Trapped Soul

Chapter 17 - A day off

After the hug Rick continued making pancakes and we all ate in silence. No one knew what to say and I for sure did not know what subject to bring up. Once we had eaten Martha made up plans to go shopping with Alexis, at first I thought she didn't want her granddaughter anywhere near me and that was why she took her out, but then I got a look from her in which I could see in her eyes that she just wanted what was best for me and that she wanted me and Rick to have time for ourselves. When I figured that out I didn't know wether to be grateful or frightened. Grateful cause I really wanted to be alone with Rick, but also frightened cause I had no idea how to really act with him. Were we together now? I mean we did kiss. Multiple times actually. And we did sleep together. Well, not 'sleep'-sleep together, but 'sleep in the same bed'-sleep together. Or was this just some kind of 'friends with benefits'-thing? Or what was all of this really? He had said he loved me, and I had, to my surprise, said it back. Which must mean we were together. What else could it mean? But I was still frightened to be alone with him, at the same time I loved when the two of us were alone.

"So, what do you wanna do today?" Rick broke the silence and I looked at him.

I shrugged my shoulders and I could see he was thinking, trying to figure something out.

"We could go to the park?" he offered and I looked down at my foot. "Or maybe not" he added when he followed my eyes.

"Maybe we could stay home? I don't feel like doing anything, and to be honest I can't risk being seen out there" I said and pointed out the window, which was about 5 meters away from me but I knew he would understand what I meant.

"Movie?" he asked and I looked up at him.

I met his eyes and for the thousandth of time I drowned in them. I didn't know how that could even be possible but apparently it was. His eyes kept drawing me in, like some kind of an unseen force that kept our eyes meeting. I could see he was as drawn into mine as mine was drawn into his. I managed to look away and break the magical force.

"But maybe we should... I still don't want any of you near the danger I'm in. I know you want me to stay, and so does Alexis and Martha but... I can't put you through that same danger" he put his finger over my mouth and hushed me.

"Don't think about it. We'll figure this out. And you need some time to relax, and catch up what you've been missing for the past few years of movies" he said and he had one of those silly child smiles on his face.

I couldn't help but laugh at him.

"How about Monsters University?" he asked with a pouting face.

I looked at him with a raised eyebrow and narrowed eyes.

"You mean Monster's Inc?" I asked and he shook his head with a big smile of his.

"No, this is a sequel, showing us what they did in collage to become who they are" Rick said and his hand landed on my lower back.

"They've done a sequel?" I asked shocked.

"Yep, and you are going to watch it right now, with me" he said and pecked my lips.

I would've wanted him to leave his lips on mine a little longer but I was too afraid to ask for a kiss so I let it be. He dragged me with him to the couch and told me to sit down while he got the film. He acted all excited and I couldn't help but laugh at him. When he turned around to ask me 'what' I just shook my head.

"You're such a child" I laughed and he smiled at me.

"Well, there's no fun in growing up" he winked and put in the movie.

He crashed down on the couch beside me and took the remote. He played the movie and I tried to build up the courage to lean into him. I didn't know why I was so afraid of everything, I just was. When the movie started I slowly leaned into him and when I peeked up at him I could see a smile form on his mouth. He put his arm around my shoulders and it felt good. The movie was great, I laughed and I felt sorry for Mike and in the end I had tears in my eyes because of the happy duo finally getting along. I could feel Rick's eyes on me and I glanced at him.