Chapter 10

                                    

                                          
*An Hour Later.*
                          
Annabel eyes fluttered open, she looked around before moving. She sat up and stretched. She had no idea where she was until she saw Kenny coming out of the shower. 
                          
He had a pair of shorts on and was drying his hair with a towel. He stop and looked up, his hair stood up all messy. Annabel smiled at how beautiful he looked. Then she realized he only had shorts on, he was bare chest. 
                          
Kenny turned and went into the room where Annabel was. He went to go check on her and saw she was awake looking at him. He saw her blushing fully and he laughed. She turned her head and looked away with a hand over her face to make sure she didn't look. 
                          
Kenny walked over to the bed and sat down. He grabbed her chin and turned her head. He used his other hand to remove her hand from her gorgeous face. She was still red and was biting her lower lip embarrassed. 
                          
"Sorry I just woke and then you were there." Annabel freaked out. Kenny looked at her with loving eyes and she seemed to calm down. 
                          
"I made dinner." Kenny said. 
                          
"Wait what! What time is it?" Annabel searched for a clock. She found one and it said it was eight o'clock. She turned to him. 
                          
"Sorry I slept so long. I didn't mean to." She kept on apologizing but he didn't mind. 
                          
He enjoyed watching her sleep. She always looked peaceful. Her breathing calmed him down and her sighs made him feel stressless. 
                          
Kenny grabbed Annabel's hand and softly pulled her off the bed. He guided her through a door. He covered her eyes with two hands and lead her a few feet until he stopped. 
                          
"You ready?" He asked. She nodded her head yes and he removed his hands. Annabel lighted up like a candle. 
                          
Kenny had made stake for two with corn and mashed potatoes. She turned to him and hugged him tightly. This was her favorite meal. 
                          
"I know this is your favorite. So I did a little practicing." He chuckled. He put his head on her's and kissed her nose lightly. She sighed. 
                          
He pulled a chair out for her and she sat. He pushed it in and walked to his seat. 
                          
*In Another Place.*
                          
Emmett was pacing back and forth. Annabel hasn't called, texted, or even come over. He was frightened that she was hurt or taken. He kept looking at his phone.
                          
His phone rang and he ran to it. He looked to see who was calling. It was only the school once again calling to say school was canceled for the entire month of December. 
                          
There was an accident and it would take a month until they could come back. Everyone was doing school online for now. Annabel, him, and Kenny were all a year ahead of everyone so they didn't need to worry. 
                          
Emmett decided to call her, he was tired of waiting. He took a deep breath and dialed. The phone rang two times before someone answered. 
                          
"Hello?" It was Annabel's voice. Emmett sighed with relief. Then he got angry. 
                          
"What the heck! Why haven't you called or anything! I've been worried sick!" He shouted. The line went dead and he was afraid Annabel hung up. She finally replied. 
                          
"I've been busy with things ok. I'll come over tomorrow. Kenny and I will be there around nine, is that fine?" She asked. Emmett didn't want Kenny over at his home. 
                          
"No just you please, I don't want him here." He said through his teeth. 
                          
"No he is coming. I, we need to tell you something important. Bye." Annabel hung up and he dropped his phone. 
                          
She hung up on Emmett. She never did that. And so he went to bed with tears in his eyes and a broken heart. 
                          
*At The Cave.*
                          
"Who was it?" Kenny asked cleaning the dishes. 
                          
"It was Emmett. We need to go tell him about this once and for all." Annabel pointed her finger from him to her and back. 
                          
Kenny knew Emmett could never hate her. Instead he would hate him more. So he finished the dishes and told Annabel to go take a shower. 
                          
"But I don't have an extra pair of clothes." She said. 
                          
Kenny told her he had an extra pair of shorts and a sweatshirt. He took them out and handed her the clothes. 
                          
She walked over and turned the hot shower on. She closed the door and hopped in and she felt sudden relief. She sat down and let the hot water hit her. 
                          
Kenny walked over to the giant speakers that were in the corner of the room. He popped in a CD and played their favorite artist, Enrique Iglesias, and rose the volume to full blast. He sang along to some of the songs. 
                          
He turned it down and heard Annabel singing along too. Kenny laughed, he was amazed to discover she was good. She never sung in front of anyone. He heard her turn the shower off. 
                          
She got out with her hair in a messy bun. The shorts fit her just right, they were a little shorter than what she was use too. But she had a pair like this at home. 
                          
The sweatshirt was so big it went past her shorts so you couldn't even see them. Her fingers were also barely viable.
                          
She got in bed and pulled the covers on her, she was freezing from the cold outside. As she tried to sleep she shivered, it was too cold for her to even move. Her eyes were shut tight. 
                          
Kenny saw Annabel shivering to death in the bed. He had hopped on the couch so nothing would be weird. But he knew what he had to do. 
                          
Kenny walked over to the bed and lifted the covers. He slowly and nervously moved over to her. His foot touched her's and she quickly wrapped herself around him. 
                          
He hugged her and she tucked herself in his arms. Kenny grabbed her hands and intertwined their fingers. He entangled their legs together and he could feel just how cold she really was. She sighed with relief as she warmed up. 
                          
"Thank you Kenny." She whispered before she drifted off into a deep sleep. 
                          
He watched her as she slept. He moved the hair that had fallen out of place, he put it behind her ear. He lightly touched her chin turning her head towards him. 
                          
Kenny still held her with his another arm and she wouldn't let him leave. He stared at her sleeping face and kissed her cheek. Annabel smiled. 
                          
"I love you Annabel Maggie. I promise to let no one hurt you or take you away from me." Kenny whispered to her even though she couldn't hear him. 
                          
She moved and turned around. Her head dug into his chest. Her hands gripped onto his shirt. But she still was sleeping. 
                          
"I love you Kenny." She whispered. He smiled lightly, he knew she was still asleep but those four words made him want to fly higher than the sun.