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It was a quiet morning. Bent was in the kitchen getting breakfast ready for the house. Frying eggs, cutting fruit, putting toast in the toaster, everything. The kitchen is small. It has green cabinets with marble counters. The group members mugs sit in the cabinets, all different shapes, sizes, and colours. Each of them express their own individual personality. Magnets cover the fridge from everywhere they have been on their travels. Bent looks around the kitchen and smiles. The life she built with everyone, it's perfect. She feels hands slide around her waist and wrap around her. She smiles to herself and cranes her head around. Andrew.
"Hello there" Bent says, giggling to herself.
Andrew smirks at her and kisses her on the cheek. Bent blushes and turns away. "I'm busy making breakfast. Would you like to help me?"
Andrew follows suit and starts setting up the large table, placing cutlery and food along the surface. "How did you sleep?" He says.
"Pretty good, Vee and Felix kept me up most of the night with their video games, but other than that I slept fine. How about you, my moon?"
"I slept like a rock. I always sleep well when I'm next to you." He winks at her with a tinge of blush on his face.
Multiple sets of footsteps run down the stairs. Fi, Aalia, and Lo appear in the kitchen. Fi and Aalia take their respective seats at the table, grabbing some fresh watermelon and mango. Lo walks over to Bent. "Need any help with breakfast?"
Bent smiles and hands her the bacon for her to start on. Andrew stays close to Bent, stroking her hair and sneaking cheeky kisses on her neck.
Fi, with a mouth full of mango, says "did anyone see Veron and Lacey last night? I couldn't find them anywhere."
Bent raises an eyebrow at Andrew. Andrew only smirks and shrugs. Aalia looks between the three of them, clearly confused but choosing to ignore it.
More sets of footsteps come bounding down the stairs. This time, it's Vee and Felix. They appear in the kitchen holding hands and wheezing.
"I swear to GOD I have never laughed that hard in my life. I mean what was that guy saying?" Felix says as he braces himself against Vee while laughing.
Vee holds on to his back while she tries to catch her breath. "God that was so stupid! This is why we can't play online games, we just run into the dumbest people."
They both take a seat at the table, stealing some fruit for themselves.
Bent furrows her brows at the couple and sighs. "Did you two sleep at all last night?"
Felix and Vee look at each other and burst out laughing again. They say synchronously: "Nope!"
Andrew and Lo join in laughing with them as Fi and Aalia gossip about their latest troubles. Bent just smiles to herself and shakes her head as she continues to fry some eggs.
More footsteps, this time it's Maya and Damien with Annabelle trailing lazily behind them. Annabelle looks visibly upset with the two of them, but chooses not to say anything. The couple sits down at the table next to Felix and Vee, curious about their laughter. Annabelle goes to sit next to Aalia and Fi, joining in on the gossip while occasionally eyeing Maya and Damien.
A knock at the door and it swings open. It's PBJ and Kaia with the groceries!
"Are we lesmilevenmaxing yet?" Kaia says as she plops down at the table.
PBJ puts the groceries down on the counter and sighs. Aalia smiles mischievously. "I'm feammaxing!"
Bent turns slowly towards Aalia. "If you say the f word one more time, you're banned from this house."
Lo chimes in. "Truthbike."
Maya looks over at Annabelle, smiling. She kicks her under the table and Annabelle shoots up. Everyone turns to her, confused.
"I-I need to go to the bathroom!" She rushes out.
PBJ shrugs and helps put the eggs and bacon down on the table. Everyone sits down together as they wait for others to join them. After a long time has passed, no one comes down so they decide to dig in.
The front door swings open and Veron and Lacey enter. Both of their hair is completely messed up and their clothes are muddy. They stare at everyone, wide eyed, as they hold hands. They look down at their interlocked hands and snap away from each other.
Bent looks at them suspiciously. "Where have you two been all night?"
Veron sighs and takes a seat at the table, Lacey next to her. "You don't want to know"
The others share a look but ultimately decide to ignore it as they eat their breakfast.
Maya sits restless at the table and shoots up. "I'm going to go check on Annabelle."
She's about to get up to leave when Damien grabs her wrist. "Do you want me to come with you?"
Maya bites her lip nervously. "No, its fine. Thanks for offering though." She runs off and Damien furrows his eyebrows, but chooses to ignore it.
Maya walks swiftly to the bathroom and knocks on the door. "Annabelle? You in there?"
Theres a loud bang and several thuds as things fall in the bathroom. "Yep! Fine!"
Maya bites her lip again. "Do you need me to come in?"
The door swings open and they're face to face, inches apart from each other. They stare at each other for a couple seconds, locked in on one another's gaze. Maya looks down to Annabelle's lips and their breathing grows heavy. Seconds, minutes pass by.
"We should... head back to the table." Annabelle finally speaks up.
Maya snaps out of it and looks up at Annabelle. "Y-you're right."
Annabelle purses her lips into a thin line and squeezes past Maya. Maya is left speechless, staring at someone she knows deep down is more than just her friend. Someone who means more to her. Someone she loves, more than a friend.