I'm Broken but I'm fine

Part 18

"Hey, want to help me cook dinner?" Noah asks me after a while, the movie we put on is long finished and it's dark outside.

"Um... I can't cook, but sure" I say.

"It's okay, I can't either" Noah chuckles.

We walk to the kitchen, it's small with wooden cupboards lining the back wall with a sink, there is a fridge to the left and an island bench in the middle. Noah grabs the flour, milk and a few other ingredients and places them on the island bench.

"What are we making?" I ask with a laugh.

"Pancakes" he chuckles.

"For dinner?" I question smiling.

"Well, yeah I can't cook anything good, but I make awesome pancakes" he smiles.

"Okay!" I say excitedly.

This should be fun. Noah starts off by measuring stuff out Into the bowl but we end up loosing count and laughing so hard, we just chuck stuff in. Noah gives me the bowl to stir and I do while he cuts up some strawberries.

"You look cute with flour on your face. Your tongue poking out the side of your mouth" Noah laughs.

"Hey!!" I say and I chuck some flour at him.

He stills and for a moment and I think he is about to yell at me, before he grabs a handful of flour and throws it at me. I laugh and we end up in a food fight throwing everything we can at each other. There is flour, milk and eggs all over the floor and each other, we slip and slide all over the place and the kitchen is covered in food, I haven't let loose this much in ages and I find myself smiling so easily. We end up sliding into each other and stacking it on the floor laughing, I'm still sore from my beating though, which I had somehow forgotten about while we were having so much fun. When I hit the floor I wince but laugh at the same time.

"Shit Lou, are you okay?" Noah asks and makes his way over to me.

"Yeah, sorry I'm still sore" I tell him.

"It's okay, come here" he says.

He leans against the cupboard and I crawl over to his waiting arms. I rest against his side and we hear a chuckle from above us. We both snap our heads up to find Patty and Al looking at us. Al typing something on his phone.

"Got that whole thing on video, just sent it to Harry and the boys" he chuckles.

"Well I know neither of you will clean this up, we will have to get someone in, go shower boys. The night crew are coming on in 10 to do outside patrol" Patty laughs.

"You're not leaving though right?" I ask, suddenly afraid.

"No kid, we won't leave you" he says winking as he leaves the room.

Noah and I are covered from head to toe in batter and it's becoming sticky.

"Jaxson would have loved that" Noah says sadly, looking at his legs.

"You miss him?" I ask.

"Like crazy, we used to do stuff like that all the time" Noah tells me.

"I'm sorry you can't see him" I tell Noah.

"It's okay, he promised me when all this shit was over he would come back and visit me" Noah says.

"Yeah, when all this shit is over" I sigh.

"It's okay Lou, I trust Harry and Niall, they will figure it all out" Noah says.

I smile and we help each other up off the floor. We both head to separate showers and when we are clean I'm in a pair of Niall's grey track pants and socks and one of Zayn's black sweaters, the only clothes that are remotely close to fitting me, but still miles to big for me. It's freezing outside but the fire keeps us nice and warm, we watch another movie and the night crew come on to start their patrol and watch outside. Patty and Al fall asleep on the couches across from Noah and I.