Part
I:
In
a blink of an eye, Sky was right next to me and pushed the door closed. I
guessed as much. He was staring at me with wide eyes. “Holy mother of Go – ”
“Our birthday? Very subtle, Sky.”
His jaw dropped. “How did you – ” I
laughed. “Not part of the deal.” I practically flew over to the couch and
retrieved the package. He just shook his head and turned back to the device –
changing the pass, I thought smugly. I waited until he was done before I opened
it.
“A snow globe?”
He sat on the couch heavily. “No,
Ryne. A notebook.” I threw a pillow at him lightly while he chuckled. It was a
pretty snow globe. There was a castle in the middle and the snow was fluffing
up and down and returning to the base of the globe. And the I saw letters on
the foundation of the castle, right in front of it.
“My name?” I exclaimed disbelievingly. Maybe I
had too much ice cream. “I’ll bet there are many more Rynes around the world,
but yeah, that is you.” he responded. The four letters of my name were in an
elegant italic font and it was colour blue.
Sky blue.
I raised an eyebrow at him. “The
colour?” he matched my tone and raised his own eyebrow. “Nice, isn’t it?” I
rolled my eyes at him, though I can’t help but smile. “Thank you.” He shrugged
it off with a wink. “It was supposed to be a surprise, but you being you, I
can’t do anything.” I laughed. “I’ll take that as a compliment.” I paused
before saying, “I thought it was for Xavia.”
He
turned to me, a million-dollar smile on his face. “Don’t worry. You still have
a place in my heart.” I threw the pillow at him, but he caught it, laughing. Ha
ha. He can laugh all he wants, darn it. He spoke again,
“Xav’s more like a sister to me – ”
“Crush? Nice going, Sherlock – ”
“I’m serious! Trust me when I say that
I know if it’s love.”
Samantha.
Should I ask him? Five days ago, I
wouldn’t have hesitated. But if you look at the grand picture, Sky has done
nothing but to make me feel comfortable as possible in spite of this bizarre
situation.
I looked at his green eyes
unsuspectingly, seeing in my mind’s eye how it would darken and look in deep
agony when I brought the subject up. Damn this.
No, it wasn’t worth it.
Part II:
Part II:
I got out of the shower, feeling
stress-free and contented. Well, almost.
I was drying my hair, observing Sky put on his socks and shoes. The guy looks
like he’s going to attend a bloody prom! He’s jaw-dropping. “Err, where are you
going?” he grinned. “We’re going out.” Oh, that’s funny.
“We?”
“Actually, we’re moving places – we
can’t stay on one place for too long, it’s not – ”
“Safe,
I know. Should I dress up?”
He shrugged, standing up. “If you
like. You don’t have to though. But this,” he waved to his turtleneck attire
that emphasized his masculine body. “This is necessary.” This guy’s ego is
beyond salvation. I replied to him in a sweet mocking voice, “Oh, of course it
is, Sky honey. We should make another receptionist fall in love with you, don’t
we?” He actually grimaced. I laughed, “It was a joke!” He chuckled and said,
“Yeah, I know. I just need some nice clothes to work wonders with the feminine
population.” I can’t help rolling my eyes but I can see what he means.
“I’m going to go get Zombie.” he
started for the door. This guy is definitely driving me up the wall. I never
knew we had a zombie.
“Sky, I think you had too much
enchiladas. What the hell is with zombies?”
“Huh? I meant your dog.”
Zombie? He’d better be joking.
“How the hell did you get the word
‘zombie’ from ‘Dash’?”
He just shook his head. “Nah, I’m too
lazy to explain.” Then he went out of the room. I just gritted my teeth in
annoyance, then I turned to the set of clothes spread over the bed. There
wasn’t much choice and –
“I have another set of clothes on my
backpack!” Sky called out before I heard the clicking of a closed door and the
beep of the installed device. Yes, always the gentleman. I turned to his
backpack and dumped the contents into the bed. I thought that they were a mess, but I saw the neatly arranged pile
become a real mess as I
unceremoniously tipped the backpack upside down. Oops.
Later, I thought. I searched the pile for
something suitable and found a dress.
Lord, help me. I would never spare a
dress a second glance before – Sky must’ve been drugging me. I shook the crazy
idea from my mind and spread out the apparel. The design included a below the
knee lavender colour. Just plain colour. And only one strap.
One. Strap.
Yes, it was a thick one but dude, not
cool. I debated for full five minutes, staring at the five-centimetre thing.
Then I thought of Sky’s face when he sees me in this outfit. My pursed lips
slowly morphed into a smile.
Sky’s making his way towards the door – I can already hear the beeping from his high-tech skirmish to open the door from the outside. I almost cowered and considered abandoning this childish plan but the doorknob started twisting. Like it’s signalling the start of my doom.
Calm down, moron.
I heard Sky say before he was even
inside the suite, “Ryne, your dog can sure sleep a lot…” his voice trailed away
as he saw me. I looked in his surprised green eyes and raised both eyebrows.
“This thing had only one strap, but
it’s worth it.” I heard familiar barking, then I saw Dash bounding up to me. My
eyes seemed to pop out of their sockets with joy. “Dashy! I missed you too, boy!” I hugged him as I ruffled his soft
fur. I looked at Sky – who, I’m pleased to say, was rather eyeing me like he
was seeing me in a different light.
Maybe he was.
“Err,” I started, “you look – ”
“You look beautiful.”
My heart skipped a beat and I tried to
ignore it – as well as the butterflies in my stomach when he started to smile.
He said this before, right? It doesn’t make any difference this time, I told
myself firmly. I just put on a dress for God’s sake, like the other day. And I
had time to tame my unruly hair for a bit and arranged the clothes back to
Sky’s backpack. That’s all.
“Thank you.” I replied
timidly. Some evil genius I was. My plan backfired. Hard. He smiled still. “Let’s pack and hit the road.”
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