I woke up early.
I felt excited to get up recently.
I grabbed my phone and texted Elle before leaving the bed.
Winchester : Good morning , wussup ?
Today the air smelled like pancakes.
I smiled as I walked downstairs, still groggy.
"Did you brush your teeth?", Dad didn't look up from his morning paper as he asked.
"I will, after I eat.", I replied , sitting in-front of a pile of pancakes. My smile widened as I grabbed a fork and dug into them.
"No.", Dad said and turned his eyes towards me.
I looked at him , he looked at me.
And just like that it was suddenly in a competition, the person who gave in was the loser.
Me and dad had a lot of these 'competitions'.
I'd seen what the situation became if I didn't give in.
So I sighed and went to brush my teeth.
I returned , dressed in my jogging clothes, this time I was less excited about the pancakes.
"You're almost a man and you still have no manners.", My dad muttered under his breath, taking a sip of his coffee.
I looked at my mom , who'd just sat beside me at the table with her single pancake.
She never ate much, I noticed.
She didn't speak much either.
Nobody said anything after that.
My dad wiped his mouth after finishing his breakfast and left.
"Why did you marry him?", I asked my mom as soon as I heard the front door closing.
"Because I loved him."
"Why?"
"Because... just because.", She smiled.
I didn't smile back.
What was love?
"Do you still love him?", I asked.
"Yes."
"Why?"
"That's just how love works. You'll understand when you're in love.", She smiled again.
I didn't say anything. I didn't know what to say.
Love was confusing. And my mom was too.
After breakfast I went into my room and grabbed my phone.
I saw Elle's reply.
NovaCorp: Morning to you too early bird. I'm studying wbu ?
Winchester : idk , just wondering, do you believe in love?
NovaCorp : yes
Winchester : how?
NovaCorp : because what's the point of anything if there is no love
Winchester : there's other stuff
NovaCorp : yeah but there's no happiness if there's no love
Winchester : there's a lotta happiness in food
NovaCorp : that's because we love it , see , no love = no happiness
Winchester : yeah
NovaCorp : yeah
I smiled as I kept my phone aside.
Elle made things simple.
Everything made sense when I was around her.
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