Waking Up Means: A Narrative Fiction

Waking up on Johnny’s chest with his arms around her felt amazing. She remembered last night, the way they cried and apologized and when he got on one knee. She sat up trying not to wake him but it didn’t work. His eyes fluttered open and he smiled up at her. She couldn’t help but smile and lean down to give him a kiss.

“Good morning.” He said wrapping his arms around her.

“Good morning.” She said with a giggle.

“You should go visit Yuriy. He’s worried about you.”

“Yeah… he might be a little mad.” She said closing her eyes. “But you’ll be there with me so… everything will be fine.” She said kissing his forehead. The two got off the couch deciding a shower would be good before leaving. It didn’t take them long but Johnny was annoyed he had

She hadn’t been in a car with him in a long time. But she knew driving would be fun. As they drove Salima put on some random radio station singing along to the music, happy to be smiling and singing again. She could see the smile on Johnny’s face the entire time. But as soon as he stopped the car he saw they were at a home. It was Kai’s. She recognized it. He’s rich and every mansion in Japan was known by everyone. She gulped as they walked up to the door. She was starting to get cold feet. But when Johnny held her hand she felt safe. Johnny opened the door to see a butler walking up to them. Johnny waved him off and walked straight where he knew everyone would

Johnny stopped in front of the door with Salima’s hand in his and cleared his throat. The large group of people that sat in the room stared at them. Lee, Robert, Kai, Rei, Yuriy and Bryan were all there. They were all quiet until Rei and Rai walked over and hugged her.

“Hey guys. I missed you.” She said hugging them the best she could. They let go asking her all sorts of questions but she didn’t answer too many. She said she had been there in Japan and she repeated how sorry she was for not calling them. She tried not to cry but being around the warmth of the people she cared about was more than she felt she deserved. When they let go she saw Yuriy stand up and walk towards her. She didn’t know how he’d react but she could take a guess.

“Hey Yuriy.” Salima said timidly. She didn’t say anything when Yuriy walked right up to her and glared at her. She didn’t move an inch even though she wanted to hide behind Johnny.

“Where the hell have you been?” Yuriy asked.

“Here in Japan…” She looked at his eyes. He was pissed. He raised his hand, looking as though he was going to slap her. She didn’t flinch and he just put his hand on the top of her head.

“Stop being a smartass…” He