above is just an aesthetic picture, cause, why not? *laughs in aesthetic that I'll never have*

I opened my eyes, just to see the sunlight blinding me.

I sat up, groaning, and rubbed my eyes. Why was that sun so damn bright?

Suddenly I remembered everything that happened last night, with the storm, the water thing, that awkward conversation with Carter, and then sleeping with Isabelle.

Riiight. Isabelle. I looked around to find Isabelle, but she wasn't there. I guess she left.

I blinked the sleep out of my eyes and then walked out of the room. No one was in their rooms, so I guess they were downstairs eating breakfast.

As soon as I walked downstairs and "made my arrival", everyone stared at me. What? Oh no. What if my hair looked bad? My hair always looked like a hurricane hit me when I woke up.
(A/N: I think I just described every girl's hair when they wake up lmao) Oh. OH. What if Carter saw me looking like this?! Wait, why did I care about what Carter saw? Wait. What?!

Aunt Jo's voice broke my thoughts and caused me to pay attention to everyone's stares again.

"Oce? Do you know what time it is?"

I shrugged. "No. Isn't it like 9 A.M. or something?"

Everyone stared at me like I was an alien. Seriously, what was going on?

Isabelle rolled her eyes and paid attention to her phone, Mom and Dad looked at me in concern, Aunt Jo was looking all worried, Jason was straight out staring at me, and Carter... I had no idea what Carter's expression was. He was not easy to read.

"Oceania... it's... 1 P.M. We're all eating lunch right now."

My jaw dropped. NO. WAY. I seriously slept throughout the entire morning? How tired was I? My god. Was it that water thing that drained my energy? The storm? This is bad. How am I not hungry? I just skipped breakfast. UGHHHH. I needed to stop doing this. Asking so many questions. It was giving me anxiety.

I flicked my forehead and then realized I was still standing in front of everyone. God. They must've thought I had gone crazy.

I looked at Carter again to see him chuckle and look at the ground smiling. Seriously, what was going on in that boy's head?

I sat on a chair and sighed. "Wow. You know what? No one tell me anything. Just, give me food."

Aunt Jo nodded and started preparing some lunch for me. Or breakfast. Or lunch. Brunch? Honestly, I had no idea.

I just sighed deeply and sulked in my chair. What a great way to start off the day.

A/N: Sooooooo....

he. he he.

ummmmmmmmmmmmmm..........

i know. I messed up. I haven't updated in like-

a million years. And I'm so so so so so so so so so so so so sorry! I left you guys waiting like this. I even promised in the last chapter to update soon. But I didn't. I'm shaking my head... at myself.

I deserve it honestly.

So, you can yell at me all you want in the comments.

ANYwAYs talking about the book... what do you think? I feel like my writing has gone rusty. (crusty musty dusty)

Oceania waking up at like 1? Even though we all do that? Hmmm... it's a bit sus. *among us music stars playing*

I'll leave you guys in suspense for now!

And don't worry, I'm actually going to start updating, for real now. Because my summer is starting in like 5 days!

baiiiii

- dogburger