The Couple

Celia

I approached him with slow steps. Don’t want to startle him or wake up any other family member in the house. He busted his cigarette, throwing it on ground and smashing under his feet. And stood there crossing his hands across his chest.

Just before I could reach to him and tap on his shoulder, he spoke.

“Speak. I don’t have forever for you to talk.” I was stunned. Does he have eyes at his back too?

“Umm,... thanks for not mentioning our first meet to J o… or else it would have been awkward for me to see her.”

“What are you even talking about...”, he frowned as he turned around and looked directly into my eyes.

“The party at my dorm in New York, when you came there to bring J and me here but returned early. What do you have alzheimer?” I don’t know if I am boring because he doesn’t even recognize me.

He was the guy who was staring at me that whole night and here I am obsessed one over him when he doesn’t even recognize me or our first meet when it was just a fortnight earlier. I was screaming his name in my bed last night. Stupid me.

“Hey, are you sleeping standing here?” he asked, waving his hand in front of me bringing me out of trance. I was staring at him and remembering how sweet he was that night. What did I do to him that he is so rude to me now?

“Um.. no. I was just thinking how rude one can be.” I spoke sternly, looking him directly in his eyes, challenging him once more don’t knowing for what.

“So you like rude and arrogant men?”, he asked me carefully, caressing my face and putting a loose lock of hair behind my ears.

“no… I can never like an arrogant and rude person like you.”, I spoke backing my steps and him closing in the space between us.

“So, it is just me then”

“What are you even talking about”, hardly speaking without stuttering with him standing so close to me.

“Who was satisfying themselves last night in their bed screaming my name…. ahhh”, he spoke closing the left out space between if there was even, mimicking of thinking hard.

He knows, was I too loud, did everyone hear me, did Jeanne hear me. Shit.

don’t have an idea how hard it was for me not to join you in bed. Trust me no girl ever complained yet.”, his breath brushed my ears as he spoke. This intimacy

push him away at that moment. I wanted to scream at him to tell him he can’t go to another girl now. How can

man whore

him away and walked without looking back and ran straight to my room. I don’t want to see him again. Soon will leave this house and will never

I wish I could change what happened at that party or could undo that party so I would have never

he wouldn’t have happened to be Jeanne’s brother, grandma

I was about to sleep, I heard a loud howl and was startled. It was loud and frightening, it was too loud to be a dog’s howl. Is there any wolf around? It has a forest around a bit far but no

after that, it was hard thinking about

a second, knowing there might be a wolf outside

got enough time to get ready and go downstairs to help grandma and Mary. It was good to talk to them freely. How warm they are, I wonder what it will be to

don’t want to see him again. Atleast not after moving to my

my direction while I was helping Mary setting up the table, daggering in my back and making me squirm. As I turned around I looked

seat quickly. Everyone started to come and took their seats around the dining table.

tired, it was too hard to get up early for someone.”, it was Mary who

whole night.”, I replied sheepishly and

today. Don’t worry about it. You should have told me earlier.”, it was grandma Nicole this time, all ready to change

no need to change the mattress. It was good. I slept other nights like a

caught someone smirking across the table eating his food peacefully and enjoying me getting nervous. Well, I am overjoyed to tell him, my restlessness last night was not because of him. It

too loud to be a dog’s howl.”, I explained. It was a relief seeing him restless, don’t know the reason but I guess

is startled with this news. It was like

howling, if it was not a

think it was a wolf. I am not sure as I was too frightened to even look out of the window. But there is a forest nearby. It can be a wolf right, has there been another sighting before?” I

another asking for an answer, aren’t they living here for the last 23 or 24 years? Shouldn't they know everything about this place and its happenings. Why are they so startled suddenly or is it they

back for the first time. Never hurt anyone all these years. One of the reasons no one from town goes into deep forest

like they are having a silent talk. They were discussing something silently without words, without anyone knowing what they mean or

their silent talks until someone on table cleared their throat and brought all

and Christian left together for their office while Greg picked up Jeanne for the office maybe. I left in my car for