Strike Number One
As the early sunlight dropped through the window of Sky's bedroom Bloom covered up her face with her blanket. She had had a terrible rest in the last night and hadn't caught a bit of
sleep. She was lying there in her soft pink night dress, eagerly waiting for Sky to wake up so that she could lie in his arms so he could make her fall asleep. Sky was lying next to her, his
hand on her waist; he had not wanted to let go of her the entire night.
It was five o' clock in the morning and she was only thinking about one thing, the fact that Andy was back and that she had no clue on what he was going to do next. He was so unusual
for a guy his age. If he wanted Bloom back he should have not even let go of her in the first place.
As she felt how Sky's hand brushed away and swept over to her shoulder she felt shivers run down her spine. She noticed how he propped up his upper body and felt how he brushed
over her long hair, giving her a kiss on the side of her head.
"Are you awake baby?" he whispered into her ear softly. She nodded very slowly and groaned, pulling his blanket away from her face. Sky chuckled as he heard this and sat up with a
yawn, looking at her. She turned around on her back and stared at the ceiling.
"I don't want to stand up!" she groaned, rubbing her eyes and then pulling her pillow over her face.
"Well, according to those bags under your eyes I know why." He explained, pulling the pillow away from her.
"Weren't you able to sleep?" he asked lowering his voice. As he stretched his arms and let out a decent yawn, Bloom sat up and crawled up next to him.
"I couldn't sleep Sky. I was constantly thinking of Andy and him being so crazy." She complained, laying her head on his shoulder.
"Bloom, you don't have to be scared. I told you already." Sky replied in his calm and deep voice. Usually he was always able to convince Bloom that there was no one able to harm her
whenever he was around. But today, he was only able to give her the feeling that he would "try" and protect her if Andy came for her –for whatever reason that might be-. She sighed and
looked at him with her sweet blue eyes.
"Sky, I know you will always be there for me, but he is a human and not a monster. I mean, cutting off his head or stabbing him through the heart with your sword wouldn't solve the
problem you know." She replied.
Sky rolled his eyes.
"Remember the time you were under Darkar's control? I was able to save you from that am I right?" he asked.
Bloom nodded slowly.
"Yea, but he was a monster in the shape of a human. That ain't count." She answered with a giggle.
"But I got you out of that trance." He argued.
"But Darkar was a magical creature and Andy is an ordinary human. I bet he isn't going to go and put me under a spell." She teased him, while running over his chest with her fingers. They
were warm just like the rest of her body which was always radiating fair heat. For a while Bloom and Sky just stared into each other's eyes with a loving gaze until Sky placed his hand on
hers and narrowed his glance.
"Do you know that your beautiful?" he murmured. Bloom smiled at this.
"I bet I would look better if I drank a cup of coffee, wash myself up and get dressed." Bloom replied with a soft snigger.
"I would love to see you in that new green dress you got yourself a few days ago." He explained.
"Ok." She replied and gave him a kiss on the cheek. "I'ma go and get us some coffee." She murmured with a smile spread on her lips. She yawned once and then stood up, stretching her
arms in the air while leaving the room. Sky heard how she walked down the marble staircase, yawning another time. He noticed how she turned on the lights downstairs and then how
she stood still and opened the kitchen. It wasn't short after she had switched on the lights in the kitchen that he heard a loud and hysteric scream coming from her.
"SKY!" she screamed. Her loud yell animated him to stand up quickly and run down the hallway, followed by a chase down the stairs, only to stand in front of the kitchen entrance. A minute
of shock filled the house. Both of them stood still in the entrance of the kitchen, not saying a word.
"Holy shit!" Sky exclaimed and pulled Bloom behind him.
"Isn't that your butler?" she asked him with a squeaky trembling voice.
He nodded.
"It was him." He replied. The scene in front of him made his heart pound hastily and he reached out for the wall phone.
In front of him was a huge puddle of blood, in which laid the open eyed butler, staring at the ceiling with knife stuck in his chest. It was terrifying.
At once he dialed the number of the police and told them what had happened.
Meanwhile, Bloom started to sob out of fear and ran up the staircase in order to wake up Sky's parents. Erendor of course was worried about Bloom since her eyes were filled with tears
and hugged her while standing up in his blue snoopy pyjama. Samara only watched her husband in disgust. Even though there had just been a murder in her own house, she was still so
centered on hating Bloom that she almost forgot how scared the red headed fairy was and that she needed some serious comforting so that she was not going to suffer from a lifelong
trauma.
