Wilfred pulled the soft blanket closer, snuggling deeper into the warmth beside him. In the cocoon of sleep, he was enveloped by dreams dyed with hues of intimacy. Beside him lay Fabienne, her face serene and peaceful under the glow of the morning sunlight filtering through the thin curtains. He marveled at how extraordinary his day had begun—just him and her, together.
Flashback
They sat side by side on the worn couch in his small apartment, surrounded by crumpled bags of chips and half-empty soda cans. The flickering light of the television washed over them as they shared a romantic movie—a genre Wilfred had always loved but watched with different eyes now. He turned to her, admiring the way her dark hair fell carelessly over her cheek.
"Did you enjoy it?" he asked, the excitement bubbling in his chest. He noticed a hint of longing in her green eyes, something just beneath the surface.
"Well, I did..." she replied, her tone flat and unenthusiastic.
"I see that you did. Look at those couples—their sweetness, their connection. It's... touching," he observed, leaning in a little closer, hoping to bridge the gap he sensed between them.
"Wilfred, you don't need to spoil the story," she replied, feigning annoyance but wanting to believe.
"Okay, okay! No spoilers. But you must know that I'm enjoying this moment with you. We're even more romantic than ever."
Fabienne shot him a skeptical glance. "I don't see that we're that romantic. I don't even get it."
He giggled, reassured. "You will get it... I mean, think about it. We've been together so much, don't you feel something strange when you look at me? Your heart races, you blush?"
"Stop it, it's getting boring and hot here..." she quipped, and he felt a thrill rush through him when she peeled off his jacket.
Flashback Over
Wilfred woke from his reverie, smiles cascading over his face as he recalled how her reluctance had melted into laughter, how they had shared their first kiss. He glanced at Fabienne again, still lost in slumber. Despite the ease of their connection, the shadows of misunderstanding loomed.
"Hey, did you sleep well?" he asked quietly, trying to pry her from her dreams. She stirred, her expression not softening into a smile but an indifferent nod. "Yes, I did. And I see that you did completely enjoy it. How does it feel?"
"It's awesome! I've never done this before with you. It's more fun than I expected," he confessed, radiating warmth.
"Isn't that what you hoped for?" she replied, her tone edged with skepticism. He could sense her reluctance, a barrier he couldn't bypass.
He hesitated for a moment before adding, "What do you think about tonight? Perhaps another film?"
Fabienne's eyes glazed over, her emotional walls seemingly fortified. "What? Do you think I'm so much interested in you?" She paused, her defensive voice slightly quaking. "Maybe I am... but not always when I'm sleeping with you. I don't feel anything."
Wilfred's smile faltered, bruised by her words. "You will feel something. Maybe you're just too shy to express it."
"I'm not shy!" The coldness in her voice echoed in the room. He continued to smile, a confident grin that masked his dawning doubt. "Oh, I think that's denial."
"Hello! I don't know what to feel!" she snapped back, her voice rising but her resolve beginning to waver.
The tension hung heavy in the air as she turned to dress, preparing to retreat into her own world. But he persisted, hoping to chip away at her armor, even as insecurities began to coil in his stomach.
"Fabienne," he said softly, "you don't have to run from it. If you feel anything at all, I want you to share it."
"Never mind," she brushed off, her tone indicating a hurried retreat. "Next time..."
And she slipped from the room, leaving Wilfred with a heart heavy with longing and uncertainty.
After a steamy shower, she cracked open the door to his bedroom, the scent of lavender wafting behind her. There she stood, looking like a whirlwind of chaos wrapped in a blue blouse and his own black necktie.
"Why are you wearing my tie?" Martin exclaimed, aghast, his eyebrows shooting up to his hairline.
Jasmin, unfazed, struck a playful pose, "It's fantastic, don't you think? I mean, just because I'm wearing your tie doesn't mean I'm suddenly a lesbian or something outrageous!"
