HELPLESSLY // MITCHEL CAVE

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"Okay. What do you wanna know?"I asked. We sat down at a booth, him on one side me on the other.

"Well...what's your favorite food? Favorite color? Favorite band? Favorite song?"He shot out a bunch of questions. I thought for a second.

"Favorite food is pizza, favorite color is rose gold, favorite band is Chase Atlantic, favorite song outside of your songs would probably be Honest by The Neighbourhood."I answered. A waitress plopped down two menus. We started looking.

"I love that song! What's your favorite song of ours?"He asked. I had to really think about this.

"I love them all but I think Paradise has my heart even though it's old. I heard Clinton playing the EP on the bus. It's a beautiful song. Although if we're talking more current probably be Uncomfortable or 23."I read the menu at the same time. I heard him swallow hard.

"I wrote 23 about my ex when she cheated on me actually. Uncomfortable is one of my favorites though."He casually added in. My heart just sank.

"I'm so sorry."Was all I could say. He didn't seem to care.

"It's alright. But Paradise is definitely beautiful. Can you sing?"He wiggles his eyebrows. I groaned.

"I can but I hate my voice so I never really know what I'm doing."I did my best not to blush. He just dramatically sighed.

"I wanna hear it some day. I bet it's gorgeous since it's yours."He flirted. I threw a napkin at him. He threw it back. We did that for a few minutes.

"Do you wanna share a plate of pancakes?"He asked. I quickly nodded.

"I love pancakes. So, what about you? Give me a summary of your life."I asked. His eyes widened.

"Well for starters I was born is Cairns, Australia. I wasn't supposed to be born. My parents didn't intend on having more than my two brothers. Oh yeah, I have another brother back in Aussie. His name is Taylor he's the oldest. Clinton was three when I was born. My birthday is December 2nd so I'm a Sagittarius. We have a dog named Stella, she's my pride and joy I miss her like crazy as well as my mom. Umm anything else you wanna know?"He told me his story. I took it all in.

"What's your full name?"I asked. He sighed.

"Mitchel Charles Cave. I have mixed feelings about it."

"I love it. It suits you."I said. He looked confused.

"How so?"

"It's strong. Powerful. Very manly which you are."

His eyes softened when he tried not to blush. "Thanks. What's your full name?"

"Aurora Jewel Evaleen Thompson. You know I hate it."I rolled my eyes. He scoffed.

"Why? It's beautiful. Evaleen is gorgeous."He said as the waitress came by. She took our order and walked away.

"I just feel like I'm not an Aurora. Or a Jewel. I'm not that feminine. I was a tom boy growing up."I gave a short backstory. He slowly nodded.

"Tell me more about your childhood."

"Well, I have two parents. One sister who's married with a kid. She's only 25 so she's way ahead of me. I was bullied a bit growing up through middle school and high school, my depression and anxiety was really bad. I haven't told anyone this except Alexa but I'm actually bipolar and have PTSD but the PTSD only occurred in the past year and a half. I'm in medication to help though. I was born in New Jersey, grew up there, then moved to LA with Alexa about a year ago. Although I was in a quite serious relationship in high school."I trailed off at the end. He studied my face.