Nothing Would've Ever Happened

Chapter 17

"AAAHHHHH!!!!!"

"Baby! What's wrong?! Are you okay?!"

Justin hyperventilated as he sat up from the bed, trying to catch his breath. He pressed his hand to his chest as he tried to calm himself down. His breathing was shallow, slowly returning back to normal. Elaine shuffled herself through the dark and sat in front of him, trying to see what startled him. He placed her hands on his chin and looked at him, worried with what happened to him. Seeing that he was recovering, she pulled him closer and gave him a kiss. His breathing returned to normal as she smiled back at him.

"What happened, sweetheart?" she stroked his hair back.

"I had like the worst dream ever..." he looked at her, glad that he was back to reality.

"Do you remember what it was about?"

"Not really, no... I do remember you were in it though...It was just so scary..."

"Well..." Elaine said, slowly moving herself on top of him. "Since you're shaken up from your little nightmare, I think it's time for me to get your mind off of it..."

"I wouldn't mind that..." Justin smiled as he leaned in to kiss her, placing his hands on her hips. It was perfect that it was still too early in the morning for anything to ruin their moment.

"Daaaad! Mooom! Drew is bothering me again!"

"No I didn't! Mavis is blaming stuff on me again!"

They both groaned in laughter as they were just about to start. The arguing echoed down the hallway, faintly heard through the closed door.

"Kids, don't fight! Go back to sleep, you have school tomorrow!" Justin yelled from their room.

"Hey, come on... Don't let them fight now, get up." She slowly started getting off, lying down beside him.

"We can help them after a little bit of this..." he lied down next to her and stroked her hair back, going in for another kiss. "There's plenty of time before we wake up..."

Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep!

"And that's your cue to go prepare breakfast!" Elaine smiled as she pushed him away. Just before Justin reached out to grab her, she crawled out and walked to their dresser, shutting off the alarm. She put on her grey sweats and her tight blue shirt and opened the door. She turned around and looked at him.

"Come on, I'll go get the kids, you go prepare breakfast and maybe you'll get a kiss." She smiled as she walked out.

"Haha, really funny..." He laughed.

As the door closed, he shuffled around and looked for his glasses, completely blind in the dark. His hands got to the desk beside the bed and felt the alarm clock, followed by his glasses. He then stopped and thought for a moment. Things seemed so familiar, but it didn't click in his head the similarity, so he continued his daily routine.

That same day, W.A.T.T. agents stormed at his work and arrested him.