Interlude

Chapter 11

"On the coffee table," he says turning back his attention on his cigarette.

"Thanks," i say running back inside.

I finish making the coffee and go to look for the remote. Not finding it i go back outside.

"Its not there," i whisper.

He doesn't say anything and puts his cigarette in the ash tray. Stands up, walking past me and goes to the lounge. He lifts up a few pillows and there it is. He gives it to me and walks back outside. Feeling bad about earlier and rejecting him when he wanted a hug. I go back outside and see him on his phone.

"If you need anything let me know," i whisper.

Keeping his eyes on his phone.

"Why," he says so rudely.

Making me instantly regret trying to be nice to him.

"I was just trying to be nice," i say back annoyed.

Not waiting for his answer i walk back inside. Switching the TV on i try to block out what just happened. 15 minutes into the movie i hear the sliding door close. There Anderson is closing the door and walks towards me. I quickly glue my eyes back on the TV. When he comes sitting really close next to me. Then out of no where a sex scene comes on to the TV. Making me feel so uncomfortable i keep my eyes on the sliding door. When i peek at Anderson he is just staring at the TV. He doesn't seem to be uncomfortable. But then his hands catch my attention. They are going up and down his thighs slowly. I try to make the situation less awkward.

"Enjoying the movie," i say laughing.

I am still peeking at him with a smile on my face. I want to see his reaction. When i catch him take a quick peek at me through the corners of his eyes.

"Yes," he mutters unembarrassed.

He then reaches for the remote changing the channel. To some crime channel. Few seconds into the show he suddenly gets up and walks away.I wonder to myself if i did something wrong. When he returns in what i presume are his pj's. Its a grey short sleeve shirt, blue shorts and black socks. Then his inked skin catches my eyes. Both arms have tattoos ending at the wrists. It almost looks like he is wearing another shirt under his shirt. But there is no colour on his arms, its only black with bits of flesh flashing. The right arm has what looks like a snake or dragon wrapped around his arm. The left has roses and a clock i think on it. Its hard to see from where i am sitting. This is the first time i have seen his bare arms. Normally he is wearing a long sleeve shirt, jersey or jacket. But nothing on his bare legs. Noticing me staring at his arms, he rubs his arm almost like he feels insecure of me looking at his tattoos. Trying to make he feel comfortable i put my gaze on the tv again.

"Sleep on the couch if you want. Katrina," he says embarrassed.

It looks like he wants to ask me something but then he doesn't. This is priceless I have never seen Anderson embarrassed, its kind of cute. No I can't be thinking such things about Anderson I say to myself.

"Good night Anderson," I whisper.

Without responding he leaves me alone in the lounge. He goes down the hall and disappears. When 10 minutes pass .  The house is quiet with only the tv making noise. When all of sudden it goes black. The lights have all gone off and i couldn't help myself by releasing a small scream of fear. With my heavy breathing fulling my ears i run to the kitchen counter top in search of my phone. But when i just rub my hands on the counter tops and was unable to find my phone. Is when it hit me i left it in one of the rooms to charge. Silently i creep into the room and begin the search for my phone. I walk off to the room where i had a shower in and start looking on bedside tables for my phone. When i go to the other side of the bed i find it on the table with 15% battery. This day is becoming miserable, ever since i was a child i've been scared of the dark. I don't like the dark, i need some sort of distant light to make me feel secure. I am not afraid of it being dark but what could been inside it, watching horror paranormal movies has really messed me up. So to summarize i don't like the dark at all. I out my phone's flash on and crawl onto the bed. With the flash directly shining on my face and the pillow in between my legs. To ease the cramps that went from a 2 to a 10 in a heartbeat. I lay there on the bed silently praying to myself the lights go back on. When my phone makes the beeping sound stating my battery is going to die soon. Eventually the hope of the lights coming on fades. 

"If you wanted to sleep with me, you should have asked," the recognizable voice says. 

Looking up i see Anderson standing by the door with a huge smirk on his face. He has such a smug look on his face i want to punch his teeth out. Then my phone makes the beeping sound again and shuts off. I scream again and bury my face into the the pillows. When he flashes his phone on me.

"How old are you? Are you really afraid of the dark?".

I start squeezing the pillow tighter and hear him sigh. When i look up at him it seems as if he is almost questioning himself.

"Sleep with my phone," he says while throwing the phone on the bed.

He turns around and leaves me alone in the room. I shine the flash on my face again and couldn't help but notice his wallpaper is of a pretty girl, with a tank top, piercings and tattoo's all over. I couldn't access anything else on his phone since it was locked.