Martin opened his mouth, closed it, and then blinked. Was she actually confident in standing there with her tie? He pinched the bridge of his nose and reminded himself that they were, indeed, in a much stranger situation than mere fashion choices.
"So, what are you planning to do? Walter doesn't even know you're here with your daughter Sidel..." Martin continued, his pragmatic side fighting against the absurdity of the moment.
Jasmin grinned wickedly. "They'll find out soon enough! Just you watch! First, I'm doing this for Janina," she declared, throwing her hand dramatically in the air as if to invoke the heavens for support.
"Yes, of course! And what am I supposed to say? That you're my long-lost twin sister? Walter would definitely get a shock!" Martin chuckled.
But Jasmin's face turned serious. "No, no... I mean, we need to make Walter suffer a bit first. After what he did to Janina... He deserves to be humiliated before he rots in jail."
Martin felt his blood boil at the memory of the past, shared helplessly between friends. "Of course! Let him rot in jail. And then we parade it all over the news with trumpets and a marching band!"
"Exactly!" she exclaimed, and then added with a smirk, "But first, I'll need more than this lovely tie to pull off this plan!"
Martin leaned back, laughing at the absurdity of dropping plans about his fashion statement for something diabolically entertaining. "I think I know what you're plotting, Jasmin."
Her eyes gleamed with mischief. "You see, I'm going to impersonate Janina for a bit! I want Walter to understand just how wrong he was." She reached for something tucked away in her pocket.
Martin raised an eyebrow. "What are you hiding?"
"Janina's ID card," she replied, handing it over with flair. "And with your help, they'll believe I'm Janina back from the dead!"
Martin rubbed his hands together. "Alright, I'm in. Let's make them believe in ghosts of ex-wives past!"
"Oh, you're going to pay for this later!" she laughed.
"Right! Just make sure to look good in my tie!" he shot back, mischief glimmering in his eye.
As they spun wild ideas of revenge and redemption, the sun bathed the room in a warm glow, illuminating the strange alliance of two friends in the peculiar game they were about to embark on.
At the mean time, when Sidel was in the school and she opens her locker, she did saw a letter inside of her locker but she has no idea who gives it to her, she opens the letter and read.
(In the letter)
Dear Sidel,
I don't know how to express this to you, but I like the way you are, how you smile and how your always so sweet and charming as I can say, and I'm really too shy to express my feelings and what I feel about you in person and I know that you will understand why, and I hope that we can go out together tonight and let's think it's only about I only want to go out and have fun. .
Love Marvin
After reading the letter and she was even flattered after reading the letter, then Marvin came up to see him and Sidel was also gets blushed when she was seeing him. "Hey...um it's nice that you did finally saw the letter I wrote for you, I know I can tell that in person but I know how..." Marvin said, followed by her giggled. "Oh and it's alright and maybe this is the first time that your telling me that, besides we are like know each other for a few months and I'm not really rushing to the stage that you know I would do easy to flirt with you.."
"Oh I'm sure that you did learn a few things with Martel, right?"
"I only just learn it to my mother and she was like that when I was remember that she did bring her boyfriend last year who was been killed by gunshot when a bandit came to our house and kill her boyfriend.."
"Ah so you did ask advice sometimes to your mother?"
"Yes I do and sometimes she has a lot of advice to me, and anyway I know that you really like the way about me and about who I am...and I had no idea what else I could say.."
"Me too..."
They both giggled together when they don't know what else they could comment, and suddenly she made her first kiss to him, and he didn't expect that a kiss could be anything that his day was great and he even feels in love more.
"I hope that we could just meet together tonight and I want to stay at your house this time...And I am sure that you know this was going to be exciting staying at your home.." She did caress his cheeks and he froze at the moment after she was doing it to him."I...a-agree..." He stammering as he keeps smiling on him while he gets froze when in love.
She did gives him a smile before leaving, and suddenly while he was started to get dreamy and Martel pranks him when she was giving a realistic artificial dead hand, and giving it in front of her, that made him shock.
