14. I know he cares

After finishing my food, Martha left with the tray. Ryan asked me to get some sleep.

"But I don't feel like sleeping. I'm fine now and bored too." I told him sitting on the bed and removing the blanket from me.

"Please go to sleep Amy. You need to rest. Tomorrow Sophie is coming so we can have all the fun even Karaoke. For now, I want you to take a rest."

I can't help but nod at him. He wished me goodnight and left for his room. I changed my jeans to my comfy plaid pajama pants.

I tried to sleep, but sleep is very far from my eyes. I tossed and turned around in my bed. All I could think was about Jason's angry face as he left the room. I don't want him to stay angry at me.

He loves to irritate me but I know deep down he cares. He wouldn't lock me after knowing about my new condition.

Right?

I walked towards Jason's room which is on the further end of the corridor. I walked past the empty and locked guest rooms. I want to apologize to him. As I reached Jason's room I knocked on the door, but there is no response from inside.

I opened the door a little and peeked my head a little only to see Jason coming out of the ensuite with a grey-colored towel hanging low on his waist and water dripping from his hair.

He looked surprised to see me. I went in and sat on his bed.

"Do you know anything about privacy? Why are you here?" He asked me with irritation in his voice to see me in his room.

"I'm sorry," I mumbled

"Get out" he growled at me.

"Hey, I'm here to apologize. Why are you so rude." I crossed my hands in annoyance

"Look who is talking!! First, you accuse me of doing something worse and then come to apologize. I don't want to talk to you. Now get out of my room"

I didn't reply to him and looked around the room. His room was a mix of deep blue and light grey. Different band posters on the wall. His guitar is in the corner. A grey-colored couch and dark blue curtains at the window. His room is clean compared to Ryan's pigsty. A study desk with a black leather chain. His room smelled like rich spice and musk just like him.

I saw him enter the walk-in closet from my peripheral view. I grabbed a magazine on his bedside table. Flipping through the pages. I heard him come out of the closet and turned my head to see him in his black t-shirt and sweats.

"You are still here?" He asked me while getting into the bed. He switched on the tv and started changing all the channels.

"No, I want to apologize to you and I won't leave till you forgive me." I turned facing him and sitting cross-legged on his bed.

"Your bad, I'm not accepting your apologies. I'm busy now, So don't waste your time and get out." He spat out.

If he is adamant then I'm adamant too. I won't leave the room until he says he forgave me.

"Then I'm staying here and watching tv with you." I scooted a little so that my back is in support of the headboard.

"Did you get popcorn?" I asked him.

He gave me an are-you-serious look but when I blessed him with my sweet smile, sighing he climbed out of the bed and went downstairs.

I'm scrolling through my phone when I got a message from Dia, my cousin.

*Hey, how are you? I thought we could do a video call. Are you free?*

*I'm good and you can call me whenever you want. I'm free just watching a movie at home with Jason.*

*Who is Jason??*

*Jason Brown. He is the elder son of the family I'm staying with.*

*oh okay, I will call you after a few minutes, mum is calling me downstairs.

*okay*

Jason came with 2big bowls of popcorn. I grabbed the bowl with caramel popcorn from him.

He sat on the bed in a similar position to me but stretched his legs and placed his bowl between us. He is checking all the horror movies on Netflix.

"Hey, that's not fair. You know I'm scared of horror movies." I tried to snatch the remote from his hand but he is too strong for me.

Pig

"Either watch quietly or get out of my room. You don't have a say in this. It's my room, my tv and I get to choose."

"Do you know how many times you asked me to get out of ur room? That's rude!" I asked in disbelief.

"And you are still here." He muttered under his breathe.

"Hey, I heard that," I barked at him annoyed at his comment.

"Yeah, that's what I expected. You hear that and then leave. But all hopes are crushed seeing your lazy ass still glued to my bed"

I rolled my eyes at him and began munching my popcorn.

He even switched off the lights using a remote. My breathing immediately hitched because of the darkness, I grabbed his hand in fear and shifted near to him. Even though the room is not entirely dark with the tv on and some moonlight coming out from the windows.

