Bad Girl Gone Good

Chapter 17

When Mia woke up, she looked around and realized she wasn't at home. She wiped her eyes and look down to see a blanket covering her and Elliott laying on the floor. She sat up and it soon hit her that they were no longer downstairs on the couch. She was in Elliott's room. She was in Elliott's bed. Mia gasped and felt the urge to look around his room. 

She took the blanket off slowly and rested it on Elliott's body. Mia slowly got out of the bed and tiptoed around his body on the floor. She walked around his room and took in the sight. Elliott's room was very clean for a boy. The only mess made in his bedroom was the bed and his dirty clothes hamper which wasn't even completely full. His walls were covered with drawings and movie posters. Something on his dresser caught her eye. She walked over to the dresser and saw a picture frame. She picked it up and noticed the picture was actually a drawing. She stared at it and saw it was a girl staring off into the distance. The girl had long red hair like her. Mia wondered if the girl in the drawing was her. She smiled, hoping it really was her. 

"What are you doing?"

Mia froze. She gulped and said, "Nothing."  

Elliott came up behind her and took the photo out of her hands. He put it back on his dresser. Mia winced at the roughness in his grab and looked at him. His cheeks were red. 

"I'm sorry. I just don't like people touching my stuff." He aplogized. 

"It's okay. It's my fault. I shouldn't have gone looking around your room." Mia said sadly. 

She didn't realize he was going to act like and felt bad for making him upset. Elliott could sense her sadness so he asked her, "Want some breakfast? I make a mean scrambled eggs and pancakes." 

He winked at her to let her know he wasn't mad at her. Mia smiled at Elliott, but she couldn't help thinking about that picture. She wondered if it was her. 

"Yes! And can it be chocolate chip pancakes? Those are my favorite." she asked. Mia gave him the puppy dog face because she really loved chocolate chip pancakes. He closed his eyes and said , "No stop! Looks are killing me again!" 

Mia laughed, remembering what he said to her last night. She stepped closer to him until she was right in his face and made the puppy dog face again. 

He opened his eyes to see if she was done and saw her so close to her. Mia saw something change in his facial expression. He was no longer smiling. He was just staring at her and it started to make her feel uncomfortable because she didn't know what to do. She started staring at her feet and playing with her thumbs. Elliott realized he was just staring at Mia and coughed. 

"Soo... those pancakes?" He said, while rubbing the back of his neck. 

Mia simply nodded shyly and followed him downstairs to the kitchen. 

Mia sat down at the table and wondered where his mother was. Usually, she would have come and said something to them by now. 

"Where's your mom?" she asked curious. 

"She's off running errands. In the mornings, she usually goes for a run or goes to the grocery store." Elliott responded.

She looked at his back while she watched him cook. He was so serious as he cooked. He looked like a real chef. He concentrated on every task he did to make the eggs and pancakes. She laughed while he made the pancakes though because when he was cooking her pancakes, he would turn around a flip the pancakes high in the air. She laughed so hard when one fell on his face. 

When he was done cooking, he put a big plate right in front of her. The food smelled so good that Mia's stomach grumbled so loud. She blushed and looked away from Elliott. Elliott just laughed and grabbed silverware. He put the silverware in front of her and pushed the plate closer to her. Then, he went and got his own food and sat down with her. 

She dug into her food and loved every bite of it. She moaned at how delicious his cooking was. She forget Elliott was in front of her , until she heard him laughing at the sounds she was making.

"Is my food that good?" He smirked at her,

She blushed, clearly embarassed and nodded. She looked up slowly and caught him staring at her with a dopey grin.

"Umm.. Elliot why are you staring at me?" She asked curiously.

Elliott's face immediately went red as an apple.

"Umm... Umm.. You had some chocolate on your face!" He quickly grabbed a nearby napkin and reached over to wipe the chocolate off her face. He wiped the chocolate in slow motions. It was like he was memorizing the structure of her face. He coughed and moved his hand off her face. 

"There you go." he smiled. 

Mia smiled back at him and remembered what she wanted to ask him.

"Elliott?"

:Yeah?"

"This might make you uncomfortable, but I have a question to ask you." She said nervously.

Elliott gave her a strange look trying to figure out what the question was. 

"Ask away. I'm curious to find out what the question is." He said. 

Mia sighed and got the courage to say it. 

"About what happened earlier in your room.. Who was the girl in the picture? I know it's none of my business, but for some reason I can't stop thinking about it." Mia said it all fast to get it out. 

She could tell she made Elliott uncomfortable because he started scratching his neck like he did before. 

"I'm sorry. Forget I said anything." She got up and started grabbing the plates to go wash them. When Mia grabbed Elliott's plate, he grabbed hold of her arm. 

"The girl in the picture was you. I drew it last year when I was sitting at lunch one day. You were just sitting there by yourself and your hair was blowing so pretty in the wind. It was breathtaking. I had to do something. So I drew you. I hope you don't find me creepy or anything." Elliott said slowly. 

Mia smiled so big. That was the sweetest thing he had ever said to her. That was the sweetest thing anyone has ever said to her. It really made her feel good. Something took over her and she leaned in and kissed Elliott.