Thanks God, tomorrow is Friday and the working day is almost over, I want so much sit on my couch, watch a movie with Olaf and relax. I'm turning off my computer when I hear Meg crying, I go immediately to her to see what happened.
"Meg!? What happened!? Are you ok?" I search for her eyes that are focused on her phone. I grab her hands and squeeze them. "Meg, answer me, you're worrying me."
"Herk.."
"What!?"
"Herk is coming home earlier! Tomorrow morning he'll be at the airport!" I want to smack her. I was worried that something bad happened!
"That's great! But, Meg, dear.. you scared me! I thought something bad happened."
"Sorry.. will you come with me at the airport? I'll be too emotional to drive." I smile at her.
"Sure thing. I'll go and tell Anna that we're going to be late tomorrow. Do you need any help to tidy the house up?" She looks at me. Oh, I know that look. I should have kept my mouth shut.
"If you don't mind.."
She isn't one of those women who keep their house tidy, well, the house isn't a mess, but for Herk's standard it is. Sometimes it's like he has something like OCD.
I knock at Anna's door. She says to come in. As soon I walks in I close the door behind me, and she looks at me.
"Elsa!? What are you doing here?" she asks a bit worried and looking around.
"I'm sorry, I know I shouldn't be here, but here I am. Tomorrow morning Meg and I will be late for work. Herk's coming home, and we'll pick him up at the airport."
"Ah okay. Thanks for letting me know. How is Meg?"
"She's fine. She's excited and that's why I'll go with her. It's not safe let her drive to the airport. Actually, I was thinking, what if you give her a day off? So she can stay with him."
"Yeah, that's a good idea. Tell her she has the permission for staying at home."
"Perfect. Thanks, I'll come to work as soon as I leave them at their home. I should go now, I've stayed too much." She nods. I walk out and reach Meg. I inform her that she can stay home with her boyfriend all day, and she'll go back at work on Monday.
We come back to our houses, I check on Olaf if he's okay and I find him on the kitchen table. I thought he was a dog, not a cat, why is he on the table? How did he get there? I take him and when he looks at me he makes a little bark and then starts to lick my face. I don't like when he does that, but how can you be mad at this little guy?
I give him a little of food and water and go to help Meg.
I enter in her house, there isn't too much mess. I'm looking around for her when she exits from a room with a broom in her hands.
"So, I need you to tidy up the basement, you know I'm scared of that place, and I believe there are some spiders and a lot of dust. So, it's all yours! Ah, yes, the vacuum is down there. Herk left it there before leaving." I sighs and nods to her. I go to the basement. I switch the light on. Oh god, there's a lot of dust, lucky me I'm not allergic to it. I grab the vacuum and start with the cleaning. Sometimes I find some spiders or roaches.
After a few hours everything is cleaned and I come back home after dinner. Olaf is waiting for me on the couch, he ate his food and we play a bit. After a bit he's asleep on the carpet. I'm too tired to check my phone and my computer.
When I wake up I hear Olaf barks at the front door. I go to him and open the door. Meg walks in saying that I'm late and I should have been ready yet. I check my clock. It's 7:30, I'm not late, Herk's plane lands at 9am, drive to the airport takes only 40minutes. But I can understand why she's in such a rush. She wants to go to her beloved one. I smile at her and go to my room in order to dress something.
We say bye to Olaf and we take my car. The drive is quiet, now and then Meg says something about how much she can't wait to tell Herk about the baby. I want to tell her that he has a surprise for her too, but I know it's not my duty to say it.
At 8:20 we are at the airport, there was a bit of traffic, but nothing big. We wait on the seats that are in the waiting room. Even if it's Friday morning there are a lot of people, mostly are employees. I'm glad I don't have to fly to go to work. I've never went somewhere by plane, but I don't feel the need to try it. I think I am a bit afraid of those things. They're so big and heavy, how can they even fly!?
I take my phone and start to play at Pokémon Emerald, I have an app called My Boy. I know I'm 27 years old and I'm playing with Pokémon in an airport. I can't help it, I love these pocket monster. Now that I think about it, I didn't receive any messages yesterday. Maybe nobody saw Anna and me at her office, or maybe the unknown isn't someone from work.
