Must Hate Him

Chapter VIII

+Must Hate Him+

Chapter 8

"Jason, can I trust you with this one thing?", I asked trying to hide my nervousness from him even though I was shaking like a fish out of water.

"Of course babe you can trust me with your room, I won't touch a thing, it will be the same way you left it when you're back. I'll only use my eyes to inspect" , he replied picking up a chocolate bar from my tables.

After realizing what he'd just done he grinned at us widely like as if he'd just won the lottery, ".....spare me this once"

"There's no way she'd entrust you with her room", Claire said.

"Hmm, I smell jealousy but she's just about to do so",

"She's not talking about the room, she was referring to that", she collected the chocolate from his hand and slammed it on the table. I'm sure she'd already ruined my chocolate but now wasn't the time to worry about that. ".... she's referring to this", she opened the wardrobe widely gesticulating for him to start moving.

" You guys need to start doing stand up comedy, because that's the funniest and most ridiculous thing I've ever heard in my God dam entire life"

"That's the punishment you get for coming to ones house unannounced", Claire retorted.

" Jane is this true? "

I looked away from him afraid of hurting his feelings .

"I'm claustrophobic in case you two weenies did not know"

"In that case , you'll have to endure it"

 My mum was already ringing the door bell, there was no more time to waste. Thankfully, Jason understood our plight and  quietly entered the wardrobe. "Thanks Jason", we both chorused.

"No needs thanking me yet".

"Whatever, but please don't make any noises, don't even move a muscle, don't move your hand, your legs, don't cough, sneeze or do anything nasty", I said hastily.

"You could as well tell me not to breathe"

I hurriedly pulled some of my clothes from the upper compartment trying to make an invisible Jason peradventure my mum came into my room. She has always had this knack of discovering when I was hiding something from her probably because she was a detective. "Do not ever come out until we come get you", I said still trying to cover him with more clothes. "That's if you promise to let me sleep here", he replied picking up my bra that I'd mistakenly drawn down . ".....what a wonder we have here", he declared grinning and fiddling with it like he'd never seen one before.

"JANE", I could hear my mum's increased banging at the door.

"We'll have to go now, be a good boy", Claire finally said closing the wardrobe. "..... do you think he will behave".

"We have to hope so", I replied forgetting my troubles momentarily.

My mum kept staring at us even minutes after we had opened the door for her . "So you're still very much alive" , she finally said using the corner of her eyes to survey the littered house.

"Good evening Ma", Claire greeted while trying to make sign languages to me to greet her also but I just stood rooted to where I was , after several failed attempts to make me greet her she came to my side and nudged me in the arm, ".... we are sorry for keeping you waiting".

"Not a problem darling, guess you guys were busy with your little girlie things", she answered .

"Pretty much ma".