Chapter 15: I tried to cook breakfast

RIVER POV

I awake with a start.

I'm sweating and shaking and at some point during my nightmare I threw up on myself. Great that's just great.

Yuck, I'm discussing I think as I get up and start taking off my clothes and stripping my sheets. I hate night terrors at least this time I didn't pee myself there's nothing more embarrassing then a almost 19 year old peeing her bed. Throw ups not any better I guess.

I look at the clock, damn It's only 6:00 am. I should be sleeping still damn it. It's my day off, my only time Chailor let's me sleep in.

I hurry and slip on a pair of sleeping shorts and a tank top as I run my bedding and clothes to the washer.

Chailor and Lincoln are still asleep, I quietly pull their door closed a little bit.

I love our new house. There's so much room now and I don't wake them when I move though the house.

After being shoved in a small two bedroom apartment for months with them it's nice to have some extra space.

I'm still shaking but I have no memory of the nightmare I had. I guess I should be thankful for that.

Normally I would go crawl in bed with them and cuddle Chailor but they were up late celebrating their engagement with Lincoln parents and they deserve to get some rest.

Anyway at some point in time I have to start taking care of myself, right I'm almost 19 time to be a adult.

I'm just pacing around and picking up my room, when I get a beautiful crazy idea.

I'm going to hurry and get in the shower clean myself off and I am going to attempt to make them some breakfast in bed. Then they can relax longer and it will make them feel special a little longer. I always love it when she does it for me.

I'm not a cook but any means but I've watched Chailor do it a million times. It doesn't look that hard. I'm sure I can do it. I'll just make simple, I just need to make some eggs and some bacon and some toast.

Smiling to myself I head for the shower. I can do this for them they do so much for me they deserve it. It's the simple things that they do for me that mean the most so I know they will love it. I hope I don't get the egg stuck to the pan like last time. Chailor still won't let me cook because of that.

I'm in the kitchen all in my groove dancing and singing to myself. Things are going great. I'm actually doing it on my own.

I got the eggs going, well I messed up the over easy so now they're scrambled but so far it's going good.

As the eggs are cooking, I got the bacon going, I got the toast toasting. I don't give myself enough credit.

I grab the juice out of the fridge and I'm filling up the cups.

I'm in the zone, I got this. I'm proud of myself.

This is kinda fun actually no wonder Chailor like to cook so much.

I'm actually doing this, I'm freaking awesome.

Chailor will be proud of me.

I'm cooking by myself! Fuck yes I'm a amazing cook after all who knew.

Then disaster hits..

Now I'm burning the bacon and it's popping grease all over the place.

Then some grease pops on me so I jump back with a small squill. This is scary and painful. I change my mind this sucks.

As I jump back I hit the edge of the plates,

They then knock over the juice cups.

Yep, both of them! Fuck!!

Great, now the toast is burning. Who burns toast? Me that's who and it's not even the first time.

"Ohhhh my God" I squeak out as everything starts smoking. Oh this is a disaster this is why Chailor won't let cook. She's going to kill me.

So I grab the quickest thing I can find a dish towel and

I start waving it around trying to get the smoke to die down.

Just then I hear a loud gasp coming from the hall behind me, I turn around slowly.

Then I hear Chailor's cute little laugh.

"I'm glad you find this funny" I say waving the towel around frantically.

As I'm turning to start cleaning up the juice she says

"Ohhhh sweetie are you trying to burn down our new house in the first month we live here or are you trying to give me a coronary"

I laugh as Chailor comes running over to help me she's still laughing.

"I've got this love, go open a window and we'll just order in okay" she laughs harder watching me panic.

"Hey Riv" she yells over her shoulder,

"Next time leave the cooking to the grown ups"

I turn and stick my tongue at her.

"Now Hurry and get that window open before it sets off the..."

Before she can finish that sentence we both cover our ears as a loud shrieking of the smoke alarm starts going off. It's so loud.

Just then Lincoln comes running out with his hair all disheveled in just his boxer briefs looking like a mess. He's never a mess.

10 seconds later we're both on the ground laughing with tears running down our faces as he's staring at us breathing heavily.

"I'm glad you two think this is hilarious you just gave me a fucking heart attack" he yells over the smoke alarm.

Now all three of us are laughing.

Lincoln is jumping around waving the dish towel in front of the smoke alarm trying to get it to turn off.

Me and Chailor are still on the floor laughing like hyenas. We're no help at this point.

Suddenly from the left of us we all jump at a half chuckle half clearing of the throat sound.