Going Back Cold by Kelley Rose Waller

Author:Kelley Rose Waller [Waller, Kelley Rose]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781792938528
Publisher: Versive Press
Published: 2019-10-01T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 47

Four days later, Jane curled around her pillow, sighing to release her pent up energy.

How will I ever sleep? she wondered. What a day.

Lucas was still undressing and his shadow crossed and recrossed her face. Finally, she sat up and asked, “What are you doing?”

“What?”

“You keep walking the room,” she said. “Take your clothes off, and get in here.”

“You’re a little eager,” he replied.

“Sorry, I just want to settle, and you won’t hold still. Long day of travelling tomorrow.”

“I’m coming,” he said, sitting on the side of the bed but not relaxing. “I’m still a little… jittery or something. I’m looking for something, but I can’t remember what.”

“You’re getting old, Lucas,” she said, putting her head back on her pillow.

“That I am.”

She waited in silence but he still didn’t lie down.

“Keys?” she suggested.

“Keys to what? We don’t lock anything down here.”

“Tablet?”

“In my lab, charging.”

“Something you left on in the lab? Something getting dangerously hot or dangerously cold?” she suggested.

“No…”

“You hungry? Thirsty? Have to pee?”

“Amazingly, Jane, those are all feelings I am familiar with,” he said with a smile.

“I’m trying to help,” she said, hiding a smile. “Turn on an alarm?”

“I did that. I think I was supposed to – wait! Breakfast! It’s my turn to get breakfast tomorrow before we vamoose. I was going to set up the coffee makers and defrost some stuff,” Lucas said as he snuggled under the blankets and sighed.

“How did you pull breakfast duty for our last day here?”

“Just unlucky, I guess.”

After several moments in the dark, Jane said, “So are you going to do it?”

“No way, not now that I’m in bed. It’s warm in here.”

“What?” she asked, sitting up again. “You finally remembered, and you’re not going to do it anyway?”

“Sorry, love, it was bothering me, but now I’ll just get up early and take care of it tomorrow. MILO, update my alarm to 40 minutes earlier than normal, please.”

The wall panel chirped to confirm.

“You’re crazy, Lucas.”

“I’m not going to scoop coffee now, Jane,” he said. “I’m tired. I just needed to remember what I was forgetting so I—”

“Could not do it anyway?” she teased.

“So I could relax. This is perfectly normal behavior, Dr. Whyse.”

“Only for a mad scientist, Dr. Whyse.”

“Which I am.”

“Fair point. By the way,” she said, trying to sound nonchalant. “What did you do with that little USB adapter for Sebbie’s laptop?”

“I haven’t seen it, why?” he said. “I thought you said he didn’t use it.”

“Right, no, I know, I was just thinking there’s no back-up for all his hard work, so I was going to try to download his saved games,” she lied.

“His games?” Lucas repeated.

Jane was annoyed when he didn't offer any suggestions.

“Ok, I’ll look for it in the morning myself,” she said, rolling her eyes.

He grunted and flipped his pillow over, punching it slightly with his fist to rearrange the stuffing.

“Jane?” he said a few minutes later.

“Yes?” she replied.

“Are we losing our project?”

The silence hung for several minutes.

“Jane? Did you fall asleep?”

“No, sorry,” she said. “I don’t know.

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