Eventually the "horror" movie wraps up it's ending with all the main characters dead.
Great.
I grab Dan's empty bowl from his hands and walk to the kitchen, dumping the bowl and spoon in the sink. There's a little window in our family kitchen and I look out it's clean and clear glass. Today is such a beautiful day. There's no way anybody wouldn't take advantage of this.
Quickly, I turn around, about to ask Dan if he would want to do anything, when I'm startled. Dan is standing literally behind me as soon as my head jerks back. I alarmingly gasp, "Damn Dan, you scared the hell out of me."
He laughs, "Sorry Aja."
"It's okay." I gigglingly respond.
"It's a gorgeous day," Dan states while peeking his anxious head through the windows shades. I wait for him to continue.
"What time is it?" Dan asks.
I wonder that too as I walk towards the kitchen clock displayed on the stove, "Almost five thirty."
"It's going to get dark soon." Dan sadly says. I smother my disappointed head into my sleeve.
"Oh, I have an idea !" Dan quickly admits, which eager's me.
"Which is?" I hopefully question.
"It's a surprise. Go get ready !" Dan mysteriously announces while pushing me to the stairs.
Rushingly, I pace up the steps and into my bedroom, shutting the door behind me. I run to the closet and yank out a big black t-shirt that says; Young Love, I can't quite remember where I received this shirt, and I haven't worn it in months.
Then, I jog to my dresser and pull out a pair of dark blue jeans. Lastly, I throw on a pair of my black converse. Without hesitation, I travel to my mucky bathroom and apply mascara to my lazy eyelashes and comb through my tangled wavy hair, then rub on scented deodorant.
In less than five minutes, I guess this is all I can do for my 'fixings' due to Dan appearing to be in a rush.
Before trailing out of the bedroom, I stop my hand at the door handle. I slowly turn towards my body mirror. I carefully step closer and closer to my reflection. I can finally see my face, without as many bruises or cuts aligned along my outer appearances. What I saw at the hospital, or even before the hospital, what something I wanted to rip out of my horrid soul and throw onto the cold, treacherous ground and watch it die. Now, I see something more. Something perhaps extraordinary.
Maybe it's just because of Dan.
Maybe I have a lot of deep feelings towards Dan that were masked before. Maybe I should imagine the possibility that I could actually 'love' Dan.
With that thought, I grin at my reflection, then gracefully hurry down the stairs, not wanting to miss a single moment of Dan's company.
"It's about an hour drive. Ready to go Aja?" Dan curiously asks.
"You better believe it."
Dan suddenly smiles widely and grasps my fragile hand as we trail to his truck, with me unknown of the future adventure.
