Old Love Dies Hard (spinoff of life happens)

Chapter XIX - One Step Away From The Truth

I want to lie down again.
I hate getting up.
Especially on days like this.
Days where there is a big pit in my stomach and it's swarmed with butterflies.
I'm not even sure if they're evil butterflies or good butterflies.

God! I hate being vulnerable if that's not obvious enough.

I drag myself out of bed and go down for a cup of coffee but am instead greeted with the scent of pancakes but I won't eat them because you see, I'm a stubborn little bitch.

Kim is sitting on the kitchen stool, devouring two of them with Nutella in between.
I gulp and my stomach grumbles

"No coffee?" I complain and jut my bottom lip out.

Mason takes his time staring at me before he answers
"Nope. No coffee. Today we are having pancakes" he flips the pancake and instead of landing on the pan, the pancake flies out of proportion and lands on the floor. I laugh.

"Hey where is Rose? She's usually the first one to wake up for breakfast." I ask Kim who is very busy making out with the pancakes.

"Yeah I was wondering that too" Mason says.

"...think she's in her room" Kim barely replies with her mouth filled with pancakes.

"Umm okay. I'll just leave you to make out with the pancakes and leave no room for Kurt. " I say.
She almost chokes on her pancakes.

Mason's desperate attempts to control his laughter fail and he laughs out loud which makes Kim blush

My heart swells with respect when I look at him and I feel disgusted with myself.
I mean, isn't this what being strong is like?
He is the strong one between the both of us. He's hurting and no one can guess it from his face.
I feel like I want to take a shower until I can finally feel happy in my skin. I act all strong and I think I put up a good show but I don't. Everyone knows I'm hurt, even Mason, who doesn't even know the whole story.

I turn away and go to Rose's bedroom. She quickly ends the call she's on and starts doing random stuff like picking up the mess from the floor.
If Rose is cleaning then either she has done something terribly wrong and is trying to make up for it with some productive work or the sun has risen from the west.
She's legitimately the worst at being subtle.

"Hey" I say "why aren't you downstairs? Mason's making pancakes"

"Ohh um yeah I'll be downstairs I just got a call so yeah" she replies nervously and I nod

"Who was calling?" I ask even though I know it's none of my business but I've never seen Rose nervous not even when it's a guy. Something tells me that the sun hasn't risen from the west and she has indeed done something horribly wrong.

"Er- no one in particular" she tucks a strand of her hair behind her ear and fidgets while I cock an eyebrow
"Not that I don't wanna tell you it's just-you know- nothing extraordinary" she shrugs and I decide to leave the matter.
If it's a secret then let it be. She'll tell us anyway so let's just wait although I'm not going lie and say that my curiosity levels aren't higher than Burj Khalifa.

"Okay. Come downstairs then" I say and head downstairs and pour myself a glass of milk.
I notice that Mason isn't there anymore.

"Kim, where's Mason?" I ask as she gets up from the stool

"Getting ready" she says and leaves the kitchen.
Getting ready?
Oh yeah he has to work today.

Well then I should have something to do today. I would've gone to the coffee shop but Marge texted me yesterday saying that she's closing for a few days because she's going to visit family.
I could spend the day with the girls until their classes start!
It's freakishly weird how difficult it is for me to manage my day knowing that Mason won't be here.