The airplane from Athene is landed. A Female voice says.
Meg stands up and we go where the passengers of the flight come. Earlier she told me she made a poster, in that way Herk could see us better. My eyes look around and see a big ginger guy who is walking in our direction. He see Meg and smiles. She runs to him and they hug each other. They're so cute together. After several kisses they finally look at me.
"Elsa! How are you?" he hugs me. Oh God, I didn't remember that he was so strong!
"Ehy.. let me breath, I'd like to stay alive. It's good to see you." He chuckles.
"Sorry! So, some news? What happened when I wasn't around? Some scoops?" I smirk at Meg.
"Well, there is a news." He looks at her waiting for her to continue. "You're going to be a dad!" his eyes are now wide open.
"I.. you.. you're pregnant? Really? That's wonderful!" he hugs her again and when they're apart he caresses her belly. "We're going to be parents.. wait, how long are you pregnant?"
"About a month, I wanted to be sure before telling you." He gives her a peck on her nose.
"Don't worry, I have a surprise for you too, I think that this is the perfect time to show you." He looks at me. I give him a smile on approval. He goes down on his knee and take out from his pocket a little red box. Meg brings her hands to her mouth, knowing what he's doing. "You know, since the first time I saw you in Greece, near the Lake Trichonida, I knew you were special. I fell in love with you when we talked the first time. When I look at you I know you are the one, and I want to spend the rest of my life with you. You're carrying our baby and I know you'll be a great mother. I asked Elsa for her permission to have your hand in marriage. So, Megara Egan, would you marry and making me the luckiest man in the entire world?" he opens the little box and a ring with a little diamond comes in front of Meg's eyes. She looks at it, tears in her eyes with a big smile on her face.
"Hercules Alcaeus, yes I want to marry you." He smiles and put the ring on her finger, he stands up and kisses her. I look at this wonderful couple. I'm so happy to see how much love they have for each other. I didn't think that Herk would have proposed in the airport, but well, it doesn't matter where you are, but with who you are. Everyone cheer for them, saying "congratulation" and clapping their hands. After the long kiss, Meg looks at me and show me the ring.
"It's wonderful Meg, I'm so happy for you two!" they smile at me and they hug me. After a few minutes we decide it's time to go, and I take Herk's luggage. They're walking in front of me with their hands intertwined. I can't help but smile.
I leave them at their house and I go to work. It's 10am and I hope I'm lucky enough to find a free parking lot next to the entry. But of course not, I'm not that lucky, I find a parking lot next the garbage can. I exit from the car and close it. I'm going to the entry when I notice I forget my glasses in the car. I turn around but when I reach my car I feel something hard hit my head. I feel pain and then I see nothing. Everything goes black.
I don't know how much time passed after I lost my consciousness. I can't see anything, I think I have something on my head, like a bag, because I feel something heavy on my face. The hurt behind my head is driving me crazy. What happened? Where am I? I know that it's cold, I'm on a floor. I can't smell anything with this bag on. I hear some steps, and I stay still. I don't want they think I'm awake.
"Yes. She's here. We need to take care of her car. I have her keys. Yes, I'll bring them to you. Okay. I'll see you later then." I don't recognize this voice. She was talking to someone on the phone. The phone! I need to reach my phone. Damn, I need to stay still. Elsa stay still, come on.
"Finally, you're going to be out of the picture for good. You should have listened to what I told you. The only thing you had to do was to stay away from Anna. But no, you wanted to make me upset. Elsa, you little bitch, you're going to pay for your stupidity." She walks away and locks a door.
Who the fuck is she?!
Author's Note: Hi everyone! Here's the new chapter, I hope you'll like it. The last name of Meg (Egan) is from the actress who provided the voice to Megare in the movie (Susan Egan). And the last name of Hercules (Alcaeus) is from the Greek mithology.
So, I hope there aren't too much mistakes, let me know what you think about this chapter!
Have a nice day everyone!
