The next morning I was awoken by the sound of my laptop receiving countless emails and could only imagine that it was work and assignments, I climbed out of bed and ruffled my hair ,I glanced over at the time it was six thirty and I went to check my mail
I let out a sigh at the workload and went to shower and get dressed I went downstairs ,made myself a cup of coffee and then came up to start work
I sat for hours working and when I looked out the window the sun was already beginning to set ,I picked up my phone and opened my messenger ,Marshall had sent me countless texts throughout the day and i hadn’t even read them until now,I was about to call him when I received another text message ,it told me to calm down and take a break and it was from my mother ,I realised that I had been up before anyone else and I worked the whole day through so no one saw me ,I decided to go downstairs I was at the door when I heard something hit ,my terrace doors, it was a stone with a note tied to it and it was from Marshall ,it said look down ,I followed the instructions and there he was standing there with more roses and a bottle of wine I signalled him that id be right down and I quickly ran a brush through my hair and was out the door ,I heard dad in the kitchen with Marshall, dad turned around again to start chopping up things for a salad
I invited Marshall to join me and we sat outside in the garden and Marshall began to relax and he asked me what I was up to the whole day I told him about everything and soon found myself talking to him about the complexity of tissues in the human body ,my mother s car pulled in to the drive and she waved when she got out she yelled that tiara was staying at simone house for the weekend,she raced inside to find my dad and then it occurred to me I turned to face marshall I asked him why he was here and he told me that my dad called him up and invited him to dinner
The afternoon chill began to settle outside and I invited marshall to come upstairs with me to watch tv until dinner was ready ,I opened the locked room door and walked in , he stood at the door looking at me with a quizzical look I guessed what it was about and I explained to him why I locked my room door all the time ,he laughed at it and soon it became a great joke between us he settled down on the coach by the tv and I walked over to lock the door and open the terrace doors to let air in I settled in the chair opposite marshall and turned on the tv ,
Marshall looked at me with great intensity and I felt as if he could read my soul ,he stood up and I got up too, but I tripped on my shoes and he caught me ,I looked up into his deep ochre eyes and I felt my heart begin to speed up ,I stood on my toes and I wrapped my arms around his neck and he held me tight ,his voice grew deeper as if though he had a great amount of sadness then he released me and he looked into my eyes with tears in his ,I felt like my heart was going to start crying I asked him what was wrong and he sat down again,I sat down next to him and held his hand in an embrace
He told me how he was touched by the love and bond my family shared since he didn’t have a family and was an orphan ,I felt my heart ache and I was in tears as I listened to him tell me about his dark past,I never spoke ,I just listened and comforted him ,he hugged again and this time the same thing happened again ,I fought against my heart and I hugged him back and comforted him ,just then my dad called from downstairs that dinner was ready I pulled away and Marshall dried his tears with the tissues next to him and I dried mine ,he apologised for anything wrong and I couldn’t help it I hugged him and assured him that id always be there to listen and would always be is shoulder to cry on I pulled
He lightened the mood with our earlier joke and we both laughed I put on my shoes again and we walked downstairs together
