We put our little "discussion" on hold and headed to the kitchen, Abbie's mom sitting at the table waiting for the both of us to sit down and eat, she made lasagna, Abbie's favorite.
"So, luckily no one was hurt from that fire and apparently no one was even in the house to begin with..." Abbie's mom looked at both of us with suspicion in her eyes, I glanced over at Abbie and she looked just as worried about talking about it as I was.
"Uhh I'm not sure what you mean? There was definitely a man that came out of the house, maybe he was just checking if there was anyone inside?". Abbies mom looked at me with a raised brow but brushed it off. "Well, maybe, but onto a different topic, are the two of you dating?"
Abbie coughed while chewing her food, before she replied quickly "Mom!". Her mom laughed and said "I'm just joking with the two of you, your business is your business, just be safe".
We finished our dinner with little chit chat every once in a while, Abbie having 2 servings due to her needing more food to regenerate her powers, night had fully fallen and so Abbies mother asked me "Are you staying the night my boy?" I looked over at Abbie, she gestured a nod so I answered "Yes if thats not too much trouble". She looked at me with a smile and said "Ofcourse not, you can sleep in the living room if you'd like?".
Abbie and myself began setting up a blow up mattress they kept in a closet, her mom was in her room, getting ready for bed, so Abbie and myself continued our conversation, "If we are doing this we have to leave when she falls asleep, I'll come to you with my bag and we'll leave quietly got it?" Abbie said letting out a sigh. "What about your mom? What are you going to tell her?".
Abbie looked down for a second thinking to herself and then said "I'm going to tell her your parents had an 'incident' and had to tush back, so we left in the morning before she woke up, I'll write her a note, she'll understand.".
I dropped the blanket I was holding and hugged Abbie tightly in my arms, she was surprised and said "Whats this for rat-boy?" I hesitated to reply, after all I had no one up to this point, I then replied "You mean a lot to me, your sacrificing a lot just to be with me right now, I just need you to know I appreciate it...".
Abbie returned my hug, she now knew how much I had been through and what we had to do, so she said "You mean a lot to me too rat-boy, don't ever hold your grief again, I'll be your shoulder from now on you got it?", I nodded before separating from the hug.
Abbie and I finished setting up the living room and she told me "2am, that's when we leave, I'm going to 'bed' now, I'll see you in a few hours my little rat" she then left to her room and I laid down to get some rest before we leave in the morning.