Haven

Twenty-One

" Rise and shine. "

"What ?"I woke up abruptly to the sound of Dmitry's voice and the intense rays of sun hitting my face. "Dmitry, please. "

" Graciella, you've been asleep for twelve hours, that's not healthy at all."

Twelve hours? How was that even possible and what was Dmitry doing at my house.? I got out of my covers and winced when I felt my head throb.

"Here you go " Dmitry walked towards me and handed me two pills and a bottle of water that was on my nightstand.

"Why does my head hurt so bad?" I popped open the bottle of pills and took two. " And why on earth am I in Emiliano's house?"

"Seriously? You don't remember ?"

"Remember?" When bits and pieces of what happened started to come back to my memory my first instinct was to scream and cry.

"No, no, no, " My phone was next to my pillow and unlocked it. First of all, it was twelve in the afternoon and there were close to a hundred missed calls from Thiago and a few from Emiliano. " This can't be happening, that didn't happen. "

" Okay first, you to relax," Dmitry said squatting in front is me.

"Where are Jayana and Anny?" I asked suddenly worried because I couldn't remember how we separated.

"Safe and in their rooms."

I covered my face with my palms and shook my head vigorously. " Thiago's going to kill me, and Emiliano."

"Relax Graciella, I'm sure you can talk it out as usual. "

" You don't understand, " I said. " I kissed him like a maniac. "

"Wow," he said wide-eyed as he chortled. " Now I wish I was the one who brought you to your room. "

"This is not funny Dmitry."

"Okay look," he began but laughed some more. " Emiliano should be downstairs right now having his lunch. You can go and apologise to him before he gets back to his office," he said while walking to the door. " I have to get to work now. I only took a break to check in on you and bring you some fresh clothes. "

" Thank you," I said noticing the clothes on top of the wooded drawers and he winked at me before walking away. I got up slowly from my bed because my head still ached badly. I walked to the bathroom that was once mine and was thankful to find it was stocked with unopened toothbrushes and toothpaste. After brushing my teeth, I took a quick bath and put on the black sweatpants and white t-shirt Dmitry brought me. I noticed they still had their tags on then indicating that they were brand new and I was surprised that he got my size right.

As I walked downstairs I could hear Emiliano's voice from the dining room. I wasn't expecting to find him sitting next to Anny as they both ate their lunch and conversed.

"........that actually what my final year project is based on. But I'll be writing the program in C++. Hopefully, I'll be getting more than a C+ if you know what I mean," I heard Anny say amid their conversation and Emiliano chuckled understanding whatever the heck she was talking about.

" You know smart and reveller is a weird combination on someone, " Emiliano said.

When I walked in they both looked up at me and Anny greeted me with a smile. " Gracie, you're finally awake."

"Yes, I am," I responded standing at the far end of the dining table. Not that it was that lengthy anyway.

"Graciella, " Emiliano said my name in a cool and eloquent manner. " Here I was thinking you'd wake up after the eve of new year's. "