Protecting My Porter

Chapter 1

The clouds of gray seemed to suit Morgan perfectly. With twilight playing, her blinds closed and every light in her apartment off, I could tell she was kind of depressed; either that or in her feelings. I leaned against her night stand and tried to grasp her emotions. She buried her head under her pillow just as I moved closer to get a good look into her eyes.

"I want to hear this part." I say feeding her thoughts. Just as I planned she brought her head out from under her pillow and instead of looking back towards the television looked me directly in the eyes.

"Can she see you?" Amani appeared behind me, hovering over my shoulder. "No she can't see me." She suddenly reached out as if to grab my face which sent me and Amani falling backwards. "Are you sure?" he asked waving his hand in front of her face after scrambling back to his feet.

" Of course I'm sure." I replied ,my voice wavering. "I'm positive."

Amani gave me a look.

"Dude, this is getting weirder and weirder. It's almost as if she can sense that you're in the room."

" Amani, that isn't possible. She's human. Two different worlds."

" Yeah, whatever. Look she's safe. She's not doing anything. It's Saturday. She's watching movies all day. Like she always does."

" Yeah, you're point?" I turned towards him.

" My point is ..you need to come home and watch War Craft with me dude. You've been way too protective lately."

" Uh, yeah.It's kind of my job."

" You are coming and we are going to watch War Craft." He violently pushed me towards the door and teleported us back home to Karlum.

¨You know,I could have done that myself.¨ Sarah turned her head to the side checking to make sure it was just us.

¨ Hey, Sarah." Amani jumped over the back of the couch and plopped down right next to Sarah, ¨ So, here's the deal. Theodore and I are about to watch War Craft and we would very much appreciate it if you were to evacuate the area that consists of the exact spot you are sitting. You know ,take your cute little comfortable blanket and pillows and just leave. Maybe go take a nap.¨

Instead of chucking something at his head Sarah actually got up and started towards her room taking a big bowl of popcorn with her.

¨Whoa, whoa, whoa. Not the Popcorn. You don't need that. Remember, you hate it when the kernels get stuck in your tooth.¨ I watched in amazement as Amani placed his hand on Sarah's lower back and she let him take the bowl of popcorn out of her hands. Sarah looked into his eyes as if under a spell and then went to her room.How does he do that? I mean, seriously. Sarah would have thrown a shoe or something at me. He took food from her and Sarah doesn't play about her food, that's a Capital Crime.

¨Dude, you are so teaching me that.¨ I kicked off my shoes and took my place on the couch.

¨This,¨ he gestured towards himself in all flamboyancy." 'can not be taught.¨ Yeah, heś right. I mean, he has curly red hair ( and it's all natural), and green eyes. The dude is fit as hell and he's Irish and Kenyan while I'm just straight ol'....me. " Hey, what are you thinking about.?" He threw a piece of popcorn at my face. " Nothing." We were only an hour into the movie and mind has been elsewhere the whole time.

"Don't lie Teddy. I already know you're worried about Morgan and how you should be down there protecting her." he places the bowl on the table and does quotations " It's your job." A look. " What? It is what you say." After another handful of popcorn and grabbing a jacket, I head back to earth to check on Morgan.