Restoration [Shawn Mendes] AU

Chapter 17

BANG! BANG! BANG!...Michelle was still in a semi-conscious state of sleep as she heard the loud banging noise, wondering what the hell that was. "Robert! Go see what's wrong. Who's making that noise?" she mumbled as she reached out to push him on his side of the bed and finding nothing but air.

Her eyes flashed open as she sat up with a start, suddenly realizing she was on the sofa wrapped in her blanket and not in bed with Robert. The banging noise she heard repeated itself, indicating someone was at the front door. How long was I asleep? What time is it? Who the hell is at the door? her thoughts began firing in rapid succession. She stood up and quietly padded to the front door to peek out the peephole to see who was standing on the other side. She grinned when she saw Xan, Dee and Jane standing there on her stoop with coffee cups in hand and two pastry bags from Thinking Cup, patiently waiting for the door to open to be let inside.

Michelle unlocked the door and swung it open to see her friends smiling at her slightly disheveled look. "Good afternoon Sunshine! Did you just wake up?" Dee asked cheerfully as she briefly hugged Michelle and then proceeded down the hallway to the kitchen as the other two ladies walked in the door.

"Well yeah...wait, did you say afternoon? What time is it anyway?" Michelle stood back, gesturing for them to go to the kitchen as she closed the door.

"It's 12:50. Did you get some decent rest last night or were you awake until dawn before you actually went to sleep?" Jane asked suspiciously.

No...I got some rest. I think I fell asleep sometime after 10:30. I was watching some home renovation show on HGTV and it put me to sleep, so I just stayed on the sofa and slept until I heard you knocking on the door.

"Well as long as you got a good night's rest, that's the important thing. It doesn't matter where you fall asleep," Xan said.

"So it's your pick...what do you want from the goodie bag? We have muffins, bagels or croissants. I even have chicken salad that I made with my own two hands, thank you very much...if you would like a croissant with chicken salad instead of butter," Jane laughed as she pulled out the plastic container with her famous chicken salad.

First, I need to go pee. Then I think I'll have some tea...you did buy my chai tea right? And what kind of muffins?" Michelle inquired.

"Of course we got your chai tea and we have banana walnut or chocolate chip muffins," Xan pointed to the selection she had placed on a plate.

"Well then banana walnut for me! I'll be right back," she said as she ran upstairs to use her bathroom, splash some water on her face and brush her hair before heading back downstairs to the kitchen.

When she got back and sat down at the island, they were all deep in discussion about some guy that Xan had started dating recently, whom she had met at work. His name was Mike Harris and he was new in her department, where they both worked as clinical pharmacists at Boston Children's Hospital. They sometimes had the same shift, but since he was new, he was on rotating shifts which meant they didn't see each other as often as Xan would like.