I sat bored on my couch as I stroked my cat Dakota, I smiled to myself when I thought back to when he was a kitten.

"I'm gonna go get some food" I whispered to him before setting him down on the couch and getting up to go to the kitchen. I checked the fridge and gave a sigh when I didn't see anything good that I wanted, so instead, I checked the cupboard and found a noodles cup. "Eh... It'll do." i said to myself as i filled it with hot water letting it sit on the counter. Suddenly the lights in the kitchen burst to life filling the kitchen with light as my mother stood looking at me.

"Ashley!" She said annoyed and sternly, "It's 1 o'clock in the morning! Get to bed right this instant!"

"Can I at least have my noodles?" I asked quietly.

"Fine, but make it quick. Then straight to bed." She said before turning to walk away.

"Bu-" I didn't finish my word as she cut me off.

"No but's! Straight to bed after you eat those noodles!" she said in annoyance

"Fine..." I said as I sighed while getting a fork out of a drawer in the kitchen, pushing the drawer closed and I began to eat my noodles. My mom left the room and I snickered quietly getting up and went to the fridge. I had gotten a giant candy cane, about the size of my arm, at the fair two days ago. My mom took it saying I didn't need that much sugar. I took it off the top of the fridge but it scraped the fridge loud enough for my mom to hear and she came back into the room.

"Ashley! To bed now! No candy cane's or noodles!" She said as she glared at me as I slowly walked glumly past her. I went to the couch and picked up Dakota bringing him into my room and I set him down on his little cat bed that was next to mine before I got in my bed falling asleep relatively quickly thinking about class tomorrow.