Brad came down early the next morning to check on Jo, but when he got there, he noticed Randy had beaten him to it. He woke his brother first.
"Randy? Hey Randy wake up." He shook him.
"Hmm? Yea. Oh, hey Brad." Randy asked groggily.
"It's about nine. Lauren just called and I told her about Jo, she's coming over in like a half hour." Brad explained.
"Oh, alright man. Uh, I'm gonna go jump in the shower then, I'll be up before she gets here." Randy said as he got up and stretched.
"Alright man, I'm gonna make some breakfast then get her up." Brad said referring to Jocelyn.
"Okay. Oh, good news. She's feeling a lot better." Randy explained as he started downstairs.
"That's great." Brad called after him smiling a bit. ~*~*~*~*~ Brad pushed the scrambled eggs onto two plates for himself and Jocelyn. He took the food over and set it on the coffee table and sat down next to her sleeping form.
"Jo? Hey Jo wake up." He lightly woke her.
"Brad? Morning." She sat up at the delicious smell. "Oh eggs, your mom didn't cook these did she?"
"No, I did." Brad laughed.
"I guess it's safe then." She grabbed the plate and started to eat since she hadn't eaten since lunch the day before.
"Wow." Brad said amazed. "Hungry much?"
"Just a bit." She smiled after swallowing. "Did you sleep okay?"
"Oh, yea. Great." He answered staring at his plate for some reason.
"So, uh, I guess I should get going soon." She stuttered in the slightly awkward moment.
"Oh no. You can't." Brad said quickly without even thinking. She stared at him confused and almost hopeful for a moment.
"Why not?"
"Oh, um. Lauren's coming over to see you."
"Oh, alright." Jocelyn said slowly dragging out her words. They both leaned in closer to each other. They could feel each other's breath. But suddenly Brad pulled away.