chapter 26

Sarah's pov

"Where on earth is he?" I asked no one in particular as I looked around the parking lot for Daniel who was supposed to be waiting there.

When I got here, it had taken me a while to find the car but after walking around for a while, I finally found it. Daniel wasn't there and I didn't think much of it because I did tell him to hang out with friends instead on waiting in the car alone

But now it's been over thirty minutes and Daniel is still not in sight and he hasn't been picking his call. I was beginning to freak out and about to go search for him in his school building

But immediately I turned around to begin my journey to his school, guess whom I see? The man of the hour strolling to the car smiling like he had no care in the world. I stood impatiently by the car waiting for him to get to where I was

"Sorry. I'm a bit late" he said still smiling and rushing to open the car

A bit late? This boy doesn't know what a bit means, I thought. My eyebrows were drawn together in confusion as I got into the car with him.

"Daniel what kept you so long? I was so worried about you!" I whine-yelled while looking at him

"I decided to hang out with my friends since I had an hour to wait for you" he explained shyly

"That's not a problem, I'm glad you made friends but why didn't you pick up your calls?" I said. I was starting to sound like a nagging mother

"Sorry, Andrea and Abigail talk really loud, I probably didn't hear my phone ringing in my bag" he explained casually

Andrea and Abigail? I felt my heart rate increase and my breathing became laboured for some reason after hearing him say that. What the heck is wrong with me?

"So your friends are girls?" I asked trying hard to sound casual

"Yeah. They are pretty cool though they tend to ask a lot of questions" he replied with a smile of fondness as be drove the car out of the parking lott and entered the into the main road

"So you kept me waiting and had me worried sick thinking that something bad had happened to you because of them?" I asked my voice sounding hoarse

"I really didn't mean to make you worry. I'll make sure to keep my phone in hand next time" he replied with his eyes focused at the road. He couldn't even spare me a quick glance but he could spend all those times with his female friends

Next time?"Okay" I said not wanting to press the issue and act crazy. I mean, he had a right to have friends.

We remained silent in the car for a long while before Daniel spoke again

"Lets get something to eat for dinner before going home. It's less stressful that way" he said while tapping his fingers on the steering

"Okay" I replied and it once more became silent

And this silence between us lasted even after we got to the house, ate dinner and cleared up.

After dinner, Daniel went straight to the room while I, feeling restless, went to the gym and did some intense workout in other to clear my head

By the time I was done, my shirt was plaster to my body because of the sweat that were pouring out from my head to toe and my entire body was totally drained of any energy

After dragging my feet to the room, taking a shower and the walking back to the bed to fall on it faced down, I sighed with relief.

I tilted my head a bit and saw Daniel giving me a look of concern. We quietly looked at each other for a long while before he finally said something

"Is everything alright? Did I do something wrong?" He asked sounding worried and unsure

"Nothing's wrong. I'm just tired" I said, quickly turning to the opposite side to avoid seeing his face

"Okaaay" he replied dragging out the word and sounding really unconvinced. After a while he sighed and I felt him sit up on the bed before he spoke again

"I just can't believe everything is fine with you Sarah, you're acting really disturbed. How did school go?" He asked sincerely which for some insane reason got me upset

I sat up on the bed with a groan and turned towards him. Then before I could stop myself, I started replying to him with irritation "I'm fine Daniel, fine!!! College is College! It's different from high school, okay? Unlike high school, I didn't make friends that I could hang out with for two hours after school closure while I left someone else waiting and worried about me in the car park!" I finished at the top of my voice

Yeah, That sounded really fine Sarah! I thought angrily to myself feeling really dumb

"So you are still mad at me for arriving late. I apologize once again, I really didn't mean to" he stated simply

"No! I'm not angry about that"I said, once again turning my face from him

"I'm sorry I made friends today and you didn't. If that's why you're mad at me" he tried again

"I'm not that petty Daniel" I replied glaring at him

"Then what else is the issue?" He asked sounding frustrated

"Daniel, I'm tired. Just... let it go, I'll... It'll pass by tomorrow" I replied with gritted teeth, moving to lay back on the bed but he held me hand immediately and pulled me up

"No, you're not sleeping until you tell what I did wrong exactly and why you are so angry with me" he said hardening his voice.

Why couldn't he just let the matter go!

