Pieces of Dreams (sequel to TWST)

Chapter 15

The next morning Katia woke up to the sound of someone knocking on the door. She looked around and realized she wasn't in her bed. John was sleeping next to her. Katia heard the knocking again, this time louder, which caused John to stir in the bed.

"Who the bloody hell is knocking on the damn door this early?" he groaned as he sat up.

"Morning." Katia smiled as she stretched.

"Well this is a sight for sore eyes." he smiled looking down at her.

The knocking on the door continued, this time continuously.

"I'm coming!" John yelled annoyed as he stumbled to the door.

Katia untangled herself from the sheets and sat up in the bed. She was in the middle of yawning when she heard Paul's voice at the door.

"Where's Kat? She's not with Andrew."

Before John had any time to react, Paul had walked into the room and was looking at Katia sitting in John's bed.

"Good morning Paul." Katia said casually.

She was still upset with him and she had no intension of clearing up what he thought probably happened between John and her. Paul immediately turned to John with an angry expression.

"Oh come off it Paul...c'mon, let's go outside and I'll explain." John said as he led him out to the hallway. They closed the door behind them, but Katia could hear bits of pieces of the conversation between them.

"...take advantage...suppose to take care..." Katia heard Paul say.

"...drunk...she's fine...nothing bloody happened...angry with you..." John answered.

The rest of the conversation was muffled and Katia wasn't able to understand it, but after a few minutes, they both came back into the room. By then, Katia had put on her shirt and skirt and was ready to head back to her room.

"Kat, we need to talk. " Paul said as he saw her collecting her things.

"I don't have anything to say to you, Paul." Katia responded without even looking at him.

She did, however, turn to look at John. She smiled and walked up to him.

"Thank you for taking such good care of me last night." she said giving him a hug.

"Sure." John replied returning the hug.

Without looking over at Paul, Katia began walking out of the room. Paul started walking after her, but John took a hold of his arm to stop him from following her.

Paul scowled at John and aggressively pulled away. "Fuck off!"

Katia thought about taking the elevator, but instead opted to walk down the two flights of stairs to reach her floor.

"Kat...please..." Paul chased her down the hallway. Katia opened the door to go down the stairs and didn't bother to respond to him. She quickly went down the staircase and a few seconds later heard Paul's footsteps behind her.

"Kat...please stop!" Paul called out as both he and Katia reached one of the stair landings.

"Let go of me!" Katia said as she pulled away from Paul's grasp.

"Okay...but please...can we talk?" Paul replied releasing her.

"What do you want? Didn't you say enough last night?"

"Kat, I'm really sorry about what I said last night....I was just a little upset that we hadn't been able to see each other much since you started working...and I wanted us to have a nice night."