Sunny's POV.
I wake up and open my eyes. It is still pitch black, I couldn't sleep properly all night. Something didn't feel right. I felt like I kept moving about when I was so still.
Kyle is snoring as usual. I hesitate to get up and go, I've only been here a month or two and I still don't trust everyone here. I decide to wake Kyle up. He's been nothing but nice and gentle since I've arrived here.
"Ugh... Morning Sunny, what are you doing up so early? It's five in the morning..." Kyle says groggily, "It's pitch black outside!"
"I am so sorry to wake you... But I couldn't sleep. I'm hungry and I don't want to go to the kitchen alone... I don't want to be ambushed and thrown into the river like Wanda said some vile human tried to do to her!" I say nearly crying at the thought.
"Ok honey, I'll go with you..." He says while putting on a clean top. I still get mesmerized when I see him like that, he is so beautiful.. He is my Kyle like Ian is Wanda's. Sometimes I feel like It's all a dream, like if it's from Jodi's memories. But then I smell the sulfuric air and taste the horrible aftertaste of the warm water and know that it's real, that it won't go away unless I go away or something happens to Kyle... I will never let that happen, he is mine and I am his.
"Lets go!" he nearly shouts, but it's quiet enough to not wake people up. He seems more awake now. He lifts me up and cradles me in his arms. It's like heaven, the warmness of his hard chest and his perfect face make me feel like I am melting. I feel all gooey when we bounce up and down the dark corridors. Finally we get to the kitchen. I can see the stars out of the shaft in the rock ceiling. They're all sparkly and shiny and I feel nostalgic of my past... I don't want to go back up there... My Kyle wont be there. I am staying here.
"So what do you want me to make?" Kyle says cheerfully.
"Hmm... what about pancakes!" I say enthusiastically, "Everyone loves pancakes! We can make enough for everyone."
"Sure, we haven't had them in a while," Kyle smiles when he goes down to shelves at the end of the room. I feel anxious now that I'm so far away from him. He comes running back with some flour, cinnamon, milk, butter and sugar. I feel the rumble in my stomach and the saliva in my mouth. I've forgotten how much I've missed pancakes.
Kyle starts by cracking the eggs in the bowl and adding the other ingredients. He has this special recipe that only him and Ian know, except maybe the souls that control their parents. Their parents taught them it and they will teach it to their children. I want my children to know the recipe...
I pour the mixture onto the frying pan and occasionally flip them. I'm not very good so Kyle steadies my hand by holding my hands and the pan and helping me flip them.
Then I hear a sigh... I look around and we are still alone. I freeze for a second trying to figure out where it came from. It didn't sound like Kyle. It was a female sigh... I know it wasn't me...
"Whats wrong?" Kyle knows that I am tense. We are so close now I can feel his breath on my neck, it's so pleasant and comforting. I forget about the sigh and let it drop.
"Nothing, I thought I heard something but I am obviously wrong," I turn around looking at him. He leans in. He took a strand of my brown hair and tucks it behind my ear. Then strokes my cheek and leans in even closer and kisses me softly. My heart skips a beat and I go all warm and I feel the butterflies in me. He pulls back and says; "You're truly amazing, Sunny," He looks at me for a while and I stare deeply back into his gorgeous big eyes. He looks away for a second and then I feel upset. I know what he's thinking... He misses Jodi. He does that more and more recently.
Then I heard it again... The sigh... It seems louder now. I look around again. Nothing. This doesn't make sense... I think I'm going mad...
You're not going mad...
I look around again... No-ones here except Kyle and me. I heard that so loud, like as if it's coming from right beside me. Kyle looks puzzled. He's looking at my face. He can sense somethings not right.
Then I smell something. Smoke... I turn swiftly around and see the pancakes are all black as charcoal. Kyle notices too. He laughs and picks them up. They are so hot they burn his hands and he drops them on the floor. His hands are all red. This time I laugh. I don't know if it's the humans getting to me but a couple of weeks ago I would've been upset that he got hurt. I go running to get the mini first aid kit that Wanda got a month ago. I come back and Kyle is putting his hands in the water bucket. I put some heal on his hands and he feels better already. He laughs at his own stupidity. I hug him and he hugs me back gently trying not to hurt my tiny bones. we walk back over to the burnt pancakes on the floor. They've cooled down now. I pick them up and throw them into the nearby bin.
"I think we've made enough pancakes don't you? There's roughly one hundred and fifty, is that enough for everyone?" I ask.
"Yeah, that's enough," Kyle smiles at me.
Then sun is rising and I can hear people coming out of their rooms.
"We've made them just in time!" says Kyle cheerfully.
"Oh wow! You're up early! I was planning on making breakfast but I see you've made pancakes! Yum! The special O'Shea recipe!" says Trudy, "Can I have some?"
"Sure!" I say, "How many?"
"As many as I'm allowed!" She laughs back.
I put five pancakes on a plate and the syrups that Wanda and I collected on the counter. Trudy looked extremely pleased with them and munched away.
Then Wanda and Ian came in holding hands. I put my hand in Kyle's.
"Hi Sunny. Oh pancakes!" Wanda says as she helps herself to a few of them.
"You didn't tell her the recipe, did you Kyle?" Ian says jokingly.
"Haha no, but I might one day," He says as he stares deep into my eyes. My heart flutters.
"Hahaha then I think I might tell Wanda one day," Ian laughs and then turns and catches Wanda off guard by kissing her on the cheek.
Kyle kisses me on the cheek to and then goes off to serve the others who are coming in now. I didn't want to leave him but I know he's busy. I feel like everything is in place now. I've found my perfect partner.
Stay back! He's not yours.
I get shocked when I hear that... Wanda looks at me strangely
I don't think anyone heard that except me...