Growing Attached To My Competition ✔️

Chapter 61 - Calvin Jones

Adrian rolled over in his bed, woken up in the middle of night as he couldn't stay asleep. He looked over and saw that Brody was peacefully asleep next to him, after having the tiring day that was Thanksgiving finally over.

After hearing an unusual faint noise downstairs, Adrian tried to be careful when unwrapping himself from Brody's embrace, prying the arms off of him so he could check it out.

As soon as Adrian positioned Brody's arm by his side, he had placed both of his own feet on the ground when Brody seemed to wake up.

Brody was still sleepy as his eyes were still closed, he was barely awake but he had felt the bed move and the presence besides him disappear.

"Adrian?" Brody whispered out loud into the darkness.

"Yeah it's me. I think I heard something downstairs so I'm going to check it out, and I want a glass of water anyway."

Brody seemed to understand as he then rolled over to face the other way, trying to get comfortable again so he could go back to sleep. "Hurry up back when you're done."

Adrian gently treaded downstairs as he tried to be quiet and not make too much noise. He looked outside first and saw that the streets were completely empty.

He then saw the lights on in the kitchen and decided to investigate. When he walked in, Adrian saw his mom at the table, fork in hand and the apple pie from the Thanksgiving dinner.

"Mom? What are you doing?" Adrian asked, indicating towards the pie during the middle of the night.

Sally apologised as she looked slightly guilty when she was indulging in her unhealthy habit. "Sorry, did I wake you? I couldn't really sleep so I thought a midnight snack would be a good idea."

Adrian sat down with his mother as he grabbed a second fork. "Me neither."

They were both silent as they ate the leftovers, still enjoying the taste of it when they weren't able to try it earlier since they called an end to Thanksgiving early.

"This was probably the most eventful Thanksgiving days we've had, am I right?" Sally asked, to make small chit chat with her son.

Adrian snorted as he laughed. "No contest. I don't know if I can call it one of our best or one of our worst."

Sally started boiling some milk for them to drink, to go down with the pie. "How on Earth do you think this is one of the better Thanksgivings we had?"

"Well now we don't have to put up with grandad Julian's crap anymore." Adrian then blushed as he was fidgeting by scratching his arms aimlessly. "And I umm, told Brody I loved him."

Sally dropped the spoon she was using and turned back to face Adrian. When she saw that he was being serious, she was overcome with joy. "Oh sweetie, bless you. Come here."

Adrian always pretended he was fed up by being hugged by his mom a lot, but it couldn't be further from the truth as he sought out her comforting hug again.

"I am, so happy for you Adrian. When you find love, you want to hold onto it tight and never let go."

Adrian heart seemed to relax as he felt like he was in a state of bliss. "Yeah, that's kind of how I feel right now."

Sally pulled back from the hug and held Adrian's face up with her hands, having a good look into her son's eyes. "Don't ever let Julian's words sink into your head, your father would be just as happy as I am for you."

Sally then chuckled to herself as she imagined what Calvin's reaction would have been. "Knowing your father, there would be an endless amount of teasing from him."