"I said say it," commanded the person veiled in darkness. Only his form could be noticed and his body profile.
"Say it, " he said and then he started laughing.
"How would you? "
"You don't even know me," said the stranger and Zara felt the cold floor she was on.
"Please, don't !" she suddenly felt the fear creep up and then she remembered a clear voice.
"Hey, I am here."
"I will wait with you," said a familiar voice.
"Look up, see that's Big dipper,"
She could see the night sky hung beautifully above her as she was resting her head on someone 's lap.
"Mother bear and her baby bear" said she composedly and then she looked up to see his face and she saw his eyes.
Zara opened her eyes again and saw it was day already and she was in the guest bedroom at Selena's place. She tried to get up and felt a pinching pain on her hand and finally saw a drip attached to her.
She wanted to yank it off but wasn't confident in doing so as she could hurt herself in the process.She straightened herself and sat on the bed slowly and found a glass of water near a vase with the white wildflower besides her which had turned dull. Well they did not last long, but thats what made them more beautiful.
She drank the water holding some in her mouth to clean the inside of her mouth which felt dry and as she did she looked around to her right and found Leo sprawled over her bedside sleeping. The image completely took her by surprise and she forgot to drink the water in her mouth and splashed it all over his sleeping face.
She couldn't believe at herself, she threw water over him from her mouth. She hoped he would not wake but ofcourse he did!
He opened his dark eyes surprisingly and had an annoyed expression on his face. They were were a little red rimmed and he said something, "say nn pphunnnyy."
Damm the accent thought Zara as she straightened herself up to respond to him, "I am so sorry, didn't see you there."
"Umm Leo," she said again as she leaned in closer to him to check on him as he had put his head down again and closed his eyes. She suddenly had this urge to touch his hair and move them out of his eyes and so she did that gingerly and that was when he opened his eyes again and looked straight at her.
"Um, Hey, you are in my room," she said slowly as she could not figure him out. He didn't seem like his normal self, usually he was always on his guard and here he seemed like a small kid who looked annoyed at been woken up to go to school and was becoming sulky.
"Lee mu seep" he mumbled again and Zara leaned towards him to hear clearer and that's when he caught hold of her hand and puled her to his side. Zara fell on him, man he applied a lot of force and she found herself face to face with him and smelled whiskey on him.
"Oh i see," was all she said and then Leo suddenly pressed her tighter to his chest and put his arms around her. That was when she realised that he had actually caught hold of her like wrestler does in a ring and her legs were caught under his and he had no intention to let go. She felt the skin fo his legs rubbing her legs and so she tried to tap out and got a glimpsed of his bare legs and half of his trousers lying on the ground and half on the bed.
Zara started to feel warmer, he seemed pretty drowsy so she realised that he did not know what he was doing. But the she also knew it would get awkward for her later on and if someone walked in on them. She put all her force on him and tried to push by pulling her legs up and adjusted her knee no his chest. Then she used all her strength and that was when her drip came off as she screamed and fell from her side off the bed and simultaneously Leo feel off his side of the bed with a bang.
"Hmmm, "spoke Leo.
"What the fuck," he said again clearer again as he fond himself on the floor and then put his hand on his wet face and hair.
"For fuck's sake," said Leo again more clearly and angrily. Zara kept herself on her side hidden from his view but then he heard some rustle and knew he was standing up and she bent further.
"You," she heard him say and then was suddenly pulled over from her arm and was standing face to face with him. She felt hot and did want to see him directly but her curiosity got better of her and she thought why should she feel shy, he is in her space and drunk and red eyed and well almost naked in his.. wait no!! Those weren't boxers there are underwear like v shaped ones. Do men wear them still and her stare went right between his legs.
"I see where you are looking, perv," he said again with a hint of humour in his voice.
Zara finally looked up a little fazed but she replied acidly, "i am not the one standing in someone else's room naked,"
" I am not naked, i am just not wearing my pants," he said folding his hands and leaning a little closer to her without dropping the eye contact.
"Yes, ofcourse if your are Clavin Klein model," she replied tersely.
"Glad to hear that you find me hot like a Klien model," smiled Leo as he made a face acknowledging to her that he won this row with her.
"Also, why is there water on my face," he asked a little irritated.
" Let me remind you the last time this happened, and i was't happy about it."
"I was enjoying myself with a lady," he said reminding her well how his lips felt like.
It seemed to Zara that he didn't like it if his hair got drenched and she took her chance to get even and replied to him in his previous tone as well as copying her accent.
"Well when i woke up , i drank some water and suddenly saw you in my bed and well in my surprise they water in my mouth landed on your model like face."
"Sorry, but it wasn't intentional." she said smartingly.
"No worries" he replied and she turned and that was when she felt him pull her shirt from her back and then he pulled it just a little high and she felt his head inside her top on her lower back, a little cold and then he rubbed his face and hair on her back and her top.
Zara felt stupefied and did not know what just happened and then Leo just pulled her a little more into his arms and said into her ear, " Accident or no accident, the water on my face because of you."
" Thanks for being by personal dryer."
Zara felt elated and irritable at the same time, she wanted to push him and at the same time she felt this tingle inside to hold him. Her back felt cool and she felt a little swell of something inside her chest like she wanted some more form him. And then he let her go and picked his pants and walked out of the room.
She did not go after him again, she did not look back and just clutched her shirt in her hands form the sides. She went and sat beside the flowers which had slanted downwards and she took them out and threw them in the bin.
She went to the washroom to hit the shower and that's when her memories from last night folded in and her legs gave away and she sat on the floor. She sat there for sometime, she did not know how many minutes had passed away like that, ten maybe twenty. She was thinking, thinking hard and trying to remember why she zooned out. Last thing she remembered was Aly and his new friends and suddenly she got the creeps and she felt chaotic and like a gazillions of images started flooding in her mind. And then she remembered the dream she woke up with, she could not remember it completely, but initially it was scary and then she felt fine, like something or someone was keeping her safe.
She put her head in her hands trying to remember past the cold floor and the stars and then he said in a low voice staring at the floor,"Big dipper."
That's her first clue, to finding out. She knew she had lost her memories and she knew Aly and everyone knew something and deliberately ignored her when she asked about the incident. But she knew she had to do something about it and find out on her own now. Else she will never get past this, she had to take control over it, put a lid or else she might get lost again. It took her months to come out of it. She was scared to find her memories but now she had to.
As she got up and took of her clothes to get in the shower she looked side ways glancing at her lower back which reminded her of Leo's breath and wet face and that's when she noticed a small red mark on one side of her back and she just said,"Shit, when did he do that," turing red all over.