Summer Flings Are Just Little Things, Right?

Chapter 9

I woke up to the sound of birds chirping. It sounded like they were inside my room. I rolled over and opened my eyes. And then I saw my balcony doors opened and remembered I left them open for the cool breeze.

I grabbed my phone to check the time. It was only 6am. I groaned. It was way too early for me to be awake, especially in the summer. I decided to go back to sleep. But after 10 minutes of shuteye, I had no progress of falling back asleep. Great.

I decided to just get up and start my day. I went to the bathroom and washed my face. When I was done, I felt my stomach grumble. "Maybe I should make breakfast," I thought. So I headed downstairs to the kitchen.

My stomach grumbled again. And I remembered the taste of the waffles that Luke had. "Mmmm. I should try to make Cinnamon Apple Waffles."

I looked through the pantry for the ingredients and got started on the batter. But I couldn't find a waffle maker. So I decided to make Cinnamon Apple pancakes instead.

"Mmmm, the kitchen smells SO good!" said Harper coming into the kitchen. "What are you making?"

"Cinnamon Apple Pancakes. Luke ordered cinnamon apple waffles yesterday and I tried it and it was delicious. I wanted to make some but I couldn't find a waffle machine so I decided to just make them into pancakes," I said while flipping a pancake over.

"Ooooo Luke huh? You should invite him over for breakfast!" She said giddily.

"Invite who over?" My Aunt Stella said coming into the kitchen. "Mmm whatever you're making smells amazing."

"LUKE! Brynn tried Lukes Cinnamon Apple waffles yesterday and said it was really good and decided to make the pancake version! I was telling her she should invite Luke over for breakfast so he could try it," Harper said excitedly.

"Omg, you should totally invite him over! Ahh! I'm so excited! Here, I'll finish these for you while you go call him over," my Aunt said while taking the spatula out of my hand and hip bumping me away. Literally.

I stood there rubbing my hip and said "He's probably not even awake, it's like 7am right now."

"Who isn't awake?" Sparrow yawned as she made her way into the kitchen.

"LUKE!" Both Harper and my Aunt shouted at the same time.

This woke up Sparrow. "Omg! He totally is! Ryder is up and said he's going to practice football with him in an hour. GO CALL YOUR FUTURE HUSBAND!"

"WE'RE JUST FRIENDS!" I said with wide eyes. "But fine, I'll call him, just because I know if I don't, you guys would literally drag him out of his house to come. So I'll go see if he wants to come," I said while walking out of the kitchen but then stopped. "Wait, I don't have his number..."

"Ask Ryder for his number," my Aunt said and then yelled "RYDER!! COME TO THE KITCHEN PLEASE."

When Ryder came in, my Aunt said "Please give Brynn Luke's number. She is going to invite him over for breakfast."

Ryder gave me his number without questioning. I typed in his number and started to walk out of the kitchen again but Harper and Sparrow blocked my way crossing their arms.

"Oh no, you're going to call him in here so we can make sure you do," the Harper said.

I let out a giant sigh and didn't even bother arguing. I hit the call button and waited to hear the rings.

1 ring.

2 rings.

3 rings.

4 rings.