“Hey,
till when are you going to keep sleeping?” his voice was a light whisper in my
ear. I sat up almost immediately. I was feeling a little light headed but it
could just be because of too much sleep. I’ve been lazing around a lot lately.
I
look around the dimly lit room and yawn. The curtains were halfway closed,
which gave me more reason to continue sleeping. I was about to lie back on the
pillow when Robin carried me into his arms and dragged me away from the comfy
bed.
I
sigh. “Put me down…” I honestly am in no mood to talk.
“No.”
“Robin,”
I say a little louder. “Put me down.”
“You’re
getting too lazy. We’re going back next week you know. Isn’t there anything you
want to do?”
He
puts me down on the sofa and hands me hot cocoa and puts a box of my favorite
cakes with pink frostings on the table. I feel a little more awake then. “There
are a lot of things I want to do.”
He
smiles, and it gives me a strange feeling of happiness and boldness. His smiles
are getting too contagious. I take a sip of my cocoa as I go through the list
of things I could do with Robin today.
“I
want to ride a bicycle and enjoy the sea breeze. I want to sit under the shade
of a tree after that, and eat ice-cream…”
“That’s
it?”
I
smile as I take a bite of the cake. “Of course not.”
For
some reason, he starts laughing. “What’s funny?” I ask.
“You
got frosting on your nose and it’s all over your lips.”
Oh
great…I shrug, trying to act as casual as possible. “I don’t see how this is
funny.”
He
sits next to me and pushes my hair away from my face. His hands gently brush my
cheeks and the next thing I know; he’s licking the frosting off my lips. I feel
my whole body stiffen. I start feeling the heat creep to my body.
“Hmm…it
does taste good,” he says. I’m pretty sure he’s smiling. I stand up abruptly,
causing him to laugh. Yes, very funny. What a great husband I have here…
“I
was just going to the bathroom you know…”
“Wait,
you still have frosting on-”
“I
can take care of that myself, thank you,” I say as I run to my room and lock
the door. Any minute and my damn heart will fall out. It’s beating way too hard
at the moment. If I’m that weak against Robin, then how can I handle myself
around him? Ever since when have I become like this anyway?
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Meanwhile --------------------- Gabriel’s POV
“What
are you talking about?” I ask Jessie as she makes her way towards me. She looks
different from when I last saw her. Her long straight brown hair was put up
into a neat ponytail. She was wearing an over the knee black strapless dress
and had a black leather jacket on. I couldn’t help but notice that she had two
guys in black standing just a few feet away from her.
“Come
back home with me Gabriel. Please…” she said again. We were standing in the
middle of the airport with me dumbly looking at her.
“Let
me guess…my father sent you?” I say bitterly. Honestly, I couldn’t believe it
because in the past 2 years I always thought of her as a friend…an amazing one
at that, because it felt as if she understood me and her bubbly personality
made me happy to have her around. True, I only saw her once a month in these 2
years but I still trusted her.
“I’m
sorry Gabriel, but…”
I
raised a hand to stop her. “That’s enough. Go back; I don’t want to see you ever again.”
The
hurt in her eyes were obvious but she still managed to crack a smile. “I can’t
go back without you…”
“Whatever…just
stay away from me,” I turned to leave, but she grabbed my arm.
“I
can’t stay away from you either.” I pull my hand away from hers. No way am I going
back to that hell of a house.
“Why?!
Why can’t you come back? Give me a good reason at least…”
I
stopped for a moment, hesitating but I can’t afford losing now…can I? My life
in the past…is gone. I don’t need it anymore…I don’t need to remember, because
all it brings is hatred.
“I
will bring you back! You just wait Gabriel. Joe, take my stuff to the new
house.”
“What?!”
this time I turned and the look on her face just said everything. She’s really
serious about staying here and she’s stubborn about it. Her two bodyguards
started carrying the 4 huge suitcases outside.
“I
already rented the house in front of yours. So, we’ll be neighbors.”
“Who
are you exactly?” I ask. “Till when are
you planning to stay?”
“I’m
Jessica Mason. My family works with yours in the new project about the-”
“Yea,
yea…not interested. Why are you here to get me? Why would you?”
“Well,
why won’t you come back home?”
“None
of your business…”
She
runs her hand through my hair and starts ruffling it. For a moment I feel like a
stupid kid. She smiles. How could this girl have managed to trick me in these
two damn long years?
“Jess…”
“Hmmm…?
“You
can stop now,” I say, and she lets her hand fall to her side. My hair must be
sticking out in odd angles now. I didn’t seem to care much though. “How is he?
Father I mean.”
“Oh
he’s fine. A little worried and stressed out over you maybe,” she says. “Hey, I
got some amazing new games. Wanna play?” her bright green eyes lit up as she
said that.
“I
won’t go back with you,” I say as she wraps her hand around my arm and we both
make our way to the car. Jessie…she’s not someone I can stay mad at for too
long. Besides I did kind of expect father to have sent someone to look over me
anyway.
Maybe
the day that I would have to go back will be soon...
