Carrying The Devil's Child

Chapter 3. How Small A World Can Be

Prepare for a somewhat short chapter, but I need to keep things easy until we get to the bigger part of the story. So please just stay with me? Things will get better soon. :3

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Chapter 3. How Small A World Can Be

I almost burned my fingers pulling my toast out of the toaster. While waiting for the espresso machine to finish my morning cappuccino, I spread some Nutella on my toast. This was my favourite Saturday morning breakfast, including a casual chat with Ario.

"Can we talk about what you were doing in your room at the start of this week?" Or not. "I would have asked you sooner, if you hadn't been dodging me whenever we could be alone." I turned to him, crossing my arms. "You know that you are way to grown up for your age?"

He shrugged. "I'm sorry, it was just really scary to see you stare off in space like that and not noticing anything around you." Before I could say anything he rambled on and on about what it looked like when I was in my dimension travelling trance. He started preparing his own breakfast.

At some point he reached a point of my annoyance where I really had to shut him up. "Okay, I get you it. You're not fond of the idea of my zoning out. Can we talk about something else? What you did last night maybe?"

He looked deep into my eyes and lowered his voice to just above a whisper. Leaning over the table he continued talking about the subject. "You were definitely not just zoning out, your eyes were all white. You were completely gone from this world for a moment."I turned my head away. I don't like lying, like at all, but now I have to, for everyone's sake. "Listen, Ario, let's just forget it ever happened, that would be the best for everyone." But unfortunately he wouldn't let it go that easy. "But don't you need help or something?"

Tears started burning behind my eyes, I faced him and he was looking at me with nothing but worry in his eyes. "No Ario that thing you saw, that IS my help, now let it go and enjoy your breakfast."

After a slow and hesitant nod, he turned his attention to his tea and toast with scrambled egg. "So, how was your night out with your new friends Ana?" I bit in my toast, chewed and swallowed it before answering. "I had fun, lots. And we danced until we couldn't stand. How did you spend your Friday eveni-ahh."

Pain shot through my pelvis and I groaned in pain. "Good God, are you okay?" Within seconds Ario was on my side of the table, rubbing my lower back. "Yeah, this just happened, it will be over any second now." I doubled over until the pain subsided.

"When did this start?" Ario asked me while still rubbing my back. "Last night."

"Have you ever felt something like it before?" I shook my head and motioned him to go back to his seat. "Not until last night."

"Do you have any idea of what causes it?" I nodded. "Yes and maybe I should ask mom about it."

He nodded understandingly. "Yeah, if it is what I think it is, I can't help you with it. Not in the way mom can anyway." And now that is what I like about him, when something is wrong with me he doesn't need many words to understand me. And it's the other way around too. But he also wants to understand everything else and that gets on my nerves sometimes. And now that I know what can happen when I let my emotions take over control I need to be more careful about it.

Later that morning I called my mom. "Mom, where can I find your sanitary napkins?" I felt really awkward asking her that question. "Why sweetie, are you out?" With my free hand I started fiddling with the button of my blouse. "I uhm, sort of, never had any, because I never needed it until last night..." The other end of the line went silent for a second too long. "Sweetie, I'm coming home. You need me more now than my boss does."