Sharing a room

Chapter 4

This is going to be a lot of fun I thought. Sharing a room with someone. Well it was her house so it was more sharing a living space. Nevertheless, it was just for the night it was no big deal. We were walking down the streets of magnolia at night and she might have noticed that I wasn't carrying anything.

"Where is all your stuff?"

"My stuff?"

"Yeah you must have some things that are yours like extra clothes or a toothbrush. Don't tell me you never brush your teeth or change your clothes," she said jokingly and laughed. And I say laugh but it was more of a loud giggle. It was adorable.

"Well I always buy a one use toothbrush and one of those little bottles of toothpaste that get used in two or three uses so there's one for me and one for Zeke. As for my clothes there is a river a little out of town so I buy some soup and wash it there every week or so," I said and put my hands behind head and looked at the starry sky.

"Well if you wash your only set of clothes in a river, what do wear when you're washing it? Don't tell me you're… you know"

"No I don't actually. I'm what?"

Her face started to turn red. Did I say something wrong?

"You're you know… um you're…" there was a long pause. She stopped and so did I. I looked at her in curiosity. She started to look up and down my shady figure. What was wrong with her? She had kept her cool when she faced with a man two heads taller than she was. But now she was asked a simple question she totally lost it. What was she looking at anyway? My clothes. It was a dark purple unzipped west with a hood revealing a tank top beneath, and some loose dark blue cowboy pants. Nothing special at all.

"Is something wrong?" I asked out of concern but after I said that, she turned redder.

"Sorry I must have been staring for some time," she started walking again.

"You were about to say something but then you stopped and looked me like I did something wrong. What did I do exactly? You said: you're you know… um you're… and then you stopped."

"Anyway this is it my humble living quarters."

I didn't even realize that we had stopped in front of a small building that was sandwiched between two other buildings there were two floor with a simple door and window on the bottom and two windows at the top. Nothing to brag about but not something that wouldn't be nice to live in. Besides, it was for one person not an entire family with four kids and grandma. Just little Sapphire.

"Cozy" I said as I walked in the door. The first thing I noticed was the smell. It wasn't bad by any means it was actually very nice. It was a mix of girly perfume and Cheetos. I liked it. I took of my light blue sneakers off and walked into her living room. It was quite big for what it was worth there was a couch (probably my bed for the night) a small lachrima television and a leaning chair. (also a good candidate for a bed) There was a window at the back, which seemed a little odd since the house was between two buildings. I looked out of it and saw a tiny garden with a fence and view of a lake. In fact, that was the same lake, where I washed my clothes but I did it longer up where no one could see me.

"Hey, you there Jack?" she yelled from upstairs.

"Yeah I'm here, what's up?"

"Get up here and see your room, you are staying aren't you?"

"Of course, be right there," I found the stairs and went up to see the room I was getting. As I walked down the not so long hall I noticed that Sapphire was standing in apparently the only bedroom in the house.

"Is this it?" I asked and she looked at me a little displeased.

"What did you expect?! It's not a five star hotel you know!" She was clearly offended.

"Oh… no I didn't critique the quality of the room I just noticed as I walked down the hall that this is the only bedroom in the house. So isn't this your bedroom?

"Oh I'm sorry for yelling and I'm much more comfortable on the couch," she said, as her cheeks became a light shade of pink.

"Well alright but the thing is I actually sleep pretty well on the floor," I laughed at my own comment and so did Sapphire.

"It's getting pretty late do you have some toothpaste I can borrow any will do."

"Sure down the stairs and to the right."

After both of us had gotten comfortable. Her on the couch and me on the floor with a blanket underneath me we chatted a little as you often do when you have a sleepover.

"Goodnight"

"Goodnight, and thanks for letting me sleep here."

"You're welcome"

I had been sleeping for some time I think when I heard Sapphire get out of bed, or couch. I didn't think anything of it she probably just needed to use the toilet or get a glass of water. But when I heard the front door open, I got up put my tank top and pants on and then followed her outside. I could still smell her nearby and I heard a noise from above me. I looked up and saw a foot vanish onto the roof. I looked at the walls and noticed that you could climb on the water pipe. I got a good grip and climbed up. As I surfaced, I saw that it was a flat roof with a chair and a folded parasol. I sat down next to her.

