clickbait - j. wittek [DISCONTINUED]

7. pancake time

*alyssa pov*
i woke up on the sofa, my blanket wrapped around me. my phone pinged and the screen turned on. it was 9:44am. i picked up the phone and saw several messages and notifs. after the posts yesterday my instagram has been crazy. i don't have twitter and i don't really use snapchat so most of my stuff comes from instagram. i read through the pop ups on my lock screen seeing various messages.

david dobrik: aly! i'm sorry i didn't...
jeff: please come up to mine tomorrow i...
riley: hey sis you doing okay? daisy m...
mum: hey sweetheart, i saw an article a...
2 missed calls from riley
1 missed call from mum

i sighed and got up from the sofa. i must have fallen asleep whilst still eating ice cream be i had the stuff in my hair. i unlocked my phone and called riley, hoping he'd be up. he answered after 5 rings.

"aly?" his voice was groggy with sleep.
"oh we're you sleeping? i'm so sorry i just saw the messages and stuff now."
"no no it's fine i need to get up anyway. mom found the article about you and jeff."
"oh no that's not good. we aren't dating i swear to you. he bought me a coffee to make up for ruining an outfit and destroying my other coffee when he was filming with david."
"aly personally i don't mind what you do but remember moms reaction when she found out about jeff's issues? he's still not into it is he?"
"no no he told me he's been clean since he left prison and he doesn't drink often either. oh by the way i'm about to shower so just ignore the water." i started stripping off my pyjamas. with us being in opposite sides of the country, riley and i didn't care what we were doing as long as we could talk. this did mean including being on the toilet or showering.
"oh that's good of him then. but that doesn't explain what you were doing at his place yesterday." i could hear rustling on his end. i turned on the shower.
"after our coffee thing we were being watched by fans from afar and they were taking pics so he took me to his place but turns out we live in the same apartment complex. so i went to his for a bit so we could talk some more." i placed my phone on a shelf and got into the shower, starting to wet and shampoo my hair.
"no way that's too weird a coincidence now. first he shoots you with a paintball gun then you guys realise you live in the same complex?! how did you not even see each other?"
"he only moved in here when him and cierra broke up. and remember i was in san fran for a couple months doing that shoot? that's the time david turned his place into a mock jail." riley also watched the vlogs, he had messaged me laughing about getting shot.
"this is still way too weird. oh hey mum. yeah it's aly..." i could hear my mum speaking to him.
"al she wants to talk. i told her you were showering." i heard him pass the phone over. i had just washed my body and was washing my face.
"hi mom! give me a second to finish up." i turned off the shower and hopped out, grabbing the towel to dry myself.
"hi aly sweetheart, is the rumour true?" she questioned.
"no it isn't, we only saw each other for the first time in years the other day. it's just reporters not knowing the truth that's all." i replied. i pulled on my outfit and grabbed my phone from the shelf.
"okay hun. i'm guessing he cleaned his act up then? considering he seems to have gone pretty big for him to have articles like that."
"yeah he told me after the 3rd arrest he decided to clean up and moved out here to LA."
"oh that's good to hear. aly, i just want to also say i don't know how you're feeling right now because i understand that this may be a bit overwhelming. but one thing is that you should go with what your heart feels. even if now you're conflicted. but do give him a chance, even if it's just only friendship that you guys have in the end. 14 years is a very long time to have known each other, although you lost 3 years. especially because you lost those three years you should try. anyway i gotta go do the shopping, i love you sweetie stay safe."
"thanks mom, i love you too." i heard the phone being passed back to riley. i walked into the kitchen area to get some choccy milk, and poured a glass.
"hi sis i've got to dash, i'm meeting liv for lunch. stay safe."
"no probs dude enjoy, you too." i pulled the phone from my ear to see the time. 10:45am. i watched david's new vlog that i was in and laughed. it was weirdly funny watching it from a different pov. i noticed david make a little clip of him talking about what was about to happen in the next bit. he explained how it was a weird coincidence that happened and the clips started playing. it was weirdly funny watching the event happen from a different pov. daisy came out of her room and sat in front of me, also pouring a glass of choccy milk.
"go to jeff's in 10 minutes." she said out of the blue. i looked up from my phone.
"i was going to. i just spoke to riley and my mom, they think i need to give him a chance."
"and i do too. al i was so worried last night when i saw you out here."
"i was just confused and overwhelmed but i had a think and i know what to do." i smiled before standing up and giving daisy a hug from behind. she hugged my arms and we stayed like that for a minute before we let go.
"i'm going to shower - let me know when we're leaving." she gets up to go to the bathroom. i turned to grab my bag and keys and headed out to the elevator. once i got to his door i knocked lightly. i heard nerf bark behind the door.
"it's aly." i said. i heard a loud clang and a yell.
"ouch fuck! hold on lis give me a second." i waited patiently before the door unlocked after about 30 seconds. i must have come whilst he was in the shower because he had soap suds in his hair and only a towel covering his waist. i averted my eyes from his lower body to his eyes and smiled.
"oh my god i'm so sorry, i should've messaged."
"no no don't worry i told daisy to tell you to come but my dumbass wasn't even ready, come in. give me 5 minutes and i'll be sorted. the pancakes aren't ready yet though, so you'll have to wait sorry." i laughed and let him go finish getting ready. i sat on his sofa and pulled a cushion towards me, only to find -
"twizzlers?! jesus jeff, i didn't think your sugar addiction could get any worse!" i yelled out to him, laughing.
"oh fuck did i leave my twizzler pack on the sofa? sorry! be careful there might be a swedish fish box somewhere too!" he called back. i roll my eyes. of course there was, jeff may have his 'perfect body' but i knew he always had a serious sweet tooth. i pulled out my phone and scrolled through my instagram feed, liking and commenting on various posts.
"hey, come to the kitchen." i heard jeff say. i got up and sat at the island in the middle and watched him make the rest of the pancakes.
"are those... red velvet?"
"of course and i got an iced coffee for you it's in the fridge." i blinked in surprise before getting up to take it out.
"when did you even get this?"
"on my way back from my run, i figured you might want caffeine."
"oh so that's why you're late getting ready, you went on a run?" i questioned, sitting back down and taking a sip. he laughed before giving me a plate of pancakes with bacon on the side.
"bon appetit lis." he winked before grabbing his plate and sitting down opposite me. i took a bite and moaned slightly.
"oh my, so good." i said closing my eyes slightly and chewing.
"hey lis i wanted to talk about last night if that's okay?" i opened my eyes and nodded. i motioned for him to continue, before taking another bite.
"i'm sorry for saying that, i understand that it might be uncomfortable for you and i didn't think."
"no jeff honestly, we both know i'm too much of a pussy to say anything but i wanted to say i missed you too. so much. it hurt so much when i heard you had actually gone to miami. i'm guessing daisy told you about the phone situation?" he nodded.
"i was so angry that night, it was actually the first monthly anniversary that i obviously wasn't with you anymore and it hurt. so i chucked my phone into east river and had to get a new phone. but because my mum got the phone for me she changed my number in hope you wouldn't contact me because she knew i was hoping you'd get in touch again." i shrugged.
"lis i can't apologise enough for what i did, i cant. but are you sure you've really forgiven me? i don't want any backlash or some weird shit happening."
i pauses for a moment and chewed my bacon.
he raised an eyebrow.
"yes jeff. i have 100% forgiven you, especially now that we're together again." we smiled at each other and then got ready leave for david's. i called daisy down to the car, and we drove over to the house.

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a/n
long chapter :) idek if any of it makes sense it's currently 2am
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