Maddie's Pov
I unlocked the door and walked into the apartment. It was empty, 'Must still be working.'
I sighed walking to my room and putting my bag down and taking out my work. I walked out to the kitchen and sat down at the table. An hour or so later Jake and Sally came in talking about something Disney related.
"Hey Maddie." Sally greeted walking by to her room.
"Salutations you two." I looked up from my work to see Jake sitting across from me and Sally had her sketchbook working on something.
"How was work you two?" I put my finished work in a pile to see what I had left.
"Fine although I do have to work this weekend."
I nodded my head, turning to look at Sally.
She shrugged, "Fine...it was a bit slow but it picked up which I was not happy about."
I looked up confused, "Why was that a bad thing?"
"We were down a person today so me and the other person were switching between stocking, checkout, and helping customers."
"Yikes! Didn't look that busy when I got there."
"That's because it was closing hours."
"It's only 4:30?"
"We close early when there's only two of us." She went back to her drawing.
"I see."
I went back to my work and Jake pulled out a stack of paper and looked through it. An hour later Amy walked through the door.
"Heya Kiddos!"
I looked up, "Salutations Amy. How was work?"
"Good kiddo, how about you?"
"My day was satisfactory."
"That's good, what do you guys want for dinner?"
"Can anyone here cook?" Jake asked, setting down what I can now tell is a script for a play on the table, "Cause I can't."
"I can." Sally answered, closing her book.
"I can not cook anything." I said cleaning up.
"Not even pasta?"
"No."
"Nope."
"Well that's im-pasta-ble!" Amy smiled as I groaned, putting my head on the table.
"Good one Am!" Sally called from her room.
"So what should we do for dinner?"
"Can I make dinner tonight?"
"Of course kiddo! What ya gonna make?"
"It's 'what are you going to' Amy." I corrected
Sally smirked, "It's a surprise so no ones allowed in the kitchen."
She walked into the kitchen to make whatever she was going to make.
Sally's Pov
I walked back out of my room and heard Amy ask what we wanted for dinner.
"Can I make dinner tonight?" I asked getting an idea.
"Of course kiddo! What ya gonna make?"
"It's 'what are you going to' Amy." Maddie corrected.
I smirked, "It's a surprise so no ones allowed in the kitchen."
I walked into the kitchen to start. It took me forty-five minutes but I finished dinner. I made creamy swedish meatballs with noodles, Damien always said it was my best dish so why not make it. I dished it into four bowls balancing two on my arms and holding the other two I made my way out to the table where the other three were talking.
"Dinners ready."
I set down the bowls then went back and grabbed a fork for everyone. I sat back down at the table and saw everyone looking at me.
"What? Is it bad?" I asked, my anxiety starting to rise.
"Nononono kiddo it's not that but when you said you could cook we just weren't expecting something like this."
"Oh...um yeah I did a lot of cooking with my brother and- um growing up." I rubbed the back of my neck.
"Why?" Jake asked confused, "Didn't your parents cook?"
I tensed at what he said, "Um….my-my mom is dead….and my dad can't cook." I half lied not wanting to talk about it.
"Sorry Sal…" Jake looked down.
"It's fine I didn't really know her. Besides this dish wasn't hard to make but my brother says it's my best dish so I thought why not make it."
"It's delicious Sally." Maddie changed the topic much to my delight.
After dinner Princey helped me clean up the kitchen.
"Thanks for the help sir-sings-a-lot."
"No problem Panic! At The Everywhere.���
We walked out to the living room sitting on the couch.
"Hey Sally?"
"Hmmm."
"What….what happened earlier?"
"When?"
"At school before we found you and those three guys what happened?"
I tensed trying to keep the panic out of my voice and a calm look on my face, "Nothing I had a panic attack like Maddie said and those three were walking by, no big deal."
"And the blood trailing from your nose? Half of that sentence was a lie and what gave you a panic attack in the first place?"
"Why do you care?" I snapped not wanting to talk about this.
"I want to be able to help you next time it happens."
"I don't need help! I've been doing this by myself for a long time. Ok!"
"But what caused the attack?!"
"It's none of your business!" I stood my fight or flight reflexes kicking in.
"If you tell me then I can help stop it!"
"I don't want or need your help, I can do it by myself!"
"Oh yeah right. Cause you were just fine and handling the situation earlier today! Besides who were those three?!"
At this point we were both standing and yelling. If Maddie and Amy didn't hear us then their death. My fight reflex had won which was lucky for me but for Jake…..we could be here for awhile.
"It doesn't concern you so stay out of it!"
"I want to help you Sal! Why won't you let me help you!?"
"I haven't had someone ever help me and I don't need someone now!"
I stopped realizing what I had just said. Before Jake could say anything else my flight reflexes kicked in, "Stay out of it Prince!"
I stormed into my room locking the door.
Jake's Pov
"I haven't had someone ever help me and I don't need someone now!"
I stopped and looked at Sally, 'what?'
But before I could ask her about it she stormed into her room and locked the door.
"What is going on out here!?" Amy came out of her room looking confused.
"All I did was ask her what happened at school!"
"Yes well from what I heard she told you to drop it and you wouldn't, there for her fight or flight reflexes kicked in. You two had a fight then she said something she didn't want to say there for her flight reflexes kicked in and now she's in her room."
"Should someone check on her?"
"I would say yes Amy but not now, give her some space to calm down and think. We don't want her going into another panic attack."
"Well I'm hitting the hay. Night kiddos!" Amy turned back to her room.
"Why is Amy hitting hay?"
"It's a figure of speech nerd, she means she's going to bed."
"Oh I see, well then I to I'm going to bed. Good night Jake."
"Night nerd."
I turned and walked to my room shutting the door behind me. I changed into a white Disney shirt and red and black flannel pants looking in my mirror. I actually really liked the red-orange color Sally put in, she has good taste in hair color. It doesn't jump out at you but you can still see it and tell there's color. It blends with my brown hair nicely. I sighed sitting on my bed.
'I messed up didn't I?' I thought putting my head in my hands.
I got under the covers and let myself slip into sleep ending the day.