"Hey, are you alright," I asked and she jumped a little when she heard me. She must have been spacing out and didn't see me come up.

"Yeah I just couldn't sleep and when that happens I come up here and watch the stars if the weather allows it."

"That's nice. I do the same with Zeke when we can't sleep mostly because there is not much else to do on the streets," we both giggled a little.

"Something else I do is that I go to the forest over there and train to get time to go by," she said and pointed to an opening in the forest on the other side of the lake that was visible due to our altitude.

"Sounds… relaxing."

"It is actually, wanna go right now?"

"Sure why not. It's been a while since I trained last." And with that, we got up, climbed down and walked to the forest. When we came to the lake, she used her magic to jump over and asked if I was coming. I could use my own magic to get over but I didn't want to because I hadn't quite figured it out yet and I didn't want to put myself in an even worse light than I already was. So instead, I took of my tank top and pants so I was just in my boxers, jumped in, and swam over instead. When I got to the other side I walked behind a bush took off my boxers and put my pants back on.

"Alright, show me what you got Jack I haven't seen your magic yet," she said taunting me to attack her.

"Nah. It's a surprise for later, but I need the physical training as much as the magical so come at me!" I yelled and hit myself on the chest

After a heavy dose of training, we were both exhausted and lying on the ground panting for air. We had done some competitions to see who was strongest. These included pulling a fallen log with some rope for a mile or so. No walk only run. Doing a thousand push-ups, sit-ups and other strength exercises and of course sparing matches. Oh, god the sparing matches. I was pretty beat after round ten but kept going until round twenty.

As the panting stopped coming from both of us there came a silence. However, not an awkward silence a good silence. Just lying there in the opening looking at the sky and stars with Sapphire. It was perfect. I think I fell asleep after a while because the next thing I remember is woke up in Sapphires bed. Using my elbows as support, I sat up and looked around. Then a thought came to my mind. She must have carried me bridal style while I slept. Oh, God that's embarrassing I hope she doesn't mention it. At this point, I realized that someone else was here in the bed with me. I looked down and saw Sapphire sleeping calmly next to me. What you're telling me is that she carried me home, tugged me into bed, and fell asleep next to me. But was it an accident or did she sleep next to me on purpose? Never mind that. I got out of bed, got dressed, helped myself to the kitchen, and started making breakfast for the two of us. Even though I didn't own a kitchen myself, I know how to cook. At least simple things. It doesn't take a genius to make bacon and eggs.

The food was nearly done when I heard the heavy stomping of someone who just got out of bed. I could tell by her footsteps that she was not a morning person but then again neither am I.

"Did you sleep well?" What I got as an answer was a weird grunt of approval. I giggled a little to myself. When the food was done I grabbed some plates, filled them with two eggs each and five strips of bacon, I took two glass's, and the milk and managed to balance it all at ones. She looked alive when I got to the table and set the things down.

"Thank you, that's really nice of you to make this," she said excitedly digging into her food.

"No problem, I should be thanking you for letting me stay here for the night."

"Don't worry about it. It was nothing but this is really good."

"Gotta say that was definitely the toughest training session I have ever had last night"

"Can't argue with that. Do you remember who won the sparing matches?"

"I think you won but I was a close second"

It was just the two of us so don't brag about being second," then we laughed. When we were done eating, I started doing the dishes.

"I'm gonna go get dressed real quick be right back," she said and ran upstairs. When she came down again, she was wearing the same outfit as yesterday. And if she got dressed that means she was wearing a pajamas meaning she took the time to change before going to sleep last night, and THAT means she slept next to me on purpose. Whatever we're friends it's no big deal.

"You ready to go,"

"Sure."

Another day and another adventure. Life is certainly not boring when you're a member… of Fairy Tail!