Dark

They finished everything they had ordered.

"Omg.I can't move"Cathy said rubbing her stomach.

"Yeah.Me too.I think I ate too much"Elena replied.

"Haha.Serves you right for ordering everything"Sandriya teased.Jonathan was also laughing at what the girls said.

"I am happy you liked the food"He said controlling his laugh.

"Liked it?We loved it"Elena corrected.

"Do you want anything more?"he asked the three.

"Do you want our stomach's to burst?We are full"Cathy answered.

"Okay in that case i will go pay the bill"saying so Jonathan stood up and went to settle the bill.

"Do you think he has enough money?"Sandriya looked worried.

"Sure he will.If not why will he take us to this hotel in the first place.He will have something planned"Cathy replied.

The three girls looked at what was going on at the cashier desk.It looked as if Jonathan was having a talk with a lady in the cashier desk.

"Looks like its going well.We neednot worry then"Elena said as she saw the scene at the cashier desk.

The other two girls simply nodded.

After about 15 minutes,Jonathan came back to the table.

"Is everything okay?"Sandriya questioned.

"Yeah."he nodded.

"Do you girls wanna go anywhere else?"he asked the three.

"I don't think I can go anywhere.I just wanna go home and sleep"Elena replied yawning a little.

"Yeah.All this eating has made me tired"Cathy agreed with her friend.

"Okay then lets go home."Sandriya said looking at her sleepy friends.

Hearing that Jonathan frowned.

"Okay then.You two girls go home first in the car you came in"

"What about you two?"Cathy questioned.

"we will follow close behind in the other one"Jonathan replied calmly.

"But there is enough place for everyone"Cathy asked again.

Elena gave her a nudge."Lets just go"she said dragging her to the front door.

"But why?"Cathy couldn't understand a thing.

"Nothing.They just need some alone time together.Okay?"Elena face palmed herself.

Why was her friend so naive?The two girls then boarded a black car and rode off.

Sandriya was stunned on how her friends reacted.

"What just happened?Why did they leave me like this?They didn't even ask if I was coming with them"Sandriya complained to Jonathan.

Jonathan was surprised to how clueless she was.

"Let me take you somewhere"he said as he grabbed her hand and started leading her into the hotel.

"Where are we going?"Sandriya was getting anxious.

"Lets go home.I don't wanna see anything"She tried escaping his grip.But he tightened his grip.

A strange tension started to build inside her chest.It was already 10 pm.She was in place she was not familiar with.But she felt safe as she was with him.But his actions were making her feel nervous.They then got into a lift.He pressed the 12 th floor.

"Do you have to meet someone there?"she asked nervously.But he simply smiled at her.

Sandriya could only wait and see where he was taking her.They then got off the elevator.He then lead her past 3 rooms.He stopped near a door with the numbers 125.

"Here we are"he exclaimed looking the door.

He looked at Sandriya.She was looking back at her with a questioning look.

"Where are we?"she asked.

"You will know once you get inside"he said as he slid the room key and opened the door.

"I am not going in there.Its dark"She said taking a few steps back.

"Trust me.Go in"Jonathan insisted with a weird look.He had never given her this type of look before.

"Okay.Don't scare me like this"She said slowly went inside.

After a minute she saw someone walk inside and close the door behind them.

"Jon this is not funny.You know I am scared of dark rooms.Switch on the lights."at this point her voice was already trembling in fear.

But there was no response.

"I know you are in here.Please stop fooling around like this.I am really scared"Her eyes started to well up with tears..She then felt someone standing behind her.

"Jon is that you"she asked without turning around.She could sense the person getting close to her.The person hugged her from behind.She was shocked.It was the hand of a man.No words came out from her mouth.Her heart was pounding fast.The figure leaned down to her ears.She could feel the person's breath on her shoulders.

"Happy Birthday Dearie"the voice whispered.

And immediately all the lights in the room were lit.It took a while for her eyes to adjust to the bright light.When her vision finally cleared,She saw that she was standing a celebration hall.The room was decorated with roses-her favourite flowers.On the walls were pictures of her from different ages.She was stunned to see them all.Apart from all these something caught her eye.It was a grand black piano.She was in amused by everything that she forgot that she was still in his arms.

"Do you like it?"His voice sounded from behind.

Sandriya then immediately freed herself from his hug."Why did you do this?I was scared to death"she scolded him

"If thats your way of saying thank you,then you are welcome"he sulked.

"Why do have to do this now?"she asked as she crossed her arms.

"Because its your birthday"he answered.

"Its not my birthday.My birthday was 2 months ago."she said getting a little mad with what he did.

"And where were you 2 months ago?"he asked her back.

"At the hospital"

"Yeah.Exactly.At the hospital.Unconscious."

"So what?"she yelled.

"It would have been your first birthday with me.But you were unconscious.I couldn't wait another year to celebrate it.So I made this arrangement"he reasoned.

"Then you should have invited everyone and given a proper party.Not scare me to death like this and give me a heart attack."she argued.He was silent.Her lips curled upwards.Finally she had won an argument with him.Or so she thought.She then went to look at the piano.It was her favourite instrument,though she only knew to play a few songs.This was her first time seeing a grand piano in person.So she was so excited to play it.While she was busy admiring the instrument ,Jonathan walked straight to her and cornered against the wall.

"All these years you had celebrated your birthday with your friends and family.So this time I wanted you to celebrate it only with me"he said looking straight into her eyes.

"You are selfish"she said pouting her lips.She pushed him away from her.Though she was trying to show an angry face at him,she was not one bit mad at him.

Her heart was melting to what he just said.He had given her something she always wanted-a piano.He even decorated the room with her favourite roses.Why should he do all these nice things?Does that mean he liked her too?