Dinner With Mr. Ferguson.

"Well good morning, did you sleep well?" Courtney asked.

"I slept okay." Allie shrugged.

Courtney nodded with some concern on her face.

"I'm going to make pancakes once I get Kayla and Jake up, you want chocolate chips or blueberries?" Courtney asked.

"Chocolate chip." Allie said befoee looking at Courtney's face. "What?"

Courtney nodded again then looked at Allie when she asked her a question.

"I'm just worried about you, that's all. I hate seeing you so upset." Courtney said.

” I'll get over it. Who cares about that douchebag anyways?” Allie said, obviously lying to herself. ”Would you like me to help you?”

"Trust me, I have experience, you don't get over your first love easily. It may be hard but once you admit to that you'll feel better and you'll be able to move on." Courtney said.

She then smiled softly.

"Sure, if you're up to it." Courtney said.

Allie grinned, "I think I can handle pancakes Madré."

"Alright, do me a favor and take Max downstairs and I'll meet you down there in a few minutes so we can get started." Courtney said as she handed Max over to Allie before heading into Jake's room.

Allie nodded, ”Okay.” She said before taking Max with a smile and playing with him as they walked downstairs.

Max smiled back at Allie as they played together then hugged her.

"I wuve you." Max said.

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It took a few minutes for Courtney to get Jake out of bed then got Kayla up before she headed towards the stairs.

"Can we have waffles?" Jake asked.

"We're having pancakes." Kayla said stubbornly.

"I can make both, you both don't start." Courtney said.

Allie smiled softly as she hugged him back. ”I love you to.” Allie said.

Once Courtney made it downstairs she smiled at Allie and Max then headed towards the kitchen. She grabbed two mixing bowls then started on the pancake and waffle batters.

Allie sat down at the kitchen table with Max on her lap. ”So, what would you like me to do?”

"Um...start on the eggs and hash browns please." Courtney said, grabbing ingredients for the two batters out of the fridge.

”Okay.” Allie said as she placed Max on the floor before washing get hands and preparing the food.

Courtney put all the ingredients into the two bowls before turning on the mixers. She then grabbed some bacon some the fridge and a pan from the cabinet under the stove. After getting the bacon going she turned on the coffee machine.

Allie started to mix up the eggs after she shredded the potatoes for the hash browns.

When the batter was done Courtney put the waffle one into the waffle maker and drops of the pancake batter into a pan.

"You want some fruit for breakfast Allie?" Courtney asked as she opened the fridge.

Allie turned her head to Courtney once she heard her name. Allie nodded in response to her question, "Yes please."

Allie wasn't really in a mood for talking today. She was still getting over the blowout that happened the night before. She was still in shock that Jason would be such a douche bag to her mother and her. She would feel better if he wasn't hot. He wasn't as attractive before but now he was sexy, and now he was gone. She wrote her songs, told herself that she was strong and she would get over it, she TRIED to wear a bright smile, but she just couldn't get him out of her head.

Courtney took out the fruit tray that was in the fridge then put it on the table. She walked over to the cabinets afterwards and grabbed some plates as well as the cups. When she was setting the table Courtney noticed how quiet Allie was.

"Are you okay?" Courtney asked.

Allie jumped in shock after placing the finished eggs on their plate.

”Huh?” Allie asked.

"Just asked if you were okay, you're way too quiet. That's not like you." Courtney said.

"Oh..." Allie shook her head, "I'm fine, don't worry. Okay?"

Courtney looked at Allie unconvinced, she would always worry about Allie no matter what. She was her daughter. Not wanting to make her upset though Courtney decided it would probably be best to drop it, Allie would open up when she was ready to.

"Okay."