Chapter 15

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"Mommy, who is this?" I here a tiny voice say as I awake from my sleep.

When I open my eyes, I see JJ standing beside the bed.

"Come on JJ, the church van is outside." Aleah says as she comes to fix his cute little tie before leading him out the door.

There is a smell of freshly cooked food, breakfast maybe, in the air as I rub the sleep boogies from my eyes before sitting up, wondering how I got here in Aleahs bed. My head is throbbing and my vision is blurry so I lay back down and pull the covers over my head, blocking the sunlight that is beaming through the blinds on this early Sunday morning.

As I begin to doze back to sleep, memories of last night starts to replay in my head. It all seems like a dream. I recall drink a lot of alcohol and smoking, but I don't remember much else after that except being in the bathroom throwing up, but after that, its all a blur.

I can here Aleah return into the apartment but she doesn't come into the room right away. I hear the dishes raddling around and I assume she is in the kitchen eating. This makes my stomach growl loudly and now I am thirsty for a meal.

"Aleah!" I yell as I snatch the cover from my face.

I can here her hurried foot steps coming towards the room.

"Yes? What's wrong?" She asks as she grabs the trash can. "You have to throw up again?"

"I'm hungry." I say as I try to sit up again, feeling light headed. "Can I have some food?"

"I know you still feeling sick and you gone throw it right back up, so don't stuff your face." She says as she puts a hand over my forehead.

"I feel fine," I say as I slowly climb out of bed.

"Well come on." She says as she takes my hand and slowly leads me out of the room.

As we make our way through the apartment, the aroma of bacon and pancakes fill my nose and reminds me of how hungry and weak I must be. My legs grow wobbly and I suddenly collapse to my knees. I then use the wall for support to pull myself back up.

"Are you alright?" She asks, wrapping an arm around my waist.

"I just need some food ASAP. My body hurtin' right now." I say as I regain my balance and continue to the kitchen.

I see that their are already plates of food made on the table. She cooked, bacon, eggs, pancakes, and oatmeal.

"Awe, your cooking smells so good." I say as I have a seat at the table right in front of a plate.

"It tastes better than it smells." She says as she pours us both a tall glass of orange juice before having a seat across from me.

"Mmm," I hum as I start devouring the plate of its contents.

"Slow down." Aleah says as she hands me a napkin for my face. "What I just tell you not to do?"

"Ugh, stuff my face." I frown as I swallow my food and wipe my mouth.

We eat in silence for a while. All of my concentration is focused on this plate of food. I haven't had a good homemade breakfast in a while and I think Aleah knows it. I can see that she is watching me as I eat, so to prevent an awkward moment, I break the frozen air.

"So, how old is JJ?" I ask before taking a spoon full of oatmeal.

She looks up at me surprised.

"He's 3," She says.

"Aw, okay. When's his birthday?" I ask.

"January 4th." She says.

"Oh, so he just turned three." I smile. "That mean I gotta get him a late B-day present."

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