A Hundred of Her Memories
73 – Sleep
Xion had been up all night, trying to perfect this cookie recipe. She was pretty sure that this batch was it: the perfect snickerdoodles.
But they were still cooking and her eyelids were slowly drooping. She tried to hold them open, looking at the timer, but it felt like a force outside of herself was shutting them.
Xion propped her forearms on the counter and rested her chin atop them.
A little while later, Axel slipped in to see his sleeping friend. He smiled, then looked to the timer that was just about to go off.
He quickly turned it off and took out the baking cookies. Letting them cool, Axel took a bite out of one of them.
His eyes widened with shock.
"I'm in love."
Haha! I love that. She doesn't know it, but he declares it openly because she's sleeping. And all because of a snickerdoodle. I love that name; snickerdoodle. It's such a fun word!