A Touch Of Cinnamon

Chapter Twenty-One

Chapter Twenty-One

Kennedy's Point of view

My eyes fluttered open as I sat up to stretch. As silly as it may sound, today seems like today was going to be so tranquil and calm. It was almost as if that calmness was blanketed over this day for a sense of comfort. I look to my right to see Roman peacefully sleeping, his eyebrows weren't furrowed like they have been recently with all that's been going on. My mind soon drifted off to the pathetic fight we had yesterday, I was quite unfair with him. I slowly laid back down, facing him. I lifted my hand to carefully caress his face as a soft sigh left my lips. His eyes slowly opened. "What's wrong?" He asked quietly while he looked at me. His voice was laced with concern as he stared at me, I just shook my head.

"Nothings wrong. I'm just sorry for how I acted yesterday, I shouldn't have gone off on you like that." My eyes shifted downward in shame at how poorly I reacted.

"It's alright, how about today we go have lunch with your parents after school?" I liked the idea. It would be nice to just have a simple brunch without drama.

"Sure!" I say, smiling. I got out of bed and headed to the bathroom to do my business and to brush my teeth. Once all that was done I quickly got dressed into an oversized grey T-shirt and some blue jeans. I walked downstairs while Roman got dressed. I decided to call my mom to ask her if the plans were alright.
"Good morning, Kennedy."

"Good morning mom, I was wondering if you wanted to have lunch after school with me and Roman today. We thought it'll be something nice to do without drama being in the way." The line was quiet on the other line except for low mumbling, she was most likely confirming with my dad.

"That sounds lovely, honey! Text us the details." A small smile grazed my face.

"Okay I will! Bye mom, see you soon."

"Bye dear." and with that the line fell silent. I looked around the kitchen when I noticed Maxie come into the kitchen.

"Good morning Maxie, did you sleep well?" His face whipped my way. I'm guessing he didn't see me until now. His eyes widened and his face flushed. It's honestly funny to see him get all flustered especially since I was his brother's boyfriend and he had a crush on me.

"I- Good morning! I slept well thank you very much, how about you?" He asked.

"I slept well as well, thank you for asking." He ended up walking to the fridge taking out milk before heading to the pantry to get cereal. He takes a bowl out of the cabinet and sets it on the table. Once he was finished making cereal he sat on the stool next to me and quietly ate. I decided to break the comfortable silence by asking him how his school has been going.

"School has been good, I have a history project that I have been working on which is due in two days." I nodded absent-mindedly. After a few minutes Maxie soon left to get ready for school. I should be heading to school in a few. I went back upstairs to check up on Roman to see if he was ready. When I walked into the room I saw Roman slipping on his shirt.

"Are you ready?" I asked, to which he said a quick yes and we headed out to the car. After a few minutes of driving the front of the school came into view. The halls were crowded with people, and the chaos was so perfect, like a movie. There was the couple that was always making out on the left side of the hall, and about ten feet farther down, the cliquey girls. On the opposite side of them, the cliquey jocks, and between them, the parade of band geeks with their huge instrument cases. There were the aerospace tech kids who never did anything but make paper airplanes and then the fashion kids that wheeled mannequins and clothing racks down the halls. Yup, I really could've gone the rest of my life without being here. I could feel a small grimace appear on my face while I continued to dread being here. I turned to Roman to see he had the same reaction as me. Pushing all my dread deep deep down, I began to head to where Raelynn and James were. "Kennedy!" Rae screamed before literally tackling me to the ground as a 'ompf' escaped my lips.