One-shot Wonderland

The couch

So I got a sudden spring of inspiration and thought I'd let it out here.

Katrina and her boyfriend Peter get into an argument which leads to a little night separation.

"Hey sooo I was thinking we could maybe head back to my place?" The guys who's been harassing me for the better part of an hour suggests. He reeked of alcohol and the tone of his voice made it obvious that he was beyond drunk. Props to him for being able to stand up on his own and not stumble, I would've been like a baby deer.

"As I said before I'm not interested, I have a boyfriend" I grit my teeth in annoyance. I don't even know why I'm at the bar alone, I guess my coworkers were have the time of their lives on the dance floor. I'm not really the "get crazy drunk" king of girl, I'm the "stay home curled up on the couch with my boyfriend Peter and a good book" kind of girl.

"Well I don't see him here" he takes a step closer and I've finally had enough. I hop off the bar stool and head for the exit without saying goodbye to my coworkers. "Can you please make sure that man doesn't follow me to my car?" I ask the bouncer, Kade, who I was very familiar with. He's one of Peter's friends and I was glad of his presence.

"Of course Kat" he gives me a nod as the weirdo approaches the exit behind me. "Sorry sir I have clear instructions to keep you away from the leaving girls" he blocks his path as I quickly make it to my car. I didn't hear the rest of the conversation, seeing as I drove off the minute I got in. The drive home wasn't bad, but my feet were aching and I just wanted to take a shower. Luckily the bar isn't too far from my house, so I got home in no time.

"Baby I'm back!" I call kicking my heels off and jogging upstairs.

"Hey love" Peter greets me with a kiss and I smile glad to be back home. "How was your night?" He asks wrapping his arms around my waist.

"Tiring, how was yours?" I rest my head on his chest and he chuckles, before running his fingers through my hair.

"We'll I finally built that ottoman for the living room" he says making me smile widely.

"Thank you! I'll have a look at it once I'm showered" I place a small kiss on his lips and skip off to our bathroom. I pealed my work clothes off my body and place then into the hamper then turned the shower on. Once it was the desired temperature I stepped in and let the hot water engulf my body. It soothed my aching muscles and sighed in content. After my long awaited shower and went back into our room to grab a big t-shirt and underwear. Peter's old college t-shirt was the shirt I decided on a wearing and a pair of pink cheeky cotton underwear. I put my glasses on and see Peter laying on the bed. "Love can you pass me my phone, I left my it in my pants" I point to the hamper where he was.

"What is this?" He asks pulling out my phone and a slip of paper.

"I don't know, what does it say?" I ask genuinely confused as to what that paper could be.

"It's a number, did you take a guy's number?" I could tell he was getting upset, but I honestly didn't know where it came from.

"No I really don't know how that got into my pocket" I take a step towards him, but he takes a step back.

"So this paper just appeared in your pocket" he placed it on the bed and I could see that it said "hot guy from the bar" and the number right underneath.

"I swear he must've just slipped it into my pocket when I wasn't looking" I try to reason with him.

"That doesn't just happen Katrina" he shakes his head and the telltale sign that he was pissed is the use of my full first name.

"So you don't believe me?" I ask.

"No I don't" he crosses his arms over his chest.

"Unbelievable! There was a creep at the bar who kept trying to get me to go home with him. In the end I just ended up leaving, because he was making me uncomfortable. But he tried to follow me to my car and I got Kade to hold him off until
I drove off. Call him if you're that skeptical" I grab a pillow and blanket from the bed.

"Where are you going?" He asks.

"To sleep on the couch, since you don't believe that I wouldn't take another guy's number" jogging downstairs and getting comfy on the couch I was fine. It was only when it became silent and I was in the dark that I started to cry. Tears of frustration and hurt glided down my cheeks and I tried to suppress them. Peter should know that I would never do something like that. It hurts to know that he think I would hurt him in that way.

Sleep wasn't coming easy and small tears still fell from my eyes. I hated fighting with Peter and especially when I've had a long day. I wanted nothing more to come home and be in his arms, my safe spot. All my worries and troubles seemed minuscule when he held me. I hear footsteps down the stairs and though the light wasn't on I knew that Peter was close. Then his body laid behind mine and his arms wrapped around my waist. He turned me to face him and immediately his eyes filled with regret.

"Are you crying?" He questions.

"No" I sniffle trying to sound convincing, but ultimately failing.

"I'm so sorry Kat. I don't know why I blew up like that. I know you wouldn't do something like that to me. I should've believed you immediately, but I was too blinded by jealousy and anger. There's no excuse as to why I didn't and I'm extremely sorry. I do trust you and I don't want you to think otherwise. I promise that I'll get better handling my anger" he says. I could tell he was being genuine and I couldn't stay mad at his cute self for too long.

"I forgive you" I whisper.

"Thank you, now there's a king size memory foam mattress calling our names" he gets up and picks me up bridal style, carrying me into the bedroom . I enjoyed not having to use my feet and being in his arms, even with how angry I was. I just hope that he sticks to his word and things like this doesn't happen again. He placed me down on the bed softly, then cuddles behind me and place the comforter over the both of us. "Good night my love" he kisses the top of my head.

"Good night" I cuddle deeper into him and close my eyes, feeling at ease. Sleep came easy once I was in his arms, in our warm bed.

Short and sweet this one is. Okay I don't know why I sounded like Yoda with the way I worded it😭