Iris
I opened the door, making my way towards the room as I hummed a song I was listening to earlier. I entered my room, my eyes widening at the sight before me. Ember. A rope. A stool. About to hang.
I jerked myself out of the shock, racing towards her to stop her.
I gasped for air as my eyes opened. That nightmare, I haven't had that one in a really long time. My eyes went towards the clock. It was 3 am sharp in the morning. I felt my feet shaking, I covered them with my hands but my hands started shaking too. I glanced towards Ethan, wait no. I couldn't let him see me like this.
I got off the bed and somehow bolted for the washroom, locking it. I sat on the floor, my back touching the wall, my hands wrapped around my knees as I just wished for the shivering to stop. I- I couldn't breathe, I was gasping for air again. What do I do to make this stop? I closed my eyes and tried thinking about something, anything except the reason for my nightmare. Baking- I love baking...remember those choco chip cookies you made. But I used to make them with her too. I couldn't breathe. Deep breaths. Take deep breaths. In...I took a deep breath in and out. I closed my eyes and thought about working. Listening to music. I then slowly opened my eyes, I could breathe...finally. My shivering reduced but didn't completely stop. I then did the first thing that came to my mind. I got up and stood under the shower, turning the tap on. I closed my eyes as I was slowly getting drenched in the water. I stood under the shower for a few minutes and when the shivering finally stopped I closed the tap and opened my eyes.
I then took a towel from a drawer in the washroom and dried myself. After I was dry I wore my bathrobe and went inside the room. I took a pair of night-wear and went inside the washroom again. I then opened the tap of the bathtub and went to take the bubble mix from a drawer. I poured some of the bubble mix in the tub and closed the tap after a while when the tub was full. I then removed my bathrobe and went in the tub, relaxing there. I figured that this would help with the earlier 'situation'
After a relaxing hour of just me and the bathtub I slowly got up and drained all the water from the tub. I then dried myself off and changed into the night-wear. As I came out of the washroom, I glanced at the clock, it was quarter to 5. Since we have to leave in an hour and half anyway, I might as well get things ready.
After an hour I was done with all the things I needed to do. Ethan woke up 30 minutes back and was almost ready too. I checked all the windows and the fans and lights in all the rooms. Everything was alright. I then called out for Ethan to know if he was ready or not. He was ready, he then came into the hall with his suitcase where I already was with mine. "Let's leave then" I said and we left in a taxi for the airport.
Ethan
We reached the airport in 20 minutes and then waited for the rest of them to arrive. The plan was that we'd meet and then do all the procedures which needed to be done for an international flight. About 15 minutes later, everyone was here. Iris had done the online check-in for all of us. So now we needed to go to check-in our baggage. We all headed in that direction and it took about 30 minutes for all of us to be done with that. After that we headed for the security check which took us a while. We then headed towards the immigration which took a longer time then the previous procedures. After the immigration was done, we all headed towards the gate where we needed to board the flight. We had to wait about 10 minutes before we could board the plane. Soon after, we got into the plane. The seating arrangements were such, Iris, Sophia and Isla were sitting together, Liam and I were sitting together and Carl was sitting with Claire. Those were how the seats were available and so Iris accommodated all of us accordingly. With the amount of time she had, the seats were pretty good.
I was so happy to meet Liam after such a long time. "I know we've been through all these procedures together but we haven't talked much" I said smiling at him. "Yeah you're right, it's been a long time since we've even met in person, but I can't believe that it's gonna be five years to your marriage" He said smiling back at me "tell me about it, it feels like yesterday" He chuckled as I said that.
"Your anniversary is coming soon too" I said smiling "Time goes too fast when you're with someone you love, right?" he replied which made me smile. "That's true it really does go by fast"
As we continued talking and catching up on everything, I felt a sense of joy. I was talking to my friend in person after a really long time. And I was happy...I was very happy for him. Just as I was thinking about this I heard a notification and took out my phone. There was still a little time left for the take off of the plane
Anonymous: I know it, I know everything 8:33 am
Me: Who's this? What kind of weird prank is this 8:33 am
Anonymous: I know your secret 8:34 am
Me: Stop this, I'll block you 8:35 am
Anonymous: I don't think your wife will like this information, Ethan 8:35 am
Me: How do you know my name? 8:35 am
Anonymous: I know a lot more than just your name, what do you say I tell it all to your wife too, huh? 8:37 am
Anonymous: Enjoy your trip 8:37 am
Me: How do you know all this 8:38 am
Anonymous: I know about her too 8:38 am
Fuck. fuck fuck fuck. He can't tell Iris. If he tells her it's over. All my work will go in vain. He can't tell her.
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