Returned Home [13-Nowhere Boys]
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Felix peered up at the Riles house before back at his phone with the message from Sam that told him to be at Jake’s place that evening with a load of emoji’s that had Felix shaking his head.
“Felix! You got Sam’s message too?” Andy waved his arm in the air in greeting to Felix as the water element huffed up to the Riles house, his dark hair flopping in his face as he moved.
“Yeah along with an excess amount of emoji’s,” Felix said as he shoved his phone into his jean’s pockets as the two made their way up to the front door together. Andy had just only knocked when Sam ripped the door open and beamed at the two.
“You’re finally here! Come on in dudes! We are having a movie night!” Sam tugged Felix and Andy into the house, Andy laughing at Sam’s antics while Felix fondly rolled his eyes.
“Hey guys,” Jake greeted them as he looked up from setting down snacks, pillows, and blankets in the living room of his house.
“So what are we watching?” Andy asked excitedly as he dropped down onto the armchair and Felix plopped down into the empty space between Sam and Jake.
“Look!” Sam pointed at the television as the menu appeared and Felix covered his eyes with his hand dramatically.
“Why are we watching Twilight? Are you trying to make me want to gouge my eyeballs out?” Felix whined as he went to get up off the couch, but an arm wrapped around his waist.
“Gah!” Felix shouted in surprise as he was yanked backward onto the couch by Sam, he was tucked between the two jocks while Andy was still curled up on the spare chair.
“Oh no, you’re not going anywhere tonight.” Sam grinned as he adjusted his arm on Felix’s waist while Jake draped his arm over the Goth’s shoulders.
“Why this movie then?” Felix whined, subconsciously leaning into the heat excluding from both teens, propping his feet up onto the table in front of him.
“Because we figured that you would enjoy making fun of this movie more than watching any old movie,” Jake explained sounding smug.
“Why would you guys do that?” Felix looked at them, confusion was evident on his face.
“You’re our friend Felix and we noticed you looked a bit stressed lately,” Sam explained softly and Felix blinked slowly.
“I… I didn’t, I mean.” Felix stammered out, looking down at his hands that were resting on his lap.
“Just relax and watch the movie.” Sam nudged his shoulder against Felix’s.
“Alright, alright.” Felix gave them all a smile before they settled in for a night of making fun of Twilight.
Felix will admit it felt odd that he wasn’t doing this without Ellen, but the comments the other boys made were more creative than Felix first would have thought.
Sam snatched the remote off the coffee table about halfway through the movie and paused it on Bella’s face before turning a massive grin on Jake.
“What? What’s with the face?” Jake asked when he noticed the wide smile being pointed at him.
“Will you make us your world famous BLT’s?” Sam asked, fluttering his eyelashes making Felix and Andy laugh while Jake let out a dramatic groan and fell back against the couch.
“I don’t think they are world famous,” Jake grumbled as he rose from the sofa and headed towards the kitchen. Sam followed the taller teen like an eager puppy only causing Andy and Felix to laugh louder as they followed behind the two.
“It’s my mom’s favorite and I am a master of grilling the bacon perfectly,” Jake said as he moved methodically and by memory around the kitchen as he gathered what he needed to make the requested BLT’s, plus one for her mom when she got home from her double shift.
“I’ll believe it when I see it,” Felix said teasingly, chuckling when Jake playfully elbowed him while letting the butter melt on the heating pan.
“Ye of little faith,” Jake shook his spatula at the other three before falling into the zone while he cooked. He was thankful the others didn’t say much while he cooked and he realized it was nice. It was nice having others around him while he cooked, maybe he should break out that cookbook his aunt had gotten him a few years back and give cooking another shot.
“Ta-da,” Jake said smugly minutes later as he set the plate of perfect BLT’s down in front of his friends and began to wrap up another plate for his mom for when she got home.
“Jake,” Andy said in awe as he stared down at his sandwich in something like awe while Felix closed his eyes as he chewed slowly.
“This is amazing, legit the best BLT I’ve ever had dude!” Sam exclaimed with his usual excitement as he tore into his sandwich. Jake hid his blush in his own sandwich as the four of them ate at the table that separated the living room and the kitchen from each other.
“Well if football doesn’t work out for you, cooking is for sure in your future,” Felix commented idly and the other two made noises of agreement around their own mouthfuls of BLT’s.
“Thanks, guys,” Jake murmured as he took another bite and decided he would find that cookbook and give it another shot
Sarah Riles came home from her double shift and was greeted with the adorable sight of her son and his friends sleeping peacefully in the living room.
Jake had relaxed in the corner of the couch, arm draped over Felix’s shoulders, holding him close to his chest, the dark-haired boy was passed out on her son’s chest while Sam’s legs were dropped over the end of the couch and his head was resting on Felix’s lap. Felix’s right hand was tangled in Sam’s hair and his left hand was resting across Jake’s lap. Andy was curled up in the chair, a blanket tucked around him and a pillow shoved under his head as he softly breathed in his sleep.
Sarah smiled happily as she tip-toed across the room to grab the camera resting on the counter, she picked it up and took a photo of the boys fast asleep and made a note to start creating a photo album to document all these little moments.
Her Jake was good at sports but he hadn’t been the best at making friends who would last through thick and thin. Whatever happened in the forest while these four were lost changed all of them and it brought them closer together. It was odd nowadays to see one of them alone; they usually traveled together all four of them or paired off in two’s. Sarah made another mental note to ask the other three’s parent’s if they wanted copies of the photo’s and see if they had gotten any to add to a photo album.
Sarah smiled as she saw a BLT wrapped up with a sticky note with ‘mom’ written on it waiting for her in the fridge and dishes from the making of the sandwich soaking in the sink. Her Jake was truly one of a kind and she was glad people were finally seeing that.