Just Friends?

Chapter 19

A few hours later,

Both Katherine and Joseph just left to go home, both girls would need their rest and they figured their son would want to rest too, being there for both Bailey and Veronica means he needs to focus on them and not have his parents around to entertain them as well

"Ok a green tea for you and a bluberry flavored tea for you" Michael mentioned handing Bailey and Veronica their cup of tea while they both sat on the kingsized bed in the guestroom, talking about their day, Bailey about her house that burned down and Veronica about her flashback panic attack

"Thank you" Both girls smiled at him

"Oh and I brought cheesecake, Veronica made it earlier" Michael replied putting the tray down and sat down at the edge of the bed too

"Lemon cheesecake?" Bailey asked

"With a tiny hint of mint too, my secret ingredient" Veronica replied

"I'll try that next time" Bailey mentioned after she tasted a piece

"I'll test it" Michael smiled

"Of course" Bailey smirked

"But your mother said you do know how to cook and bake too, although a cheesecake you don't need to bake" Veronica mentioned

"But I just prefer it if someone else makes the food" Michael smiled

"That's why I have dinner and lunch at the restaurant most of the time too" Bailey mentioned

"I eat at the restaurant because Desmond always brings me a plate he ordered at the kitchen for me, otherwise I'd probably forget to eat til I'm feeling lightheaded" Veronica mentioned

"Yet you always make me eat when I get home late" Michael replied

"Because I can hear your stomach when you get home" Veronica mentioned

"It's not that loud" Michael mumbled

"I know but it's....I guess part of who I am to always make sure other people eat, my uncle teached me how to cook and by the age of ten when my father found out he put me in charge when they had guests over at the house or to help out my uncle in the kitchen when it was busy at the restaurant" Veronica mentioned

"Isn't that a little extreme, putting a ten year old in charge?" Bailey asked

"By ten I was working seven days a week too" Michael replied

"Also extreme, at ten you're not supposed to be working like an adult" Bailey mentioned

"I did go to school till I was eighteen and later on I did a mangement course when I was twenty two after Nigel and I settled in our own LA apartment a few blocks from my parents restaurant" Veronica mentioned

"Have you ever lived alone?" Bailey asked

"Yes....at the hotel before...the incident at the restaurant happened" Veronica mentioned referring to the night she was stabbed

"That's the only time you were on your own?" Bailey asked, shocked

"I guess, I mean it's not like I can't be alone, I just...I thought I found my forever when I met Nigel I mean we met when we were twelve, started dating when we were fifteen and at eighteen we officially moved in in our own place, I mean after sixteen years it's not crazy to think you're forever, right? We were engaged for almost a year..." Veronica explained "Oh my god I just realized the entire time I was engaged to Nigel his damn side bitch was pregnant" she realized