Perfect Match by AG Meiers

Author:AG Meiers [Meiers, AG]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Riptide Publishing
Published: 2018-12-01T16:00:00+00:00

Sven woke up out of a deep sleep. The relentless drumming of the rain on the roof had stopped. It was blissfully silent and there was even a bit of moonlight coming through the window as proof that the clouds had cleared for now. It took him a minute to shake off his drowsiness and notice a restless Jayden next to him, twisting and turning. And it sounded like he was counting.

A minute later, Jayden whispered, “Please just stay asleep. Please, please,” as he crawled out of bed.

Sven froze as he feigned sleep.

Jayden crept through the cabin. Maybe he was getting sick from too much alcohol in his system. He’d be all embarrassed if he knew he’d woken up Sven.

But Jayden didn’t slip into the bathroom. Instead, he seemed to move something around in the cabin. It was so bizarre that Sven gave up all pretense of sleep and turned on the reading light on his nightstand. Jayden was crouched down in front of the fireplace, where he apparently had been stacking the wood against the side of the wall. Jayden dropped the log he was holding, and it fell to the ground with a low thunk. Then, he just stood there in the middle of the scattered pile of wood.

“What are you doing? Why are you out of bed?” Sven asked, his voice drowsy from sleep. He tried to wrap his head around what was going on, and for a few seconds they just stared at each other.

“I am not crazy,” Jayden finally said in a hoarse whisper.

Sven scrambled out of bed and walked over. “What? Of course not. What’s going on?”

“I didn’t mean to wake you up. I’m sorry. It’s just…the logs are blocking the exit route. In case of a fire. It’s not safe. We should be able to reach the door at all times. You should know that—” Jayden froze. His eyes lowered. Then he shook his head, and looked straight at Sven. “I’m not crazy.” There was a strange defiance in his voice.

“Hey, relax, Jay.” Sven pulled him closer. “Nobody thinks you’re crazy.” Even all prickly, underneath Jayden seemed shaky and vulnerable.

Sven lifted his hand and softly stroked Jayden’s cheek. “I saw your suitcase and the drawer, and I know you like things organized. Let me help you with the wood. You don’t have to explain anything, you know, but I wish you’d told me earlier that this would bother you.” He stepped around Jayden and grabbed the first logs within reach to put them away. Beside him, Jayden also picked up another log, but he must have grabbed it wrong, and it slid through his hands. He winced. “Everything is going wrong today.”

All amusement left Sven in a heartbeat. “What happened? Baby, you’re okay?”

“I’m okay.” But instantly Jayden muttered, “‘Baby’? ‘Baby’! He called me ‘baby.’ So, not okay.”

“Huh? Calling you ‘baby’ is not okay?”

“No.” Jayden’s eyes went wide. “‘Baby’ is totally okay.”

Sven chalked Jayden’s muttering up to Orla’s tea, and quickly stacked the last pieces of wood.

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