I'm Yours

Chapter 12: Please Be Patient

Chapter 12:

By the time I had woken up I was on my bed tucked into my bed sheets, it looked around late afternoon. Beside me was a paper with Nate's handwriting.

Gone to visit my father won't be too long.

Nate

I got out of bed and padded over to the bathroom to take a shower then changed into my sweatpants and singlet. I decided I would call Alex and see how he was doing alone with Aunt Holly.

"Hello?" Alex's voice echoed into the phone.

"Alex! It's Hazel." I smile happy to hear his voice again.

"Hazel! Hey I miss you so much! How are you?"

"I'm doing okay Alex how has school been?" I smile softly hoping to be okay. Everything is driving me crazy at the moment.

"Yeah school has been great I haven't been working in a while but Aunt Holly is finally happier with everything being under control with the apartment." I exhale in relief to hear that they are both safe and happy.

"Well that's great Alex, where's Aunt Holly?" I ask as I pace around my room.

"Yeah I'll get her. It's really good to hear your voice again Hazel. I really miss you." He tells me making the tears swell in the eyes. After a couple of seconds I hear mumbling in the background and the phone muffling.

"Hello Hazel?"

"Hi! It's me. How is everything going?"

"It's going great Hazel. Thank you so much for doing this. I-I just can't tell you how grateful I am for you doing this for us." She cries into the phone.

"It's okay Aunt Holly. I'm holding on, it's just a little difficult is all."

"What do you mean? Is that boy not treating you nicely?" She asks making me laugh in response.

"It's not that, it's just a little complicated at the moment between us." I whisper as I sit on the window bench.

"Well honey you know if you ever want to tell me about it I'll listen to everything you have to say." She tells me her voice soft and calm, "I know I wasn't the best person to raise you and Alex and I know I'm not really a mother type person-"

"Aunt Holly you are like a mother to me and you have sacrificed everything for this family. I am the one who is grateful for your love and kindness over the years and I wouldn't change anything" I tell her. I can hear her crying once again through the phone.

"We must see each other again, it's been too long. Perhaps you could ask the boy of yours if he could at least try to arrange something." I grin at the suggestion and nod.

"I think that would be great. I'll ask him as soon as I can."

"Well darling, thank you for the call and hope to talk to you very soon when you're not busy. I love you Hazel."

"I love you too Aunt Holly." I smile hanging up the phone. I miss my family so much.

Making my way to the kitchen I smell something absolutely mouth-watering so I make my pace faster and see Jack cooking away.

"Ahh! Miss Hazel! What a pleasure." He grins going into the pantry and pulling out an apron. "Well come on! You are helping me cook tonight's meal. That's if you would like to of course" I grin at the kind gesture and decide it would be fun helping Jack cook tonight's dinner and to try and get Nate off my mind. I grab the apron and wait for Jack to give me a job to do. Back in England I would always help Aunt Holly with the cooking that if I wasn't a work. Jack tells me to stir the vegetables while he gets the rest of the ingredients.