My Aquaman (a.u)

Chapter 31

She smiled at me before making her way out of the park and disappeared as quickly as she came. I looked back at the monument and took a picture with my phone before I decided to make my way back to the B&b.

While I walked, I pulled my phone out of my pocket and tried to find out where I had seen the woman at the park before. She looked so familiar somehow, like I had seen her in the paper. My mind started working hard coming up with who that woman could be, until I walked by a shop selling magazines and papers and got a glimpse of her as the journalist, for the story front page of The Daily Planet. It was Lois Lane.

I got back at the ferry and again watch the cruising waves down below as the ferry makes its way over to the other side. Even though all this made me happy, being away from Djupvik and even taking a step towards a future for myself, I missed one person. Arthur had made living in Djupvik more tolerable. He made me fit in somewhere.

The ferry docked at the Gotham side and I walked off, deciding if I should take a cab or just walk back to the bed and breakfast.

Knowing that it was going to get dark soon I decided against walking for once and walked into the nearest diner, a sketchy Chinese restaurant to order something for dinner, before I walked outside to get a hold of a cab get to the bnb.

While sitting in the car, the air filled with a delicious sound of the chicken and fried rice as my stomach growled lowly, too low for the driver to hear. I smiled cradling my stomach, I guess I should eat a little more regularly now that there is someone else also needing to eat.

I looked out the window of the car as the buildings slowly passed us, still holding a hand on my stomach. Tomorrow I was going back to Iceland, and surprisingly enough that made me smile a bit, and I guess there had to be a reason for that. I smiled once more as I pictured him in my head.

The cab ride came to a halt when he slowly made a stop outside the bnb. I thanked him for the ride and paid before I slid out of the car an onto the pavement. I watched him drive off before walking into the building. The sound of sirens suddenly filled the air and my head started aching again. I guess that is what you get for living in a city such as this. I hoped the campus was much more silent than this, but I guess I would not know that before I somehow got in, which I had my doubts I would. All I could do know was to wait.

Thinking about all this made me forget that there was not just only me who I had to plan a future for. I could not live at campus with a baby, and would they even accept a pregnant woman into the university? I guess I had to wait and see if I even got accepted first before thinking about this and stop overthinking it right now, when my head was aching.

All I wanted to do now was to eat my dinner and have a good night sleep. I think my body had really taken a toll after what happened the other day. And thinking about just that, images from the other night started flashing before my eyes and I dropped the bag with my food to the floor. I had barely entered the room, not even managed to switch on the light as I was gasping for air.

I tried catching my breath, but it felt like there was no air in the room. My body collapsed onto the floor while I was still trying to catch my breath, was I having a panic attack. It felt like I was back there, in the alley, being pinned down by them all over again. Closing my eyes, I started suppressing them and my mind wandered over onto all the good moments back home, all the good moments with Arthur.

My body relaxed and I could fill my lungs with air again, I opened them, and the dim light of the lights outside lit up the small room. It had gotten much darker since I arrived the bnb. I picked the bag with food up from the floor and sighed thankfully as it hadn't spilled out of their containers.

Since the food probably had turned cold already, I decided taking a shower before eating and going to bed. My flight left early and since it was already late, I had to get some sleep before a long plane ride.

The shower felt good and it felt like I had cleaned of some of the dirt I felt covering me, it could not wash away the episodes in my head, and that was something I had to live with, be reminded of. I had no one to tell, and nothing good could come out of me telling someone. Telling Arthur would mean him raging out.

I had caused him enough trouble already, made people in Djupvik question him as an ally after him punching Alex. Being a burden to him, and now locking him down, carrying his child. I sighed and lied down on the bed looking up at the ceiling. Not quite what I imagined how my life was turning out, but then again, I am happy I met him.

Thinking about him my eyes got heavy and Idrifted of to sleep. I couldn't wait to see him again tomorrow. Feel his handsaround me, his smell filling my nose and his warmth against me.