Turbulent Magma

Chapter 2: Tabitha

I took all my belongings to my new quarters, set it all up, and decided to visit Tabitha. As a Grunt, one of three people watched over your work. Maxie, Tabitha, or Courtney. I was assigned to Courtney, so I never saw Tabitha that much, but I still did on occasion. 

The thing is, one night, about three months ago, I couldn't sleep, so I started to walk around, and I eventually ran into Tabitha, and we walked around for a bit, talking. The thing was, I had something that was taboo at the time I was a Grunt. A crush on him. Yes, yes I know. It sounds a bit silly, but it was the truth. So when I knocked on his door, I was blushing a bit. Within a minute, he answered. "Sarah? If you need something, shouldn't you be talking to Courtney?" 

I smiled. "No. Not anymore." 

He looked at me, confused. "Did Maxie switch you over to me?" 

I shook my head. "No! Something even better!" I then grabbed his hand and took him to my new quarters. 

"No way. He seriously promoted you to Admin!" 

I smiled and nodded. "Yeah! Now we don't have to keep our little secret a secret anymore!"

Oh, there is one small thing that I forgot to mention earlier. When I told Tabitha that I liked him, he said that he kinda liked me as well. 

I then heard somebody. "Keep what secret?" Shoot. I know that voice. Courtney. Could I tell her?

"Uh..." She then grabbed me and pinned me to the wall. "What are you hiding from me?!" 

I finally spoke up. "Tabitha and I... We... We're seeing each other..." 

She released me from her grip. "Oh. I see. How long?" 

Before I could even answer, Tabitha butted in. "It's been about three months or so." Courtney seemed satisfied, and left the room and closed the door on her way out. 

I sighed. "That was a close one." 

He nodded and took both my hands. "Yeah. Sure was." 

He paused for a moment and looked at my right hand. "Hey, you've never told me why you keep your right hand gloved... Can you tell me why? I mean it's fine if you don't want to..." 

I looked at him and sighed. "Lets save that for later... When it really becomes important, if you know what I mean."

 What I meant was once we got farther, much farther in our relationship.  We had our first kiss two weeks ago, July 4th, as Maxie gave everyone the day off, and we also went on our first date, and saw the Fireworks at Sootopolis. 

He nodded at me. "Yeah. I get your drift." He then looked at the clock. "It's getting late. We should head off to bed soon." 

At that, I yawned. Then I realized something. He said WE as in plural. He's never said that when we've been up late chatting. Unsure what he meant, I went to open the door for him, but before I even reached it, he grabbed me. I was confused. "What are you doing...?"  

He smiled. "I'm staying here tonight." I blushed. We were moving up in our status. He then guided me to the bed, and we kicked off our shoes. I climbed into bed, as Tabitha went and locked the door. He then climbed in on the left side of the bed. 

I snuggled close to him and smiled. "My little Tabby cat." He smiled and kissed my cheek as I started to drift off.