurt and AJ didn't defend her and she'd be our mom. I'm tired of being the only kid with fucked up family members who never wanted her in the first place. I'm tired of pretending everything is okay when it's not." Maggie confesses looking at the floor I watch as Caleb and August get up and hug her holding her tightly

"Mags it's okay we both secretly want that I promise it's not just you. At least at the end of the day we still have each other. I will always have your back and be there for every milestone you achieve. That is one thing you will never have to wish for is me being there for you." I say getting up and hugging her as she nods wiping her face squeezing me tight

"As much as I wish we could camp out here all day what are you gonna do for breakfast? I know you guys haven't eaten yet have you?" August asks as Mags and I shake our heads no

"Well we can go downstairs, eat, ignore them, and then come back upstairs and hang in your room." Caleb suggests as I nod

"Alright I'm down for that lord knows I'm good at ignoring their scratching nails against chalkboard voice." I say seriously making August and Caleb laugh loudly

"Okay Mags let's go eat." I say as I smile squeezing her hand reassuringly and we all go downstairs

I am the last to walk downstairs. Once we're downstairs I grab the cereal ignoring the fact AJ is cooking. I grab four bowls handing them to August. I watch as Mags grabs the milk and Caleb grabs the spoons. We all sit at the table eating. I scroll on my phone looking at my TikTok. I look at Mags and August and see them listening to music. I look at Caleb and see she's busy texting playing a game. I smile thinking about how she has been trying to best this level for almost a week now. We all eat our cereal ignoring Sadie's attempts to get our attention. Once we finish our food we rinse out our bowls going into my room. I sigh as I lay on my bed knowing today is gonna be another long day avoiding Sadie and AJ. I can't wait til Wednesday when we all go back to work. I actually am praying for work. I never wished so hard for Wednesday to come like I am doing right now.