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Just a moment ago, Zack had woken up from the nap caused by boredom and the heavy rain outside. Lying on the couch, he took the remote and turned it on.
Looking again at that crap of interference.
"Damn TV!" he refuted in fury. "It's probably because of the rain that we got disconnected from the neighbor's cable," he replied, huffing in annoyance.
He lowered his gaze and noticed Ray sitting on the floor and reading a boring book. That feeling gave him when he saw the page completely full of words.
"Is it interesting?" he asked, turning and resting his elbow on the surface of the mattress and his hand on his temple. She turned her neck to look at him.
"I don't know," she answered. "I just finished reading the first page," she added. "But it must be, it's a novel."
"Great!" crossing his arms behind his head. "Read to me."
She stared at him.
"What are you waiting for? Go ahead!" he said. "From the beginning."
"Yeah."
She turned the page, read the title, and began to read...
"Louder!" he snapped. "Never mind," he said, sitting on the couch. "Sit next to me."
She did so.
"Read."
Ray did it again, now Zack could hear her better, even though her words had no feeling; he liked to hear her. After a while, he got closer to her, until he bumped against her shoulders. The same one who made a comment when he heard an extremely impressive part.
"Why do you stop?" he questioned her when she made a very long pause.
"I'm thirsty."
"Huh..." he articulated and stretching out his hand to the side of the couch, he handed her the soda can that contained half the liquid. She took a sip and resumed reading when she finished drinking.
After a while, she began to shiver, as Zack noticed from the slight tremors that her small body was causing.
"Are you cold?"
"Yes."
"What the hell...? Why didn't you tell me before?" he reprimanded her.
And taking her by the two armpits, he lifted her to put her in the middle of his two legs to surround her with his arms.
"Are you still cold?"
"No."
"Okay... keep reading."
He rested his chin on her hair while she continued reading and Zack looked at the words attentively as if he was hoping to understand them. After a while, the reading began to pause more than usual and to become interrupted in dialogues as in emotional parts.
"Ray?" he called, she gave a small jolt. "What the fuck? Did you fall asleep? Are you sleepy?" he interrogated her.
"I'm sorry."
"I don't want a fucking apology!" he snapped. "Are you kidding me? You can't fall asleep now that..."
However, she had already fallen asleep and he didn't understand a goddamn thing that was written in the book. They were scribbles to him! Damn it!
"Okay! Tomorrow!" he exclaimed irritated, knowing that he had no other choice but to wait for her to rest.
He took the book away from her and carried her in his arms to the mattress where he gently placed her, then covered her with the blanket.
"Just now you come to sleep," he refuted to the sleeping girl. "Damn it!" he grumbled, jumping in the same spot.
He sighed, leaving there to let her sleep. Determined that tomorrow, she had to read him the rest of the book. Shit, he had been left at the most interesting part!