SAVE ME

Morgan Smith

It was already evening when we decided to return home. Well, except for George and Amelia, said they had somewhere to go to. I asked Ricardo what he thought was going on between them and he just shrugged and told me to let them be, that they will settle their differences, so I didn’t pester further.

Ricardo is taking me home and its quite late, I am pretty sleepy and hope that we get home in time.

“Are you tired?” he asked with a sigh.

I looked at him and could see him yawning and rubbing his eyes as he concentrates on driving. He is as tired as I am.

“Yeah, how about you?” I asked already knowing.

He shook his head then yawned again. “Not really” he answered.

I turned away and yawned too “I doubt you’ll be able to make it home with how sleepy you are” I said and heard him chuckle.

I turned to look at him and he also looked my way, we shared a smiled before he focused on the road and I looked outside my window. He took my hand in his and kissed the inside of my palm. I smiled.

“We are here” he said as he slowed down.

“Park here” I said when I saw a man come out of a car that was parked where Ricardo parks whenever he comes to pick me up.

I watched a man come out of the car then he walked to the other side of the car to open the door for a lady who looks like Ann. He walked her to the door slowly and I felt a smile grace my lips. I think I am wide awake now.

“Is that Ann?” Ricardo asked and I nod in response.

My eyes got wider when he leaned in and kissed her cheek before getting back to his car and waving at her which she returned then he drove off and she got inside the house. I let out a squeal and jumped on my seat then turned to Ricardo who was watching me with a smile.

I leaned closer to him and kissed his cheek then opened the door. “I’ll see you in church tomorrow” I said then got out of the car quickly before rushing to the door. I turned around to wave at him and he did before driving off.

I knocked and waited for Ann to open the door, I heard footsteps before the door flew open to a flushing Ann in a beautiful dress. She let me in and I walked inside the living room, put my bag on the couch and turned towards her with my hands now resting on my hips.

“I need details” I said and she sighs then walked to the kitchen.

“Girl, I saw what happened just now” I followed her to the kitchen and sat on one of the stools as I observed her slowly taking a bottle of water from the fridge. “You’re probably flushing” I comment and she turned around to look at me with a playful glare thrown my way.

I was right.

“There’s church tomorrow” she states then drank from the bottle and putting it on the counter when she drank enough.

“I know, but that isn’t stopping you from telling me about your amazing date, eh?” I wriggled my brows “Let’s freshen up and prepare something to eat, then we can talk”

“Morgan” she says.

“What? I want to know because this it the first time I see this glow on you and it’s because of one special man. I haven’t seen you with any man since I met you and I am excited because it feels like I am watching my mum find love again after being alone” I said and she let out a sigh.

“Okay, fine” she said then went to her room to freshen up.

I went to my room to freshen up too then wore my nightwear when I was done. I made my way downstairs when I perceived something delicious coming from the kitchen. I rushed downstairs and straight to the kitchen to see Ann already cooking.

My stomach growled and I moved closer to her. “Oh my GOD Ann, did Elvis know that he got himself the best cook in the whole world?” I asked because sweet JESUS, Ann never disappoints when it comes to cooking.

She chuckled then turned to me with a meatball stuck to the fork she held “I haven’t cooked for him yet, open up” she said and I did so before she placed it in my mouth.

I chewed it and closed my eyes as I savored the delicious taste of the meatball.

“Well, maybe you should invite him over and do so” I suggested then took a bottle of water to drink.

“Remember Morgan” she looked at me over her shoulder “Slow and steady” we said together and I nod my head.

“Yeah, I heard you” I looked at the pot of pasta that was boiling on the stove “I think this is done Ann” I notified her and she looked at the pot to check it.

“Help me with a sieve in the sink and turn pour it inside.” She instructs when she turned off the stove and went back to what she was doing.

“Okay mama” I salute and carefully did as she told me.

She moved closer to me a bit then asked me to move, I did so and she bent to take a large sauce pan from one of the cupboards below.

I looked at the pan surprised that I never knew we had this in our kitchen.

“I never knew we had this in our possession” I comment and she laughs.

“I got it some weeks back, I just haven’t made use of it since I purchased it” she said then I checked the pasta to make sure it was properly drained.

“This is properly drained” I informed her.

“Okay, hold on” she said and with the sizzling sound I am now hearing, she was frying something. I looked over my shoulder to check what she was doing to see her stirring garlic as she added some sliced onions, peppers and tomatoes then covered it to fry for a while.

When it fried for some time, she added the other ingredients and stirred.

“Pass me the seasoning over there” she pointed at the seasonings that were laid on the counter, I went to grab it and gave them to her, she added some other ingredients and stirred them all together.

I watched her cook and gave her whatever she asked of as I thought of when to bring it up.

“Do you now want to tell me about how your date went?” I asked when she asked me to bring something for her “You know, now that you are cooking or we should do that as we eat?” I asked, she told me to bring the pasta and turned it in the pan then began stirring it carefully.

“I fear that you might make me choke in between” she comments and a fake hurt.

“You hurt me there, sis” I said jokingly, she chuckled and I went to set the table before she was completely done with cooking.Belonging © NôvelDram/a.Org.

I know that with how she is blushing when I ask, it did go well. He even gave her a kiss on the cheek. They are definitely dating.

We settled in the on the floor in the living room, our plates were on the small table that’s usually in the middle of the of the living room chairs. I poured us some more juice and continued eating the pasta which I couldn’t get enough of its delicious taste. The veggies she used made it look so colorful and the taste can be compared to how inviting it looked.

I kept taking them in full spoons and almost burned my tongue in the process.

“Careful there,” she cautioned “No one is taking them from you so be careful not to burn your tongue” she said and I nod my head.

“I think it’s too late for that” I told her. “I love the taste of the food, it’s really satisfying” I commented.

She grinned then continued eating “Thank you dear”

We stayed quiet for a moment then I remembered. “Before I forget and get lost in eating,” I faced her a bit then drank some from my juice “Tell me about how your date went”

“It… it went well” she said a she twirled her pasta.

I frowned as I looked at her flushing cheeks and how she just looked at her food like it was the most interesting thing in the world. She looked up at me and laughed.

“What?” she asked.

“Seriously just well?” I asked her and she shrugged “With how you’re flushing, it went more than well” I said and she shook her head. “Come on, if you don’t want to give too much details at least tell me how it made you feel” I persuaded.

She sighs then starts to tell me about how her day went. As she talked, I saw how happy she looked and it gave me so much joy that I wished she continues to experience this kind of happiness and glow for the rest of her life.