Hostage

Chapter 33 - Not every hello is a goodbye

The sun was beaming through the glass, glowing upon Zoey's slumbering body. The covers were draped over her waist, one leg was poked out of the cover. She had her leg wrapped around a pillow pretending the pillow was Jason. She tossed and turned all night knowing Jason wasn't there cuddling with her. When she was hot, she would poke one leg out of the cover and leave one in. If she was too hot or too cold, she couldn't sleep.

Zoey's mouth was wide open as she was sleeping. Soft snores emitted from her mouth as she inhaled. The sound of her phone was vibrating on the table, making a loud buzzing noise awake her. Zoey moaned and groaned, reaching for her phone, still with her eyes closed until she had the phone up to her face. As she opened her eyes, the sun burned her eyes as she opened them. Zoey squinted trying to make her phone screen clear. 

Zoey slid the answer button of her phone and waited for the facetime call to connect. She didn't mind being woken up by Jason, even if she was really tired. She just wanted to hear his voice and see his face.

Jason popped up onto her screen. Zoey was sitting up in bed, still half asleep.Jason was walking as he was talking, the sound of his luggage rolling behind him lingered into Zoey's ears. "Good morning love." Jason said with a slight smile on his face. "Did you sleep good?" 

Zoey let out a big yawn. "Not really, since you weren't with me.. did you?" Zoey asked in a raspy sleepy tone. "Yeah, I slept great. I had a cuddle buddy." Zoey raised her eyebrows at his words. "And who was that?" 

"Don't worry, it was just this little princess right here." Jason motioned the camera towards Abby. Abby waved with a grin, and was not shy at all. Zoey nodded and smiled back at the little girl. "Awh, she is so cute." Zoey rubbed her eyes, and took down her hair that was in a ball ontop of her head, well... was a ball since it was falling down.

"What's your name?" Zoey said messing with her bristle that was sticking up. "My name is Abby, and you're Zoey, Jason told me you were a princess." Zoey blushed at her words. "Did he now?" 

"Yeah, he even told me that he was gonna marry you one day." Jason took the camera away from Abby and interuppted her before she could say anything else. "I think that's enough Abby." Abby's mother was walking behind her as Jason and her were hand in hand. 

Jason's cheeks began to tinge red as Zoey stared back into the camera into his hazel brown orbs. "I miss you." Jason said flipping his messy hair out of his face since he couldn't use his hands because they were all being used. One, for Abby's tiny hand, and the other for holding his phone. Abby was rolling Jason's luggage for him since she wanted to hold his hand.

"I miss you too." Zoey's cheeks tinged red at his words. He seemed so much cuter on camera, his eyes were more vibrant than ever. "I got to go love, I just wanted to check on you." Zoey nodded. "Okay, See you soon. I love you." Zoey paused before saying it back. "I love you too." Two sudden beeps ended the call as he pressed the end button to the facetime call. 

Abby's mother, Anna, was walking closer to Jason and Abby since he was off of the phone. "Jason, where are you headed after this?" Anna asked, rubbing her elbow with her palm. Jason trailed his tongue along his lips and looked down into Abby's gaze. 

"Well I have some things to do, and some stuff to take care of." Anna nodded at his words. "Well, if you are ever in town again, just give us a call, Abby would love to see you again." Anna handed Jason a card with her name on it and a number. Jason scanned the card and slipped it into his back pocket, keeping it in mind.

Jason bent down on his knees down to Abby's size. He had her hands in his, gently caressing the top with his thumb. Abby's eyes were glowing as she stared at him, and as he stared back. "I guess this is goodbye princess."  Abby pouted her lips and hugged Jason's neck, burying her nose into it. Jason's arms swallowed Abby's body as he embraced her tightly. "I'm gonna miss you." Abby murmured into Jason's neck.