Dinner

“Sure. I’m starving” I say noticing that I didn’t have lunch today, just a quick bite here and there.

I exit the pool and use a towel that Joane brought me to dry myself before entering the house. I head to my room to take a shower and all I could think is that ginger woman Laura. If what she was saying was true and what were the two of them doing before I arrive.

I take my time on the shower and when I end Joane shouts from the corridor. “Food is already here. Are you ready?”

“Almost. Be there in a minute.” I say grabbing a pair of jeans and a white t-shirt to match. I brush my hair a bit and head down to have dinner.

She order from an Italian restaurant, some pasta, chicken and salad. During dinner we have a bit of small talk, and as much as I want to ask more about her neighbour Laura I don’t enter that subject.

By the time we finish cleaning the dishes Luke and Lucy arrive. For some reason there’s no greeting and both of them storm into their bedrooms. Joane and I exchange glances and we head to our significant other’s bedrooms.

When I arrive at Lucy’s bedroom the door is open, so I knock to call her attention and slowly walk in. She’s angrily unpacking, throwing her clothes into the closet and the drawers.

“I guess you didn’t have a good trip here.” I say trying to call her attention.

She looks at me and don’t answer, but she didn't need to. Her eyes say everything I need to know.

I walk close to her and hold her arms wrapping her in a hug. I fell her body shaking with angry.

“Go take a bath to calm down, I’ll finish unpacking and make you something to eat. We have pasta, chicken and salad. What do you want?” I whisper in her ear.

“Pasta and chicken. Screw the diet.” She says showing a bit less angriness in her voice.

“Okay. Take as long as you want in there. I’ll bring your dinner here so you won’t need to leave the bedroom.”

“Thanks.” She say dismantling the hug, grabbing her pijamas and heading inside the bathroom.

It doesn’t take long before I finish unpacking, there aren’t much clothes left after what she has done. I take a deep breath thinking what happened to make them behave like this, specially Lucy.

With that in mind I head downstairs hoping to find Joane and Luke discussing the subject, but when I arrive there’s only Joane there.

“So... managed to discover what happened?” I ask grabbing a plate and the leftovers.

“No, what about you?”

“No luck either, she’s taking a bath and wanted to eat, so here I am” I say as I prepare the plate and put it in the microwave to heat a bit.

“I wish Luke was more like you. You don’t even complain when doing this kind of stuff for her.”

“Well, you know your daughter. If I complain I might end the day dickless” I say joking.

“We don’t want that, do we?” She asks with a slightly tone of flirt. Or was that from my mind?

“We definitely don’t” I say smiling and grabbing the plate. “I should take this to her. Good night”

“Night”

When I get in the bedroom she’s already under the blanket waiting for me.

“Here it is. Hope it’s not too hot” I say handling her the plate, a fork and a knife. I sit on the edge of the bed and wait for her to answer if she wants me to leave.

When she doesn’t answer I get up and open a drawer with some movies. “Footloose or Dirty Dancing?” I ask knowing that one of those two movies would cheer her up, or at least make her sleep.

“Footloose” she answers.

I put the disc on the player and start the movie before heading to her side. We watch the movie until both of us falls asleep.