Beep
beep
Auggie woke to the noise again. It had been a constant for three days. He usually only heard it late at night though. Tonight, he held Annie in his arms trying to think about anything other than the irritating beeping coming from the apartment next to them. It didn't seem to affect his sweet Annie though, she never once mentioned it and now she lay, unmoving, fast asleep. He wasn't sure if she just couldn't hear it or if she just didn't mention it as to not draw his attention to it if he didn't hear it.
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Of course, he heard it though; he heard every sound around him. It was imperative that he did. Not being able to see, meant he had to rely on his other senses more than other people. He had to be able to concentrate on the most obscure sounds that most people never paid attention to. But tonight, the beeping was not something he needed to hear. Instead it was a nagging constant that he couldn't seem to drown out by his thoughts alone.
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Deciding he needed to finally take action and do something about the noise, he gently moved himself from Annie's sleeping form, got out of bed, and found his shorts from the crumpled pile of discarded clothes at the foot of the bed.
Trailing his hand along the staircase, and then ghosting his hand over the couch, he reached the table in the corner of the room. Opening the drawer on the table, he began searching. Not finding the item he searched for, frustration began to build inside him as he slowly touched each item in eh drawer, until he identified it.
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Suddenly, he heard her bare feet sound on the wooden floor of the bedroom. Moments later her voice rang out in the living room a few feet from him. "Auggie… You know I love you, but why are you up at 3 in the morning rummaging through random drawers?"
"Looking for my lock-pick set." Auggie stated simply continuing to feel around in the drawer.
"Augs, why do you need to pick a lock at this hour?" Annie said coming up behind him and placing her hands around his shoulders lovingly.
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Auggie stopped his search, brought his hands up to meet hers and then moved her hands up around his neck to his lips. After kissing her hands gently he said, "I've got to make that beeping stop."
"Oh, yeah, it has been rather annoying." Annie confessed. She too had heard it, but had hoped it wasn't bothering him as much as it did her.
"You heard it too?" Auggie asked. Turning himself around so that he faced her.
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"Of course I did, who wouldn't hear that? I was just hoping if I didn't acknowledge it, that I would grow used to it and be able to ignore it.
"How'd that work out for you?" He asked her,
"It didn't, hence, why I'm awake at 3am with you discussing breaking into our neighbor's apartment."
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"You know what Annie Walker?" Auggie began playfully.
"What, Auggie?" Annie replied already knowing his response.
"I love you." He said honestly. It was probably one of the most honest things he ever said.
"I know." She said bringing her lips closer to his until his collided with hers. After a few moments like this he asked, "So we're doing this?"
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"You bet we are! My set of lock-picks is in my purse, I'll grab it on the way out."
Hand in hand they discreetly headed into the hallway to once in for all put an end to the beep.
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