Help Me!

<Chapter 3>

Stella's POV:
I woke up to a bright sun shining in my face through the window of a blue room. Wait, blue room?? I'm in my brother's room!! I scurried out quickly and ran downstairs to check the couch. Yep, there he was. Sleeping peacefully. Makes me wish that he was always like this, peaceful and nothing to worry about. "Hey, Blake. Wake up. It's....." I looked over at the clock. My eyes widened. Twelve o'clock. Certainly not at night, so it's noon. "It's twelve o'clock Blake. Shouldn't you be at class?" I asked, knowing that he is very busy and very punctual.

"Hm? What time is it?" He asked, still drowsy.

"Twelve. P.M." I told him.

"Crap!! I need to go." He scurried up and to the bathroom for a quick rinse. He ran to his room and changed, and was put the door.

"*sigh* Goodbye." I said, knowing he wouldn't hear me. I walked upstairs to my room and tapped on the door lightly. "Any of you guys up yet?" I asked through the door.

"I'm up, Stell." Nick said, in some whisper tone.

"Maybe I come in?" I asked so I know that he isn't busy changing while Sky was asleep.

"Sure, comon. Just be careful. And try to be as quiet as possible." Nick told me. I slowly opened the door and walked in. I saw Nick sitting up from where he slept and smiling. "Oh, did I wake you up, Nick?" I asked, not quite sure if I did or didn't wake him from his slumber.

"Maybe a little, I was awake when you tapped on the door but I am drifting from awake to asleep. Nothing you did." Nick assured me.

"Ok. Do you want eggs for breakfast or pancakes?" I asked him, knowing that he as well as Sky and I were hungry.

"Uhh, let's be a bit healthy this morning. Eggs please. I'll come down and help you make it." Nick offered.

"You don't have to, you're my guest. Just lie down and go to sleep." I told him.

"Nah, I can't fall back asleep anyways with food on the brain. And don't worry, I don't mind helping at all." Nick told me. I looked at him one more time before allowing him to follow me out the door and into the kitchen. Nick closed the door behind him, headed towards the bathroom to wash up, and met me downstairs as I began to crack the eggs. He walked up to me and asked what he could do. "Uhh, you could grab a couple of slices of bread and put them in the toaster. Also, how would you like your eggs? Scrambled or sunny-side up?"

"Umm, scrambled. It'll be easier to clean and if the eggs break in the pan, you'll have more to deal with. Let's keep it easy for all of us." Nick said after thinking for a moment and putting the toast into the toaster.

"M'kay. What time do you think we should wake Sky up?" I asked, knowing Skyler would be furious with us if we didn't wake her up to eat.

"In about fifteen minutes. Give her a bit more rest, she had a hell of a night. Drank the most. Other than Hannah." Nick said with a chuckle.

"Okay." I said bluntly, still thinking about earlier this noon.

"What's on your mind, Stell?" Nick asked me after about 5 minutes of my silence while cooking the eggs. He doesn't seem to miss a thing.

"I woke up in my brother's room and when I realized I went downstairs to wake him up and chat a bit, but I made the mistake of telling him the time, and he ran out the door so he wouldn't be late." I said, my eyes lowered and focused on the food.