My Reward; His Punishment

THE STORE HOUSE

I wake up at the voice of somebody in the other room. My eyes are struggling to shut down and I notice that I am sleeping next to Hannah in her room. I quickly get up when I see him walking through the corridor towards his room. I check the time on the wall clock and it's 6.

Thank God.

"Hey, you up?" He stands on door with a plate full of food in his hands.

"Yeah..." I say quietly and walk to him so that Hannah may not wake up.

"I didn't realise when I slept off." I tell him nervously as we both stand in the corridor. I just hope that he hasn't changed the plan of going with me. I want to go with him, Jesus!

I remember after he went off, I called Winnie and she came over to help me select the dress. She chose a red gown for me though I insisted to wear blue because it's his favorite color. But she said she didn't like that pattern on blue gown and we didn't have much time for ordering or produce one. I remember after she left, I brought Hannah back from school and played along with her until I fell asleep with her. Yeah, I was so excited to kill the time.

"When did you come?" I ask him, checking if my lips don't have any drool left on them.

"Two hours ago. I was in the Lab." He answers. "I am not getting my small Generator."

"Oh, it's in the closet on the rooftop store house." I tell him, yawning and he looks at me in awe. Realisation hits me the other moment to the s**t I spoke up.

"I mean safe house." I correct myself and he chuckles making me chuckle too.

"That's my safe house!" He says, so cutely pouting his lips.

"Yeah, it just resembles a*****e house!" I joke and he laughs again.

"So you've not changed your plan to come with me tonight, right?" He asks all of a sudden. Am I running out of my mind today? Why would I do that on this planet?

"No. I've decided what would I wear too!" I blurt out, again yawning. I need to stop yawning because I am speaking s**t.

"Oh. What color?" He asks unexpectedly. What makes him ask of the color?

"Amm..red." I answer hesitatingly since it isn't blue.

"Great, I think you should go for it now. It's gonna take you more than an hour, right?" He teases, c*****g an eyebrow.

"No idea." I shrug and he grins.

"That's how women are. You know Anne, she used to take two full hours to get all..." He stops, at once, the moment he realises his words and my heart stops too the moment her name reaches my ear.

He looks at me with his apologetic eyes. He should have known that I respect his views that he loves Anne yet, but does he need to take her name in front of me?

"I'll go and get ready." I excuse and start walking away.

"I am sorry, Jane..." He begins making me freeze.

"No, it's okay. I am absolutely fine. It's all o-okay." I speak, trying my best to hide my emotions and he opens his mouth to speak something again but I walk away, mentally groaning.

I'm not jealous of Anne but it's just so inconsolable because all I care about is him.