” Oh my! What mess have you gotten yourself into, my child. That was a very risky thing to do and I am sure you know that. That means you spent the night with him.” Number 2 asked, silently wishing it was a no.
” Yes Mamito.” She replied and faced down as she made invisible lines with her toes on the floor.
” And what happened, my child? Did you both spend the night talking like you used to do in your dreams.” She asked and watch Annabel’s face change from guilt.
” No Mamito.’ She paused enough to gather strength t say the next word. ‘ We had sex.” She found her strength and said it. She tried to avoid looking up at Number 2 out of fear of what she might say. She knew deep down that she had tried to warm her and treat her like a Mother would do to her child. Scold her like a mother could scold her child. She had let her mother down.
” Oh no child, no you didn’t. Tell me all this is a joke, a big joke and we would laugh over it.” She said, so worried about what punishment Anny would get for defying the rules.
Who else knew about this? How long before the other Masters find out? What if she ends up just like…?.
Number 2 shivered at the thought of the gory scene.
” No Mamito. I am afraid we did it but I really love him and I’m sure he feels the same for me.”
” No child. Here Pets don’t have feelings for their Masters nor do we talk to them or about them talk less of having anything close with them. This is a sacrilege Anny, this could get you killed. I remember telling you on the day you arrived that Number 5 had lost his mother because of it. You saw the little poor child become a shadow of himself. He, Anny, he never experienced parental love. Do you really want to make your child go through that.” Number 2 was worried and scared Anny was too naive to know about love or life. She wondered how stupid Anny could be to think their love life would be accepted.
What was Master Mackie thinking? How could he? How could he strip of her innocence? He could take advantage of her Innocence and immaturity?.
Number 2 thought.
She felt the strong urge to walk up to him and yell at him for being so foolish but she couldn’t. She expected more from Mackie, he clearly knew the law better than the pets.
” No Mamito. ” She replied sadly. She knew spending the rest of her life with him was just a dream that would never come true.
Where is it written Anny, that a pet could be with their Master?.
She asked herself, sad that things had to be that way. That law had to determine their love or togetherness.
” See child, it happened already and you certainly can’t change it. Now the next thing for you to fi us forget about this fantasy in your head and let him go. He can never be with you Anny, not even in your death. I love you as a mother would love her child so I am advising you to let go. You still have a long way in front of you child, don’t lose it for a fantasy love.” She said and brought her closer into her arms, rubbing her hand over her back.
She knew how it felt to love someone and not be with them but after witnessing her death, she had vowed to stay within her lane.
” This isn’t our world Anny but there world, right here only them matters.” Number 2 said and Anny burst into tears.
Her heart ached and it felt as though it has being torn into tiny little pieces. Just when she had thought things were going her way, it turned out things were going a stray rather.
Forgive me Mackie but I have to let you go.
Mackie couldn’t get the thought of their love making off his mind as it kept flashing through his mind.
He really do love her and would do everything to make her his.
How was he supposed to explain to his Uncle that he had fallen in love with Alac’s pet? How would he say he loved a human?.
He knew it would only end in her death.
Don’t ruin in the moment Mackie, when the right time comes, things will fall in place and he wished he was right.
His hand unconsciously drifted to his neck and he felt something on it.
Oh his necklace!.
But if he had his on then whose was laying in his back pocket.
Oh Anny! Geez!.
She must have taken it off while they were making love. He knew he had to return it to her cause she would have noticed it missing.
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” No Aliya, no, no.” Alac said aloud from his sleep while squeezing the pillow in his hand tightly, turning I his bed from a nightmare he was having.
” Treat her nice, Alac. Be the man I once fell in love with.” A young lady on a white dress said. Her red hair packed in a ponytail and she smiled all through.
” No Aliya, that man died.” He said from his sleep, waking Annabel up.
Annabel was scared of moving close to her master as he changed his position countless times.
What was he dreaming about? Should she move closer and wake him? Would he kill her if she did? Should she just go back to sleep and pretend she never saw it?.
Anny was confused on what to do. She sat up for a while and watched him.
” To find peace within yourself Alac, find peace with her and who knows what you might find.” Aliya said.
” Don’t leave me Aliya, please don’t go.” He pleaded.
” I have to leave Alac but remember I will always be with you.”
