Alice's pov.
I awoke as the small rays of sunlight streamed in through the half closed windows. Groaning, I tried to sit up but my half closed eyes couldn't let me. I started rubbing them until I could see what was standing in front of me. A small yawn escaped my mouth as I got to finally sit up, looking around the half-light room for my phone. When I felt the cold surface next to me, under my blanket, a smile formed in my face and without a second thought I picked it up. Clicking it open, I tried to make the white numbers in the front screen out. It was a little late. Raising my head, I looked at the others to see if anyone of the two was awake but the only response I got was a light snoring coming from next to me. They were both cuddled to their pillows and had a thick blanket over their head, covering themselves. I grinned as I tried to stood up without stumbling and went to the bathroom
It didn't take me much time to find my toothbrush and start my morning routine. When I was done and opened the door, getting out, the guys were still asleep. Well, Geo had moved his blanket, half covering his body now but Arthur was still making this irritating sound. With a frown I got closer to his bed
As I examined their soft faces better I didn't want to wake them up. It was Saturday and all of us wanted some relaxation. I stretched myself and headed to the door after covering Geo's body as it was before. I opened it, looking at them for one last time before getting towards the kitchen to make something for breakfast
While walking down the stairs I was waiting to hear a few voices but everything was so quiet. They were probably all asleep. I passed the living room where yesterday was full of food and tissues after the unbelievable story of Geo and a few sad movies. I shook my head with a small pout at the memory and with a few more steps I headed to the kitchen. As I entered inside, I looked all around at the familiar things. I went to the fridge first thing, looking for the paper milk bottle and grabbed it from its place among the ketchup and orange juice after finding it. I quickly closed the door, now going for a glass
I smiled while hearing the sound of the milk warming up. I looked around me.This room was brighter than the others, letting me see all the things inside here clearer. When I heard that distinctive sound of my milk overheating, I knew it was finally done. I carefully took it and poured it in the glass, hoping it wasn't too warm to drink
As I was drinking I heard a few quiet footsteps and after a few seconds I saw a head with ruffled brown hair looking at the way I was drinking my warm milk. I smiled at the way Lisa tried to fix her hair as she decided to put her whole body inside the room. She gave me a small smile back and went for the bottle of milk I was ready to place inside the fridge. She grabbed it from the table where I had left it and I waited for her to do all the necessities before I started talking
"Good morning Lisa" I greeted her with my voice rough from sleep. I tried to clear my throat many times but I was still sounding terrible
"Good morning" she whispered as she went to one of the cupboards and grabbed something really quickly. Only when she gestured to me the closed back of chocolate cornflakes I saw them
"Want some?" I shook my head no and got back to my glass. She turned around, opening them and pouring some in the already full bowl of milk
After a few minutes of just looking at each other, I was eventually done. I looked at the empty glass, setting it in the sink so I could wash it. Opening the faucet I couldn't hear much so I froze a little when I sensed Lisa getting and standing closer to me. I could feel her eyes but I didn't stop my job. Only after I placed the now clean glass at its place, did she decide to talk
"How was your night?" I looked at her, this being the most we have even talked since ever. I saw her careful move as she ate a mouthful of cornflakes before looking up at her eyes
"Good, you?"
"Fine, it was a quiet one" she said with a small smile, the awkwardness of yesterday coming back. However the previous day after Geo's arrival we ran to Arthur's room, getting away from the whole overwhelming thing. Now looking at her without knowing what to really say made me want to run up to his room again. Luckily I didn't, that would be even weirder and more embarrassing
"Did you see any good movies yesterday?" Her sudden question put me out of my thoughts, causing me to make a strange sound that neither of us commented on. I took two small breaths before smiling, already knowing my next words
"Yes actually"
"Good" she whispered, dropping the spoon into the bowl with a loud clatter. We stayed silent for a bit, the only sound being the water hitting the bowl after Lisa had left it in the sink
"We came down after but we didn't find you" I suddenly said, making her forget what she was doing. I turned the other way towards the door as I felt kind of obligated to fill her with my justification. Last night we got upstairs so fast that we didn't even properly greeted her and I felt awful
"Jamie had phoned me and I needed some privacy so after this I decided to stay in my room. Don't worry" she tried to explain and with a small gesture showed me her phone that was now holding in one of her hands. Then her eyes darted back to the screen, confusion written all over her face before she let out a breathless laugh
"Oh yeah I understand" I whispered back, not watching if the same herself was listening to me anymore. As I kept looking at the door, luckily the next person who got inside was a sleepy but still a smiling one. I let a breath out and gave them a smiled too as I took one of the seats, sitting down
"Good morning Mrs Mary" I welcomed her inside the kitchen, excitedly. I grabbed my phone from the table, checking if I had any notifications. Maybe Bruce had read the message that I so lovingly left him
"Good morning mama" Lisa repeated after me with a big smile, making me raise my head towards them
