Sky for Two

Chapter 11.

As I stood up to answer, I felt my legs buckle under me and suddenly it seemed as though my body became ten times heavier than it was before. My vision became blurred and I stumbled to the floor, coming down with a crash. People seemed to be taken aback by my sudden loss of balance and they all rushed over to help. I could feel a pair of arms wrapping around my small body and lifting me up the stairs, placing me onto a soft bed and closing the door behind them. The room was quiet and I didn't notice myself drifting away into the land of dreams.

My eyes flustered and opened and I could immediately feel a sharp pain in my eyes and head as the direct sunlight hit my eyeballs. The pain made me wince and hide under the covers. As my mind had time to readjust to my surroundings a panic rolled over me. Where am I? I could remember very little about last night. I remember being at Aidans house for a party and we were all laughing and taking shots that didn't affect me at all and Aidan was mad and then...oh. The shots have affected me. Surprise, surprise. Who would have thought? Not me obviously. But the question still remains, where am I? I don't remember getting home, and even if I did, this for sure isn't my room. I managed to slowly climb out of bed and smooth out my clothing. Thank God, I was wearing all my clothes that I came here in. I looked around the room, trying to pinpoint where I could be. My eyes landed on a chair with a hoodie on it. Something about it seemed familiar. Where did I see it before? Its probably Aidans, not a big deal. Speaking of him, where is he? Should I find him and thank him for letting me stay? Does he even know I stayed? Maybe I should just sneak out to save ourselves both the trouble of an awkward encounter.

I tried opening the door but it was locked. Someone locked me in?! Wow. Rude. Panic began to take over me again, how will I get out? What do I do? The window! I will climb out the window. Surely, this is the only logical solution, right? Im totally not insane. Outside the window there was a little roof that covered the porch and it would be easy to climb out onto that roof and climb down safely onto the ground. The plan was perfect, or so I thought. As I climbed onto the rooftop, I discovered a small problem. Clearly the jump from the roof to the ground was still way too high up and I would surely injure myself. And conveniently, the window has shut closed behind me and there was no way of getting back inside. I was stuck on the roof.

As I was trying to figure out what to do, I heard a car pull into the driveway. As I looked closely my heart sank and I was feeling all sorts of confused. It was Mr.Hayls's car. I remembered it perfectly. And then it all clicked in my head. The hoodie that I saw on the chair was the hoodie he gave me to wear. He introduced me to Aidan and asked me to help him because they were brothers. They both came into town at the same time. How did I not notice before? Its rare that new people come into our town, let alone two people. I had to know they came together. Oh no! He's about to see me on the rooftop like the idiot that I am!

And surely, as he climbed out of the car his eyes immediately landed on me. His face showed confusion and shock at the sight of me. I didn't know how to react. I was frozen.

"Jessica Morgen, is that you? What are you doing? What the hell is going on?"

"Ye...s..it's me....I was just.. leaving"

My voice was shaky and uncertain. I was trapped on the roof of my teacher's house and he was staring at me like I was insane. I wonder if he thought I'm breaking in? Oh no!

"Well come on then. Come here I'll help you down, you look like youre in trouble Jessie"

I could feel my cheeks burning up as his strong arms reached out to me and help me climb down the roof. With one wrong move, my roof slipped off the roof and I went tumbling down the roof. I let out a scream thinking that this will most certainly hurt. I was prepared to break a bone or two but today was my lucky day. To my extreme luck, I fell directing into the muscular arms of Mr.Hayls.

"Don't scream, youll wake up the whole neighbourhood. Did you really think I wont catch you?

Once again, I felt my face turn red from the embarrassment of screaming. I buried my face into his chest and stayed quiet for what seemed like forever. In reality it was only a few seconds before he let me down safely onto my feet, but due to the awkwardness of the moment, it seemed like the moment lasted forever. And despite that awkward feeling, I didn't want the encounter to end. I didn't want him to let go of me and I didn't want my feet to touch the ground. I felt safe in his arms and I wanted to remain there for as long as I could. What am I saying? I am being ridiculous. This is wrong. I should go home.

"Im sorry Mr.Hay-"

"Please Jessica, its Caleb, remember? And don't apologize, I just want an explanation. Come inside, lets have breakfast"

I was taken aback by his offer, but obeyed and followed him into the house. As he opened the door the image of last night and why I was in his house was clear to him. Empty alcohol bottles and plastic red cups were scattered around the floor and pizza boxes covered the table and the couch. The place was a mess.

"Aidan...I leave for ONE weekend and trust to leave him alone and that child throws a party?!?! This is ridiculous! Look at this place! Its such a mess!"

He certainly seemed unamused by the innocent act of a small party happening at his house. Of course, the place was a huge mess but it wasn't anything that wasn't easily fixed with a few big rubbish bins and a hoover.

"Mr.H- I mean Caleb, how about I help you clean up? We can do it faster together, it wont take much time."

I smiled in his direction to try and soften his anger, and it seemed to work. His face that was tense has now relaxed and he was no longer angry at the mess and the situation Aidan has caused. He accepted my offer of help and we got to business.

As it turns out, I was wrong. There was a lot more damage than meets the eye. It took us nearly four hours to clean up everything and return the house to its previous glory and cleanness. During this time, we spend a good few minutes trying to locate the missing Aidan to bring his attention to the mess and make him help us. But the search was to no avail. He was nowhere to be found. I cant believe the little weasel has locked me in the room and left me all on my own. What would I do? He obviously didn't expect his brothers sudden return home as he excepted him to be gone until the evening. Note to self, never attend another stupid party hosted by Aidan.

As the final bag was brought outside I was exhausted. My tired body collapsed onto the couch beside Caleb and I was ready to just never get back up as my energy levels were so low. My body felt Caleb staring at me and I turned to face him, giving him a warm smile. He moved closer to me, placing his hand on my arm.

"Thanks for all your help today Jess. I definitely owe you. How about we order some Chinese food and watch a movie? You must be starving by now"

I was shocked at his proposal and adamant to reply. However, whats the worst that can happen am I right?

"Yeah sure, I'd love some food right now"