Smoke // M.C.

1.6

  I woke up once again, but this time I had my head rested against Michael's chest. He had his arm around me, and was watching the movie which still hasn't ended.

  I felt butterflies in my stomach. But I felt safe, and calm and content. Michael's arms felt like somewhere I was meant to be, and I didn't mind it. I smiled to myself as i looked up at him. His eyes were really nice. His hair was a mess, but it was cute. His facial expressions he would make while watching the movie were really cute.

  "Hey, sleeping beauty." He said smiling at me. I sat up and scooted away from him a little. I was embarrassed that I had been caught staring at him.

  "Hey." I said awkwardly. He laughed.

  "You well rested?" he asked with a smile on his face.

  "I guess. Why?" I asked. His face lit up.

  "Because we're going out for lunch, duh." He said.

  "I'm still full from breakfast." I said looking down.

  "Well, then we'll go out and do something fun and then we can have dinner." He said trying to convince me.

  "I don't feel like going anywhere though."I frowned and looked down. I was still pretty doped up on painkillers.

  He sat there for a minute, thinking. Finally he smiled. "Okay how about we just order pizza later on and we can chill here for a whike since your lazy ass doesn't wanna go anywhere." He laughed.

  I nodded. "Okay." I got up and went to the kitchen and began to wash dishes and pick up a little. Michael got up and followed. He stopped me and picked me up and sat me on the counter.

  "You're supposed to be resting. Let me do the dishes. You just stay there." He said as he took over and cleaned. He washed the dishes and picked up the kitchen while we told each other more about ourselves.
 
  "Is that your mom?" He pointed to a picture on my fridge. It was of me and my mom before she passed.

  I looked down and nodded. "Yeah. That was  from a few months before she passed away. We went on vacation in Florida. She had never been. She begged my dad for years to take us there on vacation. We went to seaworld and the beach and did all kinds of stuff on that trip. She was so happy." I looked down. I hadn't realized I was nearly crying.

  Michael walked over to me and looked me in the eyes. "Hey, it's okay. Don't be sad. That must have been a really happy vacation and a good memory, right?" he asked. I nodded. "Then don't be sad. It's a happy memory, so be happy." He smiled.

  "I guess. I just miss her so much. I miss the way things were. My dad lost it after she passed. He started drinking and became really abusive. He didn't talk to us at all unless he was yelling at us or drunk. Everything changed. I miss her. She was always such a happy person, even when times were hard, she had a smile on her face. She was the best." I was crying as I finished.

  Michael wrapped his arms around me and hugged me tightly as I cried. We stayed there like that for a while, me just crying into his chest and him telling me that it was okay.

  "And now I can't pay bills and take care of Jacob. My life's a mess and my aunt wants to take Jacob from me and raise him herself and he's all I have left. I can't lose him. I can't let him down. But that's all I've done lately." I cried even more.

  Finally, he pulled away and lifted my chin up so that our eyes met. "Listen, it's okay. Everything will be okay. I'm here for you. Calum is here for you. All of us guys are here for you and Jacob and we aren't gonna let anyone take Jacob away from you."

  He wiped my tears away gently and leaned in close to me, his lips almost touching my forehead. "Everything will be okay. I promise." He said softly as he kissed my forehead ever so gently and moved back to look me in the eyes.

  I didn't say anything else, and neither did he. He reached up and held my face with his hand and brushed his thumb against my cheek. We stared into eachothers eyes for a moment.

  Then, very slowly, he pressed his lips against mine, and I closed my eyes, taking in the kiss. He held one arm around my waist, pulling me in closer and the other arm very gently held my face. The butterflies in my stomach were back. I could feel my heart practically leap out of my chest as we kissed. It was gentle, and slow. He rested his forehead against mine and we stayed like that for a while. Not saying a word.

  He stepped away slowly and went back to cleaning. I climbed off the counter and looked down, blushing. My cheeks were bright red. I never felt like this around someone. With Michael I felt so safe and content. He gave me butterflies in my stomach. Was I falling for him? Was he falling for me?

  I went to pick up the living room and he stopped me again, insisting that he pick up for me. I gave in and sat on the couch, folding laundry. I thought about the kiss, how soft his lips felt against mine. Everything felt okay in that moment. I knew everything would be okay. He made me feel safe.

  After I folded all the laundry, I pulled a blanket back over myself and closed my eyes, drifting off to sleep.

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  "No, Luke, I said Rice. Not spice." Ashton said sounding aggravated. Luke sighed and ran to the cabinet and searched for rice.

  "There is none?" He said confused. Jacob laughed and dug through the cabinet and handed Luke the rice-a-roni.

  "Here." He Luke said handing it to Ashton who was standing over the stove trying to cook chicken.

  I opened my eyes. I thought I was dreaming. But I was wrong, there was once again a house full of boys.

  Michael came out of the bathroom wearing a pair of gloves and carrying a trash bag.

  "Your bathroom is cleaned. I picked up your room a little. I just changed your sheets on your bed and picked up your dirty clothes from the floor and put your clean clothes in a basket at the end of your bed. and I tried to straighten up your desk with all your schoolwork because Calum brought by your work for the next 2 weeks that he picked up from your professors. I made Jacob clean his room so now it's spotless. and Luke and Ashton and making dinner." He said as he headed towards the kitchen to throw away the mini trash bag.

  I was amazed. The boys went through all that effort to help me out. "Thank you guys so much." I said quietly. I still felt half asleep.

  "Oh, and me and Jacob talked, He's going to stay at my place for the next two weeks and I can either stay here or just check in on you constantly if you'd like. That way you can have a full break from everything and you don't have to worry about anything because The guys and I will be taking care of everything." Michael said. I nodded.

  "thank you guys so much." I said again. I got up and went into the kitchen with all the guys.

  "Dinners ready." Ashton said as he handed me a plate of rice and chicken and then continued to make a plate for everyone else.

  "Thank you so much." I said taking a bite of food. It was really good. Ashton was a pretty good cook.

  "This is delicious." I said. The boys were too busy having some intricate conversation already to even notice my speaking.

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I'm on a roll with writing for this book and I honestly may just update again tonight tbh idk