Against All Odds:9
THE HOUR WAS GETTING LATE
As AndrAIa walked up to her and Matrix's apartment a sense of unsettlement surrounded her and seeped into her very sole reaching deep within her yet providing no explanation for its presence. She swiped her key card and opened the door. Matrix was lying on the coach sleeping. She figured all the tension he had caused had caught up with him and knocked him out. As she went about her business the unsettlement soon subsided into a dull presence. The seeping mound soon awoke to the everyday noises that had appeared in the house. Matrix found AndrAIa doing the dishes that had accumulated over the two days they had been too at odds to do dishes. He quickly took over the job of drying and stacking the multiple items she handed to him. She took this motion to be an apology, and a subtle request for help.
"Bob sends his regards" AndrAIa started. "He also isn't mad at you. I think he realizes that the some of what you said was true, but that you were also very frustrated with life in general. At any rate, he's not mad, and wants to make sure you two are ok now."
The perfect balance AndrAIa had achieved between not blaming Matrix, and telling him that what he had done was out of line, although for reasons he may not have been responsible for seemed to strike no sour note with Matrix, and in fact roused a very productive response.
"Yah, I guess we're ok now. As long as he isn't mad or anything, I guess we're ok. I don't know AndrAIa, I really got out of line. I said things I know and knew as I was saying them were wrong. I seem to do that a lot, you know, saying things even though I know I shouldn't. It's that lack of control again. I just can't stop my self.
"You're getting better you know, you shouldn't be so hard on yourself, the fact that you recognize that you have that problem shows that you aren't as bad off as you seem to think.
"It's funny, I told Bob that everyone had moved on from the hardships of their lives except for him. I guess I wasn't exactly accurate. I guess that's not so funny."
"You've come a long way lover."
It's not too far to the bedroom you know. I think I might be able to make it that much farther tonight."
The bedroom door shut, and the two sprites began the process of making up.