Against All Odds:3
THE HEART OF THE HOUSE
The
light streamed through the window early the next morning. It lit up the sleeping figure snuggled
comfortably between her covers, and couch.
Yet the man sleeping in the next room had been awake long before the
light had entered his room. Faint
sounds could be heard coming from the garage.
As the light hit the young sleeping girl she stirred, and stretched
herself awake. The first thing she
noticed was how nice the room made her feel.
The second was the strange noise coming from somewhere in the
house.
She pulled herself
out of bed, and made her way toward the noise.
She soon found herself in a garage that had been completely transformed
into a training area. The floor was covered
in a mat, the walls were too. There
were parallel bars in one area, and weights in another, and an empty spot on
the mat.
As her eyes fell
on this spot they also fell on the man standing in it. He stood dressed in a pair of pants, his
chest bare. His back was to her. She watched his skilled movements as he
proceeded to perform a number of kicks, jumps and punches to an invisible
assailant. For his final move he
flipped and kicked at his opponent, and ended up facing the door where she
stood amazed at his skill.
"Oh hi" Said the startled man. "How did you sleep"?
"Great, thanks"
An awkward silence followed as the
two stared at each other.
Finally the young woman spoke, "can
you teach me to do that?" she asked shyly.
"It takes a lot of work, but I
guess I could teach you some easier moves if you want"
"Sure, that would be great!"
"But first lets eat."
After breakfast the two went to the
gym where Bob started her training.
"No, a little higher, that's
right. Good job!"
His encouraging attitude towered
her determined, but horrible attempts left her feeling confident, and more
attracted to him that ever before.
She is such a mystery. Why is she
concealing her identity? I wish she
would tell me who her other self is, the one she left behind, and yet, I don't
want to know. I want to help her, but I
want her to stay helpless so she still needs me. Then she will stay, and I will get to know her better. This is so strange. She is so beautiful. Not just her looks, but also the feeling she
is surrounded with, I feel so attracted to her. What am I saying? I am
fooling myself, she isn't Dot, or her, no she will never come. I know she has moved on, and that is good. She deserves to be with someone like
her. How can I still love her, and Dot
at the same time? Why do I lose the ones I love? Oh user make me strong.
But you can't can you. I know
that now, thanks to her.
"Hey,
you alive in there?"
"Yah,
sorry, I just…well anyway where were we?"
When. When were we where? Now,
oh well I can tell you that. I was just
acting like I had just met you yesterday, and you were acting like you felt
like you didn't know me. I don't know
if you know that you know me, but somewhere I bet you do. Just believe yourself. As for where we were before. You left for the war, and I couldn't follow.
You know I wanted to, but I couldn't,
and now I have to prove my self in another way. How, well my guess is as good as yours. I still love you, but now I have to make myself worthy of
yours. There are so many other Wheres,
but for now I am here, and you are here, and I hope you will know that soon.
