My soldier in Neverland (Jack Barakat)

Chapter 27

Brook

I find Rian by the coffee maker trying his best to make it do something.

"Need some help?" I ask.

"No I got this." He looks at the instruction book. "Oh Brook this is Cassadee, my girlfriend." I almost didn't notice the girl sitting at the bar, which is suprising because she is very pretty. 

"Hi." She waves at me. "So this is Jacks girlfriend that he goes on and on about." She gets up from the stool and gives me a hug. 

"Im sure he doesn't talk about me that much." I tell her. 

"Oh yes he does." Alex walks in and gives Cassadee a hug. 

"Dude how did you get this thing to work?" Rian ask Alex who has a dirty coffee mug in his hand.

"Move a side and let the pro handle this." Alex starts to work on the machine.

I wander to the fridge and see nothing that looks appetizing so I go into the living room and lay on the couch. Soon someone sits at the end.  "Hey Cassadee do you have anything going on today?" I ask.

"No, but I think we are all suppost to go out for dinner tonight." She explains.

"Want to go shopping?" I ask with a smile.

"As long as we can get ice cream in the process." She points at me all serious.

"Yes but I think some other girls want to go." I get up and run to the guest room on the main floor,  expecting to see Blondie on the bed and Jess on the couch or floor or something but I had it backwards. Crouching next to the messy haired Jess who is on the bed, I wake her up. "Hey, are you okay?" I go onto the other side of the bed.

"Does he hate me?" She doesn't move until I answer.

"Who Zack? No, I don't think he is even awake." I tell her.

"At least he could just fucking pass out and get fucked. I was up all last night, I couldn't do what he did. Oh yeah and I was already up this morning throwing up, I would rather have a hangover right now." She looks for clothes in her suitcase. "Let me tell you I am happy I am going home today." There is a knock at the door presenting a sheepish looking Cassadee. 

"Is everything okay?" She looks at me then finds her way to Jess. " I don't know if I am suppost to know or not, but I do and you shouldn't worry Jess he just is in shock." She hurrys over to Jess who is horizontal on the floor with a slight bump protruding from her belly, she is staring at the celling.

"I am not worried about that, I just need clothes that will fit me." She points the the inch gap from her shirt to her jeans.

"Well its a good thing we are all going  shopping today." Cass gets up and walks to the door. "I have a suprise for all of us today." She leaves to get ready I asume. 

"I am all for shopping." Blondie gets up with her eyes still closed and stumbles into the bathroom.

"I want to go get food." I pull her up from the floor and we go to the kitchen.

"Hmm what do you think I should make you?" I ask her.

"Well I would love some pancakes." 

"Good, that is what I want to." I line up the material for the food like little soldiers. After successfully mixing the batter and pouring a perfect circle into the pan I hear someone dragging their feet down the stairs. When you are in the door way of the kitchen you can't see the bar so I am assuming that Zack does not see Jess. 

"Can I have one?" Zack points to the invisible stack of pancakes.

"Yeah when I get one that is not burnt." He giggles and walks to the fridge only to notice Jess sitting at the bar, he sighs.