"Could you even please just don't do that again please!" Marvin frightened and he breathes heavenly followed by Martel's laugh." You're too funny at the same time you are so choosy dear, and anyway you are so much serious and I can saw you stuck up there and started to be dreamy..." Martel did pinch his face.
"I'm not dreamy alright and I need to think something..."
"Oh maybe you are starting keep thinking about Sidel, isn't she cute by the way?" she did giggled to him. But he sighs in annoyance "Please, I'm not really interested to your jokes this time..."
"And this time, you are so much serious about this, I mean you are getting too much serious now...And I am sure that this time maybe you're so in love with her..."
"No I'm not..."
"Then why are you been like so serious lately? And I mean I think you're in love..."
"I told you I'm not..."
Then she shouldered him "Come on don't lie, because I know how you get in love with someone and you can't just deny me and you could tell me if your already in love to someone...because I'm telling you that someone is also in love with you and about my best friend Sarah and she was totally in love with you.."
"I'm just wanted to be friends with Sarah, by the way...I'm not really feeling close with her and besides I really need to do something important tonight..."
"Like what? Finding pretty girls all night?"
"No, I told you I'm not like that!"
"Well, I want to know what you are going to do tonight."
"Just want to stay at my home and I am going to do my guitar lesson tonight..."
"Oh yes, how boring but anyway have fun!"
Marvin was going inside the classroom but when Martel did approach Sarah was coming in the school and they did fist bomb together when they meet again.
"Hey, how was your day, Marti!" Sarah asked happily and Martel only smiled at her but giving her smirk."Oh it was pretty good damn awesome I could only say...And also I had a nice day with you...and anyway tell me if you want to stay with my home again..." Martel said
"Oh and I hope that I could stay at your home and today was the day that I really need to do my practice to do my badminton practice and I hope that you could watch me having practice later.."
"Where..."
"In Sports hall, and I am going to do my practice again and I know that it was just I need to focus on the upcoming competition and this time I really need to win..."
"I know you want to win first place..."
"I am sure that you see you will win in the competition and now that you're only very nervous for the first time that your competition with someone from another school and for me you will be going to win this time..."
"I hope so, and I don't really want to disappoint to my family, I will prove them that I really have this skills..."
"Oh but you can prove them alright, but right now...can we do something fun?"
She nodded "Of course and I want to do something fun right now.."
"Let's go!"
Sarah did come with Martel and they were going to do something fun, while Walter was going to call Alody first before going in Heinen Realty.
" Hey Alody, what's up there?.."
" I'm good...and why did you ask me? How about Ate Jasmine??.."
" that's my big problem too and it's just that I don't know where she is now, and you see that she escape in the mental hospital and don't you have news for her?.."
" Sorry but no, and I am almost going there to meet you and I'll have to wait for a month for that and anyway I did tried asking that to my friend now and she has no news for Ate Jasmin.."
" Oh and sorry and it must be that she was going crazy again and maybe I can go find her somewhere later on, but how are you there?.."
" I am fine and here I am in the embassy and just getting ready for the documents for I needed.."
" That's great and I hope soon enough we will meet each other again.."
" I hope that too Brother Walter, and I know that I am also gets excited to see you too, and I know that I should learn a little German if I still didn't know the exit sign or some words that are very important, maybe I need to take note of it.."
" It's better that you know a little words of it and a little conversation so, sometimes if you see some German billboard or you know just in case.."
" But it's hard for me to learn that language and even Ate Jasmin tries to teach me.."
" Oh okay and I hope to see you soon Alody and I look forward to see you again soon.."
*beep*
When he was going inside the company and suddenly Judith almost pushed him when he was also going inside, and he saw that she was carrying many things and he helped her to carry other bags.
"Oh sorry and I didn't mean to do it, Sir..." Judith apologizes, as Walter did confidently smile. Walter smiled and starting helping her "No, no...You don't have to apologize and I know that you're carrying a lot of bags there..."
