Twenty

I opened my eyes, my headache had completely gone but my chest was still killing me. I sat up and realised Dimitri wasn’t there.

“Dimitri!” I called out suddenly panicking he wasn’t there.

“I’m downstairs milaya,” his voice was full of reassurance. “How are you feeling?” He asked as he met me at the stairs.

“My headache is gone but my chest is still hurting”. Holding my hand he helped me down the rest of the stairs. I went into the living room and sighed in relief. It was spotless. I must have been out cold as he clearly had hovered as well.

“Toast for you ” he sang, dropping a plate on the kitchen counter. I looked up at him, already dressed and he looked amazing. Plain t-shirt and grey tracksuit bottoms. I sat at the counter and looked down. I also had a cup of coffee.

“Thank you.” He sat next to me with his own food.

“The police woman is coming at two. Did you want to do anything this morning?” He took a bite and stared at me. I shrugged.

“What’s the time?”

“Ten,” he answered.

“Wow