Dreamland (Includes the Sequel)

Chapter 18: Hidden Content

November 11 2018 11h12pm 

Crystal: H-hi,I mean hi

I can see my coworkers drooling besides me. Antoine's hair are now pretty long and luscious. He must put some sort of oils in his hair or something, they're so shiny. They are now in his back. He still doesn't have a beard. One other thing that has changed is that he's now wearing a dark blue silk blouse. It looks like he's trying to make a good impression for his first day. Him who's used to wear his black clothes everyday. Wow, he's changed so much. He looks more fancy and less evil, but he's just as serious as before. There he is, typing some stuff on his cellphone like a boss. Taking calls. It just looks weird to me. I don't know. Why him? Plus, he's a Darkanen. Should I laugh or cry? I haven't seen the guy in more than a year and here he is now, at the club, as my new boss. Antoine barely pays Antoine to me. He's really here as a professional. It's like he forgot about me completely. Or maybe it's just a game to him too, who knows? 

Branden: Hello Crystal, how's...

Antoine: Back to work 

Mary: Ouf, goddam peanut butter & jam. That guy ain't gonna be easy to work with eh? 

Branden: Nope. Let's hope for the best. 

It eventually goes to Antoine's ears during the night that I have a baby and he doesn't react. Is it because we're always surrounded by people and we're never alone? I never get the chance to be alone with him. Is it always gonna be like that? How does he feel about me? What if he happens to be my baby's father? I still don't know the exact answer. 

The rest of the night goes as usual. Nothing was really different than usual. Antoine was in his office. I was bartending. Branden is playing tonight. That's it. 

November 12 2018, 6h13 am 

I have the day off today. Same for Babe. We decide to have a family day. In the morning, before everyone gets up, I listen to soothing music in my room and make myself an essential oil blend for the heart chakra with some crystals in it, some hobby I started about a year ago. I also make one for pain based with helichrysum and lavender. Yes, I'm that new age type of gal. I like how aromatherapy and the herb properties makes me feel. It soothes the body and soul. Same for the crystals, I don't know, maybe it's just in my head as some would say but it makes me feel good. 

Then, I hop on my laptop to continue my story Dreamland. I probably don't have much time left before the others wake up. Ti-Beeby is usually an early bird. I write a part about Ti-Beeby coming into the world, then the time when Antoine became my boss. The rest belongs to the future and is still a mystery. Ti-Beeby chose that specific time to wake up too. 

It's now 7h35. I feed the baby and make some eggs and toasts. Babe probably smelled it from his room cause he gets up. 

Babe: Mmmm smells good here. 

He knows I'm not good at cooking, so he takes over and makes some fancy French toasts. I must admit that I already did some strawberry-banana pancakes and one time I did some orange creamsicle rolled pancakes when I was living alone. But the thing is, I'm just not a good cook. I don't even know how to cook, to be honest, I don't have it in me. It was good though. It was my own recipe too, I invented it. My mushroom parmesan garlic pasta was awesome too. But I leave the cooking stuff to Babe and I take care of cleaning.   

I find living together hard. I mean the suite is big enough, but I'm used to my privacy. We had to move in together for the baby and I'm still not used to it. We kept our rooms separate though. Today, we plan on going for a walk with the baby, We need to do a little shopping, There's some things we need to do at home too. It's not really a vacation day for us. I hop into the shower and when I get out, Nathan is here, playing with Audrey.