MEETING WITH GREGORY

First it was the Ray of sunlight that hit his eyes. It woke him up, but he did not open his eyes. He laid there for a while. Suddenly, a shadow crossed, shielding the sun away from his eyes.

He slowly opened his eyes and met Elena’s brown ones.

“Hey.” Ajax mumbled in his groggy night voice.

“Good afternoon.” She greeted with a smile.

He frowned. “Afternoon?”

That was when he saw the red lipstick on her lips and her eyelashes coated in mascara with a wing liner. His eyebrows knitted deeper. She was convered in make up. Was it really not morning?

He tried getting up, but Elena was on him keeping him down.

“Yas.” She said as she sat up, giving him his personal space. “You have been sleeping till almost three o’clock in the afternoon.” Elena pointed out.

He sat up and grabbed his watch from the drawer close to their bed. His eyes grew wide. “What? How!” He exclaimed in disbelief.

“You must have been really stressed out these couple days. Have you even been sleeping?” Elena asked as she cl