Livid Love

"You Think I'm Beautiful?"

 I wipe the crust out from the corner of my eye as I prop myself onto my elbow. I squint and look around, I'm in Mary and James sitting room. There's only a few glowing coals left in the fire and there's one small lamp in the corner lighting up the room. There's no one in here, they must all be gone to bed. I check my watch and see the time light up '3:12am', i look at the date and it tells me that I've been asleep for a good 27 hours. It all comes flooding back to me, the mission, Hassan, getting stabbed. I slide my legs out of bed and stand up, I suddenly feel violently sick as I slap a hand to my mouth to prevent anything from getting out. I quietly run to the bathroom and spit into the toilet.            

I turn to the sink and drink from the tap, I wipe my mouth and look at myself in the mirror, my eye bags are huge but my hair is in a neat plait down my back, I don't remember having it like that. Someone must've done it for me while I was out. I cringe at myself as I imagine who I'm thinking of braiding my hair, there's no way he knows how to do it so neatly. Maybe Mary did it.

I hear a door open somewhere in the house and multiple people walking inside. They're chatting  loudly and I hear someone start to walk down the hall, I freeze and look at the open doorway as Ghost walks in, clearly very drunk.

"Ah my girl you're awake, I thought u were dead!" He throws up his hands in celebration 

"Ghost you're drunk, go to bed"

"Nahhh I'm not, beautiful" 

I freeze as he says that

"You think I'm beautiful?"

"Sure, who doesn't love?" I see his eyes smile through the mask as he laughs

His eyes linger on me for a second longer and next thing he's waddles over to the shower and he turns it on, he pulls off his top and throws it at me,

"You can keep that, I spilled vodka on it"

"I'm ok you can just wash it"

"Sure sure"

right as he's about to pull down his pants, Soap walks into the bathroom,

"Ohh wee lass, are you havin' a shower with my boy?" He's also very drunk

"What no!" I feel my face start to blush

"Yes you are, you're blushing!" He puts one hand on the sink

"Shut up" I say as I brush past him trying to hide my smile.

I hear him laugh as I close the door to our bedroom, I sit on my bed about to check my phone when I feel something sticking into my side, I get up and see there's a packet of sweets with a small note taped onto it. It reads

Your favourite x

-Ghost

I smile and open the plastic wrapper. Skittles, my favourite. I finish the packet and walk to the kitchen with Ghosts top in my hand, Alejandro, Price, Gaz and Soap are sitting at the table laughing at Prices dad Jokes

"Hey Soap I have a good one for you, what do you call it when you get soap in your mouth while singing in the shower?"

"I don't know, tell me"

"A soap opera"

Alejandro does his signature hand slap on the table while uncontrollably laughing. I let out a small chuckle while I walk over to the washing machine and put Ghosts top in there for him and turn it on.

"You're awake!" Says Gaz as they all turn around to face me

"We thought you'd never wake" says Alejandro sarcastically 

"We'll here I am" I say smiling 

I'm really hungry, I open the press to get some cereal and take out some cornflakes and some milk from the fridge, I make myself a bowl and start to walk over to the table with everyone, I just reach my chair when a wave of dizziness washes over me, I drop my bowl onto the floor, causing milk and cornflakes to spill everywhere, I fall onto my hands and knees and I look up to see Ghost offering me his hand and pulling me up, I groan and fully stand up while assessing the situation

"It's ok I'll clean it up, you go to bed" says Ghost, he lifts up my hand and kisses it while looking into my eyes.

"OOOOOOOO" says everyone

I blush extremely pink and laugh a little at his gesture, drunk Ghost is a hopeless romantic, and I'm secretly living for it.

I close the door to our room and jump onto my bed smiling, I almost want to kick my legs, but I resist. I can't let myself fall for him. 

About an hour later when I'm about to fall asleep, I hear the door open and softly close, I pretend to be asleep as I feel Ghosts presence beside my bed, I crack open my eyes the tiniest bit to see him squatting down on his knees to my height beside my face, he doesn't do anything, he just looks, examines, he's unreadable. After a few seconds he stands back up, walks over to his bed and gets under his covers.

"Ghost"

"I thought you were asleep"

"Did you plait my hair"

...

"Yes"

"You're good at it"

"Thanks sweetheart"

My heart melts

I fall asleep soon after