I guess I fell asleep and woke up in the middle of the night with my heart beating fast. I didn’t remember what I was dreaming at all. When my eyes gained their focus, I raised half my body up and looked through the glass panels. No one was there.
I tried to stand up, but for some reason my balance was off. I reclined on the wall and walked slowly to the door. I opened the door and went through. I saw Boris with his head down. He seemed asleep. I walked over and sat in the empty stool next to him. I didn’t say anything. His screen tablet laid visible at his side. I swiped it open. To my surprise, there was no pass code. Maybe it was a tablet storing public information. The Story of Mankind. Is that what he was reading? It was childish and full of illustration as I was swiping through. I laid the screen back down on the table and slowly tapped Boris’s shoulder. He didn’t move.
I got closer to him and tapped a little harder, but he didn’t wake up. I tapped him harder and said, “Boris. Your dreams will come true!”
He raised his head and turned it towards my direction. His eyes barely open and said, “Why can’t I sleep in peace? Lina, is something wrong?”
I said, “No. Not at all. Where is everyone?”
He rose up from the table, stretched his arms out and said, “They went home for the night. They have a life too. Wives, husbands and kids.”
I said, “Lucky them.”
He said, “Because they can leave?”
I said, “No. Not that. They have a life. They have a family.”
He stared at me and didn’t say anything. I said, “You shouldn’t sleep like that. You will hurt your neck.”
He said, “I dozed off.”
I said, “You should sleep properly. Is there a bed somewhere for you?”
He said, “No. You’re occupying the only one here.”
I said, “Well, since I am awake, then go on it and sleep. Or better yet, why don’t you go home and sleep. I can’t seem to leave this place anyways.”
He said, “I can’t leave you alone.”
I said, “What do you want to do? Interrogate me some more, or just kill me?”
He stared at me and looked down on the table and said, “I can’t control my actions sometimes.”
I said, “That’s your only excuse?”
He looked at me and said, “I didn’t mean it. Why won’t you believe me?”
I giggled and said, “You answered my questions and had a normal human like conversation with me. I win!”
He looked at me with a confused look and said, “Why are you level five authority again?”
I said, “I may appear like a bubbly little girl, but I’m powerful and can kick your ass.”
He said, “Oh? Can you?”
I said, “Yep!”
I got off the stool and stood up. I said, “I don’t need guns or any weapon to beat you.”
He said, “You’re insane. You don’t know what you’re up against.”
I kicked the stool and it fell with Boris on the floor. He was angry and said, “You want to break my head?”
I said, “Umm. Didn’t seem to work. Should I try again?”
He got up and pushed the stool away. He said, “I’m not going to fight you.”
I said, “Oh yeah?”
He stood up, brushed off his pants and made sure his shirt was properly tucked in. Then with one swift move he grabbed my hands, and lifted them above my head. He then grabbed my waist and pulled me closer to him and we were touching. He said, “Do you want to take turns?”
I said, “Let go of me.”
He said, “No. I am enjoying this for being sleepy.”
He yawned at my face and I gave him a disgusting look. I said, “If you want to sleep, then go sleep in the other room.”
He said, “I think it is a good idea.”
He let go of my hands and carried me. He went to the room and laid me on the bed. He then laid next to me, faced the other side and said, “Good night Lina. Don’t talk in your sleep.”
I said, “Are you for real?”
He said, “Last time I checked I was sort of real.”
I said, “You will sleep like that with a gun on your waist?”
He took out his gun and laid it on the table. He said, “There. Are you happy now?”
I said, “What if I take it and kill you?”
He yawned and said half intelligibly, “What a way to die.”
He was asleep and I wondered if I should stay laying there, but I didn’t move.