Intermission

Anne

I forced myself to look back up at his eyes which were now staring over my head towards Dr. Sawyer's office. His hands werr still holding my arms on both sides.

"We'll catch up later, Anny. Gotta go help mum," he said looking down at me, those emotions almost gone from his eyes.

He brought up his hands, held both sides of my face, then slowly bent over and slightly brushed his lips on my forehead.

I held my breath in an attempt to stop my rapid breathing and my heart that adopted a new rhythm of missing beats.

I nodded swiftly before he stepped back and walked towards the exit.

I turned towards Mr. Sawyer's office and saw Andrew standing a few feet away from the office with the brightest smile I've ever seen.

He walked, more like ran towards me. On reaching where I stood, he wrapped his arms around me, lifted me off the ground, then began swinging me around, laughing happily.

"Anny! You did it!" He yelled joyfully.

My heart swelled.

"You mean he agreed?!" I asked eagerly