Chapter 16
Sandra
woke up to the smell of bacon and eggs, to which she saw Alex, bent over, deep
in concentration. This would be the second time he cooked them breakfast,
except this time she was planning on actually eating it. It almost seemed like
they were married.
Sandra
got dressed and walked over to where Alex was, which was when she saw the
shopping bags.
“What’s
all this?”
Alex
had been concentrating on cooking and hadn’t even heard Sandra get up. He
turned and faced her, “Well, for one thing, we were out of food, which is an
essential element in living,” he took the food over to the table. “And second,
we’ve been wearing the same clothes for the past four days. I thought you might
like a change.”
Sandra
stared at him for a moment before throwing her arms around him and giving him a
quick kiss on the cheek. She pulled back a bit, still keeping her arms around
him, “Thank you so much,” she absently kissed him on the mouth. As she looked
at his eyes, she knew he wasn’t trying to impress her or anything, he was just
doing what he thought was needed. It just happened to be really sweet. She
hugged him again, he had no idea how badly she wanted to change clothes.
“You
know the food’s going to get cold,” Alex wasn’t comfortable with all the thanks
he was getting, it wasn’t something he was used to.
They
ate in silence, both stealing glances at the other. Finally, while cleaning up
the dishes, Alex spoke. “We’re leaving today.”
Sandra
stared at him, it wasn’t that she thought that they were going to stay here
forever, but she thought they would stay for a few days at least.
“But
it’s safe here, nobody knows we’re here.”
Alex
looked at her, she was being naïve of course, but he understood her want to
stay here. It was something familiar, a place that reminded her of her family.
He completely understood that, what he wouldn’t do to be reminded of what his
family was like and not just some distant memory.
“Listen,”
his voice was sympathetic. “We have to keep moving until we get to
Sandra
nodded her head and went to have a shower before they left. As the water ran
over her head, she couldn’t have been farther away. A piece of her dream kept
playing over and over in her head:
Sandra
lay awake in her bed, staring at the ceiling, counting the endless dots that
ran in a chaotic pattern. She feels something pass over her arm, causing the
hair on her arms to stand up. She turns her head to see Alex looking at her, he kisses her, rolling her on top of him. They rip off
each others clothes, without breaking contact. Before either knows what is
happening, they plunge deep into each other and…
Sandra
shook her head and took a deep breath, she studied her surroundings. She was
still in the bathroom, in the shower.
The
more she thought of that dream, the stronger it got, she literally had to hold
herself up or else she was afraid that her knees might collapse beneath her.
She looked out at the door, secretly hoping Alex would come through and…
She
banged her fist against the shower wall, ‘I must have a death wish,’ she said
to herself, turning the water to cold.