"You really want to know?!" I asked in the same tone but my pitch was higher

"Yes!" Came his curt reply

"Well, I also want to know why your friends consist of girl only?" I demanded as I ripped my hand from his grip

He looked stunned and just stared at me

But that was lasted for a few seconds before he suddenly started laughing extremely hard and that got on my nerves because I really didn't see anything funny in what I just said. I expected soberness from him not this humorous reaction like I was some kind of joke

"Whats so amusing?" I asked somberly

"You!" He replied still laughing

"Me?! I really don't see why I should amuse you" I replied irritably

"What's amusing is that you're jealous" he said stopped his laughter but began giving me a goofy smirk

"Impossible! Jealous of what and who exactly?" I retorted, giving him a hard look but he just sat there still giving me that rediculous smirk

"I'm not jealous of those girls, I'm just concerned" I rushed on trying to explain but he still gave me the look

"Sarah its ok to be jealous. We are married after all" he said before attacking me with a hug

"W-wh-what are you saying?" I asked trying to get him off me but due to the odd angle we were in, I couldn't get a firm grip on him and my struggles just gave him more space to hug me tighter

"You're being silly! It's not even that way" I said still struggling but finding it an impossible mission to get out of his hug

"Silly hun? How's this for being silly" he said and I felt him loosen the hug and his fingers crawl up to my side's before he gave me a sly look

"Don't even think about it" I threatened

"Try me" he replied giving me a defiant look before he began his attack

"Daniel sto-" I began protesting but was cut off by the burst of giggles and laughter that exploded out of me as a result of his tickles

"Please stop" I managed force out inaudibly through my fits of laughter

"Okay" he said pausing for a few seconds, allowing me to take some deep breaths but just as I was about to get up from the wierd position I was in, because while laughing I had rotated about the bed in circles trying to get away from him, he yelled "sike" and continued with the tickling making me fall back down to the bed

"I'll... so... kill... you" I forced out between laughs

"People have died worse deaths" he said still going at it

"Daniel... please... stop" I managed to say after some minutes

"I will if..." he start before he paused and smiled harder

"If what? If what?! I'll do anything" I yelled desperately

"Anything?" He asked while wiggling his eyebrows

"Anything! Just spill it already!" I rushed out

"Okay. Say I, Sarah Morgan, am definitely jealous and I most definitely have a crush on Daniel Morgan" he said reducing the tickling speed to give me time to think

"Never! Because I'm not jealous and I don't have a crush on you!" I yelled

"Suite yourself" he said in a sing song voice and began his attack once more

"Okay! Fine!" I yelled not being able withstand any longer "I, Sarah Morgan, am definitely jealous" I rushed out

"And..." he prompted tickling harder and faster than before

"There's no way I'm saying the other part!" I yelled out with renewed determination

"Okaaay" he said simply, raising the tickling metre up a notch making my newly found determination whither away

"Fine! And I most definitely have a crush on Daniel" I rushed out in a whisper

"Sorry, I didn't get that!" He replied raising the tickling pace again. How is he managing to do that?!

"And I most definitely have a crush on Daniel" I repeated in the same tone

"Come on, Sarah! You can do better than that! You didn't even add your name!" He said raising his voice a bit and let's not forget the tickles

"And I, Sarah Morgan, most definitely have a crush on Daniel!" I said yelling a little

"I can't hear you!" He said increasing his volume

"And I, Sarah Morgan, most definitely have a crush on Daniel Morgan!!!" I screamed out at the top of my voice and even ended the sentence with a squeal

"Ahh Thats better" he said softly. Finally ending the torture session

It took me a while to regain soberness to my soul, body and mind but once I had achieved that, I turned towards him and gave him light pounds on his chest and shoulders

"How could you!"I yelled while hitting him

"Sorry, I couldn't resist... and look! You aren't sad any longer. So I'd do it again in a heart beat" he said and began wiggling his fingers suggestively

"Don't even attempt it!" I snared raising both my hands to stop him

"Too bad!!!" He said with an over exaggerated sigh before he suddenly held my hands and looked me dead in the eye

"Sarah, I honestly hate seeing you sad and I'll do anything and everything within my power to avoid that" he said and I felt my heart skip multiple beat because I could feel he was being sincere.

I knew within me that I would do the same for him without hesitation. Our parents dumping us here had somehow deepened our bond and made us more protective of each other but for some unreasonable reason I replied with

"Thanks. I'd probably do the same for you" I said to him

"Probably!" He yelled with hyperbolized shock

"Just take what you get as it is!" I replied rolling my eyes and poking his head with my index finger

"Ok I'll take it" he replied with a brooding tone

"Lets just go to sleep already we still have school" I said

We both settled and laid back on the bed. Just as sleep was about to take my weary body I heard him say

"Oh and Sarah? I made four friends today" he started saying

My face immediately squeezed up a bit in frown. Don't tell me he made four female friends. Two was already hard enough for me to handle. I remained silent and waited for him to continue

"their names are Abigail, Andrea, AARON and ANDREW" he said laying emphases on the boys name

"I was hanging out with ALL of them after school. You just didn't give me a chance to tell you about the rest" he said once again laying emphases on the word 'all'

"So you have nothing to be JEALOUS of" he said once again laying emphases on one word

I could tell he was smiling through all he said and I knew he was also jokingly mocking me but I didn't mind at all. Because his clarification I also slept that night with a content smile on my face