Family first

11. Count down

I woke up before the alarm could go off. I lay in bed for some time, staring at the ceiling thinking about Zayn's family. What are they like? Do they also kill people? Do they also kidnap girls? I wonder what they look like. Well, that was weird of me to think

I got out of bed and went into the bathroom. Zayn was still asleep at the time. I brushed my teeth and tied my hair neatly into a high bun but pulled 2 strains down on either side, which made the bun look cute. I walked out of the room and over to the bathroom door

I opened it slowly and walked into the hallway. I walked down the stairs and into the kitchen. I decided to bake and start with breakfast early for everyone to come down and eat

The bruises on my body weren't even starting to fade, which made me happy. It was so dumb of me to even try or think about running. Back at home, no one even cared about me. When Kani left me in the park that day, I knew she did it kn purpose. I saw it when I fetched her from her house, but I dont need to worry about that right now

I took out some ingredients to make cookies and pancakes. I'm also going to make some meat, seeing how the family loves the meat. I mixed the cookie batter and left it on one side. I took out a pan from the cupboard to fry meat when I felt a hand on my shoulder

I jumped and quickly turned around to see if it was Jax, he was wearing a white T-shirt and blue jeans. He came down early before the alarms could go off. His lip was swollen on one side, and he had a blue eye

"Good morning, Ang."

"Good morning, Jax."

He had his hand on my head as I looked up at him. His lips were curled into a smile, I smiled back and then turned towards the stove

"Why are you up so early?" I asked him

He was quiet, and I realized I shouldn't be asking questions. I heard him chuckle behind me, which kinda scared me

"I should be asking the same thing," he said

I sighed in relief that he was not going to tell Zayn or hit me or something

"I'm used to waking up this early," I told him

"How so," he said, arching an eyebrow

"I always woke up this early back home where I stayed," I said

"Why?" He asked

"Before I was brought here I used to go to different parks with my friends but I was always the one who had to look for the parks to go to so I had to wake up early when there is no people" I explained to him

He walked to the counter where I was frying the meat and leaned against it. I pulled out another pan and started making the pancakes. He was staring at me as I moved around

"Okay, I guess it's my turn to tell you why I'm up early," he said

"Yup!" I nodded my head

"I heard you moving around down here.."

I hit my forehead with my palm, realizing how loud I was. I looked up at him, and he was smirking. I dont know why, but I always had a thing for smirks. Every time I see a smirk, it would make me smile or happy, and Jax, Jax, has a really hot smirk

".. and also the pain on my face, " he said

"You still look handsome," the words slipped out

My hands quickly shot up to my mouth to cover it, and my eyes grew wide. What did u say that? I heard him chuckle, thought that smirk of his. I looked at him, and he was staring at me with a big smirk