Soup?

  "And just like that she was gone." I never thought anything could happen so fast and I became more so worried not for myself but for Eve. How would she feel now that she was alone; her mother was the only person left in her family, and now she was gone too. The thought lingered in my mind as i sat a pot full of soup on the stove and turned the knob for heat. A small flame flickered to life, light but dangerous as it lapped at the underside of the pot. It brought another thought to my mind; how would Eve protect herself? What if something happened? A fire, a burglary, what if she got hurt but no one was here to save her? I stirred the soup slowly and glanced over to the doorway she had disappeared through and there she was. She had changed her clothes from winter clothes to shorts and a tank top. I glanced at her for a second and felt myself blush; in that moment I realized just how beautiful she had always been... "I hope you don't mind me being in these clothes mike." At this point she was blushing too, "I just forgot to do my laundry and this was all I had." I smiled "it's okay Eve", I glanced back down at the pot of soup as I fought with myself whether or not telling her she was beautiful was appropriate or not. I decided to keep to myself, what would she think; that I was just trying to woo her into liking me because she just suffered a traumatic loss? 

She walked closer "wow that smells really good, what kind are you making?" " Oh, its Goulash i hope you will like it; it should be done in just a second." She smiled "I'm sure I will love it Mike; after all you are the person making it." I grinned at the compliment and turned off the stove. "Well  get ready cause Mike's Grade A Goulash is coming up." I poured the soup into two bowls and sat them on the small kitchen table. "Ah I almost forgot that we need a spoon to eat this with." We both laughed as she sat down and I put a spoon in each bowl. "Well lets eat." We both ate the soup fairly quickly and all the while we chatted about how much she loved animals and how she always wanted to own a puppy; which led me to the greatest idea. I'm was going to get her a dog, but what kind I had no clue. I turned the thought over in my mind and it must have been for a long time because Eve had to get my attention. "Mike? Helooo mike? Earth to mike" she giggled as she poked my arm. "Oh sorry Eve, I just got to thinking about something." "Oh? And what would that be?" she said playfully. "It's a surprise" I said. After a bit more arguing over what the surprise was she finally gave in.  "wanna watch a movie?" she said "I had bought one the other day but never got to watch it." "Sure" I said. Soon after we cleaned our dishes, she walked into the living room and pointed to the TV "Can you turn that on while i find this movie?" I walked over and hit the on button. "Ah here it is" she said as she pulled a plastic wrapped horror movie from her movie shelf "My favorite kind." 

She put it in the DVD player and we both sat down. The first part was boring as usual but throughout it got better although it was still a bit cliche. The actor trips. The bad guy closes in.. suddenly i was pulled from my thoughts as I felt Eve lay her head on my shoulder. "Hey Eve?" I said quietly. I heard her breathing softly but didn't hear a reply;

she must have been asleep. I reached for the remote and turned off the TV. Here we both were in the dark alone. It should have felt awkward but it only felt like i was supposed to be here. So i let her stay like that and soon I was asleep too.