A Little Too Late

Chapter. 5

Harlee rolled over to see what time it was and saw that it was six o'clock in the morning. She figured that she might as well get up. She had spent all night twisting and turning. The events from the night before kept playing in her mind over and over. Roman's words just echoed in her mind and it just made her cry.

She wanted it to be all a bad nightmare but it wasn't. It was all to real and it hurt. Harlee wiped her tears away and decided that she wasn't going to dwell on it for now.

Harlee crawled out of bed and got dressed. Once she finished getting dressed she stepped out of the room and went downstairs to the kitchen she figured that she could make breakfast for everyone it was the least she could do.

She took everything out that she would need and got to cooking breakfast. She made pancakes , bacon , sausage , eggs and hash browns. She then made fresh orange juice and coffee.

" That smells good. " Said Matt as he walked into the kitchen.

" Morning Matty. " Said Harlee as she served him , his breakfast.

Matt could see something was bothering Harlee. She seemed sad and withdrawn and it worried him.

" Shorty what's wrong? " Asked Matt as he lifted her chin to look at him.

" Nothing Matty. " Said Harlee.

" If you say so shorty , but whatever it is it will work itself out. Roman loves you never doubt that. " Said Matt as he hugged her.

" I hope so Matty. " Said Harlee as she hugged Matt.

Harlee felt like she was going to cry but bit her lip to keep from doing so. Harlee and Matt pulled away as everyone came down for breakfast. Roman was the last one that came down and avoided looking at Harlee.

Roman sat down and grabbed his plate of breakfast and dug in. Harlee felt her heart break , Roman refused to acknowledge her. It was like she was non-existent to him. It made her feel so low and uncomfortable. She wanted to just get up and run out.

" So Sika and I were talking and we thought we could go to the beach today. What do you guys think? " Asked Patty.

" Sounds good. I could use some sun and sand between my toes ." Said Roman.

"Yeah and to checkout the boys. " Said Maddie and Mandy with a big smile on their faces.

" Over my dead body. You girls will not checkout any boys for that matter. " Said Matt.

" Dad we are 15 and 16. So if we want to check out boys we will. " Said Maddie as she high five'd her sister.

" I can never win can I. " Said Matt.

" Nope. " Said the girls as they laughed.

" Alright enough let's finish breakfast so we can head out to the beach. " Said Sika.

Everyone dug in. Once they finished breakfast they got up cleaned and then went upstairs to change. Harlee put on her black two piece bikini and sarong. She then put her hair up in a ponytail and slipped on her high heel sandals. Once she was done she grabbed her bag and made her way downstairs where everyone was waiting.

Roman couldn't help but stare at Harlee. He wanted to go up and kiss her and tell her everything was okay but his stupid pride and hurt wouldn't let him.

" Let's go guys. " Said Sika.

" So how are we going to do this? " Asked Patty.

" Well we all don't fit in one car. " Said Sika.

" That's okay dad , Roman , Harlee and the girls will go in my mini van. " Said Matt.

" Okay let's do this then guys. " Said Sika.