Hijinks & Misdemeanors (The Reaper Chronicles Book 2) by Apryl Baker

Author:Apryl Baker [Baker, Apryl]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Limitless Publishing, LLC
Published: 2021-09-06T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Ella

My growling stomach is what finally wakes me up. I’m not sure I want to get up, though, not even with the hunger pains currently making themselves known. I’m too comfy. I’m warm, and for the first time in a very long time, I don’t feel like it’s dangerous to open my eyes. I feel safe.

The snore that rips out of my pillow does startle me, though. I force one eye open, and I realize I’m curled up on someone’s chest. I look up to see Eli with his mouth hanging open and drool leaking out of one side. He’s never going to believe that he was drooling. As hard as it is to suppress the giggles that want to break free, I just manage it.

He looks so different when he’s asleep, less like a devil waiting to create mischief wherever he goes and more like the Angel I always think of him as. He has a strong jaw, but even that is softened in sleep. Mocha lashes rest against his cheeks. Cecily is jealous of how long they are. She’s sat and gone on and on for hours about how unfair it is.

He’s still the most beautiful boy I’ve ever seen. I’ll admit to myself that I have an epic crush on my best friend, but he doesn’t look at me like that. I’m okay with it. He needs a friend more than he needs another girl crushing on him.

Slipping out from under him, I do my best not to wake him. He doesn’t get enough sleep as it is with football practice and his workout schedule. He hasn’t said anything to me, but you don’t work this hard at something without some major plans for it. I’ve seen footage of Eli play. He’s good. Not just good, good, but he’s college recruitment good, and maybe even NFL good. He loves the sport, so if one of his dreams is to eventually play pro ball, I wouldn’t be the least surprised.

And Gramps and I will be right there cheering him on every step of the way.

Fighting a yawn, I leave what I’m starting to think of as my room and head to the hallway bathroom and spot my sister sound asleep across the hall. Why is Cecily here?

But then, why was Eli asleep in my room?

Sure, Eli’s fallen asleep on my bed at home before, but that’s usually when we’re watching movies and Mom decides not to wake him up. I think he’s the only boy she and Dad would trust to sleep in my room. Oddly, I don’t know why. I mean, sure, he’s my Guardian Angel, but he’s still a boy. I wouldn’t trust a guy to sleep in my kid’s room unless they’ve been sharing the same bed since before kindergarten, and even then the door would be open. Adults make no sense most days.

Am I going to fall down the black hole of adulthood when I turn eighteen in December? I sure hope not.

But back to my original thought.

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