”That’s really interesting!” She wasn’t even trying to hide her irritation now. “Because he’s not in his room, where you’d think he’d be. He’s actually not been there all night from what I can tell.” “What…Where is he?” Sarah coughed. “Are you seriously asking me? I just know that he definitely di
Sarah scoffed. “Don’t ask me! I’d love to know that myself, but you know how he is. He doesn’t talk unless he feels like it, and so far he hasn’t been inclined to enlighten me. So, your guess is as good as mine!” She was about to add something when she suddenly heard the key in the front door. “Gue
When Joe arrived, Jack was playing with Sam, his golden retriever, on the green strip across from the parking lot. ”I’ll be right there!” he called over and threw the stick for the dog one more time. It took Sam only two seconds to bring it back. “Good boy”, Jack patted him on the back. “Now come
“You make it sound like you’re waiting for the right moment to propose to someone, Joe, and not to tell your sister that it’s over with Liz.” “Well, Sarah and I are going out for breakfast tomorrow morning and then I’ll tell her,” Joe said. “Content?” Jack nodded with a hint of a grin. “Yeah, soun
He had jumped off his bike, had had a look at her tire and patched it up with something he always carried with him. While he had been fixing her bike they had chatted a bit and he had found out that she had just moved to a little apartment in Innsbruck and was going to attend some private college fo
At the time, Jack would have thought Joe was the last one who’d ever fall for Liz… The rest was history. The big crash happened maybe two months later. Soon after that, D moved out of the dorm prematurely and then left for London – alone. Then Liz suddenly disappeared – back to Munich. And a few
Jack nodded. “I kind of figured… So, what are you going to do about that? Does Steve know what’s going on?” “Kind of. I mean – yeah, he’s seen some things. Enough to at least understand that I can’t live with her. He told me that. But she’s still his sister. So, I’ll have to see how to solve this –
When Sarah got to the restaurant she felt better. During the twenty-minute bike ride from home she had managed to push the dark thoughts about Joe and Sun and the whole mess to the back of her mind. D was already there, locking up her bike outside the restaurant. She looked up when Sarah pushed her
“Let’s try,” she whispered and moved her hand down to his stomach.“Okay,” he put his hand back ontop of hers and slid his fingers between hers.It took only minutes until her breathing slowed down and a slight twitching of her hand told him that she was asleep again.Listening to her breathing and
Joe woke up around three, feeling really thirsty.It took him a second to grasp where he was (not in the cabin anymore) and that he was not alone.The realization caused a flash of excitement.D was sleeping far on her side of the bed.He remembered how she had always used to do that. No matter how
He was going for a mind-sweeping kiss here – one that would swipe her mind of any reservations there might still be. Even if, right now, she didn’t seem very reserved anyway. But he’d rather be absolutely sure…His own reservations were all gone by now. And having her so close just confirmed that ke
Three minutes later Joe returned, a chocolate bar in his left hand and a glass of milk in his right.“I see chocolate,” D chirped with a greedy grin. She had sat up and was leaning against the headboard. “Come here…” Like a lazy princess she waved for him to come over.Stopping at his desk, Joe set
“I don’t wanna mess this up…” he said, his gaze on the bedcover beside her head, his hand tracing one of the lines in the pattern.“Didn’t exactly feel like you were in the process of messing things up,” she said softly and reached out to touch his face.“You don’t think so, huh?” He leaned into her
Joe pushed himself away from the windowsill.“Guess I’ve really earned a jerk medal,” he contemplated as he stepped around the bed to her. “I’m sorry I didn’t pick up.”“Mhmm,” D growled, trying hard to unwaveringly hold his gaze as he came closer. “And you’re hopefully also sorry that you didn’t ca
He shrugged and kept glaring out the window. This had become kind of a habit - turning his back on people and staring into space. It was a bad habit he had developed thanks to Liz. It just helped him focus or stay composed, and it made it easier to get through situations he would rather avoid altoge
What she had before her, was part of the job ads from Saturday’s paper. One of the ads had her company’s swan logo on it. It was the ad for one of the jobs in London.Joe had gotten up from the bed again and returned to his desk. He pulled out the chair and sat down on it backwards so he was facing
D was rising from the bed with the intention to follow him. Only that she was momentarily strangely overwhelmed by something. Something indefinable that affected her more deeply than anything had in a long time.When it only got worse once she stepped out on the landing, a moist wave from the bathro