Accidental Roommates

Chapter five: December (still)

I was awoken from the best sleep I've had in ages by the smell of pancakes and coffee.

I swung my legs off the bed and slipped my feet into some slippers before rubbing my eyes and taking in my surroundings. Home. I'd gotten home late last night (early this morning truthfully!) and none stop slept since. It's now 11:34am, wow it felt like more than 4 hours sleep.

"Hey spud" my dad hollered from the other side of the island in the kitchen.

My dad is a tall,lean guy with rectangular lensed glasses and dark brown hair; like mine. He has super white teeth and always wears v-neck sweaters. I swear he has each colour of the rainbow!

"Hey daddy" I smiled and ran to hug him. This sudden splurge of energy had hit me.

"I'm making pancakes D, take a seat at the table with Logan and you can tell us all about university." My mother smiled at me while flipping one of the pancakes.

Mum, on the other hand, has fair skin and long, golden hair. Her eyes are like emeralds and her lips are Barbie pink. She's also a very thin woman. She's the type of mother who wears those multi coloured head scarves and you would have expected her to have travelled the world with her twenty-something year old boyfriend Lorenzo (Italian), but no. She's a stay at home mother who devotes her mid forties homeschooling my 8 year old brother Logan.

I sat at the table next to Logan who was playing with Lego. Logan looks nothing like my parents. We think he was swapped at birth, he has deep brown eyes and mousy brown hair. He is reasonably tanned and always wears three quarter length shorts, but you haven't heard the best bit, they have to be white! Yeah my mom hates him for that.

My mom placed all the food on the table as I helped Logan move his Lego. Once we finally all got sat down we began helping ourselves to the delicious meal.

"So?"

"So??"

"How is it?"

"How's what?" Of course I know what she means but I just want to hear her say it... Oh who am I kidding I'm stalling so I can make up some lie to why I'm failing dance.

"Danielle are you feeling okay?" My dad had stopped eating and was looking at me concerned.

"I'm fine" I said "there's just something I have to tell you"

"Is it about your face?" My mother muttered taking a sip of coffee.

I looked at them in shock.

"Oh come on you think we didn't notice you have marks on your cheek? Has someone been hurting you?" My dads fists were now clenched and my mother was holding my hand across the table.

"What! No! I slipped on some ice and fell that's all." A look of relief fell onto both of their faces.

"Well I'm glad you're okay"
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After I finished eating I headed back to my room.

My room is fairly big room with a dark brown carpet and a light purple and white themed wallpaper. There was two ceiling lights, due to the length of the room, they both had chandelier type light shades I found in ikea once (shh don't tell anyone they're from ikea!).

I have a double bed with black bedding with purple and white flowers on it. I also have a fluffy white blanket that lays at the end of my bed incase I get cold. Now, when it comes to pillows I can never have enough, at the moment I think I have nine in pinks, whites, sparkly purples and a black one.

The rest of my furniture is white to match the bed and wallpaper. A wardrobe sits to the right of my bed and a dressing table and long mirror to the other. The mirror had fairy lights wrapped around it which I did when I was 14. The dressing table was covered in makeup and hair products, half of which I don't even use anymore.

At the end of my bed there is a wall on which I have a tv and shelves either side of it. The bottom shelves are filled with DVDs and box sets, the top shelves are stacked with books, I've read most of them.

I went straight to my wardrobe and picked out my thickest pair of leggings and a sloppy joe sweater. Next I took a shower to wake me up a little although I was still a little jet lagged.
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The snow kissed my icy cheeks and rest in my hair as I walked with Logan into town to buy our parents their Christmas presents from him. There was just something about the winter that I love. It's just so beautiful.

We went into the antique store that I know my mother loves so much. I let Logan pick something, he picked out a super old compass (my dad loves to travel) and I picked out a small hand mirror for mom. After we left we went to a couple of others shops and got a few more small gifts and cards.

On the way home Logan begged me to let him go to the park, being the amazing big sister I am I let him.

I watched him from the benches surrounding the park. He began joining in with the other children.

I pulled my phone out to the sound of my voicemail alert, Ashton...

"Hey... Um I didn't get to see you before you left, or apologise. Just call me when you get this okay?"

I bit my lip to hold the tears in and threw my phone into my bag. I know I should reply but I just don't know what to say.
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#FillerChapterAlert!

I'm sorry for the filler chapter!!!

Should Danielle forgive Ashton?

~Chloe~