In Her Sleep

I Am Not Him

"What?"

"Nothing..."
Caleb answers as he takes a bite of his red apple. His mouth waters when the juicy fruit finds his taste buds. It's sweet but not as sweet as the sight before him. She is sitting right across from him with a folk in hand looking lost in thought with each passing second.
They are seated by his kitchen island having what should have been their breakfast this morning. He was about to prepare something fresh but she insisted on not wasting food.
Her hair is all combed up now and in a high bun. There are a few rogue locks falling over her face and everytime she pushes them back he finds himself following the action of her hands with longing.
The traces of her crying are barely visible now and he is glad. He couldn't stomach thinking about all that suffering everytime he looked at her and found that reminder.

She has never looked better than now with her putting on his sweat pants and top. They are definitely not her size but he thinks she still looks cute in them and it kind of makes him feel proud and all manly having her in them.
She looks uncomfortable a bit and nervous too with her eyes going everywhere but him and yet it makes the sight even sweeter to him. Her shy self makes her look even more attractive to him.
He looks at her thoughtfully. He doesn't understand how she does not know just how beautiful she is, when he can barely keep himself away from her.
Everything about her is natural but he finds that even more alluring and fresh. With his usual days being filled with women that are always in heavy make up trying to look a certain way, having her in all her natural beauty is a huge contrast and something to enjoy. She definitely makes spending time looking at a woman worthwhile.

He smiles to himself. If only his friends could take a peek in his head right now they would tease him for an entire lifetime. And it's a good thing he never agreed to any of those bets they proposed otherwise he would be losing big to all of them because of the angel before him.

"Stop staring." Her voice is barely a whisper making him chuckle.

"Make me."

Her face goes bright red instantly and Caleb chuckles and bites his lips. He didn't realise what his simple statement could mean when he uttered it, but by the look on her face he has a pretty good idea of what must have popped up in her head.

"Aren't you working today?"

"Nope. But come to think of it I am." He wiggles his eyebrows at her with a smile but she just frowns.

"Am doing nurse duties."
She laughs at that and the sound of her laughter is like music to his ears.
"And just so you know you have an appointment with your doctor after this meal so better finish up quickly."

She makes a cute pout before she breaks out in laughter again and he joins in when her laughter ends up making him laugh too.

"You are funny."

"My mother would strongly disagree with you." He manages to say after his laughter dies down.

"Really?"

"Uh...yeah." He rubs his neck nervously. Funny how he brought up his mother so easily with her when he could barely bring her up in his own thoughts when he is alone.

"What is she like?"

He can see a hint of excitement in her eyes as she waits for his answer.

"She's alright. I hope you can meet her one day."
He looks away from her to his plate. This is not something he wants to get into just yet even though he is surprised that he doesn't feel so guarded with her on the subject.

"So, mind telling me about yesterday?"

Her smile disappears immediately and she goes back to focussing on her plate.