Homebound (BoyxBoy)

Chapter 8

The sun shining into the room irritates me enough to wake me from my slumber. Wherever I turn, it burns my eyes and after trying to get comfortable for a few minutes, I sit up with a groan. I wait a few moments before opening my eyes to see that the two windows in my room allow the sun to shine perfectly on my whole bed. 

I roll my eyes before grabbing my glasses off the nightstand. I make my way to my closet that holds the clothes I have here and I throw some on as quickly as possible. Once I look presentable for other humans, I slip out of the bedroom. 

Wynter and Liza's doors are already open and empty and that's when I hear pans rattling downstairs along with someone laughing, guiding me towards there. I take my time walking through the hallway and down the stairs since I'm trying to delay the inevitable. I'll have to see everyone eventually, so I need to get it over with. As soon as the stairs creak underneath my feet, the laughter stops and the whole house becomes as silent as can be.

When I step off the last stair, I look in the living room to see Jackson, Javi, and Paige sitting on the couches. Jackson's displeased look screams at me from across the room since it's obvious that he doesn't want to see me here. But it's not like I can blame him. I'm a stranger coming into his house where his only friends lie. It makes sense to not like me when his mind is telling him that I shouldn't be here. 

Paige shoots off the couch before coming over with a huge smile on her face. I guess she's in a good mood today. "Good morning!"

She motions for me to follow her into the kitchen. Once in there, I see that it's Lukas and Liza that are cooking some delicious smelling food. When they see us walk in, their smiles brighten as well. I look back at Paige as she motions to the bagels spread out on a plate along with various things you could put on them. "take your pick."

"We can add eggs or bacon or anything you want," Lukas tells me with a genuine smile. I look over at Liza to see her rolling her eyes at her parents, but when she sees me looking, her face softens.

"I make some pretty awesome scrambled eggs," she supplies before motioning to the pan she stands in front of. There seem to be fluffy scrambled eggs in there that do smell great, but my appetite is depleting quickly as I realize that I'm here. Don't get me wrong, this is a good house with good people, but these people aren't my parents and my sisters. That's who I want to be with.

"Uh," I say, glancing around at all the food in the kitchen until my eyes land on the coffee maker in the corner. I motion to it before smiling at everyone. "I'll just have some coffee."

That seems to disappoint Paige because her shoulders slump until she perks up for my benefit. She grabs a light blue mug from the drying rack next to the sink before walking over to the coffee maker. She sets it up for me and it quickly starts spurting out hot coffee into the mug. "Do you want creamer? Or sugar?"

I smile before coming over to her. "I can make it, don't worry about it."

She forces her smile not to drop before patting my shoulder and walking over to Lukas to help finish the dishes that he decided to occupy himself with. When my coffee is done, I turn to the three adults in front of me. Liza's pushing eggs around in the pan and Paige is drying the dishes that Lukas is washing. From what I've seen, this seems like a pretty normal family, well, except for the fact that the dad is a drug addict and the family friend is also a drug addict. But besides that, pretty normal.

"Uh," I say, gaining the attention of the people around me. "where's Wynter?"

That seems to shock Lukas, Paige, and Liza because they look at each other before glancing back at me. Lukas clears his throat before pointing behind me where the dining room is. I turn around to look at the dining table that has two glass doors behind it. I can see the backyard from out here along with a small portion of someone's blonde hair. "She's reading out there."