Begin Again

Chapter 27

The serene silence of the morning is shattered by the abrupt ringing of my alarm. Groaning, I reach out from under my covers and hit the snooze button. I attempt to roll over and get a few more minutes of warmth and sleep. My mom walks into my room then, preventing me from doing so.

"Get up, I made breakfast."

I groan and she walks out, leaving my door open, which allows me to smell whatever it is she made. It smells heavenly; my mouth is watering. She really knows how to bribe me out of bed.

Throwing my covers off, I stumble out of bed and follow the amazing smell to the kitchen.

My mom smirks when she sees me round the corner into the kitchen. "So I tried something new this morning, I hope they taste okay."

"If they taste as good as they smell then they'll be phenomenal. What are they?"

Sitting on a plate is a pile of little breakfast burrito looking things. The closer I look though, the less they look like breakfast burritos. They're filled with white and red stuff. I think the outside is a croissant role sort of thing.

"Mom, what are these?", I ask picking one up to inspect it.

"They're strawberry and cream cheese breakfast bites."

My mouth watered at the mention of strawberries. Picking one up, I stuff it in my mouth.

Oh my gosh.

I've died and gone to heaven.

This is amazing.

I let out a satisfied moan.

My mom gives me a funny look as I take my time chewing this delectable strawberry goodness.

"So I guess they're good then?"

I swallow it. "They aren't good, there freakin' amazing."

She smiles and does a little happy dance. "Yay!"

My mom is such a dork. But an amazingly talented dork.

I stuff another one in my mouth and in-between chews I declare, "This whole plate is mine!"

Quickly, and quite skillfully I might add, I snatch the whole plate off the counter and run to my room. I lock the door behind me so she can't come steal them back. These are too good to share.

My mom hasn't come after me but I can hear her laughing in the kitchen. She can laugh all she wants, I'm serious, these are all mine.

I pop another in my mouth before heading into my bathroom for a shower. While I wait for the water to get hot I stuff another one of the delicious bites of heaven into my mouth. I strip out of my pajamas and step into the shower. Quickly I wash my hair and body and do some shaving touch ups. Once I'm done I shut the water off and step out into the cold, wrapping a fuzzy towel around myself.

Walking over to my closet I try to decide what I want to wear today. I open the doors and stand there staring at all my shirts. Hopefully an idea will just come to me. After staring for a few minutes I pull out a fitted white tee with a scoop neck that reads "Heart of Dixie" in big black letters. I pair it with dark wash Lee jeans and my favorite Ariat cowboy boots. To finish off the look I put my hair in a messy braid and put on my black Dixie Tradition hat.

Before leaving I grab my backpack, phone, and the plate of strawberry cream cheese bites. I crack my door to make sure the coast is clear and then bolt to the front door, flinging it open and sprinting to my truck, all while taking care to not drop any of the food. To celebrate my success I pop another in my mouth then start my truck and head off to school.