Just Fine (RE-EDITING)

Chapter Three

Morning came faster than Alvin had wanted. When his alarm clock went off, Alvin was groaning to himself. So much for not letting those thoughts to bother him. He bitterly sat up and took his phone and closed the alarm. Grabbing his glasses blindly, his mind clouded with sleepiness, he finally found it and adjusted it against his face. Yawning a bit, he scratched his head and looked ahead to where Max was still sleeping, occasionally moving around and mumbling something.

Slowly he got out of his bed and walked wobbly to his closet. Rummaging through, he found his clothes and decided to walk to the bathroom. But before he did, he realised that if he didn't wake Max up now, he certainly would oversleep. Sighing, he turned around and walked to Max's bed before he touched his shoulder and shook him. "Max, wake up. Time for school."

"Just five more minutes, bro," he said before he snuggled deeper into his bed. Alvin sighed as he decided that he didn't have his oatmeal yet to deal with this. So, he walked to his AI, Mr. P, and sighed. Mr. P immediately popped up on the screen and looked at him, wearing his pajamas as he yawned.

"How can I help you this early in the morning, Alvin?" he asked as he yawned, even though he knew that he couldn't feel any sense of tiredness. Alvin sighed before pointing at the bed.

"Wake Max up while I get showered," he said before walking out of the room, leaving Mr. P to do the work for him. Just before he closed the door to the bathroom, he heard a loud screeching bell sound and a short scream from Max before everything went quiet. Alvin just smiled before he closed the bathroom door shut. Once he had showered and cleaned himself, he exited the bathroom with Max leaning against the opposite wall, yawning a bit.

"Good morning, Shred," Max said, grinning, even though he was woken up quite abruptly. Alvin just smiled back.

"Good morning, Max," he said before he walked past Max to their room to get his bag. It took about fifteen minutes before Alvin had finished packing his bag and ready to head out when he saw Max walking back in, wearing his plain grey shirt and chequered shirt on the outside, heading to his bed to grab his bag.

Alvin didn't say anything else as he jogged downstairs, heading to the kitchen for his breakfast. He already saw his mother sitting and eating with his father, laughing about some joke he made, which wasn't all that funny at all. Abby was busy texting and eating her cereal when Alvin had took his bowl of oatmeal his mother had prepared and sat next to her.

"Good morning, Alvin," his mother, Diane, said as she smiled at him.

"Morning, mom," Alvin greeted before he took his spoon and ate his oatmeal.

"Where's Max?" Lloyd, his father, asked. Alvin looked at him before he looked at the doorway. After a few seconds, he saw Max rushing down the stairs.

"He's here," Alvin said shortly before returning his gaze back at the bowl of oatmeal.

"Good morning, Mama and Papa Ackerman," Max greeted widely before he entered the kitchen. Diane smile at him before greeting back meanwhile Lloyd just waved small as he was busy eating his pancakes.

"Morning, Max," Abby said as she kept her eyes glued on the phone meanwhile Max chuckled at her.

"Why are you so into your phone?" Alvin asked, after staring at Abby for approximately a few seconds. Max looked at her from behind the kitchen counter, making himself some toast as he waited for the answer. Abby slowly looked up from her phone and beamed up, a huge smile marking her face.

"Kyle's texting me," she said dreamily as Diane swallowed her food before she looked at Abby.

"Kyle? A new one?" she asked as Abby nodded, going through her phone again before she gave the phone to Diane.