Kitty woke up, at first she didn't recognize where she was, but then she remembered. She was at Marley's house. She slowly stood up and folded the blanket. She looked at her phone and saw it was 7:45 AM.
She heard movement on the other room, she assumed it was the kitchen. She walked slowly towards the door and stood there when she saw Marley grabbing something from the fridge with headphones on.She was humming quietly and moving a little. Kitty smiled and stayed in the doorframe, watching her as she moved around the kitchen.
Marley removed her headphones and looked at something on her phone, the girl smiled at something and Kitty wondered if she had a boyfriend that had just texted her. Marley looked up and jumped when she saw Kitty.
"Gosh, you scared me." Marley said letting out a laugh.
"I'm sorry, I never meant to scare you," Kitty said. "What were you doing?"
"I was preparing to make breakfast later. Today is Sunday so it's my turn." Marley answered.
Kitty raised an eyebrow. "Wow. I didn't know you could cook."
"Well yeah, I mean, my mom taught me a lot when I was in Lima."
Kitty nodded. She walked slowly and stopped next to Marley. "I wanted to thank you, you know, for letting me stay."
Marley smiled. "You're very welcome," she turned around to grab a cup from the counter. "You don't look hangover, we didn't drink too much last night but, maybe it still hit you?"
"No, I'm good. Are you hangover?"
"Nope, I can handle the alcohol. I don't know about Sam though, she is very sensible with drinks." Marley laughed. "Do you want coffee?" She asked. Kitty smiled and nodded. Marley took another cup, served coffee in them and gave one to her.
They walked to the living room and sat down next to each other. Marley grabbed the remote and turned the TV on. They watched in silence drinking their coffee. About an hour later Sam came out of her room and sat on the couch letting out a groan.
"I feel like crap."
Marley laughed. "You're a lightweight."
"I know! I hate my metabolism." Sam said exasperated.
"I will go make breakfast."
Sam looked at her. "Please tell me you will do something nice."
"Jesus Christ, you're so demanding." Marley said standing up and walking to the kitchen. That left Kitty and Sam alone in the living room.
Sam stared at her, Kitty shifted awkwardly. "So, Kitty... What are you doing in LA?"
"Umm... visiting my grandmother." Kitty answered confused.
"That's the only reason?" Sam asked, till staring.
"Yes."
"And just by chance you happened to walk to the place where Marley is working."
Kitty frowned. "Yeah." She said slowly.
"Interesting," Sam said, leaning on the couch with her arms crossed. She looked at her seriously, but then she broke out laughing. "I'm sorry, I had to do it."
"What?" Kitty looked confused more than ever.
"Don't worry, I was just making sure of something."
In that moment Marley walked out of the kitchen. "Okay. I'm done. Can you help me set the table Sam?"
"Yeah, I'll be right there." Sam said standing up and walking to help her. Kitty sat there, still confused. What the heck just happened? Marley walked up to Kitty and offered her hand. Kitty took it and she stood up with her help. They stood there a few seconds looking at each other smiling.
"Let's go have breakfast." Marley whispered, letting go of Kitty's hand. Kitty blushed a little, looking away as Marley walked to the table. Sam came out of the kitchen with plates and placed them. She sat down on a chair and crossed her arms.
"Come on, hurry, I'm starving!" Sam said.
Marley rolled her at her friends. "Nomajoka, be thankful I prepared your favorite food because I knew how you get when you're hangover." Sam gasped and looked at her friend. Kitty looked between them confused.
Marley looked at Kitty smiling. "You can sit wherever you want, I'll be right back."
Kitty sat on a chair in front of Sam and waited for Marley to return. A few moments later, Marley came back carrying a plate with waffles.
"You are my favorite person." Sam sighed. She immediately took one waffle and started eating it. Marley laughed at her friend's antics. The other girls started eating too, making small talk between bites. Kitty offered to help Marley clean the table and kitchen. Sam left for work so it was just the two of them.
"Thank you for everything, Mar, I had a great time, but I should get going though." Kitty said once they had finished cleaning.
"I'm glad you had a great time." Marley smiled. They walked to the door.
"Well, I'll see you later then." Kitty told her. They said goodbye and Kitty walked away, but instead of going home she just walked without a destination in mind. She took that time to think about Marley, that maybe she should tell her how she feels, or maybe it won't matter if she told her because Marley could be dating someone, the fact that Marley was smiling at her phone earlier also scared her.
She suddenly heard her phone ringing in her pocket. She took it out without looking who it was and answered. "Hello?"
"It's been a while, Kitty." The voice in the phone said. It took her a moment to realize who was calling her.
"Oh my god! Quinn??" She said surprised.
"Yes. I've been trying to find you, but you changed your number."
"Yeah uh... I lost my phone so I had to change it. What do you need?"
"Well, I was told that you were in LA and since I'm also here for something about my job I figured we could hang out."
"That would be great, I feel it's been ages since we last saw each other." Kitty smiled.
"Awesome! When are you free?"
"Whenever you can."
"How about we meet for lunch?" Quinn suggested.
"Sounds good, I just need to go home and change and I'll meet you later."
"I'll text you the place. See ya."
Kitty walked home and found her grandmother sitting on the living room.
"How was it Kitty? Did you have fun?" Her grandmother asked smiling.
Kitty nodded and smiled. "Yes, I had a great time. I'm going to get ready."
"Where are you going?" The older woman asked.
"I'm having lunch with Quinn. You remember her, right?"
"Of course I remember. When you were in high school you wouldn't stop talking about her."
Kitty rolled her eyes. "That's an exaggeration. Anyway, I'm gonna get ready."
She walked up the stairs and to her room. She took a quick shower and got dressed. She looked at her phone to see that Quinn had texted her the address of the place where they were going to meet. It was a little far so she called a cab and waited for it at the front door. A few minutes later the cab arrived, she got in and told the driver the address.