"You okay? I will switch them back on" He patted me on my hand which is clutching his, he took the remote in his hands to switch on the lights.

"It's okay, I'm fine," I told him slowly losing my grip on his hand.

Shaking his head he switched on the cube-shaped LED bed lamp by his bedside table. It doesn't light the room brightly but gave a dim glow to the room.

The movie started, it's about a group of friends who are planning to go to a cabin in the woods for a weekend getaway. But once they reach there, they feel like they are being watched, unseen voices and ghosts lurking in the house, things go missing and the atmosphere turns eerily creepy, two of their friends are found mysteriously dead.

It's so scary that I stopped watching the movie and now am looking at my phone. I'm feeling scared even hearing the unnerving background sounds without watching.

I texted Sophie and Ryan hoping they would text me back. But it's nearly midnight and seeing that they didn't reply to me, I think they are already sleeping.

"Go to your room if you are not watching the movie. Then you can stare at your phone all you want." Jason said giving me a smug smile.

"No, I'm watching." I turned back my concentration to the movie which I hope I didn't do just to prove Jason wrong.

There is always this one guy in all horror movies, who doesn't have any fear and take his friends with him saying it's fine getting them all killed. I shouted at the television.

"GO ALONE YOU ASSHOLE!! WHY ARE YOU TAKING HIM WITH YOU? YOU WILL GET BOTH OF YOU KILLED."

I can feel Jason chuckling at me. He is watching me more intently than the movie. Just when they reached the door. A sudden force came which pulled his friend into the room and closed the door behind. I felt air knocked out of me and jumped into Jason's arms hiding my face in his hoodie jacket and wrapped my hands around his waist in fear.

"What happened? Is my kitty scared?" He laughed at me and pausing the movie.

I looked at him through my lashes, "I hate you. You are forcing me to watch it." I hit him on his chest with my fists.

"I didn't force you, Amy. You chose to stay and watch." He said holding my fist in his.

I looked at his sea-green eyes now changed to the shade dark bottle green, twinkling with amusement. His expression changed from amusement to something else which I quite cannot understand. He brought his hand near my face and tucked the loose hair behind my ears.

The loud music from my mobile brought me back to my senses. I moved back a little creating some space between us.

It was Dia's video call. I picked it up and looked at Jason sideways. He turned his face to the other side and was running his hand through his dirty blonde hair.

"Hey, are you sleeping?" She asked me.

"No, just watching a movie," I told her.

"Go to your room, Amy!!" Jason barked at me. He is now standing beside the bed his back to me and his hands on his waist.

"Amy? Who is that?" Asked Dia.

"Jason," I told her still sitting on the bed and ignoring him'.

"NOW!!" He roared.

He is so moody, just like a girl having her PMS. I stood up from the bed and walked back to my room.

"What happened?" Dia asked me worried.

"Uh, nothing, Jason is being an asshole as usual," I replied to her.

"What's the time over there?"

"It's way past midnight. 2:15" I told her after check my mobile.

"And you were in his room at this time?" Now Dia's eyes are bulging out from the sockets.

"Yeah so?"

"Nothing, Anyway I looked at him on F******k and I*******m. He is soo handsome." Dia said her eyes turning dreamy.

"What Jason and Handsome? Don't tell me turned to one of his fangirls just looking at his pictures."

God, I can't deal with watching girls in my school go crazy over him... Now please not my cousin too.

"Are you blind girl? He is so hot. Next month while you're coming please bring him with you." She pleaded to me.

"No way!! After the way, he shouted at me today definitely NO. Did you call me to praise Jason?"

"Haha leave it, So did you book your tickets?"

"No, I have to talk with Peter and Kristina after they returned from their trip and then have to book my tickets."

After talking with Dia, I tried to sleep but sleep is far away from my eyes. I strolled to the garden using a cell phone torch as a light. I sat on the 2seater wooden swing. It felt so peaceful here. The cold wind hit me making me shiver. I rubbed my hands along my arms to keep myself warm.

This swing is turning to be my favorite place in this huge mansion. The swing, the greenery, and the flowers surrounding it are so calming.