Ryan's P.O.V
I woke up ninja style, looking around the room and wondering how the hell I ended up in my bed, specifically remembering that I had fallen asleep on the living room floor. I turned enough to look at the alarm clock and noticed it was already 9 a.m. Still feeling a bit tired, I laid right back down and closed my eyes for about another 5 minutes. Of course, I fell asleep longer then I told myself that I would and was woken up by a loud knock on my door.
"I'm not up yet, go away." I yelled out, pulling the blankets over my head and trying to go back to sleep.
"Ryan David Nau, get up right this second. We have a lot to do before everyone gets here." I heard Becca yell out from the other side of the door.
"Who died and made you boss? 5 more minutes." I yelled out, still half asleep.
"Oh wrong move bro.." Logan yelled out as I heard the door knob turn and Becca stormed in.
"I'm sorry what was that Ryan, dear?" Becca asked in an overly friendly tone, one that I knew all too well and if I didn't answer it correctly, I was in trouble. I shouldn't be afraid of a girl, but Becca somehow had that power over me. I sat up and quickly thought of an answer that would result in the least pain as she made her way over to my bed.
"I uh...I got nothing. Look, I'm still tired and want to sleep a little bit longer, so if your going to kick my ass, do it fast." I said, laying right back down and holding on tight to my pillow. Not even 2 seconds before I could close my eyes, she had grabbed the pillow next to me and began to hit me on the head with it.
"Oh shit. Logan, get your girl dude. Ouch...Ok I'm up!" I said while sitting up, crossing my arms to block her from hitting me.
"Much better. Now if you can just get your lazy butt out of bed so we can start making breakfast for everyone. It is 11:00 after all, and Kendall will be home soon." She said while slapping me one last time with the pillow before putting it right back where she found it and walking away. I took a second to wipe the sleep out of my eyes, then made my way over to the doorway where Logan was standing and was laughing at me for some reason.
"What's so funny Loganator?" I asked, barely paying him any attention while passing him.
"This." He said while stopping me and grabbing the sticky note that was still on my forehead. I took it away from him and read it out loud. 'Went home, and hopefully getting lucky later. Bye bitch!'
"That skank.." I said, crumbling the note and tossed it in the trash can near the door. Logan and I walked over to the kitchen, where Becca was getting the pancake mix, along with bacon, eggs and bagels out. She set them down on the counter and got anything else that may be needed.
"Ok, Ryan, you're on pancake and french toast duty. Logan, you're on eggs and bacon duty. Leaving me on Bagels and coffee duty." Becca ordered as she handed me a spatula.
"Of course you get the easiest of the jobs...Which is really not a bad thing." I said, but stopped when I felt an apron hit me on the back of the head.
"Hey, watch it Ry. She happens to be a very good cook, for your information." Logan said while cracking about 8 eggs in a medium bowl then added a little milk to it to make them extra fluffy.
"Not walking into that trap. I'll just smile and nod." I said while pouring some of the pancake mix to a large bowl. Just as I was about to add water to the mix, the door bell rang. I set the bowl right back down and ran to the hallway to get the door. As I opened it, I was greeted by James and Jaime.
"Hey you two, you're just in time to come help us make breakfast." I said while rushing them inside.
"So nice to see you too, Ry; such a good host."James said, following me to the kitchen. I suddenly stopped when the realisation set in and turned to face him.
"Wait, if your already here...Where's Kendall?" I asked, wondering if he was somewhere in the house.
"He said he had something to do before he made his way home. That's all he told me dude." James said, a bit stunned that I was just as clueless as him.
"Huh, I wonder..I'm going to call him real quick." I said pulling my phone out of my pocket then dialed his number. I waited for an answer, but after 3 rings, it went straight to voicemail.
"Did he answer?" Jaime asked, walking over to where Becca was, giving her a hug.
"Nope..Should I worry?" I asked, looking through my phone to see if I had any missed calls or texts.
"I'm sure he's on his way home right now. I wouldn't worry too much, Ryry." Jaime said, taking a bagel and a butter knife to spread jam on it. At that very second, the door bell rang. Without even thinking, I ran to the door and quickly opened it in hopes that it would be Kendall on the other side of the door.
"Oh, it's just you guys." I said with a bit of a disappointed tone when I realized it was Carlos and Jeremy.
"You sure as hell know how to make a guy feel so welcomed dude." Carlos said while playfully rolling his eyes at me.
"I'm sorry bro, I didn't mean it like that. Kendall isn't home yet and when the door bell rang, I thought It was him. Aww you got me a puppy for Christmas?" I asked, looking down at the German Shepherd that was staring me down.
"Nope, Carlitos got me...I mean got us a puppy. Ryan, meet Sydney." Jeremy said, leaning down enough to pet her on the head.
"She is adorable. Aww, Hi Sydney." I said in a silly voice. I'm not sure why people go off and talk in a silly voice while talking to a pet, but I did while petting her on top of the head.
"Is anyone else here, or are we the first ones?" Carlos asked while stepping in the house with a bag of presents, placing them by the living room entrance .
"No, everyone is here and in the kitchen...Well, almost everyone." I said, feeling a bit sad once again.
"Hey, he'll be here, now snap out of it. I got an idea, why don't you come out and play with Sydney for a while." Jeremy suggested while holding out the purple leash to me.
"I know, I just can't help but worry. Ok, come on Sydney lets play catch." I said and grabbed the football in the side closet, then grabbed the leash and ran out in the snow with her. I ran along side with her and tossed the football at her to catch a few times.
"Oh wow, looks like you guys are having fun." Carlos yelled out from inside, while watching us run back and forth in the snow. I looked up real quick, not paying much attention and slipped on a patch of ice, landing right on my ankle. It took a second for the pain to set in, before I realized what had just happened.
"Fuck, oh my damn this hurts. Carlos..Jeremy help." I yelled out, barely able to get any words out as the pain got worse.
Sydney made her way over and sat next to me giving me the cutest sad face, as if she was telling me that she was sorry. I managed to force out a smile and leaned in to rest my head on hers to let her know that I was ok.
Seconds later, Carlos and Jeremy ran up. I think they were trying to figure out if I was just playing a joke on them or not, and weren't wanting to get very close, thinking that I was going to push them into the snow.
"Are you ok dude?" Jeremy asked, holding his hand out to me.
"No, I'm hurt..my ankle, It's broken." I yelled out in pain. The more I sat there, the worse the pain got.
"Are you fucking with us Ryan, cuz if you are, you're a hell of an actor." Carlos said, still trying to figure out if I was telling the truth.
"Just help me the hell up and take me to the emergency room, now, please." I squealed, not able to take the pain any more.
"Oh shit, he is hurt. Here, help me get him up." Jeremy began to panic. Both boys got on either side of me and tried to lift me up as slowly as possible without hurting me.
"AHH...fuck, no, stop." I yelled out in pain. Them moving me around made my ankle hurt even more.
"I'm sorry dude. Call James, Jer." Carlos said, reaching in his back pocket and handed his phone to him.
TO BE CONTINUED!