Chapter 10
I'd been asleep ten minutes. Ten fucking minutes when my phone began to ring. I opened my eyes and Eden had gone. She wasn't in our temporary bedroom. Great something else I have to deal with. I rolled over and searched the bedside table for my phone. My hand stumbled over pillow mints, complementary soaps before I find my phone. By the time I pick it up the phone's stopped ringing. I eliminated the screen and checked the time. Turns out I wasn't asleep ten minutes, I'd been asleep for a few hours. Three missed calls and two new text messages.
I decide to call Eden first.
'Hi?' She answered the phone sounding confused.
'Hi. Where are you?'
'I'm in the restaurant downstairs, I'm having breakfast. Its an all you can eat! You have to get down here!' I've never heard someone sound as excited about food as she is. She sounds like a child at Disney land or at Christmas. I couldn't help but chuckle at how giddy she was.
'I'll be down there in ten minutes.'
'Okay. I got to go there serving more bacon. Byeee.' The line clicked dead and again I was chuckling to myself. I hauled myself out of bed, showered and got dressed in the space of five minutes.
When I reached the restaurant most of the tables were full of family's eating. I looked around the room for Eden but I couldn't see her at any of the tables. My eyes drifted to the tables were they were serving food. At the front of the line stood a dwarfed brunette with a large white bandage on her hand. The plate she had in her good hand was piled with food. Another chuckle escaped. I'm surprised this place has any food left. I watched her take her seat at a table and made my way over.
'Are you hungry or something?' I asked sarcastically. Eden was lent over the table grabbing a slice of crispy bacon off my plate. She gave me an innocent smile but she knew she'd been busted. She sat back down leaving the bacon on my plate. I took my seat and passed her my bacon, she gave me a little smile. I couldn't help but smile at her. She began to eat her breakfast, I've never seen her eat so much. The whole time she lived with us she ate the portion she was given and never asked for more. If she doesn't stop eating soon, cows will be extinct. After ten minutes her plate was empty and the buffet had stopped. Which made her look really disappointed. I was still eating my breakfast that she'd got me. She tried not to look at my food, but her eyes kept trailing to my egg and sausage.
'All you have to do is ask.' I informed her,, chuckling away to myself. Her face turned red and she had to hide her smile. I don't like eggs anyway. The white of the egg is disgusting and slimy. I'm full anyway, so I put my knife and fork down and pass her the plate. She gave me a grateful smile and began eating my leftovers
'How does someone as slim and small as you eat so much food?' I asked an amused smile on my face. I leaned back and waited for her to wipe the yolk from around her face with a napkin.
'Sorry. I didn't eat yesterday and I guess it bit me in the ass. What day is it?' She asked.
'Sunday. Why?'
'Shit. We need to go. I have dance at noon.' She grabbed the remaining half a sausage and began to run to our room. She received a few odd looks. And a few people began to whisper. I heard one person say 'I bet she found out she was pregnant. Did you see how much she ate?' I couldn't help but laugh.
When I got to our room and Eden was grabbing the few things we brought with us. Jackets, car keys and her bandages that we need to change soon.
