The three of us sat on the kitchen counter exhausted by the previous hour.
"Since when are you awake?", I asked them my head resting on the counter.
"Since 3", said Ryan.
"I shall make coffee for us", Mr. Dankforth said.
"I'll help"
"Please Lucy, stay I'll be back in a minute", he said.
"Are you sure? You must be exhausted?", Ryan asked him.
" I've been talking care of you for so many years, not the other way round", he said and started making the coffee.
I looked at Ryan who was resting his head on his hand, elbow resting on the table, and eyes closed.
I remembered the time he made Adam throw water on me.
Hmmmmmm
You shouldn't have had closed you eyes.
I opened the refrigerator and found the ice tray in it. I took out a few ice cubes and stood behind Ryan. When I was sure he was on the verge of sleeping, I threw the cubes of ice in the back of his shirt.
"Fuck, awwwhhoooooo", This was Ryan making all sorts of sounds while trying to get rid of the coldness those cubes provided.
He was moving desperately and then something happened I could have never expected. Ryan Grayson fell on the ground along with the kitchen counter chair.
"What did I miss?", Mr. Dankforth said on entering the kitchen from the kitchen store with the set of cups for the coffee.
"Why are you on the floor?", he asked looking at Ryan.
"You know D", said Ryan while getting up looking at Mr. Dankforth, "Someone is so dead", now looking at me.
I took that as a cue to run. I ran towards the lounge, Ryan following me, and in an instant he held me with his arms over my arms and  abdomen, restricting my movements. Next I was off the ground in the air with my back against his chest.
"Ryan", I said laughing, moving  desperately for him to let me go.
"Did you just apologise? Nah not yet", he said.
I knew I had no other choice so i said " Fine, I'm sorry, let me go PLEASE ."
He placed me on the back of the couch, such that my feet were on the couch and I was sitting on its back.
"Don't you try to do that again", he said warning me.
"Oh I'm scared", I said jokingly.
"You better be"
He smiled the 'bay boy smile'. Mr. Dankforth got us our coffee and sat with us to have his.
After this he excused himself and went back to rest for a few hours after the restless night, before the day was started with his work.

Ryan and I couldn't find anything better so we sat there. I felt my eyes heavy and slowly I drifted off to sleep.

I felt something soft under me, and I started ravishing the warmth of the thing that was on me. Wait a second, where am I ?

I opened my eyes to see I was in a room, Adam's room. I remembered that last I was on the couch with Ryan, did he put me here?

A moment later the door opened to reveal Adam, dressed in a olive green high neck T-shirt sleeves pushed back with black jeans,well shoes........I didn't notice, I just woke up dude! But what I did notice was the aroma. Just as he entered, the room filled with the fragrance of his perfume. And wow that truly felt amazing.

"Oh, you are up", he said looking for something on the bed side that was opposite to me, while giving me glances in between.

"What are you looking for?", I asked him.

"Keys",he said.

"Coffee table, near the book", I said pointing towards the keys.

He looked at me and smiled before picking up the keys.

"How did I....", before I could finish Adam said "What? come here?"

"Yup", I said embarrassed.

"I got you here", he said.

"You didn't had to Adam", I said to him.

"Of course I had to, how will we handle the fest with a strained neck",he said placing a hand on my check, and continued,"You should rest, Ryan told me that you came here in the morning for me", and he started moving towards the door.

"Adam"

"humm?"

"Where are you going?"

"Ryan and I will just check the final details of the fest, we'll be back in an hour"

"I'll come with you", I got off the bed saying this.

"Don't you dare, Lucy Pierce", he said.

I giggled listening to him.

"We'll be back, okay?", he said this time in a serious note. I looked in his eyes to see the gentleness, with which he was talking to me.

I nodded, and he went out of the room.

"Adam", I called out to him, he came back into the room and raised an eyebrow asking what did I want.

"You smell good", I said with a reassuring smile.

He gave me his smile, and damn, that smile, one to die for and then finally moved out of the room.

A few minutes later the house maid came in with pancakes and chocolate milkshake, probably sent by Mr. Dankforth. He was such an amazing man. Growing up, we would usually come her and Mr. Dankforth would always take care of what we liked.

I thanked the lady as she placed the breakfast on the bed in front of me, and I looked at the sticky note on the cloche which covered the pancakes.

It said

"Never seen anyone as bold and graceful as you are"

Definitely Adam, because Ryan wouldn't use such decent words even for me, or Olivia.

I had the breakfast, and after I was finished I looked at the clock which struck 12.

The fest was to begin at 6. Still had plenty of time on my hands. I got off the bed and freshened up before picking up my phone from the bed side and moving down to the foyer.

While I was decending the stairs I got a message from Ryan saying "emergency", I freaked out and called him as fast as I could standing still in the middle of the staircase.