Elevator 143

TWELVE

Cassie stared at the message on her phone, then at her suitcase and back at the screen, frowning and crossing her arms. 

'Lawrence: So what colour will be then?' After a few seconds of contemplation, Cassie finally replied to the text. 

'Cassie: The colour of joy. You can contrast it with another colour of your choice. Oh and wear shoes that you can take a long walk in.'  Lawrence stared at his phone, eyebrows raised. 

"The colour of joy? Does she mean yellow?" he asked himself. He Googled the colour of joy just in case and it was indeed yellow. He blinked repeatedly as he stared at the clothes in his suitcase. 

"Well, that leaves me with only one option," he muttered, chuckling and reached into his suitcase to take out a yellow Drew House t-shirt, which had the text logo printed on the front. He decided to pair it with white jeans and black sneakers. 

'Lawrence: Hey, I'm ready. What about you?' Cassie looked at her phone as she was closing the door of her room half an hour later. 

'Cassie: Heading to the elevator now.'

'Lawrence: Great! See you there.' Pulling on her crossbody, Cassie waited in front of the elevators as she noticed that it had stopped on the 7th floor. Even after experiencing a similar situation almost everyday for the past week, her heart still skipped a beat whenever number seven blinked on the elevator screen. Cassie took in a deep breath as the elevator stopped on her floor and the doors opened.

No way...

She met Lawrence's eyes, who stood inside the elevator and the pair froze. When Cassie had mentioned that their level of matching was impeccable the day they had worn the mint green polos, it had just blown out of the roof because Lawrence and Cassie were not only wearing yellow with white jeans and black accents, they both wore yellow t-shirts from the same brand. While Lawrence's displayed the Drew House logo on the front, Cassie's had the brand's iconic smiley face logo in the center. 

"You've got to be kidding me!" Cassie exclaimed loudly as her hands flew up to her mouth in shock. Lawrence immediately turned around, hiding his face in the corner of the elevator and began laughing, his body shaking vigorously. The elevator doors began to close and Cassie jumped inside just as Lawrence turned around to face her. The pair looked at each other and the elevator went completely quiet. 

"This is---" Cassie began.

"Beyond insane," Lawrence completed, still laughing silently. Cassie chuckled and shrugged. 

"Well, it is what it is. Can't do anything about it now," she replied, shaking her head in disbelief. Lawrence took in a deep breath to calm himself down and leaned against the elevator wall, crossing his arms. 

"You do realise that since we're wearing matching tees, people might think that we're together, right?" he asked, smiling and tilting his head. Cassie raised an eyebrow. 

"Like I just said, nothing much we can do about that now, can we? They can fantasise about us all they want," she replied, unbothered. Lawrence nodded and went silent. 

"And what if... I'm also fantisising about us?" he muttered to himself but Cassie heard him in the small, quiet space. All air inside Cassie immediately left her as she froze, her eyes widening slightly. Goosebumps erupted all over her body as she tried to breathe, which came out shaky. Lawrence noted the sudden reaction from Cassie and mentally punched himself, briefly closing his eyes. Great going, Lawrence. You should've kept your thoughts to yourself. 

"Ground floor," he muttered suddenly, straightening from the wall. His insides were on fire as he tried to maintain his composure and cursed at himself again for what he had just said. He glanced over at Cassie, who shook her head vigorously and took in a deep breath. Sighing, he stepped out of the elevator first, greeting a pair of guests who were outside and made way for them while waiting for Cassie to catch up.