” Don’t go.” He pleaded.
Anny could feel the pain in his voice as the words rolled down his lips.
You have to do something Anny, you have to wake him up.
The little voice said.
No she couldn’t, pets are not allowed to touch their masters.
She replied it.
Anny, you have to help him out, he is in so much pain.
The tiny voice reminded her.
Okay she could do this, all she had to do was walk up to him and wake him up easy pizzy.
She gathered some courage and climbed up to the bed.
Here goes everything.
She said and placed her hands on his, shaking him.
” Wake up Master.” She whispered and shook him harder.
It took him some seconds to open his already wet eyes.
” Ohh Aliya.’ He said and dragged Anny close in a tight grip, ‘ I missed you so much and I thought you left me forever.” He placed few kisses on her forehead.
She was scared and confused, all at once. Here she was laying in the bed of her Master and that was one offense, the other was her being in his arms. She knew she had to do or say something.
” No Master, its Number 6.” She said and tried to free herself but the more she tried, the more tighter it got.
Don’t fight it Anny, just let him have this night. He clearly has a lot on his mind.
The voice told her.
She had no choice but to give in. Master didn’t look like he was waking up anytime soon and she certainly couldn’t Free herself from his grip.
It had being ages since she had felt the comfort of laying on a bed.
Enjoy the moment Anny.
He slowly drifted his wet eyes apart, he had had a very bad dream yesterday, one that she appeared in again, something about treating his pet right.
Find peace with her and who knows what he might find.
The words replayed in his head.
He couldn’t believe if it was real or not.
What a weird dream.
He told himself and adjusted the bed cover to warm up his body. It was too hard to pull unlike before.
Maybe it had gotten stuck on something on the other end.
He thought and rolled to the other side. He saw her laying on his bed, the other side of his bed, deep in her sleep.
What was his pet doing in his bed? What amount of guts did it have to?.
He was so furious and got up to pick the corrector leash, he was going to show her who the boss was.
It flashed through his mind, the night before, someone had shaken him in an attempt to wake him up and he had….
Oh no! it was not a dream, he really bad pulled his pet into his arms and no, he wished nothing had happened between them. Nothing could happened since they were still fully clothed.
Treat her well Alac.
It was Aliya’s voice in his head. He sighed and dropped the leash on the bed.
Here goes nothing.
He sar on the bed edge and tapped her gently even though he was frustrated but had to listen to Aliya.
To him, pets were non living things and that was how it had always being. That was why ” it” were used for them instead.
” Wake up. ” He said and tapped her again. She opened her eyes and sprang up, rushing back to where she belonged.
” I am so sorry Master, I must have slept off while……. I am sorry Master, please don’t kill me.”
How stupid of her to have slept off on his bed? Why didn’t she just stay awake till he lessened his grip and come back to her space?.
She scolded herself.
Kill?.
Now he understood what Aliya meant by him being the man he used to be, that man that would never hurt a flu but he had pushed that man into hiding years ago.
He watched as she cuddled her legs our of fear. She looked so scared of him even when it clearly was his fault and not hers.
” No, its not your fault, it was mine and I am…. I am…. so…. sor. ry.. sorry.” He finally said. He couldn’t even remember the last time he had said sorry to anyone.
For Aliya.
Her eyes widened in shock.
Did she just hear him right? Did he really just say sorry? Or was her ears playing tricks on her?.
” Master…. okay Master. ” she said and moved backward in case he changed his mind and wiped her.
” Okay pet, now go get ready for breakfast. ” He said and forced a smile.
This had better be worth it Aliya.
He told himself and walked into the bathroom, wanting to get the whole thoughts off his mind.
He let the water from the shower flow down from his hair to his upper body. He had to get the image of his Aliya out of his head.
Why did she show up in his dream all of a sudden?.
Why does she care about a pet?.
If only she had told him what he would find, maybe that would have released the tension he felt deep down. The image of his pet lying in his bed had angered him but for the first time in a while now, he had let her go even though he didn’t want to.
Was she dreaming? Did he really just smile at her? Did he just leave without whipping her with the leash?.
She hoped he would wake on this better side of the bed everyday on maybe her luck came back.
Enjoy the moment Anny, just enjoy the moment.
The voice said.