"Oh and I'm glad you understand and I wanted to know if you are going to work in that company there in Heinen Realty..."
"Not yet and I need to apply a job and as you know that I really need an immediate job and it's because that my sister was a truly troublemaker..."
"Really, how troubles did she makes?"
"Like doing a crime and it's because you see that my sister was on the serious condition and not really only with her mental problem and she has a problem either understanding arithmetic..."
"I understand, maybe she wants a job without involving calculations, memorization of numbers, numbers and solution..."
"Oh that's right and maybe you already know what it feels like..."
"Sorry but I also have a friend who has a difficult in mathematics and I only thought it's because she didn't study or she wasn't just interested about math and until sooner I find out she has difficulty understanding it, and you see it does.."
"Oh and you realize that your friend has that..."
"Yes, anyway I'm Judith Hertel and I am the secretary of this company now..." As she was shaking hands with him "I am Walter Hoppe..."
"It's nice to meet you Walter...and let's go inside the company..."
"Sure, and also I want to assist you to, Judith..."
"Thank you..."
He assists her to go inside to the building as he did move her wheelchair to go inside, after that they did stopped when they are finally inside.
"So, we stopped here...and you see there is a little change here in Heinen Realty..." Judith said, as Walter did wondering around the place, and it has really a little change inside the company."Yes I find it too, so how can I apply to work here?" Walter asks immediately.
"Well you have to apply a job and I hope that it will approve by the new CEO this time and it's because you see that she wants to see if someone of people working here are loyal for her.."
"Her? And I thought Dirk was the CEO here..." He got curious from what he heard but she giggled a bit "Now it's his wife who is the new CEO now..."
"Oh and I can't believe there's a new CEO now and I hope that she can run the company very well and I was still expecting that she could be better than anyone else.."
"Me too, and let's go inside..."
They are both going inside the office and while Sonja was doing her paperwork and she smiled as she saw that she was expecting a new employee come, while Judith goes outside when she let them talk in private.
"So, my secretary did assist you to come here, and I look forward to do to add one of my employees there and to share some project with me..." Sonja comments that made Walter a bit nervous at the same time excited to work at her.
"Oh yes...that's right, and I want to apply to work here..." Walter said frankly, as he gives the resume to her.
"Thank goodness, you are going to work here, and I'm glad you choose this place to work with and I want some little interviews and so you need to prove to me that your deserving to work here for me.."
"Oh sure, and I'm ready for the few interviews.."
"Good, and so...this is my question now, are you good handling some financial expenses?"
He quickly nodded "Yes of course, and you see that I had some business before but sadly that my business was burned and it was because of the thieves..."
"Oh that's why I'm so very aware to them..."
"Me too..."
After she tries to look into the paper then she question him "Can you prove to me that you're loyal working here?" Then he clears his throat when he got a bit nervous "I will prove that I will work here guarantee, to use my real skills for working in this company..."
"Anyway I just hope that I can hire you as a bodyguard and it's because I'm nervous to face one of the violent protestant coming around here, and it's unfair that they are like that since Dirk was planning to be a mayor here in Wuppertal.."
"Oh and it's just that unexpected and I really want to work at your company and I will participate whatever happens here..."
"That's what I always wanted to hear, and I am sure that you know I always want some loyal employees because of that, also you are already hired, and you are already my employee now..." she placed the papers on the table, and he was expecting that there's more but he couldn't believe that they are done "What? That's it?"
"Yes, that's it!"
"Oh thank you, Mrs. Heinen..."
"Anytime..."
They did both shake hands together before Walter leaving in the office and he saw that Judith was waiting for him outside and he smiled when he saw her again.
"So, you really wanted me there?" Walter asks happily, followed by her smile. "Oh and of course I wanted you there, and anyway I think that she hires you and I'm not sure..." Judith told him when she smiled back.
"well she did, and I think she's better managing this company so well and is there only a few employees here?"
