Christmas at the Wellands by Liz Jacobs

Author:Liz Jacobs [Jacobs, Liz]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Liz Jacobs
Published: 2018-01-03T23:00:00+00:00

As promised, Christmas Eve morning was largely a controlled sort of chaos. Maybe there was a reason why they had been so dead set on playing games the day before—without any structure, meltdowns felt pretty imminent.

And that was just the adults.

"Honey!" Uncle Mike bellowed from the bottom of the staircase as Kev and Andrew were descending for breakfast. "Mikey wants breakfast!"

"Why don't you get him his Cheerios?" Aunt Mabel called down from above. Kev did his best not to look at either Mike or Andrew.

"I can't find them! Can't you come down?"

It went on like that as they shuffled past him, and then met more chatter and wild activity in the kitchen. Andrew managed to scoot the twins out of the way so they could squeeze into the breakfast nook with the other adults, and Kev made himself focus on the incredible smells of coffee and waffles. These weren't some Eggo's—Andrew grandma was manning the waffle maker like a pro, flipping the machine with evident satisfaction, and popping out waffle after perfect waffle.

"Here, since you're the guest..." Andrew slid a plate with two gigantic steaming waffles in front of Kev. When Kev looked up at him, nakedly grateful, Andrew was grinning. "Coffee? Also, didn't know if you'd want butter or syrup or what, so here." He'd been holding the butter dish and the bottle of Real Vermont syrup under his arm, the weirdo, and now extracted them and plonked them onto the table. "Both!"

"Thanks, man."

Kev had a hard time looking away from Andrew's beaming face, but then—coffee and waffles. If he'd stayed in the dorms, he might have treated himself to a diner breakfast, but this felt like a minor miracle in comparison. And it was free.

Yesterday would have been my mom's birthday. He didn't know why the desire to say that came on suddenly in that moment, but he swallowed it back and focused on breakfast after mumbling a quick thanks.

He'd barely managed to swallow the first bite when Cherry, Tessa, and Andy appeared at his side and began peppering him with questions.

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