"Hi my beautiful girls, how are you?" She happily asked, stepping closer to her daughter and looking behind at the counter, with her eyes searching for something
"Fine" I simply replied to her previous question, leaving her to do her job with a small smile. Then she looked at the other girl in here, waiting for Lisa say something as well
"Me too" she finally said, clicking something on her phone
"I'm happy for both of you" Mrs. Mary had finally settled the coffee pot right in front of her after looking for quite a long time for it. Now she was searching for a small bag of coffee behind some things in the cupboards. She made an excited giggle when she had found one or two, holding them up proudly. I let a little smile slip on my face, before getting back to the story I was currently watching on my Instagram
When our laughs died everything went back to being the same again. A few hums and then silence until Mrs Mary tried to open a conversation. I didn't hear her voice at first, only when she touched my arm, making me look at her. With a small confused smile, I let my phone down, looking as she got a chair, sitting next to me with a ready warm coffee between the finger of her hands
"How was yesterday my dear?" she got to ask as soon as she was settled done, sipping slowly the warm liquid, from the flowery cup that had poured it. After leaving it down, she looked at her left, shoving a small plate full of pieces of cake with a small smile towards me. I stretched my hand, grabbing one, like I was a small child, before devouring it. Lisa came next, leaving a small kiss at her mother's cheek at the process
The food tasted perfect and the kitchen started to smell full of chocolate cake. Only looking at Mrs Mary's happy gaze, did it bring me back to reality. I looked at her, eyeing the pieces before deciding to answer
"Oh, fine. The food was perfect" I said with a little smile, stopping myself from moaning at the thought of the taste of all the delicious food she always made. I closed my eyes, letting my head back before letting out a breath. Now somewhat refreshed, I opened my eyes, looking at her again and tapping rhythmically the back of my phone
"How is Geo? Is he better?" my movements suddenly came to an end, now nervously biting my lip while putting my mind in work to find a good answer. I sighed, covering my forehead with my hand before lowering my head down. Since I was happy with my complete answer, I raised my eyes, meeting her sweet ones again
"Um yeah he is fine. He wasn't in the best mood yesterday" I said hesitantly not wanting to say anything more and happily asked no more
"Good, I'm glad he's better"
"Who's better?" a sleepy voice asked and then yawned. We all looked around, even Lisa who had left her phone, carefully listening to our conversation about Geo. Arthur stepped inside, nearly falling to me before rubbing his eyes and apologizing. I smiled, watching as his mum had put her hands in her sides as soon as she quickly stood up
"Good morning sleepyhead," his mum complained. He groaned, reaching for the coffee machine but she quickly slapped his hands gently, making me burst into giggles
"Don't listen to her. She just got up too" her mum looked at Lisa before laying her hand over her heart. I looked at the scene in front of me, happy that I was part of it
"Traitor" she said feeling offended before we all bursted into quiet breathless laughs
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"Shhh. We don't want to wake him yet" Arthur said while heading to his room. He opened the door slowly waiting for me to get inside too
"Yeah, you're right. We are going to give him a heart attack" I whispered, following right behind him
"No I'm not going to scare him, I've learned my lesson" I huffed at that and looked towards Geo who was still sleeping like a little angel "I'm going to wake him slowly and nicely"
"You better. I don't want him to have a bad mood because of your stupid actions"
"I feel offended at the location of my room" I sighed at his simple humor but gave him a light playful shove anyway. He didn't wait, immediately complaining with a frown on his cute face
"Shut up" I said quietly laughing "I'm not kidding, yesterday was not one of his good days" he nodded, agreeing with my statement, before slowly and silently reaching the comforter Geo was sleeping in
"Bruce was such a jerk yesterday" he whispered, paying more attention at the way Geo was breathing and his hands were moving, going either under the pillow or somewhere else
"I was ready for this ship to sail too but then he had to do this" I complained more to myself, getting my eyes and mind away for a brief moment
"Come on I mean it's obvious that they would die for each other" Arthur said and I nodded again with a shrug, looking back at him as I had done a few seconds ago
"I hope Bruce figures it out soon" we were now standing right in front of Geo. I grabbed Arthur's shoulder, shaking him, before he was ready to kneel
"I think we should take his mind off this. Maybe hang out later" I whispered as quietly as I could
"Yes, yes we will have time to think about all these later" he said finally kneeling beside Geo now
"Okay" I slowly hummed and waited for Arthur to grab and gently shake him to wake. The same himself outstretched his hands with a small evil smile. Oh no...
"Geo" he shouted at the top of his lungs, shaking him with a loud laugh. He fell to the floor curling to himself and laughing like he was a small child when he saw Geo's face. I didn't know why I even believed him. I saw as the last one, with wide eyes and a hand clutching in his beating heart, stood up with a frown. I knew that this wasn't going to be good
"Alice..." Arthur yelled with wide eyes as he finally saw Geo approaching him
And if a few minutes later Lisa came and saw Geo hitting Arthur with two pillows in his hands and me laughing in the corner, we never talked about it again
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