AMETHYST

When I made the decision to go ahead with their plan of training at Galanis Foods, I never thought it would be this exciting and fun. Lauren is a whole mood, then there is Ruth. Henry too, even though Nikolas constantly keeps being an ass to him because he thinks he likes me.

If he is allowed to keep his fleet of women, I guess I should also be allowed to keep mine. It is not like I have any fleet of men, anyways.

I type into my desktop with one hand and reach for the eclairs chocolate wraps in my drawer with the other one. Unwrapping one bar, I toss it into my mouth and savor the taste as it melts into my mouth. Adjusting my reading glasses, I continue my work.

"You look rather peaceful for a fireball, moro." I am taken off the peaceful ambience of my surrounding by his annoying voice. I ignore him and continue doing my work. No sound is heared again and I heave a sigh of relief.

"I am talking to you, volída (fireball)."

"What the hell!" I scream. "How did you do that? I thought you were gone." Surprisingly, he bursts into laughter. I admit, I have never seen him this carefree before. Plus, he looks great today.

"Care to share why you are laughing? I really can't understand what is funny here." I say, shooting daggers his way.

"Mrs. Galanis, you know you are one very funny woman." He drawls, leaning close to me. He taps my nose and walks to sit down.

Yes, I have my own office now and it took series of persuasion on my part before he agreed.

"So, we have just 4 months till our marriage agreement expires. Why not utilize every moment left? At least let us forget we tolerate each other and just enjoy the time we have? How about you start with the honeymoon that we never had?" He raises his brows.

"Alright?" This does not sound good.

"Location is on you, moro." He winks at me and exits the office. Did this man grow two heads or something? I kept waiting for him to come back saying it was just a prank. Hours passed and nothing. A mail notification pops up on my desktop and I click on it to read through.

Moro,
I await your response😉

Nikolas.

I send him a reply immediately.

I'm coming to your office now.

Without hesitation I leave my office and head straight to his.

"I don't seem to understand you. One minute you are an annoying conceited self absorbed human being and the next minute you are turning the tables? What game are you playing at?"

"Relax. We are married. I don't see anything bad in acting like a real couple. Besides, this would be just for 4 months. After that, you are free to do as you please." He looks into my eyes as if seeing through my soul.

"What about the terms and conditions of our agreement? You initiated that idea and can't keep to it."

"You speak about it like it is some business deal." He chuckles.

"You made it that way, Mr. Obvious."

"Look, I am not asking you for sex, Moro. It is a honeymoon and would be sort of a vacation. I need a break from the work here and who better to accompany me than my doting wife?" There we go, his cocky side is back.

"Ask nicely." Honestly, if he does not ask nicely I am not going anywhere with him.

"Come on. How else do you want me to ask, Amy?" He cocks an eyebrow at my direction.

"Ask nicely." I repeat, batting my eyelashes in amusement. How difficult is it to just ask nicely. This man and his damn ego.

"Alright. Mrs Galanis, would you please go on a vacation with me?" He asks, scratching the back of head.

"It wasn't so difficult. I would give you a location at home." I walk out of his office satisfied I made him say the word 'Please'.

•••••

"This is amazing, Mrs. Brian. You should teach me how to prepare this." The food tastes so divine it's a pity I suck in the kitchen.

I chuckle as my mind wanders back to a very epic moment back when I was 17. I had just watched a tutorial video on how to prepare lasagna on Youtube. The urge to eat it was what drove me to YouTube around 8pm when everyone had most probably retired to their rooms and our cook had gone home.

It looks easy, I smile to myself feeling like a 2 seconds magician who at the snap of his fingers got tricks done. I opened my room door and tiptoed to the kitchen where I took out all the necessary ingredients as stated by the instructor. 

I could swear I didn't miss any step in its preparation process but the end product was unbearable. I could not even eat it, one spoon into my mouth and I found myself throwing up all the contents into a basin.

With a new found wave of perseverance, I threw everything into the waste bin and proceeded for batch two. Hilarious, yeah? And a very foolish decision, now that I think about it.

Apparently, I left it for too long in the oven this time as I mistakenly slept off. After that incident, I was banned from the kitchen permanently. That was not the first time I was messing up at the kitchen. However, that was the first time it had the risk of taking lives. The only saving grace was the kitchen gas extractor.

"Amethyst, dear." She says, snapping me off my train of reflection.

"Yes?"

"I said it's not a problem. I could teach you when you want to."

"Thanks, Mrs. Brian." I hug her in appreciation.

"Hello, Ladies." Nick greets as he graces us with his presence. "This place smells heavenly."

I had already made up my mimd of where I would love to visit so after we finished eating, I inform him.

"So, I did alot of research and I have come up with a location. Agios Nikolaos, Lasithi, Greece."

View of Agios Nikolaos in the morning.

View of Agios Nikolaos midday.

View of Agios Nikolaos at night.