Knock Me Out

Chapter 72

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"Chanielle. Come on in" says aunt Mary when she opens the door.

"Thank you" I answer politely and step in.

"Megan and the twins aren't home so I guess it's just you and I" she smiles leading me into the kitchen. "I'm baking some cookies. Wanna help?"

I nod and stand next to her. This woman really loves her kitchen. She can be in here 24/7 and not get bored. After helping her with the chocolate chip cookie dough I sit down with my dirty hands as she does the rest.

"Wanna talk?" She asks concerned after she puts the first round of cookies into the oven.

I shake my head. "I'm okay"

"No you're not. You're being so quiet. Is it about Christian leaving?" She asks sitting down.

"Yeah... I'm just a little down about it, but I'm fine. Really" I say forcing a smile onto my face. She doesn't look convinced, but I'm glad she doesn't push it further. 

We bake different kind of cookies. Some even got burned,  while she was chatting away and I was trying to keep up. She didn't really care much that I zoned out during most of her chatting, just like Megan doesn't care sometimes. She just went on with her explanations. Some of her jokes are seriously dry, not funny at all, but the fact that she finds humor in them makes me laugh too. If I say that she didn't cheer me up, I'd be a big liar.

"I don't know where Megan is by this time of the night. She never stays out this late without letting me know. I'm getting worried" aunt Mary says.

"Why don't you just call her?" I ask.

"She's an adult and I don't want to be nagging on her head about where she is. I just wish she'd have called" she answers and I nod in understanding.

"She'll be here soon I think. That girl's a lot more responsible than I am. And I as long as I have these burned cookies of ours to chew on, I don't mind waiting" I say and take one more.

"Are you sure you don't want anything better to eat? I'm sure you haven't eaten anything else after you had breakfast" she suggests.

"No I'm good. Those cookies filled me up" I say.

"No you have to eat something. Alexandra will kill me if she finds out that I fed her daughter cookies on an empty stomach" she says and walks into the kitchen. I roll my eyes. She comes back with a plate of lasagna and meatballs.

"I won't be able to finish all of that. I'm not hungry. Really" I whine.

"I'll feed you if I have to, but you're eating" she says as I take the plate from her. "I'm going to check on the twins real quick"

It does look delicious, but I've had so many cookies already.

After staring at the plate for a few minutes I start eating, and damn. Did I say I wasn't hungry? Well I was wrong, cause the minute I started eating it, I felt like the food was free falling into an empty space.

"See. You were hungry after all" aunt Mary says when she returns to see me with an empty plate.

"Yeah. Yeah. Yeah"

"Are you spending the night here? Cause it's already ten pm" She asks.

"Yes I am. I'll just sleep on Megans bed." I inform her as she takes my plate.

"Okay then, cause I'm going to bed. I hope you informed Alexandra, cause she'll be worried" she yells from the kitchen.

"Yes, I have. I'll just go upstairs okay? Goodnight"