Cooking With The QB ✔️

T W E N T Y T H R E E ~ "Better be."

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Golden, warm sunlight presses through the gap between the curtain and the window as the morning arrives. The sounds of the birds are gentle and quiet, indicating to me that it's still early

The new sunlight in the room allows me to observe that Rob is still sleeping and due to Axel's deep, regular, breathing behind me I assume he is too.

Yes, we did stay in that position all night. Yes, he was lovely to me all day and night yesterday and yes, I am now bordering on some pretty scary emotions.

But, what's even more terrifying is the lack of sleep I got last night. I quickly discovered that sleeping with a broken arm is no walk in the park. I couldn't really turn round due to my small bed and Axel's massive frame occupying most of the space. Plus, whenever I tried to do anything terms of making myself comfortable, pain would shoot through either my arm or my head.

So to say I was tired, would be an understatement.

I realised that because both boys were still asleep, so I could still go back to sleep. So I shut my eyes again and willed sleep to come, again. The feeling of Axel behind me was oddly reassuring and comfy, so I finally felt sleep coming.

Just as I was about to fall into a deep, blissful sleep, there was a knock on the door.

It's fine universe, I don't really need sleep. In fact, why don't you just take my happiness now?

I let out an agitated sigh, a quiet one careful not to wake either boys. Slowly standing up from the bed, due to my injuries, I go to open the door.

I open it to be knocked back by a pair of arms.

"I'm so fucking glad that you're okay!" Squeals my best friend, giving what is possibly one of the roughest hugs in my life.

Emma.

The pain in my arm shoots through me and I such my eyes in pain. I gently pull back from her hug, not wanting to offend her after she has traveled just over an hour to get here.

Wait, why did she travel?

"Not that I'm not over-joyed to see you or anything, but what are you doing here?" I grin, looking at her.

She picks up her suitcase as I stand back to let her in.

"Rob phoned me saying that you were in the hospital, so I came as quickly as I could. I'm glad to see your okay, obviously Rob was over-" She stops in the middle of her sentence as she asses the room.

Here we go.

Axel's still sleeping in my bed, topless.

"Well, this is new." She drawls as she grins mischievously at me.

Rob mutters as he pulls the covers above his head, finally waking up. I look over at Axel in exasperation, seeing that he is still asleep.

How does he sleep through all of this?

Rob pulls the covers back down and smiles. "Emma! Finally, someone else that can third-wheel with me."

"Yeah, yeah." She rolls her eyes, before turning serious. "You may actually want to get out of bed, Rob."

"Why the hell would I do that? It's like what?" He checks the clock on his phone that was resting beside him. "Seven?! You woke me up at seven. Great, I'm gonna fall asleep at three in the afternoon now."

"I came with your parents. They were only twenty minutes behind me." Emma blurts out, staring at me.

"My parents?" I ask in confirmation. Emma nods. "Oh, shit."