One Hope {A Lachlan Fanfic}

Two

I walk downstairs and follow Autumn to the kitchen in our small two story flat.

"Chocolate chip or raisin?" She asks, rummaging through the pantry.

"Obviously chocolate, Aut." I reply, using her nickname from oh so long ago.

She smiles, grabbing the cookie mix, and hands it to me. "Your turn, Cait." She responds.

"Alright!" I cheer, reading the directions. "One egg!"

"On it!"

"Oil! A bowl! A stick of butter!" I order.

"Here you go." Autumn responds, placing the items before me.

"Let's do this!" I cheer.
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"That was fun." I smile.

"It'll be even better once the cookies are baked and then we can devour them like I will to Alex's soul." Autumn says, and I gasp a little.

"That got dark fast!" I respond, putting a hand over my heart.

"It's the inevitable truth!" She exclaims, making me giggle.

"Alright, alright. Think whatever your creative mind wants to think."

"Aww come on, Kit Kat! You know it's true!" Autumn says, tossing a pillow at me.

I catch it a few centimeters from my face. "Who you callin Kit Kat?" I ask, tossing the pillow back at her.

"You." She replies, tossing the pillow at me. It hits my stomach and I try to think of a nickname for her on the spot. "Ha! You can't think of a nickname!" She teases.

"I got it! Fall! Ha! Eat this!" I respond, throwing the pillow back at her.

It bounces off her shoulder and she laughs. "Pathetic! Fall?! What kind of name is that?! And that throw!" She doubles over.

"Heyy!!" Just as I am about to attack her with another pillow, the oven goes off.

Autumn and I look at each other and both yell "MINE!!!" as we run to the oven. I manage to get there first and pull out the cookies.

"Awwwwww...." Autumn glumly says as I take the cookies off of the baking sheet and put them in a container. I grab four cookies and hand her two. "YAAAYYYYYY COOKIESSSSS!!!!" She exclaims, making me smile.

"Cookies." I reply, eating mine.
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I toss and turn, unable to fall asleep. I stand up and grab one of Alex's oversized hoodies, along with my phone, and tiptoe out of my bedroom. I look down the dark hallway to make sure if it's clear.

All good.

I walk to the front door and to the elevator without trouble. I sneak out the front doors of our place and walk down the street to a condo building. I sneak inside without incident and walk to the elevator. I press the 9 button and walk out once it reaches the floor. I walk down the hallway until I reach the very last door. I unlock it with my spare key and slowly open the door and carefully close it behind me.

I tiptoe down the small hallway and to the bedroom, carefully opening the door and slipping inside. There lies Alex, eyes closed and sleeping peacefully.

He looks so innocent and vulnerable.

As I am about to slip into the bed next to him, my phone violently goes off. My eyes widen as I slip out of the room and grab the phone from my pocket.