Edward groaned as he turned over on the couch, rolling onto his back. He rubbed his eyes feeling way too tired to be awake yet. He glanced at the entertainment unit where the cable box had the time.
It was almost 1pm …. He sighed and he hauled himself off the couch and headed upstairs. He saw Kristen sleeping on the bed, her hair a wild mess around her head, fanned out over the pillow. He smiled softly, contemplating waking her but decided against it.
He quietly moved around the kitchen, his stomach grumbling as he started to prepare a small breakfast, and a picnic basket of food.
Kristen stirred sleepily, hearing movement and smelling the scent from the kitchen. Her limbs felt heavy as she moved. She was still tired; despite how physically and emotionally exhausted she'd been last night, she still hadn't been able to fall asleep immediately. She opened her eyes, stretching, and sat up as she looked over at Edward, who was bustling about the kitchen, as if nothing had ever happened. But it had. Her stomach twisted slightly with lingering dread, even as she smiled with relief at seeing him up and about.
"Good morning," she said groggily, tucking her hair behind her ear. "Feeling better?"
"Tired … And I have a headache but I'm fine." He said throwing some sandwiches into the basket before he moved over to the stove and pulled the frying pan off. "I made you an omelette if you want. Neither of us ate last night so … I'm sure you're hungry. I also thought we could have a picnic later." He said placing the omelette onto a plate and bringing it over to her with his own plate. A very hastily made 'breakfast in bed'.
"Thank you, Edward," she said, her stomach grumbling slightly. Now that he mentioned it, she was starving. She felt bad, though, that he was the one up and about making breakfast after the night he'd had. "That," she said, a little confused about why Edward thought now was a good time to go off and have a picnic. Maybe he was trying to make up for everything last night. "Sounds really nice."
Edward looked up at her and smiled, glad he's finally got something right. "After we eat then …" He said sitting cross legged on the bed.
Kristen nodded. She took a bite of the omelette, looking down at the plate in thought. There was just so much to work through. It was hard to know where to begin.
Once Ed was finished his omelette he took his plate to the sink. "Do you want to shower before we go or after?" He asked as he opened his closet and dug around until he found the metal shovel. Personally he'd rather shower after. He'd probably have to anyway.
"After," Kristen said, thinking along the same lines as she got up and went to get dressed. She was surprised that there was no further attempt on Ed's part to talk her out of coming. He seemed to respect her need to accompany him for this … That was promising at least.
Ed placed the shovel by the suitcase and pulled some clothes to change into. Once he was done he took the basket off the counter and handed it to Kristen. "Ready?"
Kristen nodded, taking the basket. "You have a place in mind?" she asked. If they were going to dispose of the … suitcase, then somewhere pretty remote would be best. And that seemed to be what Ed was thinking, since there weren't very many places inside the Gotham city limits that were exactly ideal for a picnic.
"There's a forest not far outside of the city." He said. "We'll take care of this and then go for a picnic."
"Sounds like a perfectly plausible reason for us to be out there," Kristen said, catching on as she carried the picnic basket to the door.