ELIZABETH'S POV
Mama Knight had ushered us in with a smile, "Boys, Elizabeth and Sawyer are here!" She called for the guys as she closed the door behind us.
One of the bedroom doors opened and Logan walked out, "Hey guys," he smiled as he walked over to us. A loud crash was heard from one of the other bedrooms as Logan approached us.
"Hey," I smiled looking for the noise, "where's Kendall?" I asked putting my attention back on Logan.
He sighed and looked towards the living room, that's when I noticed Kendall lying face down on the couch. It looked like he hadn't moved for a while, the couch had taken shape to his body and the only movement I could see was his breathing - how he was able to breath through the couch was a mystery to me.
I walked over to the couch, not saying anything to him but just making sure that he was breathing. "Is...he okay?" Sawyer asked as another crash sounded from what I was beginning to believe was Carlos and James' room.
"Jo's moving to New Zealand for a movie and as you can see he's not taking it very well." Logan spoke quietly to Sawyer.
I pressed my lips to a line and knelt down next to Kendall, placing a hand on his back I tried my part in being his friend, "When you're ready to talk, you know where to find me." I rubbed his back in a small circle; he nodded in response. It was barely noticeable, but I caught it. Though he wasn't able to see it I nodded slightly and stood up, joining Sawyer and Logan at the air hockey table.
"You in, Elizabeth?" Logan asked scooting over a bit, making a place for me.
"Anytime, but the teams would be uneven." I stood at the end of the table watching them go back and forth.
The crashing had evolved into continuous destruction, getting to the point to where Mama Knight had to intervene, "Boys!" She shouted from the kitchen, stopping what she was doing for a brief moment, waiting for the hidden madness to stop.
They didn't need to be told twice as the noise did stop - the door flew open and they had fallen out, tripping over each other and landing on the floor with an 'oof'. The game between Logan and Sawyer had stopped as we watched Carlos and James jump up from the ground, brushing themselves off and coughing awkwardly, "Elizabeth, didn't know you were coming over." James said as he joined us at the air hockey table standing next to Sawyer.
"You were there when I called her." Carlos walked around to the other side of the table by Logan.
"You guys playing?" Logan asked as he gave one of the handles a push.
"We can play in rounds, so everyone can play...if Kendall's up to it." Sawyer suggested.
I looked over my shoulder back to Kendall, he hadn't moved, still face deep in the couch, "Actually, you guys go a head and play. I'll help out Mama Knight." I said as I walked to the kitchen.
"Elizabeth, you don't need to do that." Mama Knight said as I stood next to her.
"Please, it's the least I can do." I smiled.
She smiled for a second before her attention was caught by James and Carlos exchanging punches back and forth, "Boys!" She called to them for a second time. "That's twice now, don't make it three." She warned before she gave me a job to do. I could see Carlos and James glare at each other before they got into playing the game.
I hoped they weren't fighting as Mama Knight a handed me two boxes of macaroni to prepare. I couldn't imagine what the would be fighting about, but it was the last thing Kendall needed at the moment. He usually acted as a voice of reason, but he was in no condition to be anyone's voice of anything at the moment. They had stopped as soon as they heard her and had gotten into the game Logan and Sawyer were trying to keep going.
When Mama Knight had declared dinner finished everyone had gathered around the table, with her and Katie at each end, Kendall - who made it clear he was perfectly fine with missing dinner when the guys had to pull him up off of the couch, Logan and Sawyer on one side, and James, myself and Carlos on the other. All at the same moment the boys jumped to eat aside from Kendall who slowly dodged the others arms, as the ladies of the table waited for them to settle.
They settled and I felt it was safe to reach out. I filled my plate with dinosaur chicken nuggets, mac and cheese and green beans; I hadn't noticed how hungry I was until now and luckily there were four teenage boys living in this apartment, Mama Knight made sure to stay stocked with food. We were all able to have full plates and there was still some leftover.
We started eating and holding small conversation - Katie and Mama Knight were trying to coax secrets of the next episode of his show out of him, with no such luck, and Logan trying to get Kendall to cheer up enough to eat something, when Carlos leaned into me. His helmet almost knocked into my head, "How did it go today?" He asked in a whisper.
I did a double take, realizing that Carlos wouldn't react the same way Sawyer did, "Uhm, probably as good as it could have gone." I whispered; I picked up my fork and moved my mac and cheese around a bit.
"Have you decided if you wanna see him again?"
I hadn't given it any actual thought with Sawyer getting upset, but looking back on it now - with what little time I had - I didn't get anything from it. I had gotten some form of an apology, but he was a liar, Sawyer was sure to make me remember that, "I don't plan to, no." I looked at him and his face lit up with a smile. He sat straight up again and turned back to his food, taking a bite of his mac and cheese, "Hey Carlos," I whispered to catch his attention again. He leaned back in chewing his food and I whispered, "Could you pass the ketchup?"
He laughed and nodded as he passed me the ketchup. We both went back to our plates then, I managed to make a leaning tower of dinosaur nuggets to make room for my ketchup when James coughed and shifted his body in my direction, "Excuse me, miss," He spoke in a terribly low voice as he walked a dinosaur nugget up to the side of my plate, "come here often?"
I let out a loud laugh and reached to grab a nugget of my own, but before I could Sawyer had already beaten me to it, "No, I'm new and town and don't know a lot of people..." His voice was higher than it needed to be and his dinosaur's hips didn't lie as he moved it across the table, "maybe you could show me around sometime?" He picked up a country accent as he continued his little show.
James' face was stuck somewhere between laughing and embarrassment, not knowing which one to lean towards. I couldn't take it any longer, I bursted with laughter and it had only gotten harder when I heard the rest of the table laughing. I heard James sigh out of relief and begin to laugh. I was able to stop for a moment to catch my breath, but it quickly started back up again when I saw Kendall laughing.
1) Thank you to everyone who has been reviewing and putting this on your alert lists and favorite lists. It means the world!
2) I have a new technique for writing that really get's through the writer's block. So hopefully I'll be posting more often.
3) The only thing that would stop me from posting more often would be my Mom's health. At the moment she is being tested for cervical cancer. We don't know if she does have it officially yet or not, we're still waiting, but if it come back that she does, updates may take a bit longer than they already do. But then again I may need something to focus on, so the updating more often thing still may be a possibility. I don't know, I'll just have to see what happens.
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