Memory Loss

Memory Loss Chapter 15

***Chapter 15***

I spent the rest of the night with Eve by my side. She insisted to stay with me to keep me company until I fell asleep. Only she ended up falling asleep within 30 minutes of saying this to me, but it's the thought that counts. I don't know if she knows or not, but she talks in her sleep. She mostly talked about her and Mace and how happy she is with him. And in between that she says gibberish things that make absolutely no sense to me. For example one minute she said...

"I love Mace so much."

And then the next she says "I want buttered corn on the cob." That made me chuckle a little bit. I would not be shocked to find us maybe now eating some corn on the cob in the next day or so because of this.

Finally when I fall asleep it is peaceful. I don't dream of anything, it's just darkness. I feel safer when I'm in the dark. Why I don't know, your guess is as good as mine on that one. I know some feel scared because of the unknown in the dark, but for me I sort of welcome it and see it as a safe space because when you can't see anything you can pretend that it's just you by yourself.

When I wake it's mourning outside, the crack of dawn with just a bit of sun creeping up from the horizon and into my room. I bet I'm probably the only one awake at this time so I quietly get out of bed so I wouldn't wake up Eve. She looked a bit cold so I put my Afghan over top of her that was on the end of the bed. Right after I placed it on her she grabbed it and pulled it up to her chin and snuggled deeper into sleep. 

I go through the door and closed it carefully behind me to try and not disturb Eve or anyone else in the house. I walk over to the bathroom first so I can wash my face to help me wake up a bit better. When I open the washroom door, someone's already in there brushing their teeth. It was Jake.

"Oh! Jake you up." I said startled. Half rubbing the sleep from my eye and nearly crashing into him standing in front of the mirror.

"Yah, I'm always up first thing. Never pictured you as a mourning person though." He said spitting out the toothpaste into the sink while keeping eye contact with me in the mirror.

" Same to you. I don't know why, but I feel safer in the dark." Why did I just tell him that? He steps away from he sink and comes towards me.

"Hah same for me. We got a lot in common birdy." He said with wink while standing there in front of me. It was a little awkward someone standing so close to me in such close courters when you've just woken up not even 5 minutes ago.

"Yah seems so." WAIT! did he just call me birdy? Great I have a weird nickname already.

I step to the side and go around Jake and head towards the sink and wash my face. Jake is still just standing there in the washroom, so I'm assuming I interrupted him on what ever he was doing when I barged into the washroom. Mental note to make sure to knock on the bathroom door before entering when there's several people living in the same space as you. So I give a half smile and step around him to do what ever else he needs to do in the bathroom. 

After leaving the washroom I head towards the kitchen to find a bowl and some cereal to eat for breakfast and to find a comfy quiet spot to just relax before the day begins. Jake came into the kitchen once I found a bowl and was opening all the other cupboards in search of cereal. "Hey do you know where the cereal is?" I asked.

"3rd cupboard to your left." So I went and opened up the cupboard and I was happy to see that there are several different cereal options for me to pick from. I don't even know what one to try, or if I should mix one or two together to try more than one at a time... do people do that? 

"Do you want any?" Hopefully he will say yes and tell me which one he wants. At least then I'll know one to try as a start point.

"Sure, I'll have my fav ' Chocolate Cheerios' please." He opened up the cupboard where the bowls were kept and pulled one out for each of us, as well as a drawer below the counter and precured us each a spoon. 

Okay Chocolate Cheerios it is, so I grab the box and then the bowls from Jake and pour a big full bowl for each of us. I turn around to bring the box back to the cupboard and Jake startles me by being right behind me holding the milk. He startled me enough that I dropped the box to the floor causing it to open and a small amount to spill on the floor. He says "shit, that's my bad sorry birdy," while placing the milk onto the counter behind me and crouching down to clean up the mess.

After the mess was cleaned up, I put the milk into the bowl with the cereal while Jake put the cereal away. He came and took the milk back to and back into the fridge it went. I grab both bowls and hand Jake his and we retreat towards the living room to the couch where Jake picks the edge closest to the wall and tucks his feet up and begins eating. I thought if I should sit right beside him, or to leave a spot between us for a couple seconds too long. "I wont bite you. You can sit down beside me if you want," he said with a mouth full of cheerios motioning beside him with his head. I feel my face flush a little and go and sit down beside him. He turns the tv on and puts the news on as I start to eat my cereal. 

A couple minutes pass by when I noticed he was staring at me. 

"Uh why are you starring at me like that?" I said with a questioning look on my face. "Wait, is there milk or something on my face?" I wipe my face with the back of my hand, but nothing is there on my face that I can tell.

"Did you know that you're really pretty?" He asked starring a bit closer now.

"Uh I don't think-" Is all I could get out, because the next moment Jake has his hands on my cheeks and he kisses me. I'm frozen there confused and unsure what is happening that after about 7 seconds when I come back to my body, I push him away and slap his face really hard. Instantly after the slap I'm feel awful about it, it was just a sudden reaction that my body gave my no control or say in the matter. I cover my mouth with my hands and tell Jake I'm so sorry and that I don't know what came over me. You can see there's a bit of a red mark on his cheek where my hand made contact oh so perfectly, you could almost make out a perfect hand print on the side of his face that I had to stifle a bit of a laugh.

" Why did you do that!?" Said Raven half yelling in the entrance to the living room. The combination of someone being slapped and then Raven yelling in a almost dead quiet house caused a disturbance and everyone woke up and came half running in a panic to see what all the commotion is about.

SHIT! Well I better get packing my belongings up after that. Jake can say what ever he wants to and they will definitely believe him over me with what happened here. I just don't understand what gave Jake the idea that it would be okay to grab my face and kiss me like that. What came over him?

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