"Actually yes, so that's why I always do used some overtime and because my boss told me to do so, because that's why I really wish that there is some another new employees coming up.."
"I hope so..."
"And I also want to say that maybe I could invite you to go out tonight..."
"Oh sorry and I'm really going to be busy tonight and you see I'm a single mother and mostly like I can't always go out with someone like this, I mean I really need to take care of my daughters and I only leave them with my trusted bodyguard.."
"Ah really, I understand and I think we could talk some more after coffee break then..."
"Sure, and the most favorite time of my life to do is coffee break..."
"Me too..."
They did giggled together after they didn't even recognize that Jasmin came as she disguises Janina, and they went together to the office to go to do their job.
At the mean time, when Sonja was relaxing on the table and suddenly Jasmin came up and she was shocked that she thought Janina came back.
"Janina, and I...I believe your dead and I saw on the newspaper..." Sonja clarifies to Jasmin, when her eyes turns bigger as she was heavenly shocked."The media are liars..." Jasmin implies to her, raising her eyebrow proving Janina is alive.
"What can you even tell that? They are never been liars!"
"Then why there is you called rumors? How about the one thing rumors that says you had sex with Bernd? And do I have to call it liars or really that's the truth?"
"Fine and if you are alive, you have to prove it to me!"
"You see I'm fully alive, and I think did survive in the accident that I can't remember what that is..." as she tries to think another reason, as she wave her hand around to her head, Sonja didn't really know what she is doing until she guess something."Do you have amnesia?"
"The doctors says I have and I was like been in the hospital for 2 weeks and they told me that when I was with this man, Martin!"
"Your husband, maybe"
She rubbing her head pretends didn't know him at all "I had no idea who he is..."
"You really had no idea why are you here? Anyway I'm glad you're back again here, and it means you see you can't remember everything about what happened here, and that's good because me and Dirk are looking forward to get you back here..."
"I want to work with you..."
"But it's not that good with someone who had amnesia working here in my company and you can't even remember what my next project is, and besides maybe you remember that your working as a bodyguard.."
"Yes..., Martin told me I was working here..."
"Oh and I see that he did almost told you everything and sometime just always listen to us and we are going to help you to get you remember about everything...and everything you know, we all know what happened.."
"Oh okay and what is it you want to tell me then?"
"You're hired now as a bodyguard again..." Sonja did shake hands with her then she sighs "Oh great..."
When Dirk came in the office and he didn't expect that he would saw Janina alive again, he was been shocked and almost speechless when he can't believe it.
"But...but, you are dead!" Dirk speaks up, when he can't even expect it to himself. "Oh yes you...I just can't remember what is going on here, but I'm glad that you see I'm alive and I am working here as bodyguard as that woman said..." Jasmin explains to him.
"So, do you even remember me?"
"I told you I can't..."
"Okay and I'm Dirk, I'm the one hired you as the bodyguard...And I know that maybe you could remember me as soon as possible and the media needs to know about this..."
"Why? And why are you so tense? And what did you do? Are you even both guilty about something?"
As Jasmin was raising her both eyebrows and she had a feeling that Dirk was guilty and even Sonja but they did tries to hide their guilt and they are just instead keep smiling at her, and she slightly smiled back and goes unsmiling again.
"Oh...not definitely not...And most likely I'm not that guilty; besides...I am sure that you see I was just so shocked after I saw on the newspaper you are but finally you're back and I don't know how that happen and sooner I want that to find out.." Dirk explains to him and she only nodded.
"I'm sure I am going to do my job and I think you will see that I will and I guess welcome back, myself..." Jasmin said, afterwards she giggled.
When Jasmin leave and she was going to go to the bathroom but the bathroom was locked.
-Too funny stupid bathroom, besides this is your stupid company, rapist man!
She talks to the thin air, she saw the plant outside the bathroom, she unzip her zipper then she was going to pee on the flower pot, and she feels refreshed after peeing.
In a minute she closes the zipper of her pants and leaving in the company.