Falling In Love with Peter Ballard.

CHAPTER FOUR: The Empty Bathroom.

September 13th 1978.

Anastasia's POV
Today Peter and I are going into the void to see my mother. I am very nervous for a number of reasons. First of all, I haven't seen my mother in years and I feel like I will see something I don't want to see. Secondly, I'll be alone with Peter again. Thirdly, I feel like Papa will somehow find out about us doing this. And lastly, I'm just anxious.

I woke up around an hour ago, but I've just been laying in bed thinking about what could happen today. A knock at my door snapped me out of my thoughts.

"Come in." I looked down at my chest to make sure I was covered up enough before sitting up.

In came Peter, "Are you ready, love?"

"Oh uh not really. I still need to get dressed and such." I blushed slightly and raised my eyebrows from what he called me. The last time he called me love was when we were in the rainbow on my first day..

He waved his hand in front of my face, "Are you okay?"

"Yes...why?" I asked sheepishly while looking at him.

He dropped his hand to the side of him, "You zoned out for a second."

"Sorry. I guess I'm still tired." I laughed a little and pushed the covers away, standing up.

His eyes scanned my body. I was only wearing a silk nightie. His face turned a bright pink as he moved his gaze away from me, clicking his tongue against the top of his mouth. I looked down at my body and blushed madly before sitting back down on my bed.

I looked up at him and blushed more from the smirk on his face, "Sorry.."

"No its fine, love." He chuckled lightly, "I'll meet you in the staff bathroom on the other side of this floor then, yeah?"

I raised my eyebrows, "Why that bathroom?"

"Papa doesn't go near there. Or really anyone else, usually only security uses it on their break. Plus we should be done before their break I assume." He explained to me.

I nodded a little, "Right. Okay I should be there soon."

He said a quick okay before leaving my room. I smacked my forehead lightly before getting out of bed and making it. Then I went to my dresser and grabbed a casual shirt since I'm not working today and a pair of pants, quickly changing into them. I brushed my hair and pinned the front pieces to the back. I made my way out my room and started walking to where Peter was.

Nerves filled my stomach. While walking, I thought about what my mother looked like. Has she changed a lot? Will I even recognize her? Is she even living in Hawkins? If she is, will it be the same house I grew up in? Then I made it to the bathroom. I took a deep breath and walked inside.

"Peter...?" I asked quietly while walking into the dark bathroom.

He peeked his head out from a back, big stall, "In here." I sighed in relief and walked over to him.

"Are you sure no one will come in here?" I shut the stall door behind me and sat on the floor across from him.

He nodded and looked at me, "Very sure. If you're going to overthink then try and use your hearing in here while we're in the void."

"I'll try. Do you have blindfolds? Or are we going in with just our eyes closed." I placed my hands in my lap.

He looked down at his pocket as he pulled out two handkerchiefs, "Surprisingly I remembered to bring these."

"Well that's good because I didn't even think of them before I got here." I laughed a little and grabbed one of them as he held them out to me.

He smiled softly and folded it before loosely hanging it around his neck. I did the same thing and let out a deep breath, "If I'm going to be honest, I am very nervous."

"There's no need to, Anastasia. I'm sure your mother is fine and well. Besides we can leave anytime at any moment if you need to." His eyes softened a little as he looked at me.

I nodded a little, "Thank you, really. I have always been scared to do this."

"You're welcome, love." He smiled and put the handkerchief over his eyes.

I hesitated then put mine over my eyes then grabbed one of his hands. He gave my hand a light squeeze before rubbing his thumb against my hand gently, trying to calm some of my nerves.

3rd Person POV

The two sat in silence, trying to focus. Getting to the void with another person took time and a lot of focusing. The silence was loud. At least for Peter it was. Anastasia focused so hard she activated her hearing power and heard Peter's heartbeat, footsteps walking outside in the hallways, and water dripping from a faucet. She squeezed Peter's hand as nerves started building up more and more by the second. And he squeezed back. Then he grabbed her other hand, giving it a squeeze too. Now it wasn't just her turn to be nervous. He became nervous as well. And not about the void, but about her. Deep down the two knew they felt another feeling for each other, but no matter how hard they thought about it the more they told themselves it was nothing.

Then they opened their eyes and saw each other standing very close in complete darkness, still holding hands. Peter and Anastasia made it to the void. Together.

AUTHORS NOTE:

OKAY so I decided to split up this chapter and them in the actual void SORRY