My Hamartia

What Did You Do, Swim Here?

A beautiful picture of Gregg Sulkin: with gelled hair....

My eyes were bloodshot. My hair was a birds nest. My head was pounding, and I had bags the size of elephants under my eyes. If someone who didn't know me, saw me right now, they would probably think that I was recovering from a hangover. But I was not. On the contrary I had not had a sip of alcohol. Now reflecting back, maybe getting drunk would have been a good idea.
On the contrary I was in fact  recovering from a very, very,very sleepless night. No not in that way. Get your mind out of the gutter.
Jake was moving in today. I was not emotionally equipped for this. Was it really necessary for me to get an education? I mean maybe I will be able to find a job as a barista, move into a dingy apartment, where walls are so thin, you can here EVERYTHING. Grow old as a spinstir and live with like 10 dogs. Actually that's a good plan. I will now drop out of college. Anything is better than having Jake move in with me! I hate him!

I sighed in resignation. There was nothing i could do about this. The sonner I accepted the fact that this was actually happening the sooner I would be able to move on with my life.
Once I turned myself from a sleepless monster into a barely socially acceptable human being, I padded my way to the kitchen and turned on the coffee machine. The whirring of the machine gave me some comfort. It was a familiar sound. I could make do with some familiarity since it looked like the next few months were going to be emotionally traumatic. Thank god I had term break because I swear with the college load, and my sleep schedule and Jake on top of that I would NEVER be able to survive. The beeping of the machine shook me out of my reverie. I poured my coffee and was about to take a sip when the someone knocked on my door. I groaned and seriously considered not opening the door. But then the knocking became louder and setting my coffee on the counter (very reluctantly) and dragged my feet to the door. I opened the door, saw Jake and slammed the door right in his face.

What? I was surprised and he wasn't supposed to come till after lunch. I wasn't mentally ready to see him. But the annoying moron pounded on the door and said "Hey! Sophia! Open the door. I know your home"
"No. I am not. Go away. Come back at the time you said you would come back."
"Sophia, please open the door. These bags are really heavy"
Taking a deep breath in I opened the door, and raising an eyebrow said "What did you do, swim here? Maybe if you didn't carry the entire world's hair products you wouldn't have such heavy bags."
Turning around and walking into the house leaving him to handle his bags on his own I continued speaking
"And be careful while entering the door please. If that big head of yours doesn't fit in the doorframe don't force it. Then again maybe all that gel in your hair could act as a lubricant and your head might just slide right in."
Hearing him drop his bags in the ground behibd me, I turned around and placing my hand in my hip, raising an eyebrow looked over at him, bent and breathing heavily.
In between his panting he choked out "Glad to see *pant* that you still have *pant* that delightful humour of yours *pant*. I always like that about you."
That was enough to remind me of what was the real reason I was holding a (now cold) coffee cup in my hands.

Let me tell you something. I may find the sound of the coffee machine comforting but that didn't mean I liked its taste. I only drank coffee when something I had hardly slept. And being an avid sleeper, the I only time I DIDNT sleep was when I was super wrung up over something that could have a huge impact in my life. Like exams. And Jake. Anyway, back to the point.

Sobering up, I asked him "Why are you even here this early? I wasn't expecting you till after lunch."
"Well
1. Check out time at the hotel was 10:00.
2. I didn't have a back up plan. It was either here or on the streets. And I didn't want you to change your mind, so I decided to just show up. Luckily it worked."
"Good for you. I was really close to changing my mind"
Leaving at that I turned around and walked away, slaming the door to my room, to atleast enjoy my one cup of coffee and dwindling moments of normality in peace.

Hey my lovely amazing readers!!
I know his chapter is not much, but since I update like freaking snail on a slow day, I decided something better than nothing right?? What are your thoughts on why Sophia is so wrung up and Jake destroying her emotional peace? Talk to me in the comments!!

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