She Rings My Bell

Jeremy opened his eyes and he stared into his ceiling. For a person who was just sleeping, he felt extremely tired and drained. He turned to his side to look at the clock on top of his bedside table and for the second day in a row, he woke way earlier than his usual alarm. And it was a Sunday at that, days like this one, he would just sleep in late and just get up at about noon.

But today, it was a bit different. He could not take it at ease and just sleep all day, he was expecting Momo to drop-by any time today to pick up her uniform. His eyes then landed on the paper bag beside his door. He slowly got up and sat on the side of his bed. Come to think of it, he didn't really have a good look at the contents of the bag. He just took Momo's word for its value and believed that it was indeed her uniform. Well, he peeked a little and the pink color of the garment was surely in the shade of the girl's uniform.

But while he was half-awake, his curiosity started to grow bigger and bigger that he took some steps to get to the bag and he brought it back with him to bed.

Back and forth his mind and his conscious played a useless tug-o-war. He was really interested in what the contents of the bag are but he was having second thoughts since whatever was inside was obviously neatly folded and kept, he don't think that he could put it back whatever it was the way it originally was.

He picked up the bag and placed it on his lap, slowly he lowered his head so he could see what was inside a little better.

And then a knock on the door came, and he almost threw the bag away but he managed to catch it again and hold it back. His mother came in.

"Dear, I am going to the market, but I will be back late in the afternoon. I have a schedule today at the spa. You know. Anyway, there's breakfast ready downstairs and you can just reheat the beef stew in the ref for lunch. Or you can order out, here's the money. I'll be going now."

"Alright. Got it."

Andrea closed the door behind her. Jeremy saw through his window that his mother already went outside all dressed up. He thought to himself who goes to the market and goes to a spa after?.

But then his train of thoughts took him somewhere else. He just remembered that Momo was dropping by and he realized that he was alone in the house. He felt his body temperature rising and his heart racing. He decided to take a shower to cool down everything and to let out the steam he felt that was building up inside of him.

Momo decided to go out early and hit the supermarket. She thought that an apology would be just bland if she just said it with her words. She thought that she could bring Jeremy something. After all, she made him tag along with her whims. She was looking between the aisles and through them wondering what she could bring him. She then thought that she could just cook a meal for him for lunch.

She picked up some eggs, some spring onions, a small brick of cheese, some processed ham, bacon, and some other herbs and spices.

She then walked towards the counter to pay for the things she got. And after that, she walked out of the store and made her way to the train station. They lived just two stations apart from each other so she was walking towards Jeremy's house in no time. After just a few minutes of walking, she found herself outside their gates. She messaged Jeremy on Line and also tried to ring him.

She was receiving no replies so she decided to ring the bell.

Jeremy was singing under the shower when he heard the doorbell rang. He hurriedly rinsed everything on his body and tried to dry himself with the towel. He shouted 'wait' as he wrapped the towel around him when he got out of the bathroom. He thought that it was too early for Momo to be there, so he thought that maybe it was just a salesman, or solicitor, or any other person aside from Momo.

He slightly opened the door and he felt all his blood leaving his body. He felt so exposed with just a towel on.

"Hey!"

Momo caught a glimpse of him before Jeremy slammed the door closed. She clicked her tongue and grew somewhat impatient. She tried to opened the gate and it was unlocked. She then tried the knob of the door but it was locked. She then proceeded to knock a bit impatiently.

Meanwhile, Jeremy ran upstairs and got dressed quickly, he just put whatever he could readily get his hands on. In the end, it was just a shirt and a pair of loose boxers. He ran back downstairs in a panic as he heard Momo knocking on the door.

He opened it and said, "Hi! You're early." he chuckled but the nerves are really obvious in his tone.

"That was rude." Momo raised an eyebrow.

"I... I'm sorry, I was in the showers."

"Alright, hmm. so... won't you invite me in?"

"In? Ah.. Oh yeah.. Come in. Just sit anywhere."

Momo stretched her arms and Jeremy took the bag of groceries from her. And then a total and ear-piercing silence.

Haloa!

Ooooh. Alone with a pretty girl at home. What would Jeremy do? It's going to be interesting, don't you think? I can't wait for the next one! Hey writer, can you stop with all these cliffhangers? I'm getting impatient!

Sorry for that monologue, I am glad that you visited me here, I am losing my mind that I started talking to myself. How have you been? I hope that you're doing great. And I also hope that you know how much I appreciate you taking time out from your routine and took a moment to be here. Thank you, and as always ...

Cheers!!!

Series    : The Not So Perfect World
Title     : She Rings My Bell
Episode   : 020
Published : 07-Oct-2021
Author    :  © RB