Morning After

I woke up to the smell of pancakes filling my room. I’m not even sure when I eventually fell asleep but I did. I grabbed my phone to see what the time was. It was eight in the morning.

I threw my phone on the bed and pulled the pillow over my head in hopes of falling asleep again, but then I heard a soft knock on the door. “Red?” I was kind of surprised at the softness in Ash’s voice.

“Yes” I said, hoping he would make as if nothing had happened last night because I so wished it didn’t.

“Can we talk? I made pancakes as a peace offering”. I grabbed the pillow hoping it would muffle my screams.

I don’t think I am ready to face the embarrassment but those pancakes do smell good. “Please”, I heard him plead from the door.

We both knew he could rip that door off its hinges if he wanted to, but out of respect, he didn’t. I walked up to the door and waited for a second before I unlocked.

“I’ll come out if I am not the breakfast”,

I said to him to try and make the tension between us less