It started out with a kiss

Chapter 5 - Going away

CONTEXT
We have jumped to a few months in the future. Autumn and Winter have still managed to keep their relationship a secret but it might not be for long once a certain apprentice gets involved 😉

CARLY
It's about 12 now so I was just heading up to the staff room to get my self a small snack and a drink just making sure not to eat too much.
I made my way up the stairs and down the corridor before entering the room. It was small and quiet and surprisingly comfortable for something that's not really used too much in a day. I was reaching for the cupboard before I heard someone.
"Oh hello Carly" I heard him say.
"Omg hey Winter" I said happily.
I did a quick scan of the room to make sure no one else could practically jump out at me from nowhere again bearing in mind I didn't even notice Winter in the room. As I was looking I noticed a cup.
"Winter I swear this is the cup I got you for your birthday" I asked confused as to why he had it with him.
"Oh yes it is I had to dig it out for something this weekend"
"Ooh where are you going"
"I'm heading up toward the Lake District from Saturday until Tuesday "
"That seems fun" I said as I grabbed a snack and left the room"

WINTER
This weekend will be the first weekend that me and Autumn would be going away together and I couldn't be more excited. The only reason I got the cup out is because I knew there would be quite a journey ahead of us so I wanted to be able to bring some tea with me so I had something to drink. I was just on my phone scrolling through some photos of Autumn and I together admiring her in every single one. Even though it's been a few months now of us secretly being together I still couldn't get my head around the fact that someone like her would be into me.

CARLY
I had finished my snack and was just about to head back into the baby room I wanted to go and check the diary to see who I would be working with next week as I probably wouldn't have had enough time to check after work. As I got to the office I made sure to say hello to Autumn and told her that I was just checking the diary. I flipped through the pages to check next weeks rota and I saw that Autumn was off on Monday and Tuesday.
"Autumn"
"Yes Carly" she responded.
"How come your not in on Monday and Tuesday"
"Im going to the Lake District"
I realised what was going okay but made sure to keep quiet because I know that if Autumn realised that I knew they must have been going together then she would have attacked me for sure so I just said bye and left the office as quickly as possible. I actually could not believe what was happening. AUTUMN AND WINTER, OMG OMG. I had so many questions in my mind for the rest of the day and couldn't not wait to be able to talk to char the next time we have lunch together so I can tell her about this new theory of mine. After everything on my mind throughout the afternoon it was time to go home so I walked to the bus stop to leave.

AUTUMN
I know at this point Winter would have finished his shift but I could see him waiting for me. We would secretly try and send glances over to eachother but each time we would make eye contact and I could feel the butterflies in my stomach every time.
I had to lock up the nursery tonight which I why I was leaving later than normal but everyone had left at that point so I went round the nursery making sure everything was turned off as I went to go and greet Winter outside. He was stood by the car so I went over to him and took him in my arms kissing him as I did so. I found it so hard trying to keep myself away from him all day but i knew I only had tomorrow until we had four days together just us, no interruptions. We were free to do whatever we wanted. Winter opened the door for me to get in the car and we started our journey home.

WINTER
As we drove home I kept my hand on Autumns thigh. It was nice to feel connected to someone you have to stay far away from at work. It felt like we were always miles apart even though we were always a few doors down from each other, in my mind I couldn't stop imagining the day we wouldn't have to hide from the staff anymore at work but I wouldn't want that to happen unless Autumn was comfortable with it, until she was ready. I knew Autumn always struggled to tell people how she was feeling and talk about herself and the things she had going on in her life, over the past few months we had really gotten to know each other and we really just talked about Autumn's childhood and about everything she'd been through which is why I understood so much about her, things that no one else would know. I love that she could be comfortable with me and I loved that she felt that she didn't need to protect herself from me. I always felt the same around her I felt that with her I could really tell her how I was feeling. The communication between us was always good and I think it was because we always wanted to make sure the other was okay and we just wanted each other to know they didn't have to hide things from the other.

AUTUMN
As we arrived home I got out of the car and unlocked the door to the house. I straight away just dumped all of my stuff on the floor, taking my shoes and glasses on and just flopping onto the sofa exhausted after the day at work. Some days just feel so long when all I could think about was Winter, just longing for his touch wishing that we could just be together. Wishing that everyone knew about us so that we could just be comfortable and that we didn't have to hide away from the rest of the staff and our friends at work but I wouldn't ever want to do that without knowing Winter was comfortable. I never really cared if people knew about us because I had finally found someone for me, someone I could love, hopefully forever. Winter and I didn't even bother to eat dinner that night, I think we were just both tired so we got undressed and just went to bed cuddled up in each other's arms once again.