Ch. 60 Breakfast

We walked into the dining room. The smells of new food filled the air. I looked at the table, flat tan circles were on a platter, next to the platter were long strips of something.

"Good morning Myira!" Karmen exclaimed and came into the dining room with a hot pan she was holding something over.

"Good morning." I said back in a light tone.

"Is there anything you need help with mom?"

"Uhmm, yes could you grab the butter and syrup out of the fridge please."

"Yep. You can sit down Myira." Zack said to me and walked into the kitchen.

I nodded and sat down at the table. I sat on the side facing the window but the shades were pulled.

Zack walked in and sat what I assumed to be the butter and syrup down on the table and sat down next to me. I looked at him and a slight smile grew on his face. I smiled back and looked at the circles on the table. I pointed to the strips and circles and mouthed the words 'what are these?'

"The circles are called pancakes and those are strips of bacon." he whispered to me.

"Thanks." I whispered back.

Karmen walked back in, sat down, began putting pancakes onto her plate.

"So how was the movie?" she asked us.

"It was actually really good! I don't know how Myira liked it though, she fell asleep halfway through." Zack responded.

"Ahh, yea sorry about that. It was good in the beginning though!"

They laughed.

"At least you got to see the beginning."

"Yeah."

Next it was Zack's turn to get pancakes and bacon. I watched how he put the food on his plate. When it was my turn, I did the same. Breakfast was quiet and it seemed to go by fast. The food was delicious!! The sweet syrup complemented the slight salty taste. Suddenly the phone rang. Karmen got up and answered it.

"Hello?"

She remained silent and hung the phone back up.

"You guys have no school for the rest of the week!" she said excited. That meant we had two extra days off!

"Good!" Zack said excited as well.

She came back over and sat down to finish her meal. When we were all done I helped clean up a bit. I reached for the syrup to put it away and I looked at the back of my hand. The symbol of Shadow glowed brightly on my hand. I pulled my hand back immediately and covered it. I looked at the back of my other hand and there was nothing. I grabbed the syrup and brought it back to the kitchen. Karmen and Zack were putting away dishes when I walked in. I sat the syrup down on the counter near the stove and fridge.

"Can you had me the towel Myira?" Karmen said pointing to the towel hanging on the drawer.

I looked down, grabbed the towel and brought it to her.

"Thank you."

"Yep!"

I noticed the clock on the wall, it was 10:35 AM.

"I should get going." I said trying to sound as human as possible and looked towards the kitchen.

"Are you sure? You are welcome to stay for lunch!" Karmen said back.

"I would love to but I already have something else planned with my aunt after school today."

I lied. But it was to protect them. Right?

"Oh! Sorry to keep you here then!"

"It's alright!"

"I can walk you home if you'd like." Zack offered.

"You don't have to."

"I insist!"

"Alright." I said laughing a bit.

He dried his hands and walked over to me.

"Are you ready?"

"I think so."

"Okay, I will be back in a bit mom."

"Okay! Bye Myira! See you later!"

"Bye! Thank you so much for everything!"

"Ofcourse!"

Zack headed towards the door, I followed.