Chapter 42 - Winding Down
It had been about 5 minutes after Barry went to check on Ella. I was starting to get really bored from watching the T.V., and it seemed off that Barry was gone for this long without saying anything. "Hey", I whispered to my jelly boyfriend, "Let's go check on Barry and Ella. The T.V.'s starting to bore me." My jelly boyfriend shifted his look towards me during a commercial. "Eh, alright.", he said to me.
I picked up the remote, turning the T.V. off, standing up. I got to the hallway before realizing that my jelly boyfriend was still sitting on the couch, with his feet propped up on the coffee table. "Come on!", I talked through my teeth. My jelly boyfriend groaned in displeasure, before getting up and walking over to me. "Let's just be quiet and get a peek.", I told him.
I looked through the open bedroom doorway, to find Ella and Barry standing in front of the window, with the moon illuminating behind them, casting a shadow. I slowly and carefully walked to the middle of the open doorway. Ella eventually saw me, flinching as she was startled. Barry stopped sobbing, turning his head around in an instant. He let out a breath of relief to find that it was just me.
"Mark! Can you not?! We're in the middle of something!", Barry yelled. "Well geez, sorry! I was just coming in to check on you two. Are you both going to bed soon?" Barry and Ella looked at each other as Barry thought to her, How confy is the bed? Ella replied, It's the softest thing I've ever been in! You're gonna love relaxing in it! Barry nodded his head, before looking around at me.
"Yeah, we're gonna go ahead and get some shut-eye.", he said to me. "That's probably a good thing, it seems like you two need sleep right now more than anything.", I told them. Yeah, today has been a whole rollercoaster of emotions, alright., Ella thought to me. "If you two need me or jelly, we'll be in the bedroom.", I told them. "Gotcha", Barry told me, pointing two fingers at me like a gun.
I looked behind me to find that my jelly boyfreind wasn't there. Ugh, what a rascal, I thought to myself, walking into the bedroom. I saw him sitting at my computer, looking up random videos on youtube. After closing the door behind me, I said to him, "You know, you never did bring back my laptop." He shot me a look of anger, before going back to the computer screen. "You know, I can't just replicate anything at will! Electronics are too difficult for me.", he said over his shoulder.
"Oh so now i'm out 500$?", I said with a tone of frustration. "Look, I feel bad about it, alright? But at that time, It had to happen! It just had to be delt with! You were going to reveal me to the public! How else am I supposed to stop that?", he said to me. I paused for a second, trying to think of a proper argument, with no avail. "I guess you're right... but that laptop still meant a lot me, man!", I said to him, hopping into the bed.
Meanwhile, Barry and Ella broke the hug as soon as me and my jelly boyfriend were in our bedroom. Well, I guess we'd better get some well-needed sleep, Barry thought to his sister. It's about time, huh?, Ella replied. You know, Barry started to think to her while closing the door, ...I've never slept in a bed before. It looks pretty roomy! The bed was a Queen-sized one, which allowed for them to have pretty good space.
Even though they were fully clothed, ready to head out the door, they didn't care. Ella got into the bed first, pulling up the covers and resting onto the mattress. Come on in, Ella thought to Barry. Barry pressed down on the mattress, feeling it with his fingers. Oh wow, this is really soft!, he said as he eventually laid down next to Ella. Ella threw the covers over Barry, watching him observing how the covers felt on his fully-covered body.
Jeez, these are really hot, he thought to Ella. Why do these people cover themselves in bed with all this heat? Ella thought back, If you're so hot, just take your hoodie off! You must be baking in that thing! Barry waited for a second before judging whether Ella was joking or not, before eventually deciding that she definitely wasn't. He pulled off his hoodie, exposing his bare chest.
You know, you are really overprotective of me too much, she thought to him. Look, whether or not you think it's true, you are my sister, and you're not really physically strong. Somebody has to watch themselves around you., he thought back. We'll continue this discussion later tomorrow, but let's just get some sleep, alright?, she thought to him. Goodnight., he thought to her, before turning away, finally being able to sleep extremely comfortably.