Kate stretched and yawned as she woke up.
She opened her eyes to an unfamiliar room...
She was in a large canopy style bed. The bed sheets were a dark blue satin and had 10 matching pillows.
Kate stared at her clothes in horror. She was wearing a pink night gown made out of silk.
When did I put on a night gown?!
She looked around the room and saw a familiar figure.
Iceberg was seated shirtless at a desk, wearing pajama pants. He seemed to be working on something important.
Wait did we have…..
She looked onto the ground and saw a pillow and blankets set up on the floor, bringing her some relief. Kate knew Iceberg wasn't "that type of guy" but she was still trying to piece everything together.
Kate continued to look towards Iceberg. He scrambled to hide whatever he has been working on as soon as he saw Kate.
"Good morning. How are you feeling?!"
Kate pulled up the bed sheets to cover herself.
"I'm well, thank you. Just a bit confused I guess…"
He sighed and stood up, rubbing the back of his head.
Kate couldn't help but gawk. Not only was he muscular, he was covered in tattoos.
"Kalifa and Paulie found us in my old home. You were fast asleep, and I didn't want to wake you. Don't worry—Kalifa was the one who helped dress you. I didn't feel right sending you home alone so late."
Kate smiled. "Thank you so much, Iceberg." She looked at her watch. It was almost noon.
Ah he probably thinks I'm a slacker! I can't believe I slept in so long..
"I'd better get going now. I left some clothes in the main office so.." She awkwardly crawled out of the bed.
Iceberg walked over to a stand in his room and grabbed Kate's bag with her clothes, handing it to her.
"Yes, Kalifa had brought them here. She sent your gown to get dry cleaned, and it will be here on Monday."
Kate bowed to say thank you.
"I'll go change in the main washroom and be on my way." She quickly ran to the door. Before she left, Iceberg called out to her.
"Kate, thank you again. It was the highlight of my night." He smiled as she bowed once again and closed the door behind her.
He returned to his desk, unrolling the blueprint he had been working on. There was a drawing of Water 7 and several scribbled-out sketches below it.
The mayor opened a drawer and pulled out Kate's picture from her application.
Could it really be you?