NightCrawler✔

Chapter 24

They looked terrible, I stared at a large one slashed from my shoulder to hip. Water vapor started to condense on the mirror.

I hopped into the shower wetting my hair and body. Finally a nice warm shower without anyone rushing me, or yelling at me, or forcing me to wash my hair properly. Toni used to wash my hair seperately from bathing so I never really learnt how to do it.

How are we going to explain to these people our situation. What if they think we're crazy and throw us back out onto the roads?! How are we going to find our families?

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"And that's what the blood is," Mabel concluded as she fixed the strap of the cute overalls she bought me. Oh. My. God. I smiled kind of terrified of the thought, this makes me very uneasy. And to think Landon and Jacob are so clueless. I looked in the mirror. My hair was kind of dry and curly, I wore a pink shirt, washed out overalls and yellow converse.

I walked downstairs and looked at Jacob and Landon who were talking with Harry while they sorted out breakfast. Landon looked up first and smiled, his face turned pink when I returned his smile and he looked back at the bread he was buttering.

Valley sat by the kitchen back door eating from a little metal bowl.

Jacob was very focused on properly cracking an egg with Mabel, and Harry was heating up the frying pan and filling it with oil.

"Hey guys how can I help you?" I smiled. I felt so fresh, clean... relieved.

"Help Landon butter the bread now wouldn't you Iris," Said Mabel her mouth spreading into a smile at me.

"Alrighty then," I said walking over to Landon.

I took a knife and a slice of bread.

What the hell am I even trying to do? I looked at Landon spreading butter across the bread. Oh yeah? I scooped out butter and threw it onto the brown bread. Somehow I missed the bread and it landed in the egg mix Jacob was working on. His back was turned and he didn't realize. Niether did anybody else, I looked at Landon who was looking at me.

"I'm going to pretend I didn't see that," He nodded looking back at his bread while I giggled.

"Aww Jacob was working so hard on that too, and I just ruined it," I pouted watching Jacob turn back to the mix and without looking pouring more eggs ontop of the butter. He took the whisk and started to whisk the eggs.

"What is he doing?" I asked as Landon looked over and shrugged.

"He's making eggs," He stated. "He's not a bloody chicken Landon I'm pretty sure he didn't make those eggs," I said. Jacob furrowed his eyebrows while staring into his egg mix.

I came back to earth and was going to scoop out more butter. Landon put his hand over mine and made me scoop less than I was going for from the stick. "Oh," I looked at Landon and he looked down at me and smiled at me before looking back at his bread.

"Now you pour it into the pan," Instructed Mabel as Jacob poured the eggs into the pan. I turned with a slice and it fell onto the ground. Valley came out of thin air and ate it in one bite, I swear I didn't even see the dog chew it before the bread flew down her throat.

"Valley!" I gasped taking a step back.

Oh no! Valley might die! I saw this in a movie a really long time ago! Wait, she 'is' gonna die... right?

"It's ok she can eat bread," Shrugged Harry turning back to the coffee he was making. I looked at Jacob expecting him to say hi or something considering the fact that since I came downstairs he didn't even notice me. He was setting the table, I turned back to making up for the slice I dropped.

I was so hungry, I stared at the slice I was holding and slowly put it closer to my mouth thinking if I should wait until everybody was eating or if I should just eat it. I looked at everyone then back at the bread. I opened my mouth when it was near enough and Landon took my hand and held it up to his mouth taking a big bite out of my toast. I gasped and my eyes almost fell out of my head, "Landon!" I whisper shouted to him and he just smugly chewed the bread.